What is the use case? Trail cameras already do this and they cost $50 instead of $200 with better photo quality and better motion sensing.
Oh and they take video too.
Show HN: I made a tiny camera with super long battery life
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#232Okay, 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
drag and drop in the terminal is certainly cool but I've been recently getting into lazy git, also a terminal git client and it's workflows are all keyboard driven. It presents a mental model that is much easier to deal with than standard git terminal command line. https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit
I’ll always endorse the heck out of lazygit when I see it mentioned, it’s one of the best pieces of software I have used. Sure it can’t do everything git cli can, obviously, but it makes 95% of what you do 100% better.
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#233What is the use case? Trail cameras already do this and they cost $50 instead of $200 with better photo quality and better motion sensing. Oh and they take video too.
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#234I don't really understand why this has to be heavily marketed as Mac-only. As an open-source product, restricting the application to the most restricted of consumer operating systems (namely that any consumer hardware can run Linux or Windows, either bare metal or through a VM, whereas only Macs can easily run macOS) seems a bit sad. I had to read through the comments here to realize that as someone who doesn't own a…
Strongly agreed. I started scrolling through the website, was somewhat interested, and might have considered it, but just closed the tab when I saw mac only.
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#235> A few years ago someone kept trying to steal my motorcycle, so I decided to make a small camera with really long battery life to catch them. The camera seems really cool. But given that the device has no way to get photos off it without physical access, it seems like this wouldn't be super useful for your original purpose. If someone just takes the camera (or manages to successfully steal your motorcycle), then the…
The one use case he mentions could also be satisfied by a $50 trail camera with video capability, better photo quality, better low light performance and better motion sensing.
I'm really struggling to figure out why people are excited about this. Do they not know trail cameras exist?
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#236What is the use case? Trail cameras already do this and they cost $50 instead of $200 with better photo quality and better motion sensing. Oh and they take video too.
> better photo quality and better motion sensing
Would you have some specific model in mind, and what aspects of photo quality & motion sensing are better ?
For sure, I never seen a so nicely managed battery life.
Re: Show HN: I made a tiny camera with super long battery life
#237I don't really understand why this has to be heavily marketed as Mac-only. As an open-source product, restricting the application to the most restricted of consumer operating systems (namely that any consumer hardware can run Linux or Windows, either bare metal or through a VM, whereas only Macs can easily run macOS) seems a bit sad. I had to read through the comments here to realize that as someone who doesn't own a…
I, without looking at the comments here, immediately returned to homepage to unvote after seeing this on the homepage. Weird flex by creator; ironic that the OS community will happily ignore his creative intentions to use as needed if the value prop fits.
I get that Dave is a boss of a dev/designer, and the product isn't unimpressive in its own ways. I'd like to see data on how 'mac only' products do out there in the wild.
Re: Show HN: I made a tiny camera with super long battery life
#238I don't really understand why this has to be heavily marketed as Mac-only. As an open-source product, restricting the application to the most restricted of consumer operating systems (namely that any consumer hardware can run Linux or Windows, either bare metal or through a VM, whereas only Macs can easily run macOS) seems a bit sad. I had to read through the comments here to realize that as someone who doesn't own a…
Strongly agreed. I started scrolling through the website, was somewhat interested, and might have considered it, but just closed the tab when I saw mac only.
Sounds like this guy is a Mac programmer, and couldn’t afford to hire folks to write for other platforms.
I feel that pain. I write native Apple software, and the torrents of hate that I get, for not spending tens of thousands of my own dollars on multi-platform development (for a free app), is ridiculous.
It sucks to be hated for something I love to do.
It appears as if he’s opened the communication architecture, so it’s probably possible for someone to throw up their own drivers.
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#239This looks really cool. I've made my living a photographer for over 30 years and I'm very tempted to purchase. This small form factor would be perfect for a project I'm doing documenting California condors rearing their young. Sadly, I would also need it to shoot video to be effective for my needs (and I'm sure this would kill the battery). Its one of these situations where I setup the camera system in November, and…
Why not use a trail camera? They do everything this device does but better, plus they have video and night vision. And you can buy one for $50 instead of $200.
Re: Show HN: I made a tiny camera with super long battery life
#240What is the use case? Trail cameras already do this and they cost $50 instead of $200 with better photo quality and better motion sensing. Oh and they take video too.
> better photo quality and better motion sensing Would you have some specific model in mind, and what aspects of photo quality & motion sensing are better ? For sure, I never seen a so nicely managed battery life.
His camera costs $200 and takes 3MP photos with no video capability and poor low light performance.
A $50 trail cam will take at least 10MP photos, will have night vision and will be able to take videos. People have left trail cams out for over a year and they were still taking photos.
Battery life is cool, but if existing devices already have more life than anyone needs what's the point?