Show HN: My Girlfriend and I built this over the weekend

#1

Post by spulec » Tue, May 29, 2012, 2:55 AM UTC

Show HN: My Girlfriend and I built this over the weekend
charmgenius.com

Re: Show HN: My Girlfriend and I built this over the weekend

#2

Post by astrodust » Tue, May 29, 2012, 3:51 AM UTC

I see the Reddit-style "My Girlfriend" headlines have made their way to Hacker News.

Re: Show HN: My Girlfriend and I built this over the weekend

#3

Post by cleverjake » Tue, May 29, 2012, 3:52 AM UTC

dns is resolving for me on comcast. could I get the relevant IP or cname so I can check it out?

Re: Show HN: My Girlfriend and I built this over the weekend

#4

Post by andrewnez » Tue, May 29, 2012, 3:53 AM UTC

I don't understand what this is, there is no real explanation on the homepage.

Re: Show HN: My Girlfriend and I built this over the weekend

#5

Post by jaredsohn » Tue, May 29, 2012, 3:53 AM UTC

Getting this message:

Application Error An error occurred in the application and your page could not be served. Please try again in a few moments.

If you are the application owner, check your logs for details.

Re: Show HN: My Girlfriend and I built this over the weekend

#6

Post by kek » Tue, May 29, 2012, 3:55 AM UTC

jaredsohn wrote: post #5

Getting this message: Application Error An error occurred in the application and your page could not be served. Please try again in a few moments. If you are the application owner, check your logs for details.

On it — forgot to scale up Heroku workers before posting!

Re: Show HN: My Girlfriend and I built this over the weekend

#7

Post by firloop » Tue, May 29, 2012, 3:56 AM UTC

astrodust wrote: post #2

I see the Reddit-style "My Girlfriend" headlines have made their way to Hacker News.

Show HN: My diabetic kitten inspired me to create this app! Check it out and maybe he'll get insulin! /s

Re: Show HN: My Girlfriend and I built this over the weekend

#8

Post by savrajsingh » Tue, May 29, 2012, 3:58 AM UTC

localdatespots.com was an idea some microsofties worked on in 2006 :)

Re: Show HN: My Girlfriend and I built this over the weekend

#9

Post by jaredsohn » Tue, May 29, 2012, 4:00 AM UTC

andrewnez wrote: post #4

I don't understand what this is, there is no real explanation on the homepage.

Click on About:

"Charm Genius is a best friend that wants to help you impress your date. We all know that thoughtful date ideas take time and effort, but we want to take out some of the dirty work for you."

Also, an easy way to see data is to set your city to New York City. (There is presently none in San Francisco.)

Re: Show HN: My Girlfriend and I built this over the weekend

#10

Post by kerouakas » Tue, May 29, 2012, 4:06 AM UTC

Signing in requires facebook or twitter.... ಠ_ಠ