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Show HN: Coderust – Prepare for Programming Interviews

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Re: Show HN: Coderust – Prepare for Programming Interviews

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Post by rajeevk »

RogerL wrote: post #5
Gracana wrote: post #4

Sounds neat. Has anyone here tried it? I might buy it if people think it's really good. I've got to say though, the reviews on the google app store are getting the side-eye from me. Lots of five star reviews that praise the features listed in the marketing. That's not all there is to it, but I'm not quite sure how to convey why they seem fake.. Did anyone else get that feeling?

9 reviews and 1-5 installs. Not sure how those numbers are generated, but I get the same feeling as you.

On play store, the ratings and reviews are almost immediately updated but install numbers are not frequently updated. Usually it gets updated once in a day or sometime it takes even more time to update.

Re: Show HN: Coderust – Prepare for Programming Interviews

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Post by codereflection »

Hesive wrote: post #19
gregw134 wrote: post #17

Why do they need to know my location?

We are using Flurry to track usage (pretty standard among apps) and it uses the location information to show the usage of app by Country and City. We don't explicitly collect your location information and our privacy policy clearly states that we don't share any information with any one.

Still, when I saw the location requirement, (as I do with many apps) I backed out of trying even the lite version. You guys should consider removing that requirement until you gain more trust from the community.

Re: Show HN: Coderust – Prepare for Programming Interviews

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Post by jjoonathan »

tejaswiy wrote: post #3

Why do you support everything except the PC :) As someone prepping for interviews, I'd have loved to give this a shot if it was on the web.

Ditto. Why on earth would one want to develop on a tablet or phone? Even for toy interview problems they make awful dev environments. Between lack of a physical keyboard, tiny screen, slow processor, no VM support, no IDEs to speak of, and no mature command line environment they're dead in the water. A complete non-starter. You can't draw a diagram on them, typing symbols on them is a mess, and they don't support screen-sharing worth a damn, even in the stone-age sense of having two people standing side by side staring at the same thing. As hypothetical interview tools they're literally worse than a piece of paper or whiteboard. Which is probably why I've never seen them used as interview tools.

It boggles my mind that the authors of this app prioritized iOS and android support, let alone made it iOS/android exclusive. You guys had me convinced and ready to sign up. And then I find out you don't support the platform it makes most sense for you to support. Madness.

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