GregHolmes

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by GregHolmes 3y ago
Very useful!
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by GregHolmes 3y ago
Hey everyone on Hacker News, We at Ably have just released Spaces, a product enabling developers to implement Collaborative interactions and work within their applications. Coupling this with Ably's Channels product, you can build a fu
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by GregHolmes 4y ago
We do not verify any of your personal information. We neither have access to that nor store any of it on our system. Our PhoneCheck product simply returns a true or false. Is your phone number tied to this SIM Card. This is information the
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by GregHolmes 4y ago
No, the check url created from the request is made by the mobile network operator assigned to that phone number. The mobile device makes the GET request to that check url over a cellular data request. The MNO verifies the phone number assig
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by GregHolmes 4y ago
Sorry, answering to your other questions. We are ever increasing coverage, but currently have quite a number of countries in Europe, most of India covered, Canada is covered. the US is in progress.
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by GregHolmes 4y ago
If you were, for example building a mobile application. tru.ID's PhoneCheck is superior to SMS in several ways. The first is, it provides a seamless UX. The user only has to enter their phone number (or your backend may already have th
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by GregHolmes 4y ago
The phone number is used to create the check url. This check url is returned from the mobile network operator that phone number and SIM card belong to. The device makes a GET request to the check url, with a cellular data connection. The mo
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by GregHolmes 4y ago
If they're suffering from some form of burn-out or are in a bad way mentally right now, going to a smaller company can make it a lot worse. Smaller companies tend to expect you to wear multiple hats, lots of context switching. It can w
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by GregHolmes 4y ago
I've seen others discuss burn-out. It does sound a bit like you're in this boat. I have been a developer for a similar amount of time as you and I am around the same age as you. Yes there is an ever increasing number of applicants
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by GregHolmes 4y ago
I recently wrote this tutorial to add an extra factor of authentication when logging in to an SSH server, using tru.ID's PhoneCheck, which uses your SIM card and an active data connection to the mobile network operator. Let me know wha
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Using your SIM card for MFA when logging in to an SSH server(developer.tru.id)
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