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Launch HN: Py (YC S17) – Learn to Code on the Go

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Re: Launch HN: Py (YC S17) – Learn to Code on the Go

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Post by tennien »

tijs wrote: post #30

Just finished the swift course and it leaves me wanting more. I mostly like that I can do a few excercises while waiting for the train to arrive and then just pick it up the next day for a few minutes. Feels a bit like duolingo for learning. Unnoticed some humanities subjects in the store screenshots? Would be cool to do the same treatment for history or more high level concepts in programming like algorithms. Kudos…

Great you love it! We're building more Swift content right now! Commutes are a perfect use case.

Right now we're focusing on our best programming courses. We're about to release courses like Data Science and Machine Learning. Apologies about the screenshot: it's out of date and Apple won't let us update it without submitting a new version.

Re: Launch HN: Py (YC S17) – Learn to Code on the Go

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Post by tijs »

tennien wrote: post #31
tijs wrote: post #30

Just finished the swift course and it leaves me wanting more. I mostly like that I can do a few excercises while waiting for the train to arrive and then just pick it up the next day for a few minutes. Feels a bit like duolingo for learning. Unnoticed some humanities subjects in the store screenshots? Would be cool to do the same treatment for history or more high level concepts in programming like algorithms. Kudos…

Great you love it! We're building more Swift content right now! Commutes are a perfect use case. Right now we're focusing on our best programming courses. We're about to release courses like Data Science and Machine Learning. Apologies about the screenshot: it's out of date and Apple won't let us update it without submitting a new version.

Ugh typos, but you got my point :) Are you planning to move beyond programming too (duolingo for learning -anything-) or is that just wishful thinking on my part?

Re: Launch HN: Py (YC S17) – Learn to Code on the Go

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Post by tennien »

tijs wrote: post #32
tennien wrote: post #31

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Great you love it! We're building more Swift content right now! Commutes are a perfect use case. Right now we're focusing on our best programming courses. We're about to release courses like Data Science and Machine Learning. Apologies about the screenshot: it's out of date and Apple won't let us update it without submitting a new version.

Ugh typos, but you got my point :) Are you planning to move beyond programming too (duolingo for learning -anything-) or is that just wishful thinking on my part?

Right now we're planning on doing one thing really well before we do more. But there's no reason this model doesn't work for other subjects.

Re: Launch HN: Py (YC S17) – Learn to Code on the Go

#34

Post by soneca »

codefined wrote: post #25
bpicolo wrote: post #14

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They're the very first google result for "py" for me right now.

Not for me, not even on the first page; Py Music, PyPy, Python all come before it.

FWIW For me first page has only sites from Paraguay (.py TLD). Second page start with their App Store, then their Techcrunch article and then Play Store. Nothing about Python before their app though.

Re: Launch HN: Py (YC S17) – Learn to Code on the Go

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Post by tennien »

Hoshea wrote: post #18
derektlo wrote: post #5

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Actually, we've found the name Py doesn't confuse users. Most associate it with the number Pi, giving it an academic feel.

For what it's worth, I assumed this would be an app focused on teaching Python.

Keep in mind many of our users don't even know python. We answer about 200+ questions every day in our in-app chat, and we've yet to hear someone get confused.

Re: Launch HN: Py (YC S17) – Learn to Code on the Go

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Post by tennien »

bpicolo wrote: post #14
mrstone wrote: post #12

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Don't you think you're doing yourself a disservice by being difficult to search for?

They're the very first google result for "py" for me right now.

We changed our domain from py-app.com to downloadpy.com a couple days ago, so if you don't see us first this is probably why. Our old domain ranked consistently first.
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