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Show HN: HN Showcase – I rebuilt my 2011 Show HN gallery with AI curation(hnshowcase.com)
3 points by ssong 7mo ago|0 comments
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by ssong 12y ago
(I'm working with OP on this) Thanks for the feedback! We are using a setup similar to http://www.diybookscanner.org/ for this and the scan quality is very high. The sample PDF was scaled down and compressed to reduce
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by ssong 13y ago
OP here. I started TestElf over a year ago. Our initial service was pay-per-use iOS testing and we launched the MVP here on HN. After working with hundreds of developers, we realized that there were still many aspects of manual testing that
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Show HN: dedicated iOS and Android testing service(testelf.com)
2 points by ssong 13y ago|1 comments
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Common iOS bugs(blog.testelf.com)
1 points by ssong 13y ago|0 comments
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by ssong 13y ago
When looking at the screenshot slides, clicking on the top right corner of the image (near where the 'x' is in most of the screenshots) actually closes the slideshow. This is a nice little usability detail.
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by ssong 13y ago
Thanks for sharing. Adding to the list, I built HN Showcase a while back with a similar goal: http://www.hnshowcase.com/
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We Find These Common Bugs When Testing iOS Apps(blog.testelf.com)
4 points by ssong 13y ago|0 comments
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by ssong 13y ago
OP here. I started Testelf a year ago to make testing easier for mobile development teams. Many of our early adopters came from HN and we wouldn't have gotten this far without the support from this community. Thanks everyone! While clo
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Show HN: Testelf - black box testing for iOS(testelf.com)
14 points by ssong 13y ago|4 comments
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by ssong 14y ago
I think you make a great point about perceived value of testing vs SEO/design. However, with the increased proliferation of downloading software through app stores, which favors apps with better reviews/ratings, the perceived value of testi
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by ssong 14y ago
Thanks for asking! We do test on common devices (retina/non-retina iPad, iOS 5/6), and we're going to carefully consider which devices to cover as we grow. I am also very aware of the importance of confidentiality, such as keeping test resu
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by ssong 14y ago
Good point! There is an option to attach additional information (description, notes, link to website/app store) when uploading an individual build. We do ask for a little bit of information about the app in general when the first build is u
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by ssong 14y ago
Thanks for the comment! Android is probably the next platform for us if all goes well. I started off with iOS because I'm more familiar with it and it has less device variations. Extending the offering won't be trivial though. Before we sta
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by ssong 14y ago
OP here. I quit my full-time job almost a year ago to travel and work on startup ideas, and this is the fruit of my labor in the past six months that I hope you'll find useful. I wanted to make it easy for startups and indie devs to test th
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Show HN: I built testelf - app testing service for your iOS app(testelf.com)
77 points by ssong 14y ago|28 comments
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3D printer on moon or Mars could make tools from local rocks(news.cnet.com)
1 points by ssong 14y ago|0 comments
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by ssong 14y ago
For those like me who wondered why this was posted since the book content was out of date: The Django Book project needs help updating the book to cover Django 1.4 and beyond. Send pull requests to https://github.com/jacobian/djangobook.co
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by ssong 14y ago
I made http://www.hnshowcase.com that shows thumbnail/comment count/vote count of all "Show HN" posts. You can sort by comment and vote count but right now it doesn't let you filter by time range. I think I'll look into adding that to the
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GM and ABB repurpose used Chevy Volt batteries to provide home backup power(engadget.com)
1 points by ssong 14y ago|0 comments
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by ssong 14y ago
Great to see the progress made since Startup Workaway! I was really blown away when I tried it out. Looking forward to the final version.
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Steam's Big Picture - Play Steam games on TV(store.steampowered.com)
2 points by ssong 14y ago|1 comments
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by ssong 14y ago
Thanks! The original darker theme was intended to make the thumbnails stand out, but I didn't know if people found it useful. Once I get some more feedback for this version, I may tone down the brightness for the next update.
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by ssong 14y ago
Thanks! Here's a screenshot of the previous version: http://i.imgur.com/PeGXp.png
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by ssong 14y ago
Last summer, I wrote HN Showcase to help the community browse "Show HN" posts. Over the past few months I've received a lot of awesome feedback. I spent the past few days polishing the project and added new features. Here are the big change
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Show HN: HN Showcase v2 - browse "Show HN" posts visually(hnshowcase.com)
14 points by ssong 14y ago|9 comments
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by ssong 14y ago
For what it's worth, English is a mandatory subject for students in China. It's hard to predict what the political and economic climate will be like a few decades from now, but I'm pretty sure the number of Mandarin speakers will increase a
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A Rebranding for American Airlines(fastcodesign.com)
1 points by ssong 14y ago|0 comments
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by ssong 14y ago
It is interesting to see Microsoft Research as the top institution for best papers, beating all universities and 11 ranks higher than the next company (IBM Research).
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by ssong 14y ago
There isn't a way right now, but I may add it in the next update. Having a perma link to a project is tricky as the projects shift back when new projects get posted.

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