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arpit

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About arpit

Software Engineer, User Experience Technologist, Open Source Enthusiast and an amateur illustrator. You can find me on twitter at http://twitter.com/arpit or at http://arpitonline.com

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    So Elon just made Twitter a pay-to-win game :(

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    I would say the public trust is not so much dying as actively being killed. Also the word mainstream has lost its meaning. If that term is to apply based on audience size, sites li…

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    I haven't read this particular book but enjoyed "The Theory that would not die"[1] which also details the historic conflict between frequentists and the bayesian statisticians. Not…

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    Oh wow. So I recently built something similar for my own needs[0]. It's strictly mobile right now, but it serves my needs to get reminders on when things are about to go bad. Will …

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    Comment #29009207

    Interestingly Google today does support (a subset of) Microdata embedded in HTML within Gmail, Google Assistant and Search. Much simpler than the complex constructs of the Semantic…

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    I transitioned a side project from native to React Native and it was not a great story (2 years ago at least). Since my app used some native views, and there wasn't enough document…

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    I am really excited for web support! My own plans for making web-apps now will probably lean towards Flutter and web-sites towards HTML/CSS.

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    There was an interesting point during Notable's development when the project went from an open source one to closed source [1]. While I get open source developers should be paid fo…

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    Comment #22055561

    Firebase is a collection of services. This seems to be an alternative to the Firebase Realtime Database specifically

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    Comment #19340509

    I think they are talking about this: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/gameplaykit

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    Will this now now third party services will be able to send rich messages to a phone number? This could be a good or a bad thing. I occasionally get random messages from my carrier…

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    How does this compare with running AWS Lambda's on CloudFront? https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudFront/latest/Develope...

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    Stories like this get a lot of people here (including myself) really angry with a lot of people even asking for places to donate to support fighting these trolls. In today's world …

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    Popping a mobile phone into a VR headset is a pain, as is all the cables on the high end (desktop) VR platforms. I am curious how Oculus Go[1], launching soon changes the game (if …

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    It seems more a marketing strategy than a real belief in user privacy. For example, see the latest rejection of ad-blocking VPN apps from the App Store https://9to5mac.com/2017/07/…

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    Ask HN: Designer/Developer collaborations: How did it go

    I am curious about 2 people designer/developer teams building apps/startups. How was the experience? Also how did you split equity and work?

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    Expense tracking