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Location: Hudson, OH Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: No Technologies: React.js, React Native, TypeScript, JavaScript, C#, .NET Core, Node.js, SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, HTML, …

I recently became a manager for a custom software development agency. I have the opportunity to lead our operations initiatives and become the director of operations. We have a lot…

"...determining what distinguishes the side project from competing or similar apps..." I think this is a simple point, but an important one. For the Hacker News App example, I real…

I agree! I think 'word of mouth' marketing is very powerful. Although, I don't think I've ever thought about building product features with it in mind. Thanks for the input!

You're right I should give ProductHunt another go. I listed Hacky on ProductHunt a long-time ago by it's former name 'Dark Hacker News'. It's a much different and better app now so…

I've heard of Seth Godin a lot and read his short blog posts here and there. However, I've never read any of his books. Which of those 3 books is your favorite?

I've heard this one brought up before, but I've never read it. I didn't realize it was the founder of DuckDuckGo either so that's pretty cool. I'll add it to the list!

Thanks! :) I figured if I could market and learn about marketing at the same time then why not go for it?

Never heard of this one, but I'll check it out. Thanks for the recommendation!

A lurker logging in just to recommend a book? As a fellow lurker, now I'll have to give this one a whirl. To echo my comment above, what is your favorite part about this book in pa…

Thanks for the recommendation! I'm always game for a good read. What is favorite thing about this book in particular?

I want to get better at marketing my side projects when I finish them so more people can use them. For example, I built Hacky, a free iOS Hacker News app, and I'd love to get it in…

Yes, currently bookmarks are local to the device. I'd like to update that in the future so they are synced and stored for safe keeping, but I'm not certain how I want to tackle tha…

Thanks! That's awesome! Haven't tried it on a M1 Macbook yet, but I bet it'd be fast.

Hacky is a user-friendly Hacker News Reader for browsing Hacker News stories and comments. Some of the features include: Bookmarks, Bookmark Folders, Bookmarks Search, Collapsible …

Yeah for sure. I've been able to tackle the html comments now just wanting to implement auth. Any recommended resources?

I created a Hacker News iOS app using the Hacker News API (https://github.com/HackerNews/API). I'd really like to add login, commenting, upvoting, etc. but I haven't found any grea…

Thank you!! So glad you like the folders. I really felt like bookmarks were missing something until I added folders. Let me know if you have any other feedback or features you'd li…

Yeah I've thought about simplifying the icon or at least making it look less sinister. Maybe take away the red eyes or something. Appreciate the feedback!

That's interesting. It's back down to #11 for me now. So it seems then like it is personalized to user to some extent.

On Dark Hacker News you collapse threads by tapping anywhere on the comment you want to collapse and it will collapse that comment's thread. Let me know if you have any other quest…

Can you check the top paid news chart now? Thanks to the HN support we are back up to #8! I'd be curious to see if it is at #8 for other people as well.

Thank you for the support! That's one of the reasons I really wanted to make it a paid app so I had more of an incentive to support it long term and keep it updated. If there's any…