robinhartley94

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by robinhartley94 7y ago
Hey, Robin here - the OP. Happy to answer any questions you might have about the software, hooking it up to your existing equipment, and whether it's applicable to your particular use-case.
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Show HN: Hook up your Keybow macropad to my drag-and-drop automation software(numpadsuperpowers.com)
2 points by robinhartley94 7y ago|1 comments
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by robinhartley94 7y ago
To get the ball rolling, I'll share my personal experience. When I was studying engineering, we had to do a load of AutoCAD drawing. I found it a nightmare because you constantly had to type commands like "snap 10", "fil
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Ask HN: Engineers of HN, which tools and tech help your computer productivity?
11 points by robinhartley94 7y ago|6 comments
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by robinhartley94 7y ago
Those are really good points - thanks for the well considered reasoning. On the smartphone side, I think we use them very differently - you wouldn't do engineering design on a smartphone, for example, so this is maybe outside of the us
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by robinhartley94 7y ago
FYI, I'm interested because I'm developing software that maps single physical keypresses (e.g. on your numpad) into complex control of applications: http://numpadsuperpowers.com The above argument is kinda the founding
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Ask HN: Do we need better ways to interface with our computers?
2 points by robinhartley94 7y ago|3 comments
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by robinhartley94 7y ago
Update after 7 days: I have removed the email signup and allowed a direct download. So far, the rate of downloads has gone up by a factor of between 5 - 10 times. Hard to know precise numbers at this time but it's looking good! I don&#
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by robinhartley94 8y ago
Thanks to everyone for their thoughts and insight into this. You make some good points on why an email sign up may not be effective. Therefore, I am currently running a test to see how the website performs when the email signup is removed -
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by robinhartley94 8y ago
P.S. For reference, the software product is here: https://numpadsuperpowers.com and currently still has an email signup requirement before downloading the free trial.
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Ask HN: Should a software free trial be behind an email sign-up wall?
5 points by robinhartley94 8y ago|13 comments
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by robinhartley94 8y ago
Hey, Robin here - the creator/developed of the above drag and drop automation software. Feel free to ask here if you have any questions - I'd be happy to answer! Please let me know what you think of the software and whether it wou
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Numpad Superpowers(numpadsuperpowers.com)
1 points by robinhartley94 8y ago|1 comments
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by robinhartley94 8y ago
Just to clear things up, this is a desktop app that you install and run by double clicking, just like any other app. It's designed to work with your numpad (either the numeric keypad built into your main keyboard, or a separate USB one
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Give your macropad a new 'brain' with my drag-and-drop automation software(imgur.com)
2 points by robinhartley94 8y ago|1 comments
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Drag-and-drop keystroke automation software (for Windows)
1 points by robinhartley94 8y ago|0 comments
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by robinhartley94 9y ago
Hey, this is a fully fledged app, but I'm giving away the first 125 licenses for free (forever) to get a decent user base - feel free to grab one for yourself :) I'd also be delighted to hear your thoughts/feedback on this -
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Assign automation/macros to your numpad with a drag-and-drop editor(numpadsuperpowers.com)
1 points by robinhartley94 9y ago|1 comments
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Leveraging Bots for Success on Hacker News(medium.com)
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The Amazing Shortcut Keypad – Crowdfunding Now(kickstarter.com)
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Drag and drop editor like Scratch, but for Python – all coded by a 13 year old
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by robinhartley94 9y ago
Thank you :D
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by robinhartley94 9y ago
It'll only go open source if it reaches its crowdfunding goal. Otherwise, I won't open source and will have to find a different way to make money from the project. Possibly by closed-source manufacturing.
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by robinhartley94 9y ago
Yep, just as you say, my backers will get everything they need to make their own at home with more flexibility and for a lower cost than I could make it for them. Software, hardware design files, circuit designs etc. These are the main par
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by robinhartley94 9y ago
Your comment has made me think about putting an LCD display on this. Like you say, with it being an Arduino, it's just a matter of wiring up a 16x2 LCD display and using the inbuilt library. Nothing too tricky there. In fact, the harde
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by robinhartley94 9y ago
Mostly for speed but macros will do the job - it's just another example really :)
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by robinhartley94 9y ago
Fantastic use-case, never heard of that one before but a very interesting opportunity for automation :)
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by robinhartley94 9y ago
I have actually decided not to manufacture and instead, open source everything (upon successful crowdfunding). This way it works out cheaper, more flexible and generally better for the end user. It also avoids things like import taxes, ship
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by robinhartley94 9y ago
I actually looked into this but it gets hideously expensive! Such a cool idea though
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by robinhartley94 9y ago
Very similar functionality to the G Keys - if you have them then definitely make use of them. I'm jealous, I want G keys.

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