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Re:Microsoft Is Said to Have Agreed to Acquire GitHub
on Sunday June 03, 2018 @08:59PM (#17223614)
I recently built a GitHub Markeplace [0] app Pull Reminders [1] and have been really impressed by GitHub's ecosystem strategy. They seem to taking lessons from Slack's success and doubling down on supporting integrators who provide valuable apps and features built on top of GitHub (ie. TravisCI, ZenHub). I hope this direction continues under new ownership.
GitLab on the other hand is focused on solving every facet of the development lifecycle within their core product. From their blog post about GitHub's acquisition:
> ... instead of integrating multiple tools together, we believe a single application, built from the ground up to support the entire DevOps lifecycle is a better experience leading to a faster cycle time.
It will be interesting to see how the different strategies play out.
[0] https://github.com/marketplace [1] https://github.com/marketplace/pull-reminders/
Re:Ask HN: Can I help you be more awesome today? (No strings. Inquire ...
on Tuesday June 14, 2011 @01:35PM (#2653915)
Thanks Mike. I'm sorry I wasn't more specific. The feedback you've provided is actually very useful since we redesigned the page just last week with the things you mentioned in mind.
Overall, we're working on properly communicating to our particular audience/demographic... old school guys. We don't want to make our product look cheap but we also don't want it to look too expensive.
Re:Ask HN: Can I help you be more awesome today? (No strings. Inquire ...
on Tuesday June 14, 2011 @10:22AM (#2653035)
Please review our landing page: http://orangeqc.com
Re:Failed entrepreneur, broke, unemployed, now taking care of aging pa...
on Wednesday June 08, 2011 @02:37PM (#2634405)
Entrepreneurs don't take risks — they manage them.
Re:Ask HN: What do you *not* like about Basecamp (or your pm software)?
on Tuesday February 15, 2011 @02:57PM (#2222958)
Generally speaking (Basecamp user here), I feel like there's too much noise and it's difficult for me to focus and navigate through what I need to get done daily.
Re:ASK HN: How do you plan out your app?
on Thursday January 20, 2011 @03:43PM (#2125188)
I've struggled to find an efficient way to do this for years so I built an app for this... I still don't know how useful it is for people out there, and I haven't decided if it's worth turning into a product.
You can sign up and try it for free, takes a sec: http://chalkboardhq.com/
Re:Show HN: Chalkboard, a better way to plan/spec software projects
on Tuesday January 18, 2011 @02:26PM (#2116994)
David, that's a great question.
We actually started out by displaying user flows as flow charts... we quickly realized that flow charts are an inefficient way to display a comprehensive batch of sequential user actions and application flows. It IS easier to type outlines in a text editor than mess around with flow charts.
We transferred that realization to this web app.
Our user actions are linked to application screens, which gives you a good overview of how your user interacts with your application.
Re:Ideas Without Time/Money - How Can I Make Them Happen?
on Sunday January 02, 2011 @03:02PM (#2060849)
I love hearing new ideas and partnering with people to build them. Hit me up (contact info is in my profile).
Ask HN: Series LLC vs individual LLCs?
I'm a self-employed contractor and want to incorporate with a partner to form an LLC.Our company will have a consulting/contracting arm and incubate + launch new products (websites/apps).While the looseness of LLC operating agreements would allow everything to be bundled into one LLC (and profit share + ownership of individual products/projects be defined in the operating agreement via "special...
Re:Ask HN: What is (is there something) wrong with me?
on Thursday October 28, 2010 @01:46AM (#1841907)
I've been through something similar, add me on skype "abinoda" if you'd like to talk.
Re:Ask HN: Free trial vs money back guarantee
on Tuesday October 19, 2010 @03:14PM (#1808336)
I'm asking HN because I'm hoping someone HAS split-tested or can share from experience.
Re:Ask HN: Free trial vs money back guarantee
on Tuesday October 19, 2010 @03:12PM (#1808330)
Interesting :) Offering a money back guarantee regardless of whether or not the customer is charged initially seems smart.
Ask HN: Free trial vs money back guarantee
I am working on a software-as-a-service product and am trying to decide on how best to implement sign up. My product offers 4 paid plans; there is no free plan.For those of you who don't know, Braintree's (payment gateway) sponsoring bank no longer allows new companies to offer a traditional "30-day free trial", take credit card information during sign up, and then charge customers at the end...
Ask HN: Your favorite web application design/UI?
I'm redesigning my web application — it's a SAAS app for project management — right now it looks too similar to Basecamp but I'm having trouble breaking out of the tabs-content-sidebar look.I'm thinking of going with a totally different style.. inspired by http://www.alfredapp.com/Big type, top-to-bottom, full screen.What are some of your favorite web application user-interfaces + designs?
Re:Please review my startup - Questionify
on Friday October 01, 2010 @12:51PM (#1747642)
It worked for me, I think he fixed it.
Re:Heroku is down
on Tuesday June 08, 2010 @12:13PM (#1414345)
screenshot of the Heroku homepage: http://twitpic.com/1v2300
Heroku was down
Re:Ask HN: Review my app, Yar Matey
on Friday January 29, 2010 @03:14PM (#1087446)
I came up with the idea for Yar Matey last fall when applying for housing at UIUC. Many incoming Freshmen peruse Facebook groups looking for roommates in order to avoid being randomly assigned one by the university. I found paging through Facebook discussion boards to be horribly inefficient and envisioned an app that combined Facebook’s omnipresence with focused functionality to aid in searching for roommates.
Yar Matey is a pirate-themed site where college students can find potential roommates. Built with Facebook Connect, the user experience is modeled around how students typically look for roommates on Facebook — select your school, fill out an easy survey, then look for roommates.
I built the site in about a week.
Ask HN: Review my app, Yar Matey
Interview with VaynerMedia Co-Founder, AJ Vaynerchuk
Re:Uncommon - Custom design your own iPhone case
on Wednesday December 16, 2009 @05:52PM (#999930)
heard of http://stickstickbangbang.com?
Re:Ask HN: Upcoming dev/startup meetups in Chicago?
on Friday December 11, 2009 @02:05AM (#989320)
Hah, thanks Ziad!
Ask HN: Upcoming dev/startup meetups in Chicago?
Also wondering what the best resource is for finding out about these events.Thanks!
Re:Tell HN: 360 Voltage is out of Beta (10 PRO accounts to giveaway to...
on Friday November 20, 2009 @12:01PM (#952735)
Randal (keyword monitoring) and Historian (user history/analytics) are fantastic tools -- I've been looking for something like this for a long time. Well done, and looks nice too :)
Re:Tell HN: My 'mystery project': I couldn't sleep, so I backed up Geo...
on Tuesday October 27, 2009 @04:35AM (#905103)
Thanks Jacques. Super cool project -- was a pleasure to work with you!
Ask HN: What's your favorite web application UI?
My favorite is http://www.goplanapp.com/. I'm not a 37 signals evangelist, personally.
Ask HN: Event-driven web development
Came across http://nitrogenproject.com/ and thought wow cool. What are other even-driven web development frameworks and what do you think of them?
Re:Ask HN: what unwanted domain names are you sitting on?
on Thursday June 11, 2009 @02:07PM (#653249)
like blueflavor.com