murph37

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   by murph37 3y ago

   Location: Hudson, OH Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: No Technologies: React.js, React Native, TypeScript, JavaScript, C#, .NET Core, Node.js, SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, HTML, CSS, Tailwind, Next.js, Expo, Azure, AWS Resume/CV: ht
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   Ask HN: Best advice for Director of Operations at a software development agency?

   2 points by murph37 5y ago|0 comments
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   by murph37 6y ago

   "...determining what distinguishes the side project from competing or similar apps..." I think this is a simple point, but an important one. For the Hacker News App example, I really need to try and show why someone would download
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   by murph37 6y ago

   I agree! I think 'word of mouth' marketing is very powerful. Although, I don't think I've ever thought about building product features with it in mind. Thanks for the input!
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   by murph37 6y ago

   You're right I should give ProductHunt another go. I listed Hacky on ProductHunt a long-time ago by it's former name 'Dark Hacker News'. It's a much different and better app now so it'd be worth listing it agai
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   by murph37 6y ago

   I've heard of Seth Godin a lot and read his short blog posts here and there. However, I've never read any of his books. Which of those 3 books is your favorite?
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   by murph37 6y ago

   I've heard this one brought up before, but I've never read it. I didn't realize it was the founder of DuckDuckGo either so that's pretty cool. I'll add it to the list!
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   by murph37 6y ago

   Thanks! :) I figured if I could market and learn about marketing at the same time then why not go for it?
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   by murph37 6y ago

   Never heard of this one, but I'll check it out. Thanks for the recommendation!
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    by murph37 6y ago

    A lurker logging in just to recommend a book? As a fellow lurker, now I'll have to give this one a whirl. To echo my comment above, what is your favorite part about this book in particular?
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    by murph37 6y ago

    Thanks for the recommendation! I'm always game for a good read. What is favorite thing about this book in particular?
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    Ask HN: What are your best tips or resources when it comes to marketing?

    79 points by murph37 6y ago|31 comments
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    by murph37 6y ago

    Yes, currently bookmarks are local to the device. I'd like to update that in the future so they are synced and stored for safe keeping, but I'm not certain how I want to tackle that in react native yet. Any suggestions?
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    by murph37 6y ago

    Thanks! That's awesome! Haven't tried it on a M1 Macbook yet, but I bet it'd be fast.
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    by murph37 6y ago

    Hacky is a user-friendly Hacker News Reader for browsing Hacker News stories and comments. Some of the features include: Bookmarks, Bookmark Folders, Bookmarks Search, Collapsible Comments, Color-based Comment Threads, Hold to Copy Com
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    Show HN: Hacky – a user-friendly Hacker News reader built in React Native(apps.apple.com)

    7 points by murph37 6y ago|5 comments
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    by murph37 6y ago

    Yeah for sure. I've been able to tackle the html comments now just wanting to implement auth. Any recommended resources?
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    Ask HN: Does the Hacker News API have auth documentation?

    2 points by murph37 6y ago|3 comments
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    by murph37 6y ago

    Thank you!! So glad you like the folders. I really felt like bookmarks were missing something until I added folders. Let me know if you have any other feedback or features you'd like to see. Enjoy!
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    by murph37 6y ago

    Yeah I've thought about simplifying the icon or at least making it look less sinister. Maybe take away the red eyes or something. Appreciate the feedback!
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    by murph37 6y ago

    That's interesting. It's back down to #11 for me now. So it seems then like it is personalized to user to some extent.
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    by murph37 6y ago

    On Dark Hacker News you collapse threads by tapping anywhere on the comment you want to collapse and it will collapse that comment's thread. Let me know if you have any other questions!
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    by murph37 6y ago

    Can you check the top paid news chart now? Thanks to the HN support we are back up to #8! I'd be curious to see if it is at #8 for other people as well.
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    by murph37 6y ago

    Thank you for the support! That's one of the reasons I really wanted to make it a paid app so I had more of an incentive to support it long term and keep it updated. If there's any suggestions you have or features you'd like
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    by murph37 6y ago

    I'm still using the managed workflow for the time being. I've considered ejecting to the bare workflow, but haven't made the jump quite yet. Wow that's awesome! At the very least I should try ejecting to see how slim I c
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    by murph37 6y ago

    No problem!
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    by murph37 6y ago

    Sure thing! My stack for Dark Hacker news is React Native and Expo. Since I've primarily been a web developer and have some React Web experience, React Native made the transition to mobile development a lot more seamless. From building
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    by murph37 6y ago

    That's a great question. Let me try and find an example post to see if it does. If it does not, I'll definitely add that to my backlog because I'd love to have that feature as well.
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    by murph37 6y ago

    That was my thought too. The listing have to be more localized or personalized for a small indie app like mine to climb the charts for a day. I'd like to talk with someone who has more experience with the app store rankings and algorit
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    by murph37 6y ago

    Yeah I'm really not sure on this one. I was only at #7 for a brief moment during a weekday. I have to imagine the apps that are consistently high in the rankings are making much more on a daily basis. On my post on IndieHackers I inclu