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chrismessina

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About chrismessina

Product Lead at Republic. Inventor of the hashtag. #1 Product Hunter. Ever-curious product designer and technologist. Previously: Google, Uber, Molly (YC W18).

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Recent public activity

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    Comment #44802160

    "Something big is coming for retro pixel art fans" I'm intrigued!

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    Comment #30254846

    Stoked to support the launch on Product Hunt! Check it out: https://www.producthunt.com/posts/abstractops

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    Comment #25489603

    Which "he" are your referring to? The author is a woman.

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    Comment #25352080

    This search new experience is so well designed and so fast... I'm blown away.

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    Comment #25256560

    Was happy to hunt Sidekick on behalf of Dmitry Pushkarev. Love seeing browser innovation (built on Chromium), and the aspects Sidekick emphasizes make sense: * Smarter approach to …

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    Comment #16416006

    Hi there — cofounder from Molly here. If you're interested interested in requesting early access to a molly.com profile, can sign up here: https://www.producthunt.com/upcoming/moll…

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    Comment #16363398

    Haiku is super cool. There are so many great tools out there that bring together development and design tasks... it's about time someone went after the mantle of interactive UI bui…

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    Comment #11879167

    Correct. The UberRUSH API is for those businesses or developers that want more control over how they integrate UberRUSH into their business or customer experience. Prior to launchi…

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    Comment #11879151

    UberRUSH is powered by both vehicle-drivers and bike riders! :)

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    Comment #11879133

    That's a curious way to look at it. If you are a developer and need to deliver items to your customers or customers' customers, surely you'll need to pay someone to do that. Via th…

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    Comment #11872284

    The local delivery case is really where UberRUSH provides the most value. We also take pride in our developer tools and experience and invite you to check out our docs: https://dev…

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    Comment #11872265

    It varies; if you drive with Uber, then you can choose to also deliver goods and products. Some driver-partners choose to only do deliveries for UberRUSH; some do both. Here are th…

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    Comment #11872229

    These are great examples!

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    Comment #11872204

    While I can't comment on the kind of insurance your business might need, in the case of UberRUSH, if a package gets crushed in transit, UberRUSH has insurance up to $250. If the pa…

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    Comment #11871737

    Indeed, UberRUSH exists for business end users that want to deliver their goods and products easily, especially if they don't have an app: https://rush.uber.com The UberRUSH API ex…

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    Comment #11871693

    We currently offer Uber for Business to allow for fleet management in order to dispatch rides to move employees or contractors (like cleaners): https://www.uber.com/business The Ub…

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    Comment #11871641

    Please see my comment on what's currently allowed, and where our service is available: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11871600 UberRUSH is focused on courier-style deliveries…

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    Comment #11871600

    Currently UberRUSH is only available in San Francisco, New York, and Chicago, so that's the first gating issue for this idea. Second, there are several restrictions on what can be …

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    Comment #10541244

    This came out of a hackathon[1] and offers a bunch of useful commands: /uber ride [origin] to [destination] -- Request a ride from [origin] to [destination]. /uber estimate [origin…

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    Comment #8675110

    Hmm, you clearly didn't catch my drift, which I'll accept blame for — my piece rambles on a bit uncontrollably. My point was to rethink privacy from the perspective of what we as i…