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by sachinmonga 5y ago
Ahh, sorry about that poor experience! And thanks for sharing the domains - will pass this along. If you get stuck in the auth loop again, our support team is very responsive.
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by sachinmonga 5y ago
Yes! Very excited to build more readability features and customization.
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by sachinmonga 5y ago
1. Account switching and/or being able to merge accounts is a totally reasonable idea. Right now you can theoretically sign out / sign in with a different email address but I know that's a pain 2. Good feedback re: the orange
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by sachinmonga 5y ago
> after commenting on one newsletter, it becomes impossible to comment on any other newsletter without compromising my privacy. We tried to build reader profiles in a way that can handle this nicely - you can choose on a per-subscription
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by sachinmonga 5y ago
Thanks! - The iPad experience is admittedly not as amazing as it could be, and something I'm excited to improve big time down the road. For now, the app should respect your dynamic type settings (in case you have your font set larger a
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by sachinmonga 5y ago
Thanks! I definitely had that realization too when I first downloaded the app, and it's been a not uncommon experience.
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by sachinmonga 5y ago
Technically that was the 2nd release ;) We submitted v1.0.1 the moment that v1.0 was released and shipped it on launch day as soon as it was approved by Apple.
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by sachinmonga 5y ago
Definitely. The current Discover tab in the app is admittedly pretty basic - just search, the same featured publications from the homepage on substack.com, and categories. We have a lot of ideas for how to improve this tab, as well as other
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by sachinmonga 5y ago
> As a user I don't mind an app from a technical perspective. It gives me more options! But what are the things the app can do that the web cannot? A simple but important one: being able to get a notification on your phone when a ne
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by sachinmonga 5y ago
It's definitely not optimal, I'll be the first to admit. With limited resources, it really comes down to sequencing. We could have sat on the iPhone app until the Android app was ready to launch, but shipping on one platform ASAP
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by sachinmonga 5y ago
Aww, thank you for the kind words. It was fun to get to sneak in some of the Cocoon design patterns here and there throughout the Substack app :) Bundles of some kind are an often-requested feature by both writers and readers. Something we&
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by sachinmonga 5y ago
Thanks! Curious if you use dynamic type on your phone? Right now those settings should be respected by the app. In-app settings are on the roadmap too (themes, font selection, type size) but in the mean time maybe that's a helpful st
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by sachinmonga 5y ago
> Also, for a "quick win", have you considered adding the ability for authors to generate unique URLs for sharing posts? Ideally with separated analytics. That's a cool idea! Is your intended use case being able to easily
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by sachinmonga 5y ago
To answer your question a bit more specifically, one thing that's starting to work as a nice discovery loop in the app is being able to tap on a commenter's profile and see what other Substacks that person is subscribed to. Reader
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by sachinmonga 5y ago
Thanks for the kind words! The nice thing about "network-first" products like Medium and Twitter is that there's a large audience baked in (as you mention) that you can tap into is a small time writer. But the trade-off is th
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by sachinmonga 5y ago
I tagged in one of our lead engineers to talk about the tech stack, but can chime in re: considerations for multi-platform. We are sprinting as fast as we can to get an Android app out the door. We're also planning on investing more in
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by sachinmonga 5y ago
Sachin here (from Substack). I for one would be stoked about a MacOS app, although it's probably not the highest priority thing right now :) Our next step within the Apple universe will most likely be to build an amazing iPad optimized
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by sachinmonga 6y ago
Cocoon | Android Engineer (FTE) | San Francisco | Onsite (remote currently) Cocoon is a dedicated digital space for families to gather and keep each other close. Over the past few weeks, we've been inspired by the thousands of groups c
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The Importance of Seating at the Investor Meeting(techcrunch.com)
2 points by sachinmonga 7y ago|0 comments
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by sachinmonga 8y ago
RE: Royal Bank of Canada, their access to the Messages API was specifically to let people send money to their friends via Messenger through the RBC app. In Canada, the only way method for P2P money transfer is through a system called Intera
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by sachinmonga 12y ago
William Whyte should be required reading for anyone building an app intending to facilitate interaction. I probably reference his book ( http://www.amazon.com/Social-Life-Small-Urban-Spaces/dp/0970... ) more than an
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Your Life, Personalized(medium.com)
3 points by sachinmonga 13y ago|0 comments
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Why Do We Work?(medium.com)
3 points by sachinmonga 13y ago|0 comments
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Control a cockroach's mind with an iPhone app(mashable.com)
1 points by sachinmonga 13y ago|0 comments
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by sachinmonga 14y ago
Ha, this was all I could think about while reading.
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by sachinmonga 14y ago
Missing the biggest one: 3 offset columns to display entries, a la Pinterest.
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by sachinmonga 14y ago
I'll definitely have to check out How Buildings Learn, your description sounds great. Both Brand and Kelly have really interesting views on the implications and effects on cities. There's a great full section on cities in Whole Earth Discip
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Stewart Brand Wants to Revive Extinct Species (Interview w/ Kevin Kelly)(wired.com)
14 points by sachinmonga 14y ago|3 comments
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Can we make an African warlord famous in 2012, using Facebook?(vimeo.com)
3 points by sachinmonga 15y ago|0 comments
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by sachinmonga 15y ago
Hey everyone - The goal with H4aC is to turn this into a movement. We're trying to do the opposite of the TEDx model - minimize the red tape, but maximize the support. We're trying to build a framework for running a successful Hack and I'd

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