Hunblebrag much?
Oh shit, my weekend project turned into an App Store Best New App (2018)
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#42> “Snaplight serves an extremely niche need: mine.” There is a subtle brilliance in this sentence. With this recognition comes the permission to not try adding a mountain of features and complicating matters. Build something you will use. Solve a problem you have. Enjoy the process and accept the vulnerability that comes with shipping something to the world. Chances are good things will come of it.
I recently had a similar experience: I watch a lot of YouTube videos and I like reading through the comments. Often, comments quote specific timestamps from the video and I would find it a pain to keep scrolling between the comment section at the bottom of the page and the video at the top and then find the specific time in the video that the comment was talking about. So, I created a Chrome extension that surfaces Y…
Viki includes this as a regular feature. You can leave comments on timestamps, and those comments flash at the appropriate time (if you have them enabled).
Re: Oh shit, my weekend project turned into an App Store Best New App (2018)
#43Earlier quoted context omitted.
I recently had a similar experience: I watch a lot of YouTube videos and I like reading through the comments. Often, comments quote specific timestamps from the video and I would find it a pain to keep scrolling between the comment section at the bottom of the page and the video at the top and then find the specific time in the video that the comment was talking about. So, I created a Chrome extension that surfaces Y…
Thanks for sharing. You’re definitely not the only person who has this issue. It’s definitely something YouTube could implement if they weren’t content with the minor tyre fix they’ve built.
You're welcome!
The only issue I have now is that I've moved on to using Firefox. So, I can't really use this extension anymore.
I guess that sounds like another 'niche problem' that needs solving.
Re: Oh shit, my weekend project turned into an App Store Best New App (2018)
#44> "All-in-all the project took me an hour to program" Come on, it's more than that. Being compliant to Apple Developer Guidelines takes some more time.
Humblebrag is strong in this sentence. The post is full of it but this is the worst offender.
Re: Oh shit, my weekend project turned into an App Store Best New App (2018)
#45Earlier quoted context omitted.
Thanks for sharing. You’re definitely not the only person who has this issue. It’s definitely something YouTube could implement if they weren’t content with the minor tyre fix they’ve built.
You're welcome! The only issue I have now is that I've moved on to using Firefox. So, I can't really use this extension anymore. I guess that sounds like another 'niche problem' that needs solving.
You wouldn’t be alone there either.
Re: Oh shit, my weekend project turned into an App Store Best New App (2018)
#46> “Snaplight serves an extremely niche need: mine.” There is a subtle brilliance in this sentence. With this recognition comes the permission to not try adding a mountain of features and complicating matters. Build something you will use. Solve a problem you have. Enjoy the process and accept the vulnerability that comes with shipping something to the world. Chances are good things will come of it.
That's what Bhagvad Gita says as well. Please note these are not the exact words but this is how I remember them कर्म करो फल की अपेक्षा मत करो जब तुम फल की अपेक्षा रखोगे तुम्हारा कर्म दूषित होगा Translation: Do your work, don't expect anything in return. Because when you do, your work gets corrupt.
> Do your work, don't expect anything in return. Because when you do, your work gets corrupt.
This translation doesn't seem to cover the familiar, deeper meaning of the passage. The term कर्म (karma) can refer both to work/action as well as to the principle of cause and effect (that the word 'karma' more commonly represents). My understanding is that it really talks about the purifying effect on the mind of doing your duty without expectations of being rewarded. A bit like Bushido.
This is not duty in the sense of solving your own problems and taking risks as an entrepreneur. It is more about doing the job that society (the very rigid caste-based society that is the context here) has laid out for you. The subject of the speech was Arjuna. Krishna, the speaker, was reminding Arjuna that being born a warrior it was his duty to fight in the war that he didn't want to fight in, even if it meant slaughtering his cousins who were on the opposing side.
Seen in its original context, it doesn't quite mean the same thing as what GP said.
Re: Oh shit, my weekend project turned into an App Store Best New App (2018)
#47Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's what Bhagvad Gita says as well. Please note these are not the exact words but this is how I remember them कर्म करो फल की अपेक्षा मत करो जब तुम फल की अपेक्षा रखोगे तुम्हारा कर्म दूषित होगा Translation: Do your work, don't expect anything in return. Because when you do, your work gets corrupt.
> Do your work, don't expect anything in return. Because when you do, your work gets corrupt. This translation doesn't seem to cover the familiar, deeper meaning of the passage. The term कर्म (karma) can refer both to work/action as well as to the principle of cause and effect (that the word 'karma' more commonly represents). My understanding is that it really talks about the purifying effect on the mind of doing you…
I came up with translation. Duty is the better word instead of work.
Re: Oh shit, my weekend project turned into an App Store Best New App (2018)
#48It makes me sad that features are now paid apps. Imagine if every tool in GIMP was a separate app.
This app should be a feature of a default Paint-like app.
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#49> As of March 2017, two years after launching Snaplight, it’s still going strong with about 10,000 downloads each week. Wow. I've been hearing for years that the gold rush of 99 cent apps on the App Store was done for, but this kinda gives me hope. I might get around to finally finishing any app I've worked on...
You should look at how old this all is. The app was released in 2015 and last updated over a year ago. The app climate has changed a lot over the past four years so take it with a grain of salt.
I definitely will. Still, the article was written last year and I've been hearing that the gold rush is over since way before 2015.
Re: Oh shit, my weekend project turned into an App Store Best New App (2018)
#50Interesting how the current version only has 5 ratings, but the author at the time says it received 10,000 per week. We would never know this and could never be able to assign validation to this app from the metrics we see in passing I find that interesting
I've had an app that kind of blew up and grew to thousands of users in several weeks and then reach top 200 Lifestyle Apps on Appstore. It also had more than 100 ratings with an avg rating of 4.6. However I stopped updating a long time ago and removed it from Appstore, I noticed basically that old ratings get erased after version updates to the app which I guess make sense as it ensures reviews are actually of the cu…
This makes sense in a way, but also seems like it has bad incentives for developers.