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The Nyaruka Blog
Company blog · blog.nyaruka.comprogrammingstartups
The Nyaruka Blog is the company blog at blog.nyaruka.com, writing about programming and startups. Since 2010, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 18 times, most often “Android's Achilles' Heel (for the rest of the world) - The Sim Toolkit”. The last post was in 2015, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog for posts on Android phones and SIM Toolkit support in Africa, and for a post on Skype's regex easter egg. Comments mostly ask questions about or cite these posts.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
We build awesome software for East Africa.
Most-linked posts?
- Android's Achilles' Heel (for the rest of the world) - The Sim Toolkit2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2011-05-04
- Skype's Crazy Regex Easter Egg2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2011-02-14
What Hacker News says?
I'm starting a software company, primarily focusing on SMS based data collection systems. See this blog post for the whole story of how I got here: http://blog.nyaruka.com/18178694
Comment linking /18178694
on “Back Office Exposed: Bingo Card Creator”Submitted Skype's Crazy Regex Easter Egg as a story · 216 points
HN discussionAre you seeing any adoption by consumers in Rwanda? A few months ago you wrote an interesting post about the lack of SIM Toolkit support -- http://blog.nyaruka.com/androids-achilles-heal-the-sim-toolk... Is that hindering uptake? Any updates?
Comment linking /androids-achilles-heal-the-sim-toolkit
on “$80 Android Phone Sells Like Hotcakes in Kenya, the World Next?”Submitted Android's Achilles' Heel (for the rest of the world) - The Sim Toolkit as a story · 64 points
HN discussionThe likely reason Speedtest doesn't add up is because the file you are downloading to test with is hosted by your ISP. Speedtest was originally made to test the 'last mile', assuming your ISP's connections to the rest of the world is always faster than that. In most cases that is true, but it is possible it isn't in your area. As a particular clear example of that, here's my little write up on Speedtest.net usage in…
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on “WHAAAAT? Unlimited storage for $4.99 a month not a viable business model?”Submitted How Udacity's Greatest Effect will be in the Developing World as a story · 61 points
HN discussionAppears to have been around a while. http://blog.nyaruka.com/skypes-crazy-regex-easter-egg Still very cool.
Comment linking /skypes-crazy-regex-easter-egg
on “Skype v7 supports regexp”Submitted Learning to Swim By Reading a Book - Teaching CS in Rwanda as a story · 39 points
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HN discussionSubmitted Polio, Meet Mobile: Targeting the Final 1% of Global Polio Cases with Textit as a story · 1 points
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