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Ask HN: Where to Run a User Survey?

We are planning our first implementation (proof of concept) but need to validate our idea for a healthcare startup before beginning work. The problem is we don’t have any users yet.Can you recommend where we could run potential user surveys to get feedback on the idea? We’re looking to avoid spam and are seeking earnest users to generally understand the pain points of the general public.We’re...

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Ask HN: Where to find UX design resources?

We’re a bootstrapped company short on resources. We need to design our app and although one of us is a front-end engineer, we’re not designers.Have you been in a similar situation? Where did you find UX resources to help design your initial product offering? What would you recommend we do?

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Ask HN: Blogging Platform of Choice

Please let me know of your favorite/preferred blogging platform of choice (in 2025!) I’ve used wordpress in the past for our company pages and I have also tried generating my own using SSGs.I am looking for something in between where it doesn’t take much upkeep and is suitable for daily/regular blogging.Thanks much!

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Re:Ask HN: What to use to build an iOS and Android app? on Tuesday May 21, 2024 @06:29AM (#40426543)
I would second the recommendation of Flutter which I have used - and liked - in the past.

You can't go wrong with it!:)

There was an image-editor I used to use and it was a joy. IrfanView, I think, it was!

I would like to have that back if I could!

Ask HN: Good interview preparation (for Meta and others)

I need advice on how to prepare.I'm seeing a lot of interview prep questions now have tricks, in that, if you know the trick, the problem dissolves down to being trivial to solve. This is interfering with me not being able to prepare/feel good about interviewing as I feel I'll just `know` the questions' answers or I won't. It doesn't feel good.Do you have any advice? I am a software engineer,...

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Re:Ask HN: Easiest way to create a CRUD web app in 2024? on Saturday February 17, 2024 @08:42AM (#39409320)
Platformatic (https://platformatic.dev) deserves a mention here!:)
Try hotmail.

I’ve been a satisfied customer and it works reliably, for most of my purposes..

Don’t use it as your main mailbox, though. There are glitches sometimes. It works well for a recovery e-Mail account imho.