Ask HN: Need advice for a photo gallery iPhone app
My web visitors have been constantly asking for an iPhone app, so I gotta stop procrastinating and get it done.
I have a pretty good idea on how I want the app to look and function (it will basically be a photo gallery that is updated weekly with new photos). I plan to hire someone on oDesk to get this completed. Before I do so, I'd like to get your advice on some things.
1. What's the best way to host the images?. Should the app just serve the photos from my current web server? Or should I use Amazon web services? Is this what Heruko is used for? Sorry for my ignorance, I don't really know much about how iOS apps work and how the content is "pulled" into the app.
2. I've studied some current "pics" apps, and I noticed that some apps load images really quickly, while other ones seem to have a lag every time a new image is loaded. Are the ones that load it quickly pre-loading images? Or are they just using a fast server to load them?
3. Any other advice I should know about before I look for an iOS developer for this?