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Re: Show HN: Helm - A Flutter app that gamifies stress/anxiety/depression management

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Who's heard of those? Should a project have a monopoly on such a generic word from the dictionary?

That's not what they're saying at all. Imagine if there was a line of blenders called Raspberry Pi, and a furniture line called Raspberry Pi, shoes branded as Raspberry Pi, a laptop model called Raspberry Pi (unrelated to Raspberry Pi or Raspberry Pi), etc. It's just confusing.

Raspberry Pi is a really unnatural combination of words. Helm is a pretty average noun.

Re: Show HN: Helm - A Flutter app that gamifies stress/anxiety/depression management

#32
post #20

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I think the (currently top) comment about it's name is actually important ... I also wondered why it was named "Helm" once I read the title as it didn't seem to fit what the application does. But you're right in the sense a more constructive activity would be to recommend other names. Wouldn't a name like "Relax" or "Exhale" be better in line with "what's in the package"? (note that these were the first two names tha…

I personally would prefer something like Burrito or Ossobuco /s

I can see it now. The get-togethers where you ask your tech-illiterate friends and family, "have you heard of Burrito?" and they all look at you funny. As opposed to, "have you heard of Helm?", and only that one friend who worked on a boat for a summer gets excited that he can add something to conversation.

Language needs an upgrade

Re: Show HN: Helm - A Flutter app that gamifies stress/anxiety/depression management

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We should be able to aid each other, in person, on learning how to manage these ailments, which are frequently associated to a lack of social fulfillment, as I've personally experienced on myself. Gamifying it is literally the last option I would recommend to anyone suffering from anxiety, stress or depression, as blindly following an app's dictates goes essentially against the hard, introspective, and highly critica…

I have an anxiety disorder. Mine's co-morbid with ADHD, but even if it weren't ADHD-like symptoms are well-known secondaries of anxiety and depression. For people like me, gamification helps greatly with incentivizing participation until a habit is built. I have no idea if this particular app would be what'd do it for me, but you're down on the concept in general in a way that doesn't represent my own situation well.

I do hear what you're saying, and nothing replaces social interaction, but I think you're making an assumption about this being a be-all-end-all. Maybe it would be for some, but those are probably the people who wouldn't adequately find in-person on their own anyway. Maybe this gets them far enough to do so, since just being functional enough to get help in the first place is often one of the biggest problems.

On another note, everyone's different. It's one thing to say what works for you, but your social fulfillment will likely be higher if you don't tell everyone else what will and won't work for them.

Re: Show HN: Helm - A Flutter app that gamifies stress/anxiety/depression management

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Real question:

Who can accurately assess and answer the question: "How anxious are you?"?

Just reading this question triggers a bit of anxiety, as I go into self-analysis mode to figure out what signs I've been exhibiting that may indicate that I am "anxious".

"Well, I have been a bit jittery, so...7? But I just finished a coffee, so maybe a 5?"

I would have a very difficult time answering this question accurately.

Re: Show HN: Helm - A Flutter app that gamifies stress/anxiety/depression management

#35
post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's not what they're saying at all. Imagine if there was a line of blenders called Raspberry Pi, and a furniture line called Raspberry Pi, shoes branded as Raspberry Pi, a laptop model called Raspberry Pi (unrelated to Raspberry Pi or Raspberry Pi), etc. It's just confusing.

Raspberry Pi is a really unnatural combination of words. Helm is a pretty average noun.

That's exactly why it's a poor choice for a product name. It's "greedy" to claim generic words for your products. It works for the likes of FAANGs with stuff like "Google groups", but at least they're coupling it with their brand. To just come out and call your product "Sink" for example, with no qualifiers, is foolish and bordering on unethical.

Re: Show HN: Helm - A Flutter app that gamifies stress/anxiety/depression management

#36
post #5

This project name is so overused. Helm - The package manager for Kurbenetes https://helm.sh/ Helm - A functionally reactive game engine https://github.com/z0w0/helm Helm - Emacs incremental completion and selection narrowing framework https://emacs-helm.github.io/helm/ Helm - A free polyphonic synth with lots of modulation https://github.com/mtytel/helm

Who's heard of those? Should a project have a monopoly on such a generic word from the dictionary?

Among emacs users, the helm completion framework is also very popular.

Among FP enthusiasts, the helm FRP engine is pretty interesting, too.

So, at least the first 3 I mentioned are pretty well known in their respective communities.

The last one is from the last Show HN I saw for a Helm project.

Re: Show HN: Helm - A Flutter app that gamifies stress/anxiety/depression management

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I personally would prefer something like Burrito or Ossobuco /s

I can see it now. The get-togethers where you ask your tech-illiterate friends and family, "have you heard of Burrito?" and they all look at you funny. As opposed to, "have you heard of Helm?", and only that one friend who worked on a boat for a summer gets excited that he can add something to conversation. Language needs an upgrade

I'd be happy with cherry picking out all the marketing/semi-literate pop culture influences making a mess of it, but that's just as unlikely as any kind of upgrade.

Re: Show HN: Helm - A Flutter app that gamifies stress/anxiety/depression management

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Oof, I thought Flutter was supposed to make programmatic UI more readable/easy? body: Stack( children: [ LayoutBuilder( builder: (ctx, constraints) => Container( width: double.infinity, height: constraints.maxHeight - 67.0, padding: const EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(20.0, 20.0, 20.0, 0.0), child: Column( mainAxisSize: MainAxisSize.min, crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.start, children: [ Column( mainAxisSize: MainAxis .…

You can hide that in a smaller widget called SomethingWidget(param:...) to make it more readable.

From my experience, using the above style with its data binding is nicer than hunting through XML or whatever GUI you use and seeing how that relates to your code.

Easier to navigate and debug. But I agree it can look overwhelming if it’s not split into smaller widgets.

Re: Show HN: Helm - A Flutter app that gamifies stress/anxiety/depression management

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post #30
post #15

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True it may not technically be open source, but certain rights are granted because the author published on GitHub, according to the ToS: > If you set your pages and repositories to be viewed publicly, you grant each User of GitHub a nonexclusive, worldwide license to use, display, and perform Your Content through the GitHub Service and to reproduce Your Content solely on GitHub as permitted through GitHub's functiona…

That doesn't grant any meaningful rights at all. Notably, it doesn't given any right to download or use the code.

I think it does allow download, although it is a little unclear; from the previous sentence:

> By setting your repositories to be viewed publicly, you agree to allow others to view and "fork" your repositories (this means that others may make their own copies of Content from your repositories in repositories they control).

If I clone a Github repo to my local machine this is 'making my own copy in a repository I control'. But this clause doesn't grant any further right, e.g., to compile code in the repo. This isn't an unheard-of situation: e.g., Knuth allows distribution of the TeX source to the TeXbook but not compiling the source with a TeX engine.

Re: Show HN: Helm - A Flutter app that gamifies stress/anxiety/depression management

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post #6

I'm not a fan of the "Buy something nice" one. It seems like it might feed a harmful coping mechanism.

I suffer from several of the conditions listed in the target group, and have done impulse purchases online when the lows get low.

Definitely a bad coping mechanism - not helpful for feeling better (tend to feel worse when the product arrives), and definitely a waste of money.

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