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diegogcouto

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    Comment #14012069

    Well, I don't usually listen to podcasts, but I'm really glad I took some time to listen to yours. As everything else, a lot of this common marketing BS are very seductive when you…

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    Comment #13081754

    SEEKING WORK - Remote (Florianópolis / Brazil) I have a degree in CS and a lot of experience building web apps. I'm freelancing in order to be able to self-fund my own product, whi…

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    Comment #13063315

    I've already used a messaging app for couples with my girlfriend. I do remember they had some nice features, like sending kisses and hugs, but we eventually stopped using it. Mainl…

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    Comment #13062989

    In my experience, we're able to create a lot more engagement using Facebook, but you have to consider that we're a niche startup in Brazil (where CPC seems to be cheaper). On the o…

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    Comment #12604762

    It definitely helps, traskjd! You really got me thinking by mentioning the effort necessary to provide support. Initially I thought that the whole service is kind of self-explanato…

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    Comment #12604712

    Now I'm not sure whether I'm being too pessimistic or just if we're really very poor in here. hahaha Actually, doctors usually make a lot of money (at least US$70k/year) here in Br…

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    Comment #12604604

    crossed fingers . hahahhah

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    Comment #12604598

    Yeah, unfortunately I have the same perception as you have about how they (although I'm a brazilian myself) value apps and online services here. The income of my target audience se…

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    Comment #12602877

    Thanks for your help, mtmail! They really know how to communicate. Maybe the path really is through transparency.

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    Ask HN: How would you tell that your app is going to require a subscription?

    TL;DR: We've started to promote our product and received a lot of attention, but without mentioning that it's going to require a monthly subscription. How would you talk about the …

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    Comment #10447061

    Although it's somehow complicated to define what is the real minimum, as Joe demonstrated, I'd only like to recommend another concept that I've read about and from which I hope you…

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    Comment #10242443

    I hope you're proud of your project, that's really great one. ;-)

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    Ask HN: Which are good computer science problems to work on right now?

    I'm a CS undergrad and to finish my graduation I have to produce a term paper. Considering that I have one year to work on it, it can't be something huge, but I would like to work …

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    Comment #4650098

    I'd like to congratulate you, not only for your app (that is pretty nice) but for being open to criticism and help a lot of new developers making your app open. Thanks!

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    Comment #4597653

    Maybe with your video it'll be clear, but just looking to your layout, I can't understand what you're going to do, so there isn't any motive to "tell you" my email. So, I suggest y…

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    Comment #4597580

    First, I'd like to say that you've made a very good job! My suggestions (I'll try to focus on things that haven't be already suggested): * Try to get rid of this image slider. It's…

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    Comment #4594788

    It's good to know the point of view of another WP developer, so thank you for your feedback! I've also worked with WordPress and, as I said, it's really a very nice product, but it…

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    Comment #4594604

    It's a very interesting point! I'm focused to make all the process easier (and the WP admin panel is full of boring stuff, in my opinion), so maybe the creation of the whole produc…

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    Comment #4594326

    Your feedback was really important to make me think about which kind of user I should focus initially. First, I was thinking how to get attention of the regular user, but you made …

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    Comment #4594270

    First of all, thanks for your feedback! It's really important to know the experiences of people that already worked on this area, I'll consider everything that you've said. How it'…

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    Comment #4594099

    It's different because it's a powerful approach, I think. Doing this, I'll make every blog open to a lot of different applications to interact with it's content. By example, a user…

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    Ask HN: There is room for innovation in a blogging platform?

    I was thinking about the features provided by the usual blogging platforms and how they have innovated throught the years. It looked really strange when I saw that there aren't any…