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by mcarrano 2y ago
I've used maestro in the past and liked it, very easy to get started and add decent coverage quickly. Just wanted to share a project that I'm keeping a close eye on. I haven't actually used it yet but hoping to do so soon: h
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by mcarrano 3y ago
The first company on that list, Invision, announced they are shutting down entirely. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38869127
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by mcarrano 3y ago
https://michaelcarrano.com Haven't blogged in a while, have a bunch of half written drafts that I should just finish up. Mostly blogged about Android, programming, tech, or just general life stuff.
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by mcarrano 3y ago
If the goal is to ship, then use what you already know.
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by mcarrano 5y ago
Absolutely loved Costa Rica when I visited several years ago. It is on my list of places to go back. However, I was saddened to see litter all over some of the beaches I went to.
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by mcarrano 7y ago
When I have down time, I am working on updating a passion project that I have not touched in 3+ years. The idea is to be able to scan Android apps installed on your device and see which libraries/SDKs were used to develop them. https:
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by mcarrano 9y ago
Millions of people have some degree of hearing loss. Not all hearing loss requires a hearing aid but I have been wearing hearing aids since second grade. My very first hearing aid was a "behind the ear" model and it was very uncom
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by mcarrano 9y ago
I currently try to volunteer as much as possible for Coalition for Queens ( http://c4q.nyc ). It is so awesome seeing people will little to no tech background learn to program and see the things they develop.
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by mcarrano 10y ago
Seems like the correct link is actually - https://theintercept.com/2016/11/12/surveillance-self-defens...
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by mcarrano 10y ago
I have not had dropbox installed on any of my devices for a few years now. I still have files in dropbox but that is mostly files from when I was in college.
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by mcarrano 10y ago
I'm not surprised this happened. In the past, whenever I put my address into Google Maps, it went to the correct location. Probably sometime around October 2015, I noticed that if I put my address in Google Maps, it is now saying my ho
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by mcarrano 11y ago
Late last year a friend of mine was involved in a car accident. The other driver was following the Google Maps directions on their phone which told them to go down a one way street, it just happened to be the wrong direction. Luckily no one
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by mcarrano 11y ago
I am starting to question whether my Prime subscription is worth it or not. I only have it for the 2 day shipping as I don't watch Prime Videos, listen to Prime Music, etc. Recently, I attempted to purchase a TV from Amazon. They used
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by mcarrano 11y ago
Haven't used it myself but you may want to check out - https://github.com/ghostwords/chameleon
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by mcarrano 11y ago
Do you not have a copy of the contract you signed when joining the company? I would guess you can talk to HR as they should have a copy of your paperwork.
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by mcarrano 11y ago
Haven't used the new Macbook but Marco Arment wrote a post about his experience: http://www.marco.org/2015/05/19/mistake-one
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by mcarrano 12y ago
In this case since you have more experience with PHP, go with Laravel. Sure it is nice to learn a new language/framework while you work on an idea but it is also the easiest way to get discouraged from finishing as it will take longer
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by mcarrano 12y ago
James was in a car accident in Mexico: https://twitter.com/jill380/status/549016126035095552 I briefly did work for Normal this past summer, where James was the CTO. He was a great guy and I'll never forget t
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by mcarrano 12y ago
Be sure to check with your CS department that you can work on your own idea. I know at my university, if I wanted to work on my own project, I had to submit a proposal several months in advance. In addition to that, I needed to have an outs
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by mcarrano 12y ago
Looked into it, the domain that is available has an "s" at the end.
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by mcarrano 12y ago
Hmm, I will have to take a look into this. Unfortunately, the Crunchbase API limit is super low that I can only batch check 1000 domains every 12 hours.
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by mcarrano 12y ago
Thanks for the feedback, I'll look into this. I haven't done web development in 1.5+ years so might take me some time. I am also thinking about adding a search functionality.
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by mcarrano 12y ago
Yes. The idea is that these are all startups that have failed and now their domains are available to purchase, hence the "bring back to life".
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Show HN: Zombie Startup – bring a startup back to life(zombiestartup.com)
8 points by mcarrano 12y ago|8 comments
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by mcarrano 12y ago
I haven't really thought about monetizing it but eventually, I do want to collect data/statistics. There is already an Android application available like what I just released which collects data/stats. http://www.a
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Show HN: Detective Droid
3 points by mcarrano 12y ago|2 comments
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Show HN: Sup? A simple clone of Yo for Android(github.com)
5 points by mcarrano 12y ago|0 comments
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by mcarrano 12y ago
There are a few activities I do but generally I prefer to disconnect from tech and noise so I go for a walk, run, or hike.
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by mcarrano 12y ago
Any plans to support Android devices?
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by mcarrano 13y ago
I did not have the opportunity to work on my own projects much this year. I am going into 2014 strong as I just released an Android application that I will continue to improve in the coming months... https://github.com/micha

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