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I've been using influads for 3 months now and haven't faced any of those problems. I can see my daily stats, and have a variety of ads served by them. And even though I didn't had a high traffic blog, still they accepted me, that means something to me.

Also, adsense may be a good chocie for you, but I'll perhaps never use it. I like to have a single tiny add on my website, which is atleast somewhat related to what I write. Besides, having larger ads, or too many ads, just spoils the reading experience. For me, providing a good reading experience to my readers is as important as making money from it.

Glad to know that adsense works great for you. It would never work for me. Just my 2 cents :)

Well said. This article is meant to be useful, and act as a simple reference while designing your own products. And they are based on Dieter Ram's years of experience as a designer.

Just because, it's simple doesn't mean it's not valuable. The best experts I know make things as simple as they possibly can.

Thanks for sharing the video link. Will check it out :)

Thanks to all HN users who upvoted this story. I don't remember seeing comic strips on HN frontpage, and wasn't sure about sharing this post. But I found it really good, and am glad you all found it useful.

Creating a great product needs time and hard work. This story beautifully illustrates that.

Earlier I used to spend so much time worrying about being perfect that many times I wouldn't even start. It's only now I realize the importance of creating good work every day, even though it may not be the best one.

The basic rules for success are always same. It's we who interpret them in different terms :)

I agree with that. I found some really good stories on Zenpencils. The beautiful visuals just add more power to the written stories.

I too have learned a lot from blogging. When I started out, it was discouraging, and still is, when you spend time in writing good posts and no one bothers to read them. But with time, you get better at it and actually start writing in a better way which others find easy to understand. And yes, sometimes google does recognize your good posts and sends you tons of traffic, even when your posts don't get shared on social media.

True. Practicing only makes sense when you learn from it.

Thanks Bryan. I too have the same experience.

Congrats for completing 6 wonderful years. I regularly read HN since past 1-2 years. It's been a valuable source for providing news about startups and programming. I also contribute my own articles to HN and the HN community has been extremely helpful in making me a decent writer.

I too think people here are friendly and helpful, if you really ask for solutions politely. But, sometimes, I see people criticizing the HN community and that's why I shared this link which shows the good-natured side of HN.

What I like about HN is the simplicity and quality of content it has offered since so many years. I heard about HN only about a year ago and have been regularly reading it. The insights and inspiration it offers to newcomers is simply awesome.

The homepage looks just as it looked 5 years ago. That is something worth applauding. It just proves quality and simplicity always win in the longterm.

I absolutely agree with you here. Learning from a good teacher can really make a big difference. You will learn things at a much greater speed than if you start alone.

But, sadly, it's not always easy to find such kind of teacher. I have met so many teachers in my life who only think about teaching as a job, and simply don't care about the students that much. Based on my experience, i have hardly found 5% of the teachers who are really good at what they do.

If you can't find such kind of teacher, it's best to start on your own :)

When i started out, i used Turbo C++ Compiler on a Windows 98 system. It was as easy as copy/pasting the TC++ directory and changing the directory path in the compiler settings. It hardly took much time to learn the basics and soon i was enjoying writing some cool logical programs and having a good time :)

C was the first language that i learned and i still feel very comfortable using it. I think that's what affects my choice in recommending it as the first programming language to be learned.

Still, personal experiences in using a language would always be different for different people. That's why i recommend asking other programmers for some advice, before jumping into programming for the very first time :)

They are for the Calculator app that i have made. Please read the complete post for details.

Just added few more codes. hope you get them this time :)

Thanks a lot for your response. It's beacuse of all of you that the post made it to the first page of hackernews. This kind of appreciation means so much :)

Please find some more promo codes for the app below:

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Thanks for your feedback angerman.

I purposely made the launch image like the way it is. As per Apple Human Interface Guidelines it is better to use a launch image that makes the user feel that the app is loading. That way they wont click on the launch image until it loads and shows the number. But, i can understand your point. When you use a different theme then it may not look right. Don't know if there is a way to use different launch image based on some value.

Using at least some spacing between the keys is necessary otherwise it's easy to hit another key by mistake. Also, i think, it's right think to do design-wise as it gives a decent look to the interface.

Hope i made the right choice.