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Is that 5 pillows on the original (messy) bed down to 4 pillows in the clean version?
I think the Grandfather was making a different point. That because rewards cards = higher interchange fee for the merchant, this results in the merchant increasing fees on everyone (the payment networks prohibit charging a higher fee to only those paying with a credit card).
>>>The money extracted by the credit card companies and Visa causes merchants to raise prices for everyone regardless of whether they have a rewards card or use a credit card at all.
>>>This creates in effect a massive money transfer from the poor, who do not use rewards cards, to the rich consumers who do.
I did consider this but part of the appeal was learning a new skill…and proving to myself I could do it after 15 years! But outsourcing is an option.
What should I expect to spend and time to develop for a “straightforward” app? Any particular criteria to filter for if I was to go the outsource route?
Could be a web app, I see the use to be on a mobile device va desktop (think mindfulness/wellness app).
What is the current set of options to develop a web app (JavaScript, PHP, Python) that can be deployed as an iOS and Android app?
Very compelling and would be fun to learn something new. Need to research if the 3 month launch constraint can be accommodated or better to outsource. However the act of coding and learning again is very attractive. Thanks.
Posted by
bakhlawa on Saturday January 07, 2023 @07:54AM
from the ask-hn dept.
I have a simple app idea in mind (2-3 screens, daily use app, simple storage, eventually in-app purchased for “extras”). Trouble is I haven’t coded formally in 15 years and attempted to learn objective C and Swift a few years back…but dealing with Xcode UI/design drove me mad.What’s the recommended path to get up and running with app development in 2023? I have a self-imposed goal to launch the...
Pair up with a friend and learn/do together. It will help push through moments of frustration and a partner will serve as a check on giving up prematurely. Good luck!
You’ve already got a lot of great advice. I’ve been in the same position and would submit I’m still in the same spot. What has helped is “scratching an itch”, trying to do basic things. The feeling of accomplishing something, even small, is powerful and motivating.
One idea I didn’t see suggested is pairing up with a friend and working on learning/doing together. It will help push through when the learning gets overwhelming/frustrating and bring some joy back into the process. Good luck!
I’m sure there’s a case you can get for the Apple Card to prevent the scratches and premature wearing out
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> But, I still 100% recommend Salesforce to companies when they ask about it. Why? Data liability. Yes Salesforce is expensive - but you are outsourcing the responsibility of dealing with sensitive data to Salesforce.
This is precisely the reason why my organization, a large Canadian FI on the commercial banking side, decided NOT to go with Salesforce. They couldn’t rationalize giving up the data and went instead with a MS Dynamics implantation. This was 10 years ago.
Posted by
bakhlawa on Tuesday April 09, 2019 @12:42AM
from the cnet.com dept.
+1 StackOverflow remains a valuable resource but there has been a very clear shift in the responses from nurturing, supporting to snarky and mean. Perhaps it was the intention but I now think twice before posting a question and half expect the first few comments to be along the lines of "Duplicate", "What's with the lame use of <fill in blank>", etc.
It really sucks the fun out of coding but alas it has far more positives than negatives.
Posted by
bakhlawa on Monday April 21, 2014 @10:50PM
from the self-post dept.
I have always had a passion for technology. I have an undergrad in computer science but have spent the last ten years of my career on the business side of things. I built a few websites over the years (LAMP architecture), nothing fancy and mainly to learn and for fun. I haven't coded in a few years. Every time I decide to start again the thought of how far I've fallen stops me dead in my...
I couldn't help but wonder how much traffic is lost by online-calculator.com, the first search result...
Are there other use cases you can think of aside from tracking spammers that would incent your bank to invest in the overhead to maintain special/bogus card #s? (And what about bogus card #s used against legitimate vendors that get cheated out of money owed to them?)
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bakhlawa on Wednesday January 25, 2012 @06:23AM
from the bbc.co.uk dept.
I've always wondered if ddg's stated mission to respect privacy, etc. is in fact causing it to show worse results than Google...i.e., because Google tracks clicks, knows who from what region clicks on a link more often and ostensibly moves those results further up, don't they have better "signals" about what results to prioritize? It strikes me that ddg is handicapped in this regard as it ignores these signals that its competitors openly use.
