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ramiyer21a

18 karma · joined May 18, 2011

Developer - web, mobile. Blog at http://www.doecho.com
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ramiyer21a··on The Cost of Native Mobile App Development Is Too Damn High
Our first project was Phonegap which then became Cordova. However, after running into many issues including the fact that we did not like someone could right-clicking and save our html/javascrip code, we transitioned to native apps. We have and continue to work in Objective C, Android Java and more recently Swift.

Ultimately, the problem-solution should determine which platform is used including what you use for backend programming. I find that it is equally difficult to find good qualified people in React and React Native as it is with Objective C, Android Java or Swift. So it is 6 to 1/2 doz.

ramiyer21a··on Ask HN: What social media metrics should we measure?
Thanks for your advise. Makes sense. One of the problems was to figure out what "winning" looks like. We have a sense of what we need to achieve and are driving towards that goal. But would like to make sure are not missing anything.
ramiyer21a··on Ask HN: What social media metrics should we measure?
Great advise...I never thought of runnings ads as an experiment.
ramiyer21a··on Share your weekend/part-time startup (December 2012)
More than a weekend long...checkout http://www.moupp.com. A mobile app for bands, musicians and artists to stay connected with their fans.
ramiyer21a··on Ask HN: How do I increase traffic at no-cost or low-cost?
Agree with you...I meant minimum cash out of pocket. I am not looking at paying a lot of monies to some company or agency. Don't have it. Definitly not looking at unethical or illegal methods. Time is ok to spend within reason ofcourse.
ramiyer21a··on Impressions of SXSW (and how Australian startups stack up)
Seems like the link goes to a domain parking page. That seemed to download a trojan on my system. At least the file said giggedin_something.htm.

Be very careful.

ramiyer21a··on Ask HN:Can I start a company on an H1B visa?
BTW, read this post...http://nodemaker.posterous.com/the-problem-with-ideas
ramiyer21a··on Chicken or Egg...
Completely agree with your statement "Take a general...". Most often though, people run off to build a product even before they spoken to anyone ourside of their close family even excluding friends sometimes. Then you have a product and no users let alone customers.
ramiyer21a··on Ask HN:Can I start a company on an H1B visa?
All wonderful advice and legally accurate. The best thing I can tell you is...start the business. If you have paying customers...everything else will fall into place automatically. Getting paying customers is the hardest part of starting any business. At worse, you will be able to run your company remotely from whatever country you are from. However, if your intent is to get the GC by way of starting a company, then there are lot of other easier options without suffering thru starting a company.
ramiyer21a··on Ask HN: A Well Funded Competitor Has Launched Before Me What Should I do?
Hey,

Do you really know the competitor has the new product? Or is it just a press release. Many times, big companies do press releases of something or the other being released in the next quarter. That "next quarter" never arrives.

The important question is "more than the product do you have paying customers?" If so, don't worry. If no, worry!!!

ramiyer21a··on Ask HN: Need help/advise on a good Windows virtual server hosting company/plan?
Thank you for the suggestions - Isn't Rackspace a little expensive - compared with AWS? Not looked at ORCSWeb yet.
ramiyer21a··on Ask HN: Need help/advise on a good Windows virtual server hosting company/plan?
I have considered AWS but am not sure about persistent storage. I use the disk to store some uploaded files. May be I should transition storing everything in the DB?
ramiyer21a··on Show HN: Seinfeld Calendar webapp.
Excellent concept. Had never heard of this before...but love the concept. Is there a way to manage multiple tasks at the same time?
ramiyer21a··on Cofounder Wanted: www.timeoffhq.com
Cool idea. Very well narrated and concise. The 1 min next to video convinced me to spend one min on it.