Recent content by phryne

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    What do you think of this name?

    Neologisms may work, but they would need very strong marketing to add meaning to the word. Words that seem like real words but aren't could be a better alternative e.g. squaggle (which exists as slang). I don't believe that relatedness to the product matters – but at least make sure it's...
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    I have an App Idea. What to do next?

    My career has been in consultation/outsourcing, and the truth is that you really get what you pay for, with exponential losses. If the fair price of the app is under 30k GBP, it's very likely that you'll have to redo it within 1-2 years. Building a proper app, possibly including the backend in...
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    New business idea - will it work?

    I'm still not exactly sure if this a joke or not, but metal cold wallets were quite popular about two years ago. You'd encode one way or another the seed phrase onto a metal disk/plate/cylinder by engraving it and make it as luxurious as necessary. I personally toyed with the idea of semi-luxury...
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    Teams for rent

    You'd be surprised by how many clients actually care about the amount of developers and their seniority level, some going as far as wanting to interview each of them. I think it comes down to the implication of them making the calculation one way or another to what's the daily rate. I've...
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    Software Endevors

    Greetings, the (not so very) short intro: I'm from Latin America, I'm 28 going 29, I studied Mechatronics Engineering, and I've worked as a fulltime SWE since 2019. I consider myself to be almost creative, stubbornly scientific but also indulgent on fantasy. My greatest fault when it comes to...