Re:How We Built an iOS App, an Android App and a Node.js API...
by dmix on Monday February 27, 2012 @01:13PM
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I believe the issue people are having with this is that its a bit condescending.
These guys built a mobile app and node API in 20hrs based on something that - they believed - is general common-sense among any city dwellers (avoiding bad neighborhoods).
If you think you know a better way of approaching the problem, then the general response in the hacker community is: build it yourself.
Asking to change wording to something less offensive is fine... but calling them out for not being socially concious and not trying to fix a problem that has affected cities for centuries is a bit of a stretch... especially considering it was a weekend project.
These guys built a mobile app and node API in 20hrs based on something that - they believed - is general common-sense among any city dwellers (avoiding bad neighborhoods).
If you think you know a better way of approaching the problem, then the general response in the hacker community is: build it yourself.
Asking to change wording to something less offensive is fine... but calling them out for not being socially concious and not trying to fix a problem that has affected cities for centuries is a bit of a stretch... especially considering it was a weekend project.