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Re: Ask HN: What have you achieved in January 2015?

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Post by lordbusiness »

sjs382 wrote: post #69
lordbusiness wrote: post #22

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Thanks. I guess I'm about to blow my cover. :-) http://icon-sizerator.davidjpeacock.ca/ I know zillions of people have solutions for this, but it was a nice self-contained project.

Great job. I added a pull request containing the Android icon sizes.

That's fantastic of you - thank you! I'll take a look later. :-)

Very much appreciated!

Re: Ask HN: What have you achieved in January 2015?

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Post by bazillion »

After giving notice back in September, I went full-time into my own startup on the 16th of January. While I absolutely loved my job at The Control Group (they're hiring btw!), I've made so much progress on what was my side project. It's called Pleenq, and it's an extension that allows you to highlight objects within images and link them to where they can be purchased. I made a quick demo video of using it on my facebook feed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYlbMLays2Q&feature=youtu.be (if you watch the video, I realize now that it was a Mets cap).

The leap from making money to making absolutely nothing after having just gotten married in October probably looks like the workings of someone who has gone completely bonkers. Even though it's a terrible time for me financially, I feel like it's the best time for my business to take root and thrive. I owe a lot of how I think about this transition to the hacker news community as a whole, since there is a direct correlation between the time I started reading hacker news, and the time I started dreaming of owning my own successful company.

I don't have a landing page set up yet (man there's so much work to be done!), but if you're interested in knowing when Pleenq goes live, send me an email at justin@pleenq.com and I'll add you to the first round of invites!

Re: Ask HN: What have you achieved in January 2015?

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Post by nether »

I've started writing a binary file format reader in Python, or at least extending one by someone else that only works in very limited cases. I had to review binary/hex numbering (I wasn't a CS major) but progress has been surprisingly steady. This is my first time working with bits and it's not as scary as I'd thought. I'm aided greatly by a decent file format specification, and the existing code. The project probably would have been impossible if I was starting from zero.

I've also started training for alpinism. 1 hour of hill walking with a 30-lb pack twice a week, plus core/body strength workout, and a 6-10 hour hike every weekend. The gas mileage driving to the mountains is killing me.

Re: Ask HN: What have you achieved in January 2015?

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Post by sospep »

ada1981 wrote: post #62

Launched The Love Game: an app for falling in love, which saw 200,000 people try it out in the first 48 hours, including Mark Zuckerberg. (Was on HN as LoveActualized.com). Had about 2,600 double confirm optins. Turned The Love Game App into a physical product and produced a crowdfunding project which is live as of yesterday: http://PlayTheLoveGame.com/crowdfund Sold our first 10 "Get Your Story Straight" packages to…

OK, you win :)

Re: Ask HN: What have you achieved in January 2015?

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Post by eric_bullington »

Arjuna wrote: post #65
eric_bullington wrote: post #49

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Very cool. Looks like it performs great from the comments. How was developing a game in Swift?

Thank you. I've been working with Swift since it was launched in the Xcode 6 betas. It has been challenging. Working through all of the betas and going with Swift was probably an insane choice given that Swift was in such a state of evolution. Every beta would cause a sea of red flags. I'd dread having to level-up when a new beta was dropped, but I figured, might as well get it over with than wait until the GM hits a…

> Every beta would cause a sea of red flags. I'd dread having to level-up when a new beta was dropped, but I figured, might as well get it over with than wait until the GM hits and have things really be in a terrible state!

Hah, sounds like my experience with Rust over the past year or two. But like Swift, Rust is a really cool and innovative language, so I've put up with it (although looking forward to things calming down soon).

Actually, it's my interest in Rust that's propelled my interest in Swift, to the point where I'm considering developing an iOS app in Swift as an experiment. I've done Android development before, but never iOS.

I may even do a game, so I was curious how your app went.

You didn't happen to open source the code, did you? I'm curious what a codebase for a well-received game in Swift looks like.

Re: Ask HN: What have you achieved in January 2015?

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Post by withinthreshold »

mparramon wrote: post #36

* Switched to washing my hair once a week after 45 days of not washing it, no 'poo style. Before this, if I didn't wash it every day, I'd have a head of grease in 30 hours. * Hit 60K pageviews on http://www.developingandstuff.com for the second month in a row; started splitting posts by content into several thematic blogs. * Restarted playing the bass, seriously considering getting Rocksmith after trying it out at a…

I'm very interested in the first point - I have to wash my hair every day, otherwise it's the same. How did it work out not washing it for 45 days? Is there something to read about it?

Re: Ask HN: What have you achieved in January 2015?

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Post by basicallydan »

lordbusiness wrote: post #68
basicallydan wrote: post #59

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Really cool, man! I like it :) good job.

Thank you! I checked out your public persona on twitter and GitHub; I love the techs you work with - so now you're my new best friend.

Wahey!! Thanks! New best friends are the best! :D
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