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ChrisMarshallNYtoday at 11:27 AM2 repliesview on HN

Sigh...

Seriously? I've explained this many times, but I assume that doing background research before insulting isn't a "modern" thing to do. Just Ready, Fire, Aim. Seriously, you could probably use ChatGPT to make a decent guess.

The issue is that the app addresses a specific (very privacy-aware) demographic. Each signup is manually vetted by two admins. It will probably never have more than a couple of thousand users, and the ones that are there, are more than a little [justified] paranoid.

Having several thousand curious geeks, do throwaway signups, just so they can see that the app is not for them, is not going to be helpful, so I never mention it here. If anyone really wants to know about it, I'm easy to contact. Unlike lots of folks, here, I am quite open about who I am.

The app, itself, is closed-source, but uses a significant number of open-source dependencies (that I also wrote -sometimes with AI help), which are easy to see.

And that's all I'll say.

Have a great day!


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inigyoutoday at 1:16 PM

Thanks for confirming Krei-se was right.

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Krei-setoday at 11:40 AM

called it