kathyqueenly

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   by kathyqueenly 6y ago

   Thank you! Haha I'm not entirely sure I recommend my approach. Obejctive C + IGListKit + regular old UIKit on iOS, React through next.js (for SEO) and native css on web, and Kotlin on Android. As to why: I've gotten a bit brash fr
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   by kathyqueenly 6y ago

   Thank you for the thoroughness! I appreciate any technical "eyeballs" on the site for finding bugs, and this context helps speed up the fixing process. Much appreciated!
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   by kathyqueenly 6y ago

   I'll share but these are not necessarily strong recommendations haha—many of these decisions stemmed from what I used in the last few years as a full-stack eng at Pinterest, and being able to move quickly came from muscle memory from u
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   by kathyqueenly 6y ago

   That's a great question! A little background: before we started Queenly, our users would often send payments and dresses to each other within large Facebook groups. As you might expect, very often it's hard to ensure security when
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   by kathyqueenly 6y ago

   Oh also, we thought of this when we met a user on our platform asking about attire for ice skating competitions! We figured that we can also expand this to competition / performance wear like what you had mentioned. We started talking
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   by kathyqueenly 6y ago

   Thank you!
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   by kathyqueenly 6y ago

   Thanks so much!
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   by kathyqueenly 6y ago

   We truly appreciate it!!
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   by kathyqueenly 6y ago

   Thanks! Quinceañera is super big but underserved. We hope to help provide more access and affordability to these big and celebratory dresses :)
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    by kathyqueenly 6y ago

    This has been very top of mind actually! We have some users who have uploaded a lot of qipaos and aoi dais already. For immigrant women, it's difficult to find any formal cultural wear unless your town has a Chinatown or ethnic stores
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    by kathyqueenly 6y ago

    Prom is supposed to be fun, but prom dresses are expensive!
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    by kathyqueenly 6y ago

    This is a fantastic recommendation! Thank you :)
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    by kathyqueenly 6y ago

    Thank you! For context on 1. We do indeed have both resale dresses as well as mom and pop dress boutiques with brand new inventory on our platform. The latter arose during the pandemic, as many of those shops unfortunately closed down and h
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    by kathyqueenly 6y ago

    Definitely a tricky design challenge, to keep a playful but high end tone to the landing page!
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    by kathyqueenly 6y ago

    Thank you!
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    by kathyqueenly 6y ago

    Haha thank you. For context, we launched on iOS, Android, and web within the same year, which has helped our marketplace grow, but we’ve since realized that we are outgrowing our engineering capacity (all done by me, a proud but headstrong
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    by kathyqueenly 6y ago

    Thank you for the constructive feedback! Would you happen to have a link to the page or a screenshot of the color contrast issue? Appreciate the detailed feedback!
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    Launch HN: Queenly (YC W21) – Marketplace and search engine for formalwear

    87 points by kathyqueenly 6y ago|36 comments
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    by kathyqueenly 6y ago

    this is pretty cool-the illustrations are really nice. i think the timing is ripe for educational startups given the state of the pandemic, schools not opening up anytime soon, and a shift towards how we think about education going forward