timdavila

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by timdavila 8y ago
I like it. I use both approaches, so there's individual task/habit/notes modules like you have that let you dive deeper and edit and tweak things, and then the general dashboard which is more of an overview that combines them
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by timdavila 8y ago
This is very cool! Kudos for giving back. I'm guessing this is an offline thing?
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by timdavila 8y ago
Yep, this is why I'm much more inclined to go with something I know on the front end. I'm not against learning a new framework, but fighting the tooling is one of the more frustrating things.
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by timdavila 8y ago
I'm working on a personal organization app - basically integrating a to do list, habit tracker, and notes app into one. I think it's cool because it's useful to me and a "scratch your own itch" app. If you're c
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by timdavila 8y ago
I noticed that too. I'm not sure of the benefit of PWA on desktop, but I built a progressive web app, mainly because I need very few native features (currently only using push notifications) and I'm only one person so I don't
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by timdavila 8y ago
That's a great skill and it's very cool that you want to give back, but you didn't teach your friend by giving him a stack of articles you wrote, right? Why not consider becoming a tutor or teacher of some sort?
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by timdavila 8y ago
Most journalists don't understand how the web works.
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by timdavila 8y ago
Cool idea, kind of like ProductHunt meets Quora? I think in order for people to spend money you will need some well known experts, but I like the free offering and I put in a submission of my own. Congrats on the launch!
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by timdavila 8y ago
>It's not hard to acquire that much money. As a privileged developer, this is an extremely untrue and privileged statement. Developers like myself who don't live in SF are lucky to receive any signing bonus, and would be lucky
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by timdavila 8y ago
Way less. Isn't 2% conversion a good rate in this industry?
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by timdavila 8y ago
I've never understood why any company emails magic log-in links in anything except a password reset (which should immediately prompt for a new password and send the user a notice that their password has been changed)
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by timdavila 8y ago
While it sounds shallow I have to agree. I think your product name is part of the UI and should be as friendly and memorable as possible.
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by timdavila 8y ago
I built my own solution for this after using many different apps and not quite being satisfied with any of them. My ideal editor is markdown based with preview as you type, available everywhere (so sublime wouldn't work), plain text st
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by timdavila 8y ago
Very cool, congrats on building it. Do you have any affiliation with the old catch.com team? I used Catch Notes for a bit several years ago before they were bought out. In case you weren't aware: https://www.cnet.com/ho
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by timdavila 8y ago
It looks like they fixed the brute forcing PIN issue. When I set up a new meeting, the phone in PIN is 9 digits long (compared to the 4 mentioned in the article) However it seems the recurring meeting number+pin doesn't change. I feel
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by timdavila 8y ago
I think it's a nice idea that would lead to very little revenue for the creator. You're making it easier to get the content free than to pay for it - is that the intention?
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by timdavila 8y ago
I don't know about "successful" but my solo weekend project is pretty plain only because I'm not much of a designer: https://www.nominal.net
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by timdavila 8y ago
How do you feel about solo entrepreneur products that are solely for individuals? e.g. Pinboard, Tarsnap Idea being purposefully stay small - keep costs down, so you don't need as many customers to succeed. My gut feeling is there is a
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by timdavila 8y ago
I use them as well. You can avoid this issue entirely by creating a "click" domain. All you have to do is set a CNAME and then your links go to your own domain instead of go.sparkpostmail1.com
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by timdavila 8y ago
Exactly. Just like they repeatedly say "we don't sell your data!" they will come up with their own meanings of words and phrases to try to pacify people.
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by timdavila 8y ago
We could have both if the defensive budget was cut by a percent or two
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by timdavila 8y ago
>we never managed to produce a single, great native cross platform toolkit Why can't the web+JS be that platform?
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by timdavila 8y ago
So your solution is what, not vote? Everyone in America faces this dilemma, it's the problem with our two party system.
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by timdavila 8y ago
As others have said, .com is king. But since it's very difficult to obtain a good name in .com these days, a good alternative is .app which was just released so there's plenty of good names at reasonable prices.
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by timdavila 8y ago
I read the article, but still confused as to what/where the IDW is.
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by timdavila 8y ago
No. The TLD ".app" is on the HSTS preload list shipped with the browser, so the browser will only accept connections over SSL. It's up to you as the domain registrant to make sure your site supports it.
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by timdavila 8y ago
Google owns and operates the TLD. Many registrars will sell .app names, but they pay a portion of every sale to Google.
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by timdavila 9y ago
What is the benefit to Google/CloudFlare of providing free DNS resolution? Why do they offer it?
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by timdavila 9y ago
Success is simply achieving a goal. Donald Trump, Facebook, and Mark Zuckerberg are highly successful. But success does not mean good or moral, often it's exactly the opposite traits that lead to success.
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by timdavila 9y ago
Anecdata, but in my group people are using Snap less and less. Meanwhile I see more and more Instagram stories each week. It's sad for the employees affected, but this could be a wake up call to Snap. I like the premise of Snapchat, th

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