In the livestream they mentioned that after they screen all the applications, around 1500 candidates will move to the next stage (depending on the quality of applications). Best wishes to fellow HNers who also applied, hope we can see each other in Germany :)
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I had a really tough time with the Three Body Problem. The first chapter is so strong and then it goes downhill from there.
It straddles subgenres, like the author thinks that all science fiction needs to be Hard SF, but has never actually read hard SF. You can leave things unexplained in speculative fiction, but if you're going to explain them, at least make the explanations sound plausible to a lay-person like me.
Nevermind the fact that nothing in the story has to do with a 3-body system or the 3-body problem. It is referenced in name, but the author botches that too.
The characters are so flat, you can't even call them 2-dimensional with the exception of the cop, who btw has the magic gift of always being able to outthink a roomful of scientists. The other characters are so interchangeable I had to take notes to remember who was who.
I tell friends to avoid this book at all costs. When the big reveal came, I got so angry I threw the book on the floor, left the room and debated finishing it at all. The setup is so intriguing and the reveal is so hackneyed, unpredictable only because who would choose to write something so mundane?
I'm also from Barcelona, and while I consider myself fortunate and relatively successful, I'm still far from the point you currently are.
However, I have experienced doing social projects purely for meaning during few months between opportunities. The most fulfilling one was setting up a mentoring program in high school, where I went through a set of sessions with a small group of ambitious young students. Not technical mentoring, more like practical general life advice delivered in a workshop manner, as if I was an older friend. They all enjoyed it a lot, and to this day, few years later, we still stay in touch and I'm very happy to see how much they have grown since then.
From my experience being born here, there is a strong pull from society to conform and stay mediocre. I want to change that, and help those ambitious to create their own path.
Unfortunately, working at a startup I don't have time for that currently. But I will definitely get back to something like this once I'm financially independent.
If you would like to discuss more, email is in my profile.
I've seen a similar example in the yoga Down Dog app, but in this case mobile is the main app an web is ancillary. On mobile you can pay the subscription, or they tell you to register through their website if you want to save 30%. So basically they charge the app store tax to the users who choose to pay through the mobile app.
In your case, maybe as you mentioned just redirecting your users to your website? Unless your marketing strategy relies strongly on users first finding you through the app store. In that case, not being able to experience what your app does before creating an account will cause drop off - I would give some kind of free roaming around until they need to sign up, similar to what Down Dog does.
All said, no idea about if that is actually allowed in the stores ToS / not enforced, but as you said, it seems that large apps do it, but also smaller ones.
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Your experience matches mine, doing their homework and knowing that what they offer you matches your skills is great. This seems common sense but it's usually not like that. Thanks for sharing!
I've been using Flutter at work for the past month, having used Ionic before (cross-platform but non-native experience), and I'm liking it so far.
If your goal is to play around with code, learn and have fun, I would say give Flutter a try.
It won't lock you out of publishing on F-Droid or anywhere else as far as I understand. And you if you just want to play around you can install your apps directly to your phone with no platform whatsoever.
Since you mention you don't have much programming experience, I would recommend doing some course at Udemy such as this[0], and decide by yourself if Flutter is fun enough - for me it is. But please, don't buy the course at the overpriced tag, don't pay more than 10-15$ for one of those.
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