500 sats \ 0 replies \ @felipe OP 8 Nov 2023 \ parent \ on: Ask SN: Anyone interested in funding the development of the unofficial SN app? meta
Hey, @Car!
so will be extremely hard for a lot of us to give that up
Yeah, I know that. My goal is to build a good snappy app aiming on people with "not so good" devices. Just basic features for now (reading & writing posts, zaps, comments, etc). Maybe people with better devices will start using when it's more stable and feature complete.
Based on the git it looks like it will feature a lot of Nostr integration? ... Would I have the same SN wallet or another wallet to manage on your app?
The screenshot you pointed is showing a comment someone have written. We don't have any Nostr feature yet but when I start integrating it I'll probably use some library like dart-nostr or something similar.
The community actually had a previous SN app called BSats for awhile... I would recommend checking that out for inspiration. Maybe could help?
Yeah, I did take a look at it when I started the development. We already surpassed the BSats feature and performance wise (although my version is currently broken for lack of upgrades).
I don't know the BSats story but I might have an idea on why they abandoned the development:
    1. The Stacker News api is a moving target (which is ok because it was not made for third-party clients). I plan to follow upstream close and implement relevant changes ASAP.
    1. The PWA crowd is too loud
Love to see the need to contribute to SN! So great on you for contributing felipe!
Thank you, @Car :)
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