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Re:Ask HN: Still possible to have its mobile apps noticed as an indie ... on Tuesday December 09, 2014 @09:33AM (#8722878)

It's super hard You really need niche in your hands

Re:Ask HN: Anyone making a living from Desktop apps?what had been chan... on Tuesday November 25, 2014 @03:04AM (#8656808)

This is also good example for great niche: http://www.collectorz.com/

Re:Ask HN: Anyone making a living from Desktop apps?what had been chan... on Tuesday November 25, 2014 @01:01AM (#8656552)

Great application and great idea This is what I ment Wish you more success in your niche

Re:Ask HN: Anyone making a living from Desktop apps?what had been chan... on Monday November 24, 2014 @02:14PM (#8654088)

Example of someone or small team ( i guess ) that doing useful desktop apps http://www.hkvstore.com/ someone knows something about them ?

Re:Ask HN: Anyone making a living from Desktop apps?what had been chan... on Monday November 24, 2014 @02:11PM (#8654068)

Hell yeah! rails jobs... i automatically ignore all javascript/ruby/and all those script kiddy threads here . the thing is that HN is one of the largest HUB for developers to hear opinion about development subjects . where else i can post questions like that on the net ...?

Re:Ask HN: Anyone making a living from Desktop apps?what had been chan... on Monday November 24, 2014 @10:20AM (#8652731)

I don't care about hip or not I talking about huge market of pc's By the way you have any examples?

Re:Ask HN: Anyone making a living from Desktop apps?what had been chan... on Monday November 24, 2014 @10:15AM (#8652710)

This very very sad ... I really don't understand how someone can Live from 0.9 - 4.9 $ apps

Re:Ask HN: Anyone making a living from Desktop apps?what had been chan... on Monday November 24, 2014 @08:43AM (#8652292)

Its dead , Almost no one there ( used to love Business of Software Forum)

Ask HN: Anyone making a living from Desktop apps?what had been changed?

Posted by umenline on Monday November 24, 2014 @07:06AM
from the ask-hn dept.

I asked the same question 854 days ago .. i still love desktop app's wander if small indies can make a living from it ?

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Re:Ask HN: How much recurring income do you generate and from what? on Saturday November 22, 2014 @08:13AM (#8645488)

Great saas's! how much $$ from this saas you paying to servers?

Re:Ask HN: What small webapps do you know that have a large audience? on Sunday November 02, 2014 @10:27AM (#8546811)

What this app suppose to do ? And from where you take the data ?

Re:Idea: create some sort of game/simulator for playing out investment... on Saturday September 20, 2014 @02:23AM (#8343839)

This is good idea I love games that you can learn from

Re:Libtins v3.0: A fast C++ packet sniffing and crafting library on Friday August 08, 2014 @01:24AM (#8151583)

beautiful work man , finally some real stuff here and not yet another javascript/ruby/shmoby framework ..

Re:Ask HN: Who started something in 2013/14 which is already profitable? on Thursday July 03, 2014 @05:03PM (#7985807)

what is the most profitable platform ? iOS?

Re:Ask HN: Who started something in 2013/14 which is already profitable? on Thursday July 03, 2014 @04:48PM (#7985688)

Great service ! Can please share on which hosting to you use , how much many does it cost you monthly? Thanks

Re:Why does anyone still use Eclipse? on Tuesday March 25, 2014 @03:34PM (#7468343)

CDT c++ for linux, free java IDE its slow but no alternative i wish someone did java IDE build with c++

Re:Hello vinyl lovers, we're finally out on the App Store! on Thursday January 09, 2014 @03:16AM (#7029368)

Ex vinyl collector here , great idea !! good luck! there is market for this kind of app

Ask HN:file converting Saas which hosting is the best?

Posted by umenline on Friday April 12, 2013 @04:22AM
from the ask-hn dept.

Hello all its my first Saas im doing , simple file converting thing , user uploads document and i start process and convert it to some format then send the link back to the user . my main problem is that im looking for hosting solution that will support this kind of operation . i know i need processing power more then any thing else . also as im just starting i need some kind solution that...

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Ask HN million downloadshow to monetize such thing

Posted by umenline on Tuesday February 26, 2013 @11:45AM
from the ask-hn dept.

Say i have very viral desktop app (like youtube downloader or file convertor ) that is free and i have more then million downloads, what options do i have to monetize such thing ? i will like to avoid , installer/spamming tricks. thanks !

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Re:DuckDuckGo Architecture - 1 Million Deep Searches a Day and Growing on Monday January 28, 2013 @02:25PM (#5130150)

where can i find info on how the ddg crawler is build?

Ask HN: legally can i build search niche web search engine?

Posted by umenline on Sunday January 27, 2013 @04:04AM
from the ask-hn dept.

i want to build search engine that searching dally niche sites , like blogs first page's then present statistics based on the crawling. legally can i do this ?

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Ask HN:please recommend on indie mac developers blogs?

Posted by umenline on Wednesday January 16, 2013 @10:36PM
from the ask-hn dept.

i need some inspiration ... (: not iOS but native desktop indie game/app developers i want to start to develop to this niche market . i know you understand . thanks

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Re:Ask HN:How to break out from online freelance marketplaces to find ... on Wednesday December 26, 2012 @08:00AM (#4969103)

thanks for the constructive feedback . just side not i do comunicate with the clients very good via skype , i have dyslexia. so dont let this misleading. i communicate very well in general .

Re:Ask HN:How to break out from online freelance marketplaces to find ... on Wednesday December 26, 2012 @07:58AM (#4969096)

yeah thanks, this is why it was important for me to try out to be freelancer before i intend to be full time freelancer , i know its hard.

Re:Ask HN:How to break out from online freelance marketplaces to find ... on Wednesday December 26, 2012 @07:53AM (#4969087)

i have dyslexia its very hard for me to write in English but hi i craft great applications (: and i do understand you , and if we where talking in Skype i guess you could understand me very well also . 1200 hours in odesk and 5 star's reputations can prove it

Re:Ask HN:How to break out from online freelance marketplaces to find ... on Wednesday December 26, 2012 @06:42AM (#4968922)

odesk

Re:Ask HN:How to break out from online freelance marketplaces to find ... on Wednesday December 26, 2012 @06:41AM (#4968921)

how much c++ / java 15 years experience take ? (Linux/windows server/client )

Re:Ask HN:what free Mac application to build to learn ObjC on Wednesday December 26, 2012 @02:41AM (#4968555)

thanks but the site is down , what is this app ?

Ask HN:How to break out from online freelance marketplaces to find quality work?

Posted by umenline on Wednesday December 26, 2012 @02:40AM
from the ask-hn dept.

hello alli experiment with freelancing as c++/java developer for 2 years mainly along with my day job in well known freelance marketplace site. i probably dont need to tell you folks how very hard it is to get good quality work there and get the pay that your work is worth.i call it "red light district of freelances" . even though i managed to do very well there and got very high reputation...

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Ask HN:what free Mac application to build to learn ObjC

Posted by umenline on Friday December 21, 2012 @08:25AM
from the ask-hn dept.

Hello Got my new minimac im ready to learn ObjC (i have 15 years ok c++ experience ) and developing native mac app . i will learn via building app . the problem i dont know which app to build ? what is missing in MAC desktop world ? it will be free and open source thanks!

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