sunkan's comments

sunkan | 10 years ago | on: Ask HN: After working for myself what job positions am I suitable for?

I would love to talk to you. Contact info on my profile.

sunkan | 10 years ago | on: Ask HN: Been toying with a model for running a company. Critique me please

Mokriya works this way. We work with companies like Intel, Google, Twitter, SanDisk, Salesforce etc, with workforce spread across the globe with no set timings and very little management or bureaucracy.

sunkan | 12 years ago | on: Give HN: Interested in Free a Google Analytics crash course?

Yes, I would be interested.

sunkan | 13 years ago | on: App Developer Makes Craigslist Mobile, the Legal Way

That is some fantastic feedback. I got your email too. We will be fixing some of these issues.

sunkan | 13 years ago | on: App Developer Makes Craigslist Mobile, the Legal Way

client

sunkan | 13 years ago | on: App Developer Makes Craigslist Mobile, the Legal Way

Thanks for thoughtful feedback. On number 1, we went back and forth on that and now my memory is a little hazy on why we decided to stick with the way it is.

sunkan | 13 years ago | on: App Developer Makes Craigslist Mobile, the Legal Way

This comment makes me really happy. This is exactly what we were shooting for. We wanted to create a compelling user experience for Craigslist users and make it a joy to use craigslist. Wanted the experience to be on par with some of the best consumer Mobile apps on the market. It was a lot of hardwork in going through multiple design iterations to finally arrive at this.

sunkan | 13 years ago | on: App Developer Makes Craigslist Mobile, the Legal Way

1. There is some upfront fee and they get a percentage cut of the revenue we make.

2. You are right, craigslist doesn't have an API, so whether you are licensed or not, you have the same tools at your disposal. We did typical HTML scraping, but our amazing Dev team did some really smart tweaks to present the data in a beautiful way.

sunkan | 13 years ago | on: App Developer Makes Craigslist Mobile, the Legal Way

All development was done using native development tools on iOS and Android.

sunkan | 13 years ago | on: App Developer Makes Craigslist Mobile, the Legal Way

That seems to be a bug or those missing listings do not have lat/long. We will look into it and try to fix it. I wish craigslist provided API access to their data. Also there are licensing restrictions, so we do all the processing on the client and the app has no server component.

sunkan | 13 years ago | on: App Developer Makes Craigslist Mobile, the Legal Way

I hope you checked out the app. If you really did checkout the app and feel that it is no different than the other craigslist apps on the market, then I have nothing to add and I will take your criticism of the App.

sunkan | 13 years ago | on: App Developer Makes Craigslist Mobile, the Legal Way

I am the OP and CoFounder of Mokriya, the company that built Mokriya Craigslist. It has innovative UI that is never seen before in any other apps. Would love to know what HN thinks of the App. It is a complete redesign of Craigslist on Mobile from the ground up, with innovative UI. Here is some press about the app.

http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2013/02/20/craigslist-ap...

http://techland.time.com/2013/02/20/its-craigslist-only-on-a...

http://pandodaily.com/2013/02/20/what-if-craigslist-had-desi...

Happy to answer any questions on how we built the app and thought process behind some of the UI and UX in the app.

sunkan | 13 years ago | on: Who's up for a beer tonight near Palo Alto?

I might be up for it. Can you throw in a specific place and time ?

sunkan | 13 years ago | on: Ask HN: What are app developers buisness models?

Can you recommend any of the third party design firms that are good with game design ? I run a shop similar to what you do, but we are mainly focussed on building products for Startups and now venturing into Enterprises.

sunkan | 13 years ago | on: Ask HN: What should a 16 year old Python hacker looking for "a job" do?

Thanks, fixed it. I already spoke to the guy on Skype.

sunkan | 13 years ago | on: Ask HN: What should a 16 year old Python hacker looking for "a job" do?

I will hire you. We are a bunch of awesome developers working with some of the best tech startups in the valley. Two of our developers are in India just like you and work remotely. Email and my company info are in my profile.

sunkan | 14 years ago | on: Please learn to write

" Good training in writing is available and worthwhile. If you really want to get better, seek it out. "

Do you have any pointers for resources ?

sunkan | 14 years ago | on: 'Private' social network Everyme (YC S11) takes on Facebook

If I remember correctly, you were going to reinvent the Address book on iPhone. If I may ask, what was the reason behind pivoting from that idea to a private social network.? Curios to know the reasons behind abandoning the idea of building a better address book.

sunkan | 14 years ago | on: What we’ve learned from Hacker School

Is there something similar to this in the Bay Area?

sunkan | 14 years ago | on: Rand Fishkin: Inbound Marketing for Startups

I was there and 100% agree on everything you said.