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talmr

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    Ask HN: How useful is text messaging?

    I see people using apps for a lot of things that could be done over text message. Are text messages used in B2B stuff? Any use cases that you can think of? Just been curious about …

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    Comment #32893766

    Huh? Am I breaking the rules or something? I don't know what you are saying sorry but it isn't useful to this discussion. From the FAQ: What to Submit On-Topic: Anything that good …

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    Ask HN: What's the simplest chat back end I can set up in the next 3 days?

    I've got a mobile app, and I need to add a chat feature ASAP. I know Go, Nodejs, and Elixir (beginner). Out of these, it seems like Elixir (using Phoenix channels) might be the sim…

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    Comment #28178520

    I used to care about that too until I got enough money (not a TON, but enough to put my worries aside for 5-10 years) from equity working at a smaller company. Now I'd rather keep …

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    Comment #28105813

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3dqvxlnmJw maybe this helps. I've been watching this channel for a while and it has a lot of good info and they are angle investor.

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    Comment #26891441

    Memes used as ads to sell products.

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    Comment #26690462

    What about other thoughts? Does my employer get access to those?

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    Comment #26667447

    Petfood Express. It’s a California pet store chain with like 40 stores or something but the staff there are so nice and helpful. Their website is also nice to use though I much pre…

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    Comment #26648538

    Seems like the site is an outlet for gratitude. So many people are practicing gratitude there! Don’t doomscroll through their gratitudes if that’s distracting for you, and if pen a…

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    Comment #26648001

    I was in the same boat as you as a mostly self taught engineer. What really helped me personally are the following and I would like to share: * Read “Clean Code” and try to apply t…

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    Comment #26438761

    Long post, but I hope it helps someone out since it covers web,mobile, etc. MVP to me means being able to build something quick and iterate upon, so while it could be a throwaway p…

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    How did you come up with marketing materials for your early business? (solo)

    Just curious about the strategies or steps others took when marketing their app early on. For example, did you hire someone, or did you read a bunch of books and hack it out? Or, d…

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    Comment #25723041

    Thanks for the reply, appreciate the insight.

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    Comment #25721959

    I’m an American so I always thought it’s cool you have NHS because we have to either pay for our own health insurance or we get it from our employer. What do you mean by health ins…

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    What do you use for forward geocoding?

    I am currently using https://docs.mapbox.com/api/search/geocoding/ for forward geocoding. I'm wondering what others use for geocoding, and their experience (how it performs, reliab…

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    Comment #25261361

    how does that hot temp get controlled?

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    Comment #25157393

    Nice! Are you using x code as well? I’m in a similar boat as you - running bunch of node services, pg, etc. but I’m also developing for iOS. Xcode kills my current MacBook because …

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    Comment #24914468

    Notion is pretty good.

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    Comment #24804738

    Watching YouTube videos. There are pretty good videos now on a lot of specific software topics (for example I find lots of helpful videos on web, mobile dev, infrastructure stuff).…

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    Comment #24804696

    I agree with the selected quote. I also feel burnt out sometimes but it just so happens that building software and learning new "stuff" has kind of become my main hobby. I'd love t…

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    Comment #24742792

    Haha thank you for this.

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    I was also curious. Found it on wiki: (ph), a notation used in transcripts to indicate that the transcriber does not know the spelling, usually of a name, and has spelled it as it …

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    Comment #24658208

    I'm Indian and I've heard things like "koncha jaticha" said casually in a professional setting... Meaning which caste are you? I was born in India and moved here when I was in scho…