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by karterk 15y ago
The problem which I faced while trying to bootstrap a social product is that without some previous reputation/success, getting traction for your startup is very tough, and at times even demoralizing. It's better to focus on a single user pr
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by karterk 15y ago
I am pretty sure a lot of people are going to misuse this, inspite of the disclaimer you have put up!
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by karterk 15y ago
How do you market it? Adsense?
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by karterk 15y ago
> P.S. Would anyone be interested in a post detailing traffic as a result of being written about in LifeHacker VS the HN front-page? Do you really think we will say no?
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by karterk 15y ago
Thanks, 1 billion+ impressions are impressive. Would love to hear more about some of the technical challenges you face. Perhaps a blog post sometime on that? :)
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by karterk 15y ago
Congrats! Curious - what is your technology stack?
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by karterk 16y ago
This post reminds me of a post by Jacques Mattheij about an experiment he did by doubling the price of his app: http://jacquesmattheij.com/Double+your+price+(and+no,+Im+not... These two articles definitely make a case for experimenting wi
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by karterk 16y ago
Thanks for posting this. What do you use for handling the recurring billing?
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by karterk 16y ago
I had a similar reaction when I saw the mention of Ruby. I think it's a subconscious thing. It would help if you put this explanation up on the site in a prominent place as well.
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by karterk 16y ago
Like others on the thread, I also initially did not "get" what your site was all about immediately. I suggest having that information above your sign up form - because I am not going to sign up for the service unless I know what it does.
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by karterk 16y ago
Well executed. I would love an RSS feed to subscribe to.
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by karterk 16y ago
Very well executed. My only question is whether you have any definite ideas for monetizing it, or just a project for learning and fun. Either way, awesome job.
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by karterk 16y ago
Facebook groups seems to me like an after thought. On the other hand if Google builds something which has the privacy and groups built right into the core, it will make a different experience. Whatever it is, they certainly have the reach w
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by karterk 16y ago
Never say never. Admittedly Google's recent track-record with seemingly social products like Buzz and Wave is not terrific, something tells me they would have learnt from them and would be looking to do things differently this time (if at a
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by karterk 16y ago
Although my first instinctive reaction was negative, I really do hope Google gets this right. Frankly, a lot of people are pissed with FB's privacy issues, and if Google can take a new and refreshing approach to this (complicated) problem,
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by karterk 16y ago
>I never understood why people are buying proprietary, expensive stuff like Photoshop just for mock-ups. People have been using Photoshop for years (like myself), and personally these people feel that open source equivalents like GIMP a
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by karterk 16y ago
I worked on a fairly large GWT based project. Once your project crosses certain size, the entire compilation of Java to JS is royal pain and really affects your productivity.
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by karterk 16y ago
Apple did not do it for free. They had a business motive - and as a consumer, I ain't getting the device for free either.
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by karterk 16y ago
The biggest advantage I see from my experience with node.js is that you can code in just one language from the client side to server side. Of course, server side JavaScript is _not_ exactly the same as in client side - but for most part, th
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by karterk 16y ago
I wonder if they have some kind of automated test suite just to make sure everything works fine. Having worked on large codebases, it's almost impossible to make sure everything is still alright manually, after a new deploy.
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by karterk 16y ago
Very interesting - do you mean to say that people watching for new tweets came across that tweet and the whole thing just took off? Or, did you publicize it on other mediums like FB too?
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by karterk 16y ago
Thanks for sharing this on HN. I have a question: When you posted the link on the FB events, didn't it cross your mind that the admins of the event might have considered that as form of spamming or advertising? Or, is such a thing fairly co
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9 Challenges in Node.js(nodejs.org)
2 points by karterk 16y ago|0 comments
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Implement text-overflow: ellipsis from CSS3 in Firefox (pending from 2005)(bugzilla.mozilla.org)
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by karterk 16y ago
I very recently used it for a simple application. My initial thoughts: 1. It's dead simple to learn and use. The documentation is excellent. 2. From my experience, it looked fairly ready for production even though it's still technically und
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by karterk 16y ago
Very interesting. At my work, we use Selenium for writing automated functional tests. I'm wondering how this will stack up against that... Is there a way to capture a screen shot when an assert fails? Often, that has been very useful in err
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by karterk 16y ago
A suggestion: When I submit my email address for the invite, the email field does not get cleared, and instead a small message appears underneath saying "Thank you for your interest!" - I completely missed it, and kept trying to submit agai
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by karterk 16y ago
I know a lot of people are thrashing the chrome webstore (especially in the developer community) - and yes, it does seem ridiculous on the outset. Some people have already mentioned the benefits for the users, but, even from the point of vi
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How to avoid losing a unused terminal command line(roger-almeida.blogspot.com)
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by karterk 16y ago
The thing I like about node.js is that you can now pretty much write your entire web app in JS, both front end and back end. This really helps with the context switches that happens in larger projects. With mongoDB, you can pretty much use

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