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kd22 commented on TailwindCSS v2.0 blog.tailwindcss.com/tail... · Posted by u/sarathyweb

kd22 · 5 years ago

For someone who really wants to learn CSS from scratch, is it a bad idea that I start learning CSS by using tailwind?

I am mostly a backend dev and trying to learn UI dev since I need it for some side projects.

kd22 commented on Ask HN: What's your quarantine side project? · Posted by u/dhr

trango · 6 years ago

I created https://web.trango.io a LAN based calling and file sharing service. Essentially, you can share files, make video and audio calls to those on the same network as you without having to go through the internet. Your data never leaves your local Wifi. The internet is only used to discover those on the same network as you. We use webrtc and a signalling server to make this system work.

We were in the same office and needed a fast, simple way to communicate with eachother without coming in close contact (covid 19) and wanted to do that over LAN rather than use tools over the internet NOR use our ancient intercom system. So now we are using this internally for fast file sharing and good quality video calls.

Going to be introducing group calls soon and also the ability to integrate online calling and file sharing.

kd22 · 6 years ago

So cool! Mind sharing what tech you used to build this?

kd22 commented on Nasty macOS flaw is bricking MacBooks: Don't install this update tomsguide.com/news/nasty-... · Posted by u/Corrado

kd22 · 6 years ago

Was going to update today, I guess I am going to be on my current 10.15.2 for a long time. 10.15.2 is quite stable and runs smooth enough with occasional freezes happening maybe once a month.

kd22 commented on Show HN: A “living” Linux process with no memory github.com/izabera/zeroma... · Posted by u/izabera

saagarjha · 6 years ago

Can someone write a program to tell me how much money I’d need to give you?

kd22 · 6 years ago

Give me time and I'll tell you at the end how much money you need to give me.

kd22 commented on My Startup Failed, So We Open-Sourced the Tech veniqa.com/... · Posted by u/Viveckh

mattkevan · 6 years ago

Totally agree.

E-commerce is hard, and getting the tech right is only a small part of it.

I work for a very large e-commerce company, and I’ve been building e-commerce sites myself for years.

My first attempt, in part, failed because I spent too much time trying to get the tech perfect and not enough on marketing. I should have accepted the tech was a bit crap and only tried to sort it once I had enough revenue to sort it properly.

In my experience crappy tech doesn’t stop a company from being successful if it’s got good product/market fit. It might slow things down or cause problems later, but the company will still function. Focusing on the tech before getting the business fundamentals right means an ‘It’s been an incredible journey’ blog post is imminent.

My rule now is to use off-the-shelf tech wherever possible, and only try and build something new if it provides enough value. Reinventing the wheel, only newer and shinier, is not providing value.

kd22 · 6 years ago

This is so true. The key to building something that succeeds in the longer term is because you are providing value to the market.

Using shiny/new tech is just complementary, and might even come back to bite you later on.

kd22 commented on Ask HN: What Skills to Acquire in 2020? · Posted by u/xcoding

kd22 · 6 years ago

1. Being a good listener. 2. Patience. 3. Agreeing to disagree, and not taking it personally.

kd22 commented on Flutter: UI platform designed for ambient computing developers.googleblog.com... · Posted by u/plexicle

christocracy · 6 years ago

I’m a professional plugin developer. I make plugins for Cordova, React Native and Flutter. Flutter is my favorite.

You should do a hello world at least.

kd22 · 6 years ago

Is building plugins faster/easier than building apps (using Flutter)? Looking to learn flutter so wondering if I should build a plugin or app when going beyond hello world.