jfajobi

Re:Ask HN: Side Project Website Feedback Request Pt II on Monday February 20, 2017 @02:56PM (#13690354)

Thanks for the feedback! What device are you viewing on?

Re:Ask HN: What are the best Emailing Services out there? on Monday February 20, 2017 @06:42AM (#13686492)

Echoing what others have said. For transactional emails my go to is Sendgrid, for newsletters Mailchimp.

With Sendgrid you get one month of up to 40,000 for free. After that the (forever free plan) is up to 100 emails a month I believe.

Re:Ask HN: Side Project Website Feedback Request Pt II on Sunday February 19, 2017 @09:42PM (#13683841)

Thanks for that. I removed the bitcoin option for now, credit cards do work :)

Re:Ask HN: What is your side project? on Sunday February 19, 2017 @07:26PM (#13683197)

https://www.skipthestamps.com/

A simple tool to send people postcards (either anonymously or signed). Choose from 5 of my preset photos or upload your own.

Mainly wrote it because I always had issues abandoning side projects before I ever released it to the world.

I also wanted to get more comfortable with React.

Ask HN: Side Project Website Feedback Request Pt II

Posted by jfajobi on Sunday February 19, 2017 @07:18PM
from the ask-hn dept.

Hey everybody. A few days ago I asked the HN community to check out my side project SkipTheStamps.com - a simple tool to send people postcards (either anonymously or signed) (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13652044). Based on comments and site usage I changed up the workflow of the site a bit.* Moved the post card select screen to the front page* Open the service up to ship...

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Re:Ask HN: Side Project Website Feeback Request on Wednesday February 15, 2017 @09:32AM (#13652228)

Hmmm that is frustrating, I will have to look and see what is going on there.

Re:Ask HN: Side Project Website Feeback Request on Wednesday February 15, 2017 @09:25AM (#13652172)

Thanks, I asked for the address first just to ensure we can actually deliver to the location you want. (I attempt to verify the shipping address)

Was not sure which is more of a turn off, not seeing the cards first or making an order and finding out we can't fulfill that order during the last step.

I am sure there is a happy medium there.

Ask HN: Side Project Website Feeback Request

Posted by jfajobi on Wednesday February 15, 2017 @09:04AM
from the ask-hn dept.

Hey Everyone. I am a full time software developer who has always struggled trying to bring side projects to life. My two biggest issues were:1. Trying to make a project that was too feature rich, I eventually got bored and abandon the project2. I simply got nervous about showing people my work and I buried it.With my friends advice I created a project with minimal scope. SkipTheStamps.com - a...

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Re:Ask HN: What's your go-to stack for prototyping web applications an... on Sunday February 12, 2017 @08:23PM (#13632402)

My personal go to is Rails + React