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Re: Ask HN: Review my webapp: hapylink.com

#21

Post by diN0bot » Fri, Apr 10, 2009, 4:59 PM UTC

yesimahuman wrote: post #12

gonick_daysbury wrote: post #5

Pretty cool but your target audience - current or former drug users - is going to be a difficult one to monetize.

Have you seen how much drug users are willing to spend on stuff!??

no

Re: Ask HN: Review my webapp: hapylink.com

#22

Post by diN0bot » Fri, Apr 10, 2009, 5:01 PM UTC

keltecp11 wrote: post #11

Cornify is kinda fun... what is the point of Happylink?

more joyfulhappyunicorn fun!!!!!@!!!

Re: Ask HN: Review my webapp: hapylink.com

#23

Post by mahmud » Fri, Apr 10, 2009, 5:03 PM UTC

jlees wrote: post #20

I like it, a nice example of how you can run with an idea and get something cool out the other end quickly using today's frameworks etc. But where are the kittens?

Frameworks? really? how about a list of positive words, string concatenation, a random number generator, and a hashtable to store the URLs and their short versions, possibly with persistence. Common Lisp hashtables are transparently persisted with Rucksack, Prevalence, BKNR, Elephant, cl-store, etc.

So here is my take on it, 10 minutes!

http://paste.lisp.org/display/78367

P.S. how does one post code in HN?

Re: Ask HN: Review my webapp: hapylink.com

#24

Post by jlees » Fri, Apr 10, 2009, 5:20 PM UTC

mahmud wrote: post #23

jlees wrote: post #20

I like it, a nice example of how you can run with an idea and get something cool out the other end quickly using today's frameworks etc. But where are the kittens?

Frameworks? really? how about a list of positive words, string concatenation, a random number generator, and a hashtable to store the URLs and their short versions, possibly with persistence. Common Lisp hashtables are transparently persisted with Rucksack, Prevalence, BKNR, Elephant, cl-store, etc. So here is my take on it, 10 minutes! http://paste.lisp.org/display/78367 P.S. how does one post code in HN?

I use 'frameworks' as a handwavy term to encompass 'anything that means you don't need to spend days reinventing the wheel'. If the aforementioned Lisp utilities mean you can do that, then so be it.

(Indent three spaces for code.)

Re: Ask HN: Review my webapp: hapylink.com

#25

Post by jbenz » Fri, Apr 10, 2009, 5:22 PM UTC

Awesome. On Cornify, if you click the button five times, every piece of text gets a very happy modifier. I derive much pleasure from this.

Will Hapylink ever add the same functionality? Because it would probably end war and hunger.

Re: Ask HN: Review my webapp: hapylink.com

#26

Post by mahmud » Fri, Apr 10, 2009, 5:29 PM UTC

jlees wrote: post #24

mahmud wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Frameworks? really? how about a list of positive words, string concatenation, a random number generator, and a hashtable to store the URLs and their short versions, possibly with persistence. Common Lisp hashtables are transparently persisted with Rucksack, Prevalence, BKNR, Elephant, cl-store, etc. So here is my take on it, 10 minutes! http://paste.lisp.org/display/78367 P.S. how does one post code in HN?

I use 'frameworks' as a handwavy term to encompass 'anything that means you don't need to spend days reinventing the wheel'. If the aforementioned Lisp utilities mean you can do that, then so be it. (Indent three spaces for code.)

Sorry, didn't mean to jump at it like that. It's just URL-shorteners have been annoying me lately. Just because they're easy to make doesn't mean you should; there is no hack value in them, as nothing new is there to be discovered and no new ground to break; and they have no business value, aside from being, potentially worth BILLIONS as an integral twitter utility for the next generation of enterprise web grids and semantic net appliances ..meh.

Re: Ask HN: Review my webapp: hapylink.com

#27

Post by jbenz » Fri, Apr 10, 2009, 5:29 PM UTC

jlees wrote: post #20

I like it, a nice example of how you can run with an idea and get something cool out the other end quickly using today's frameworks etc. But where are the kittens?

Did you miss Cornify on April 1st? Ahhhhh, kittens everywhere. One of them was constantly batting at a floating butterfly. You should be really sad you missed it. This will cheer you up:

http://hapylink.com/supermerrysunnyjollyfunfriend

Re: Ask HN: Review my webapp: hapylink.com

#28

Post by Cornify » Fri, Apr 10, 2009, 5:44 PM UTC

jbenz wrote: post #25

Awesome. On Cornify, if you click the button five times, every piece of text gets a very happy modifier. I derive much pleasure from this. Will Hapylink ever add the same functionality? Because it would probably end war and hunger.

Try pressing 15 times for some extra sparkle.

Re: Ask HN: Review my webapp: hapylink.com

#29

Post by Cornify » Fri, Apr 10, 2009, 5:48 PM UTC

daveambrose wrote: post #2

First, I'm a big fan of your flagship product. I use it on my site and told most of the Upper East Side about the joy Cornify has brought into my life. Second, can I get some account information - say, analytics when I create an account with happylink? If I'm going to be spreading happiness, I want to measure it.

Amazing, glad to hear that the upper east side has been cornified thoroughly.

What type of statistics are you looking for? Or better, what type of insights would you like?

Re: Ask HN: Review my webapp: hapylink.com

#30

Post by anuraggoel » Fri, Apr 10, 2009, 5:56 PM UTC

Finally, a layer of indirection even joshu can feel happy about.