Note: I frequent both ddg and google (more the latter as it's the default in my browser) but I've always wondered if ddg's results would be even better if the "ignored signals" were, well, not ignored.
This may just be a case of giving credit where none was necessarily due. The absence of sort may just be a victim of 37signal's own design philosophy of only including features that users want and repeatedly request thus causing them to float to the top of the queue. In the grand scheme of things, High Rise and Base Camp users probably have other more pressing feature requests / complaints that they would rather get implemented pronto.
Posted by
bakhlawa on Tuesday November 08, 2011 @10:49PM
from the self-post dept.
What makes a startup a startup? Does it have to be technology-related? If I start a small business selling widgets or a service, are the same elements not involved: some capital injection (from savings or family loans), one/two owners acting as CEO, CFO, CIO, Sales, Marketing, HR, Ops, etc., juggling many things and struggling with the same questions?I am truly curious - what constitutes a...
Have the memory issues been resolved? Under Windows 7, it isn't uncommon to find an idle Firefox browser with a few low-activity tabs using up more than 1.5GB of memory. It's gotten to a stage where I have to restart the browser every couple of days...reminds me of when I had to this with my Windows PC! I've recently moved over the Chrome and while I miss Firefox, the browser is far less of a memory hog.
How novel! Many thanks Pete, I will read up and certainly consider it as a source for feedback.
Posted by
bakhlawa on Monday July 18, 2011 @03:39PM
from the ask-hn dept.
I posted a "Review my startup" post a few days back and got some good but limited feedback (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2763833).I really want to improve my service offering and truly feel I'm on to something in the space of gift registries, wish lists, etc.Besides HN, what community or service is out there that provides feedback on startups (idea, design, execution, pricing, etc.)? Any...
Thks thorie, I've been thinking about adding a Tour and I agree it's required. The most challenging part is explaining the concept, and a tour would do the trick.
I'll think about making it free to get some critical mass. Not desparate for the $ but I figured one free credit at signup would give users enough to try it out for one event. But perhaps that's keeping people from trying it out.
I would love for you to try it some more. Your profile didn't have an email address but I'd love to set you up with a free unlimited account so you can try the full feature set. Can you contact me through the website with your email address so I can follow up with you?
Thanks for the feedback. The target audience comprises of people that actively create gift registries or wish lists today. E,g. it's common in US/Canada for the bride and groom to create a gift registry for their wedding ASKING for gifts they want. GiftBait solves this by letting friends decide what they want to get...so in effect it's quite a bit better than being told what to get. If the friend's gift gets selected, they know what to buy, or they can submit more gift ideas for the host to consider. And as a bonus: it lets the friend suggest gifts they can afford/would like to get vs. the host saying what they want.
<TL;DR> This is targeted at people that use gift registries today. If you don't, you admittedly won't see much use for it.
No one? I'll even take critical feedback...!
Posted by
bakhlawa on Thursday July 14, 2011 @12:56PM
from the ask-hn dept.
http://www.giftbait.comI have built GiftBait to help party planners / hosts get gift suggestions from their friends.This is akin to a traditional gift registry but instead of the host specifying what they WANT, friends specify what they want to GIVE. The host just has to vote yes/no on each gift and the friend knows what to get.Likely use cases: wedding, bridal/baby shower, house warming,...
Posted by
bakhlawa on Saturday July 09, 2011 @10:02PM
from the ask-hn dept.
My startup helps people get gift ideas for their party (wedding, housewarming, etc.) from their friends that they can vote on. All identities remain a secret and it's a fun way to get guests involved in the event.I have started to email wedding blogs offering free accounts as giveaways, novelty sites, etc. and have received some good feedback. The trickiest part has been explaining the concept...
I like the A/B testing idea to narrow down to an industry where this concept would make sense. Weddings are just one industry to whom this would appeal (albeit a large one), however the concept could apply to other events as well, e.g. birthdays, house warmings, christmas gifts, etc.
Don't these online services all have the eggs in one basket problem? The likelihood of them getting hacked might be low, but the impact of such an occurrence would be very high (all passwords exposed).