Show HN: We made 1 app this year • Hacker News Board

Re: Show HN: We made 1 app this year

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Post by Gyongyi » Fri, Jan 03, 2014, 9:33 AM UTC

Zikes wrote: post #33

dsk139 wrote: post #28

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There's an app for this. Dollarbird - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dollarbird-personal-finance/... it does exactly that for me. It does not tie to my bank account though it's all manual input (but you can schedule in recurring payments/income), which is actually good for me because I dislike miscategorizations

Nice! That calendar interface in the first screenshot is almost exactly what I imagined. It's a shame I'm on Android so I can't try it out, but it's good to see there are good apps for that sort of budgeting.

Hey Zikes,

The Android version of Dollarbird is actually already in the pipeline, most probably coming out sometime in February. So if you'd like to be updated about this you can sign up to our newsletter here: http://dollarbirdapp.com/contact/ Cheers!

Re: Show HN: We made 1 app this year

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Post by k-mcgrady » Fri, Jan 03, 2014, 3:51 PM UTC

bliti wrote: post #55

pseudometa wrote: post #15

I love this. The whole "I made 30 apps this year..." posts are rediculous. Anyone can make lots of crapy apps. Creating a well designed app with valuable functionality and propper marketing/support web pages takes time and skill. Kudos.

Interesting point to bring up. In the case of this specific app, it was designed and built by a company that designs and builds mobile apps for clients (a development shop). The app is used a marketing tool to showcase their (nice) abilities. In the case of the "I made 30 apps this year...", it was a 15 year old person that was trying to learn how to make money by selling apps. The age is relevant, because it is like…

>> "The age is relevant, because it is likely that his/hers resources are limited (and thus may have little to work with)."

I disagree with this point. When developing (relatively simple) apps the biggest resource is time - something a teenager has A LOT of. As someone who started developing apps when I was 17 I know that I was able to develop 5x the number of apps then that I can now. Simply because I had more time. Also because I was living with my parents as most people at that age are and money isn't really an issue it doesn't matter if apps fail, you can keep building. You don't need to spend time on paying projects or evaluate the risk of developing a new project of your own.

Re: Show HN: We made 1 app this year

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Post by Zikes » Fri, Jan 03, 2014, 7:49 PM UTC

Gyongyi wrote: post #71

Zikes wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nice! That calendar interface in the first screenshot is almost exactly what I imagined. It's a shame I'm on Android so I can't try it out, but it's good to see there are good apps for that sort of budgeting.

Hey Zikes, The Android version of Dollarbird is actually already in the pipeline, most probably coming out sometime in February. So if you'd like to be updated about this you can sign up to our newsletter here: http://dollarbirdapp.com/contact/ Cheers!

I'll do that, thanks!

Re: Show HN: We made 1 app this year

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Post by bliti » Sat, Jan 04, 2014, 2:57 AM UTC

k-mcgrady wrote: post #72

bliti wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Interesting point to bring up. In the case of this specific app, it was designed and built by a company that designs and builds mobile apps for clients (a development shop). The app is used a marketing tool to showcase their (nice) abilities. In the case of the "I made 30 apps this year...", it was a 15 year old person that was trying to learn how to make money by selling apps. The age is relevant, because it is like…

>> "The age is relevant, because it is likely that his/hers resources are limited (and thus may have little to work with)." I disagree with this point. When developing (relatively simple) apps the biggest resource is time - something a teenager has A LOT of. As someone who started developing apps when I was 17 I know that I was able to develop 5x the number of apps then that I can now. Simply because I had more time.…

I know plenty of teenagers who, in 2014, cannot afford a computer. Some of those who have computers do not have internet access at home or at a nearby place. A lot of them have access to mobile phones, but those are not yet an option in terms of programming. This from personally helping kids and teenagers learn about computers.

You and I were lucky. And for that I'm grateful.