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Launch HN: Wolfia (YC S22) – A mobile app emulator you can share with a link

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Re: Launch HN: Wolfia (YC S22) – A mobile app emulator you can share with a link

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Post by narenkmano »

kytazo wrote: post #59
kytazo wrote: post #58

Amazing! Props to the creators, incredible idea.

Allowing for complementary sign up options besides google would most likely encourage more people that use no google services evaluating the platform, myself included. Something to keep in mind in case you notice more people bouncing off your register page more than you'd normally expect.

Good point. We have other options for sign up pretty high on our list. We wanted to launch the MVP as soon as possible to hear feedback so that we can talk to customers and iterate on the right thing. We'll prioritize this higher :)

Re: Launch HN: Wolfia (YC S22) – A mobile app emulator you can share with a link

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Post by narenkmano »

mike_d wrote: post #60
narenkmano wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We're not running on AWS Lambda but we had the limit in place because our servers are pretty expensive to run. We are planning to add to the pricing model a pay as you go option which will allow for us to provide unlimited time per session.

Your customers don't care _why_ your service is unreasonably expensive. Would you go to a dry cleaner that charged you $50 a shirt because "I fly the shirts to my brothers shop on the other coast to be cleaned"? Of course not. I can think of no reason why you need to be on AWS vs a dedicated server or a stack of used Dell servers in your garage.

We did consider the option of building our own servers but getting started with AWS is much easier because we don't have to maintain our own hardware, so we went with that. This allows us to move much faster and deliver features that users want instead of optimizing costs.

Re: Launch HN: Wolfia (YC S22) – A mobile app emulator you can share with a link

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Post by krageon »

tpmx wrote: post #31

Seems very well executed. Congrats! When I last had a need for something like this confidentiality was a major concern (it was at a small-ish but publicly traded company). Not quite at the level of needing signed contracts, but at the same time something more than a random web service someone unnamed threw together would be required. I notice that you haven't put your names and backgrounds on the site - that would he…

Names and pictures don't help in building credibility, because you can put any name you want and any picture you want online. What is that supposed to prove?

Re: Launch HN: Wolfia (YC S22) – A mobile app emulator you can share with a link

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Post by krohling »

fabiendevos wrote: post #50
Rodeoclash wrote: post #48

Heh, I was in an incubator in 2012, ten years ago! Where they managed to do this with IOS apps: https://web.archive.org/web/20121203101645/https://www.kickf...

Oh nice! Looks like it was mostly used as a marketing tool which is a use case we're considering. Do you happen to know more about them?

I came here to see if anyone mentioned Kickfolio :) They ended up changing their name to App.io at one point. Smart, great group of folks. Closed down back in like 2015.

Re: Launch HN: Wolfia (YC S22) – A mobile app emulator you can share with a link

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Post by narenkmano »

jeffybefffy519 wrote: post #64

Is this using the android emulator under the hood or something custom?

Yes, we are using the android emulator. More info on how we do it here - https://www.wolfia.com/security. Eventually, i'll write up a detailed blog.
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