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by k1ns 8y ago
Definitely my current endeavor, bastions [0]. It's the first side project that I've taken this far and I can't wait to see where I can take it from here. In a sentence, bastions allows website owners to easily and automatical
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by k1ns 8y ago
I appreciate the feedback! Messaging has been one of my biggest challenges by far. I've unfairly hurt the project because of my lack of expertise in communicating its value. Not adding pricing to the home page was a decision I made due
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by k1ns 8y ago
I built a website test automation platform [0] that started out as an automation challenge for my other side projects. It has proven itself useful to others so I figured I'd turn it into my next adventure as its own business. Automatio
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Show HN: A Chrome extension that makes it easy to test live forms(chrome.google.com)
2 points by k1ns 8y ago|0 comments
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by k1ns 9y ago
I was wondering the same, and became even more confused when I couldn't find Turn Touch on the S12 batch list [0]. This founder first started NewsBlur, which can be found on the S12 batch list, and they are now launching their hardware
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by k1ns 9y ago
Ah, the timing makes much more sense now. I was looking at the "YC S12" descriptor and wondering, "what's been going on the past 6 years for this to be shipping today?" This looks great by the way, well done.
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by k1ns 9y ago
Thanks for trying it out! The reason you couldn't find an opponent is actually due to the fact that no one plays it (I skipped the part of actually showing this to people). The project was strictly exploratory and, for me at least, it
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by k1ns 9y ago
I just want you to know that your write-up of client/server architecture and programming was the single best resource that I used when exploring that area of software development. I read Valve's, Gaffer's, and yours, dozens o
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by k1ns 9y ago
Clean Code - Robert C. Martin: I got this book in college for a class and enjoy referring to it when I feel that my code quality is starting to decay. Computer Principles of Modeling and Simulation - T.G. Lewis/B.J. Smith: I received t
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by k1ns 9y ago
This is great. Well done. The demo had me laughing in a very good way (I was genuinely having fun watching it replay).
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by k1ns 9y ago
I am not currently. I saw it as a pain when you're already signing up for a paid SaaS. I looked back at similarly structured products that I've used in the past (B2B SaaS) and couldn't think of one that had me confirm my emai
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by k1ns 9y ago
Just leaving everything better than I found it. Making life a bit easier for my family. Making life a bit easier for my co-workers. Making life a bit easier for my friends. Making life a bit easier for the strangers at the grocery store. Ma
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by k1ns 9y ago
Hey, I posted an issue on the repo for a Python 3 port here: https://github.com/vladmunteanu/th2c/issues/27 . I think you should give the same explanation there as you did here and close it outright as what yo
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by k1ns 9y ago
Posted an issue here: https://github.com/vladmunteanu/th2c/issues/27
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by k1ns 9y ago
> I think we're capable of doing pretty extraordinary things when you're thrown into the deep end This resonates with me as I've been there once already in my life and felt the same thing. A very sudden life-changing situa
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by k1ns 9y ago
From what channels did you gain the most initial traction? After reading your other comments, I assume you didn't do "traditional" sales such as cold calling/emailing, so I'm curious as to how you built up a user ba
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by k1ns 9y ago
This is why I love the How I Built This podcast. It tells the story of a successful founder from childhood to present day. It discusses early successes and failures that ultimately led to that person becoming an "overnight success&quot
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by k1ns 9y ago
This person pretended to be a millionaire mobile app developer on the internet (specifically on Reddit's "Ask Me Anything" community) by creating fake social media accounts, doing interviews with online news companies, and li
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by k1ns 9y ago
As a learning/teaching tool that fosters creative thinking, this looks really cool. I think the idea of having a physical medium that represents an abstract model of an area of your world is also a really neat idea. I will definitely b
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by k1ns 9y ago
A very good point, my age is showing. Personally, I can't imagine a world that isn't connected (even when I was a young kid, my dad had a pager and my mother had a brick cellphone for work).
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by k1ns 9y ago
Correct me if I'm wrong, but would this not be a massive security concern? No calls in or out in the case of an emergency seems pretty frightening to me.
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by k1ns 9y ago
Great name, rolls of the tongue.
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by k1ns 9y ago
I've built '.io' games of my own and by far the toughest part was the client-server communication, state management, and client-side interpolation. In my experience, the person with the lowest latency has the best experience
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by k1ns 9y ago
I am not the developer, nor am I associated with the project in any way, but I've seen other games similar to this do the same thing when servers are created on demand. I'm sure it's just spinning up instances of the game ser
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by k1ns 9y ago
Nicely done! Safe to say that I think you beat many people (including me) to the punch. I think this is the perfect representation of the battle royale genre for browsers and I think many of the mechanics were inventive (such as the scope a
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by k1ns 9y ago
Hi there, I'm the creator of bastions. Here is a coupon code created specifically for HN users that originate from this post: HN2018. This code will get you 50% off for the first 6 months of service. I am still trying to get a handle o
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Show HN: Bastions – a QA tool for lead generating web forms(bastions.co)
2 points by k1ns 9y ago|1 comments
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by k1ns 9y ago
Building my current project into a profitable business. I've been pushing myself completely out of my comfort zone with this one, can't wait to see how far I can take it.
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by k1ns 9y ago
They mentioned that they weren't confident enough in the system to sell it, which is a shame because it sounds like an awesome service/opportunity.
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by k1ns 9y ago
I just want to say that I love OneSignal. Awesome API and React Native SDK. An absolute joy to use. Keep up the good work.

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