ncantelmo

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   by ncantelmo 9y ago

   My knee-jerk reaction to the book Hooked (which I've somewhat shamefully avoided reading out of a sort of premeditated disgust) was based on the general arguments laid out in this blog post. I believe the tech world has a huge problem
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   Why you should hang onto your ideas(medium.com)

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   by ncantelmo 9y ago

   I really don't believe this is true for tech companies at all. A decade ago, I had a front-row seat for Yahoo! under the stewardship of CEOs brought in to run the business well. The focus was not on innovation, and the company continue
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   by ncantelmo 9y ago

   There's also a high chance that document was shared on Slack. In which case, they were one Slack breach away from the entire world having write access to their prod database. It's depressing how many companies blindly throw unencr
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   by ncantelmo 9y ago

   Thanks, and happy to hear about any applications you have in mind! Feel free to email nate@writing.ai if you'd like to discuss.
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   by ncantelmo 9y ago

   Thanks Michael, just sent you a note!
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   by ncantelmo 9y ago

   Thank you for the kind words!
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   by ncantelmo 9y ago

   Thank you! I'll keep working to get it launched ASAP. The response from HN today has been extremely encouraging.
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   by ncantelmo 9y ago

   Appreciate it! I'm looking forward to it too, at this point.
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    by ncantelmo 9y ago

    Email sent, happy to hear about your use case!
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    by ncantelmo 9y ago

    The plan is to offer a subscription service even if there's an offline component. For a bunch of reasons, it's the best approach for a one-person venture trying to get off the ground. I've been an OSS user and supporter for a
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    by ncantelmo 9y ago

    Yeah, I understand, it's a completely valid use case. I'm personally much more productive when I'm completely disconnected, so I really identify with the request. I had, in the past, also been thinking a bit about how the sys
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    by ncantelmo 9y ago

    Thanks, sent you an email!
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    by ncantelmo 9y ago

    Thanks for the signup! My initial target is short-form content such as blog posts and essays. I'm going to wait to see how that goes to decide what to focus on next, but odds are that it'll be more structured content like academic
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    by ncantelmo 9y ago

    Problem: The process of getting thoughts from your head into an organized, written draft form isn't as fast or accessible as it could be. Project: I'm building a conversational UI / bot ( https://writing.ai ) that h
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    by ncantelmo 10y ago

    I don't quite agree with the all-or-nothing assessment, but your passion is exactly why this will happen. Too many of the silent developer masses (probably mostly back-end engineers) have and continue to feel this way about being stuck
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    by ncantelmo 10y ago

    I agree completely, but I would take it a step further: If wasm doesn't overtake JS, something else that offers native bindings to other languages will eventually. There are huge benefits to be had for teams that want to be able to cod
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    by ncantelmo 10y ago

    There are two sides to this: usability and revenue. On the usability side, there's lots of room for improvement in terms of fostering meaningful discussion, which in turn would lead to stronger social ties between users. Addressing tha
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    by ncantelmo 10y ago

    Something small I wish I'd known when I started doing Android development - if you need to display images, use an image loading library (Picasso or Glide). It'll save you from dealing with a lot of quirks, some vendor specific.
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    by ncantelmo 11y ago

    I just replaced the battery in my Nexus 5 due to earlier stages of the same issue. The battery failure was causing a lot of random device shutdowns that I had initially thought were related to the rollout of Lollipop. There's a long s
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    by ncantelmo 11y ago

    ArmorText | Washington, D.C. Area (Tysons Corner, VA) | Full Time ArmorText is helping organizations replace existing communication tools with a modern, secure alternative that puts them in control of their own data. We're passionate a
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    by ncantelmo 11y ago

    ArmorText | Washington, D.C. Area (Tysons Corner, VA) | Full Time ArmorText is helping organizations replace existing communication tools with a modern, secure alternative that puts them in control of their own data. We're passionate