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frbr

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About frbr

•󠁏󠁏 Experimenting & building with AI •󠁏󠁏 Cross-platform full-stack engineer (mobile, web, AI) •󠁏󠁏 Working on neurosymbolic AI •󠁏󠁏 Predicted rise of LLMs in 2016 (@taptanium on X) •󠁏󠁏 Long BTC, AI, Computing, Energy

Before: •󠁏󠁏 Invented the 2:1 motion transition you see all over iOS •󠁏󠁏 Weather app Haze (outranked Angry Birds) •󠁏󠁏 Mindfulness app Windy (outperformed FB & Snapchat with ~1M downloads within 24h, thanks to a partnership with Apple) •󠁏󠁏 Mindfulness app Sunny (made it to #4 worldwide, 148k new customers within 24h) •󠁏󠁏 Thunderspace, & many more

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    Comment #45372276

    And you can't even point someone to a specific app without the App Store trying hard to redirect their attention to an alternative.

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    The ad slot is purely a revenue tool, not a discovery aid. It forces developers to pay just to defend their own branded search terms. App Store Search ads are a hidden increase in …

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    Comment #45372170

    When search is already unreliable, placing a competitor's ad above the exact match feels intentionally exploitative.

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    Comment #45372144

    It seems plausible that casual browsing and downloading remains a significant use case. Apple surely wouldn't design the App Store focusing on discovery this way otherwise. Not sur…

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    Comment #45372079

    Paying to parasitize the brand recognition and trust of a competitor has become the norm. he comparison to retail product squatting perfectly illustrates why this feels like an unf…

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    Show HN: Rainlayer: Authentic 3D rain audio app with Metal-rendered BG

    Hey HN, I've been working on Rainlayer, a focus and sleep app built around authentic binaural 3D rain recordings. After a few weeks live, it's doing well in the US (3.7% conversion…

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    Comment #27393026

    An interesting hypothesis. Maybe the deeper question is, does the virtual world really need to reflect the physical world in a very accurate way, or does it suffice to represent a …

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    Comment #27388139

    This is where it gets interesting, because many of the things you've mentioned are things that we're spending a lot of time on thinking through. At the moment Spot has "headphones …

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    Comment #27387893

    Disclaimer: I've joined Spot as a strategic/product advisor and consultant, and I'm very excited about the space, product and roadmap. Working from home since late 2008 myself, I'v…

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    Ask HN: Is this a good app launch strategy?

    After the launches of Haze, Thunderspace and Windy went quite well, I wanted to try something new for the next app: http://getsunnyapp.com Previously, this was my mobile app market…

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    Comment #8062890

    Wonderful book! On L-systems: The Sierpinski triangle is used in fractal antennas which dramatically improve signal strength. There is a program called Terragen which procedurally …

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    Comment #8061070

    "Happiness is subjective and relative" True story: When I was a kid, I was very happy with the rattling performance of my old Schneider PC. The sun was shining bright that day duri…