fearofpoets

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by fearofpoets 4y ago
Everyone is talking about self-custody, but there’s a lot more nuance to the discussion that needs to be had. Also, not everyone knows how to self-custody well.
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by fearofpoets 8y ago
Thanks for verifying. Just got off the phone with the Play Store support folks. Apparently it's the Play Store policy on play.google.com to list every permission you've ever asked for forever . We pushed a build many moons ago wh
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by fearofpoets 8y ago
Not trying to side-step, just trying not to get into the weeds too much, but since you asked, reposting a bit of my response from another part of this thread: We need a user account to store your progress: what puzzles you've completed
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by fearofpoets 8y ago
We need a user account to store your progress: what puzzles you've completed, what code you've entered in order to save progress if you didn't complete the puzzle yet, coding streaks, etc. We're not collecting informatio
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by fearofpoets 8y ago
If you try to install the app, does it actually list those permissions? Or are they just listed on the Play Store listing? We think there's a bug that's hitting some folks on Play Store that's related to an old manifest from
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by fearofpoets 8y ago
We've thought about putting the signup after the tutorial, just haven't had the time to get to it just yet. I'll add this as a +1 to us starting to work on it :) Thanks for the feedback!
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by fearofpoets 8y ago
What login system would you prefer? We're currently doing Google Authentication because it's the best way for us to uphold Google privacy best practices, but can chat with folks about what other types of authentication might be po
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by fearofpoets 8y ago
Weird. I'm usually a consumer and not a poster to Hacker News. Any idea why? Or what I could do to fix?
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by fearofpoets 8y ago
Good question! We're building Grasshopper while we're within Google's Area 120, so the easiest way for us to ensure Google's privacy best practices are followed is if we use Google Authentication. It might be possible fo
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by fearofpoets 8y ago
Great thoughts! I completely agree that learning to code is a lot about trial and error. One of key things that we decided to do with Grasshopper is make it possible for people to write real code, but on their phones. From the very beginnin
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by fearofpoets 8y ago
We're super excited to be announcing Grasshopper today! We're hoping that it'll make learning to code accessible to more adults that are interested in applying coding skills to their careers, hobbies, or just for fun. Please