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Show HN: I made a tiny camera with super long battery life
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#152Okay, you also made a drag and drop terminal app for rebasing?? Super cool products all round. True hacker news. https://toaster.llc/debase/index.html
Oh wow! I’ve wanted this for ages, even started making it myself at some point!
Re: Show HN: I made a tiny camera with super long battery life
#153This is fantastic! I’ve been looking for something like this to take on my runs forever, as I hate bringing my phone while running. Also for people who want to replace their phone with a smartwatch, the only thing missing is this.
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#154Is there a way to have these shipped to Canada?
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#155> exclusively for Mac Why not just have it connect as a generic mass-storage device?
The website states he's a "big fan of native apps." You shouldn't build software based on what you're a fan of. You should built it based on its usefulness to users. Very silly to limit the customer base so much to perfect something very tangential to the experience.
> You shouldn't build software based on what you're a fan of.
Why not? For a solo/passion/hobby product like this, I'd argue you 100% absolutely should build it based on what you're a fan of. My experience is people like Dave who approach things with opinionated laser focus and solve a personal/niche need tend to build things with much higher quality and better experience because they essentially build it for themselves. They are the customer.
> Very silly to limit the customer base so much to perfect something very tangential to the experience.
This presupposes the goal here is to reach the broadest customer base possible, like this camera+software is supposed to be a rocket ship. What if it's not? What if the goal is to build a high quality, highly-polished product? Focusing on a single OS (one that the maker is obviously a fan of) makes a ton of sense.
The style of the website and the focus of the product remind me a lot of the software company Panic (https://panic.com). They make extremely high quality software, with excellent design & experience, and a very narrow focus (unapologetically Apple-only). They don't make any concessions or sacrifice user experience to appease users of other operating systems. I respect them a whole lot more for that.
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#156I wish more products had a page like this
Re: Show HN: I made a tiny camera with super long battery life
#157> exclusively for Mac Why not just have it connect as a generic mass-storage device?
The website states he's a "big fan of native apps." You shouldn't build software based on what you're a fan of. You should built it based on its usefulness to users. Very silly to limit the customer base so much to perfect something very tangential to the experience.
> You shouldn't build software based on what you're a fan of.
If you’re doing something as a passion project you should absolutely do things based on what you’re a fan of.
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#158The fix for the MSP di/dt bug made me smile. Lucky but also smart!
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#159Love that everything is open source! Code relating to cameras have been traditionally locked down and hidden under NDAs. Surprised there's no sample photos nor specifications on image sensor.
Omnivision's camera datasheets and sample code can be found everywhere on the Internet.
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#160Okay, you also made a drag and drop terminal app for rebasing?? Super cool products all round. True hacker news. https://toaster.llc/debase/index.html
Blows my mind how much this guy knows. From embedded to native apps to fabrication. I feel lazy as fuck.