Yup, lots and lots of layers in Illustrator vectors outputted as png layers combined together by a backend script when the avatar asset is requested, then cached

@Floydian oh it's possible, just time consuming and bug-filled :)

Originally it was because Appcelerator didn't support the latest Android OS circle style, but now it's because it hasn't been a priority. Still not a priority, but I'll add it to the list

@Codex404 ha it's the journey, not the destination

@SukMikeHok not sure man, best to check out their website Halo.com or contact them

We tried stress balls from a couple different companies, currently going through a company called Halo. @SukMikeHok

We encouraged a few friends to post, then bought some ad traffic. It wasn't much to start, but people got the idea and posted their own content

@Codex404 he said he was a software engineer, so I mention I built a community of software engineers called devRant. He was like "wait, what? Like you made devRant?" I said "Yeah, me and my buddy. Have you heard of devRant?" He goes "yeah, I just read, don't post, but man, this is crazy meeting one of the creator of devRant like this." I show him a photo of our new super secret duck prototype then he offers to buy me a drink and I accept.

Definitely a lot more of us out there than you think. The job I'm at now, one of the devs that interviewed me later admitted that he was a devRant user. Had that happen at a different interview as well. It's a small world!

@AlgoRythm ha typo fixed

Sorry, we've been so distracted with the devDucks, didn't even realize the mousepads were out. I'll place a new order and let you know when they're in

Sorry to see you go. Things aren't perfect, I wish we could do more to make this place awesome as it grows. There are things we could do that would change the community, for instance we could ban memes or not allow image uploads at all. Might solve one problem but create very different ones as many people do appear to enjoy them as seen in the upvotes. Making it harder for new users to post before learning the lay of the land could reduce reposts and other blah content but could also turn off otherwise engaged new members. We've discussed giving some trusted members more admin/moderator privileges to help steer the ship but that can bring its own issues as well, as anyone who's spent time on Reddit or other forums knows. Trade offs all around.

As others here have pointed out, we've been less involved in this project lately, job and personal stuff has gotten in the way, but @dfox and I are (slowly) working on a new product extension to devRant that offers more ultility than entertainment. If that can generate some revenue, we can pump more resources back into the community to make sure it doesn't get neglected.

I know Kung-fu!

Thanks! Revel in the darkness my friend!

You too mate! 2019 is going to be legendary!

Welcome!

I did a little pitch for devRant at Techcrunch Disrupt NYC a couple years ago and the judges asked me why the world needs another social network and I told them "Everyone deserves to have a place where they belong"

Thank you all for being here.

I've mentioned this before, so it's not a secret -- the characters are based off a stock vector file I purchased and then heavily modified. That original table scene was the starting point, so it had changed the least. Anyone can buy the rights to use that image as I'm sure that company did. The hundreds of hours of design work I've spent expanding out the styling of the hair and skin tones and clothes and facial expressions, those I would be upset if someone copied outright.

Not beginning with original artwork does have implications for the ability to defend the designs I've built since then, but when we first started devRant, quick and cheap was the name of the game. I'm not concerned, if someone wants to try to copy our styling, they're going to do it anyway, and it's unlikely to dilute our brand. Thanks for caring though!

I met a dev this weekend, when I asked him what he did, he said he "writes software." I'm waiting for the next trend for programing job titles to be "software writer."

"Yo bro, I thought you were an engineer" "Nah dude, I'm a writer"

I was working on lucid dreaming back in high school, and one of the first steps they recommended was to start a dream journal, writing down everything you can remember as soon as you wake up. Made a huge difference in recall, but also made me realize how shitty most of my dreams are. I compare them with being stuck in a B-movie, where it's poorly produced and scripted, and more importantly, I don't make behavioral or emotional choices like I would in real life. Put a roadblock on my path to lucid dreaming, but some day I do need to circle back around and give it another go. We are asleep 1/3 of our lives!

The react code components they are recommending less as "this is production-worthy code" but instead more focused on their component store where people build interactive components and others can use (like libraries) which are either free or sold. But because you can see and edit the code (like Unity) it is something that can be cleaned up for production if so desired.

Some other interesting prototyping-to-code apps are more one-way, where you design something and it just generates code as output for devs to implement. That I would be suspicious of, like classic web WYSIWYG shit code. Couple products that look like they might be good for outputting code for animations and transitions are Flow and Haiku.

I think there is potential for a design tool that gives you the design and interactive freedom of Flash but without the proprietary code. Framer X isn't quite that, but it's getting closer.

<blink>Exciting!</blink>

Definitely not a wasted 3 weeks if you learned enough to rebuild it 3 days! Congrats on starting your dev career!

Raising the standing desk makes getting at the mess of cables super easy, so not too bad with that easy access.

Macmini has served me well. Bought it to do some iOS development a few years ago, and also use it for Sketch and other mac-only design software. I've been building my own PCs since I was in high school, I can't justify the expense of a $2500 MacBook pro unless my employer is paying for it. Also I find working on the single screen of a laptop to be frustrating and unproductive, so I have never seen the appeal of working at a coffee shop

Congrats!

@Condor bitmoji makes some money doing promotional items for their avatars, so it's doable, but at our scale it'd be tough to make it worth the time hunting down the deals

I made sure not to use brands, that is actually a "p" for uh... Peats

That was the plan initially, just having them for the avatar builder was MVP that took way too long. I may need to do something about the size of avatar thumbnails to make the expressions more distinguishable on mobile rant views

Congrats! Don't forget to feed the dog 🐕

Looks like around 100 monthly users from China across web/iOS/andriod. Sadly no North Koreans, I imagine they'd have some fun rants

We also fixed your typed comment disappearing if you misclick off the modal, so hopefully less frustration on web