superplussed

Same. Busy and slow, and I will never understand why it is the default these days.

You are a beast. This is ridiculous and incredible!

As this becomes a bigger topic, I always wonder if there isn't an interesting technological solution to be had. Will there be a time in the future where we have satellite coverage of the globe, that has high-res real-time imagery? Could we attach cameras to Starlink satellites as an example? It seems like there would be a huge market for a service like this from governments and the like.

Seedlang | Full-stack Rails / React / React Native | Full-time | Remote/Berlin | https://www.seedlang.com

We are a video-based language learning website and app. You could think of us as the intersection between Duolingo and YouTube, all built around an Anki shell. Seedlang's content was created in collaboration with a well known German teacher on YouTube, the host of a channel called Easy German. The channel has almost 1 million subscribers, and so our site and app has a great distribution channel.

We are just starting to expand our development team, and are looking for people that are as obsessed with life-long learning as we are. You can learn more at: http://www.seedlang.com/jobs

Seedlang | React / React Native Developer | Full-time | Remote/Berlin | https://www.seedlang.com

We are a video-based language learning website and app. You could think of us as the intersection between Duolingo and Youtube, all built around an Anki shell. Seedlang's content was created in collaboration with a well known German teacher on Youtube, the host of a channel called Easy German. The channel has almost 1 million subscribers, and so our site and app has a great distribution channel.

We are just starting to expand our development team, and are looking for people that are as obsessed with life-long learning as we are. You can learn more at: http://www.seedlang.com/jobs

Seedlang | React (Native) Developer, Ruby Developer | Full-time | Remote/Berlin | http://www.seedlang.com

We are a video-based language learning website and app. You could think of us as the intersection between Duolingo and Youtube, all built around an Anki shell. Seedlang's content was created in collaboration with a well known German teacher on Youtube, and so already has a good distribution channel.

We are just starting to build our team, and are looking for people that are as obsessed with life-long learning as we are. You can learn more at: http://www.seedlang.com/jobs

You might also try my website (and soon to be app) Seedlang: http://www.seedlang.com. It is a site for learning German, and later this year Spanish, French, and English. It uses video flashcards to create different learning experiences, and ties them all together with a Anki-like review deck where any word or sentence encountered on the site can be saved.

I built a website (and soon an app) for learning German, that has a focus on both grammar and vocabulary. We have a frequency list with the top 5000 German words. And we are a video-driven site, so each word has a video. And most words also have sentences (also each with a video). This is good for getting a feel for the spoken language, and hearing the vocabulary used in context. You can check it out here: http://www.seedlang.com

I got existential:

I got existential:

Hi, here I am typing, what is the big deal. I can't even see what the progress is or what danger I might be in. What is the dsignifier of my danger? The typography is nice. But I don't know what my purpose is here. Is this a metaphor for life? What is my purpose, I won't know until the game is already over? How have I determined if I'm winning or losing? Who keeps score anyway? How many questions can I ask in one paragraph? Is this a self-interview or something? What I should have done is read more about this before I started. Maybe the goal is to get 500 words before the timer is over? At which point I have failed? And that's why so many people gave a count when they were posting on HN, it was just that in 5 minutes they were only able to manage 300 words? Could be. Could not be. That is a question meant to fill up space. And what is the point of filling up space if all that life is a kind of filling up of space. We dont' know if anything means anything, we might just be atoms floating around - or molecules floating around the universe. Star dust or whatever. But what is the point of this stardust sitting here typing for five minutes, only to find out if he's won or lost. I"m not on place to get 500 words, but is 500 words just a construct of my own mind? Did anyone even mention 500 words? What I had assumed was that as I typed there would be ever vanishing text that would sort of creep on my current progress, eventually overtaking it. And that would lead to a feeling of stress and turmoil. This doesn't feel stressful or full of turmoil at all, more of confusion. Ok, I just noticed that my cursor is red. Was it always red? Does it mean I'm running out of time? My guess is that it does mean something but that I'm overstating it's meaning. Well that's another metaphor. We run through life overstating meaning again and again, missing the things that are actually meaningful. Ok, my time is over. I think it's ove

Prepare for the new hype cycle.

Amazing, hadn't heard of it and will definitely pick it up. Thanks!

There is a book I'm currently reading that lines up nicely with what is discussed in this study.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007QMZ7Z8/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?...

The theory laid out is that early childhood trauma gets stored in the body, and that there has to be a bottom-up approach to dealing with the afteraffects of this. A top-down approach that is purely cognitive won't suffice. I'm not yet at the treatment portion of the book, but it seems to exactly line up with this study and might be interesting for you.

99% (I'm saying this as a non-drinker who can count on one hand the number of other non-drinkers I know)

I also hear that it's protection against a founder quitting. Though this to me seems dubious as I would guess that sole founders are much less likely to quit prematurely (for obvious reasons) than a co-founder.

Thanks for this comment, I was thinking the same thing but assumed I am just missing something obvious.

What does it mean to be a $32M company? Based on whose valuation? I don't get why this number is such a prominent feature, and then is never explained. And is $32M a big number? Compared to who? This all seems strange to me.

Secondary language learning is a frustration that spans the ages :)

That's the opposite of an impressive hire.

There is a German word for this: verschlimmbessern. This roughly translates in English to "imworsenprove". :)

Very cool to see this. Btw, at the bottom you guys linked to a blog post that didn't resolve: http://www.ycombinator.com/top-companies-2018

I partnered with a Youtube teacher to create my video-based German language learning app.

She has a unique format of asking native Germans topical questions on the street and mixing in some grammar videos. And she is seriously beloved by language learners here in Berlin! We can barely walk down the street with her and her husband being recognized:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbxb2fqe9oNgglAoYqsYOtQ

My app: https://seedlang.com

Seedlang | Front-end Developer | Berlin | REMOTE, FULL-TIME | Salary + sizeable equity Seedlang (http://seedlang.com) is a video-based language learning website that can be thought of as a combination of the best parts from Duolingo, Memrise, and Youtube. We create small stories around grammatical topics, split the sentences of the story into flashcards, and embed grammar into the subtitles of the flashcards. It's a really unique experience, and so far the response from the German-learning community has been great.

We use React / Mobx in the front-end, and Rails as a API server in the backend. I'm looking for someone to help with adapting our current codebase to React Native, so React Native eperience would be great. Interest in (spoken) languages is a huge plus! :)

Remote is totally fine, though Berlin is preferred.

Contact me at jeremy@seedlang.com

Seedlang | Front-end Developer | Berlin | REMOTE, FULL-TIME | Salary + sizeable equity

Seedlang (http://seedlang.com) is a video-based language learning website that can be thought of as a combination of the best parts from Duolingo, Memrise, and Youtube. We create small stories around grammatical topics, split the sentences of the story into flashcards, and embed grammar into the subtitles of the flashcards. It's a really unique experience, and so far the response from the German-learning community has been great.

We use React / Mobx in the front-end, and Rails as a API server in the backend. I'm looking for someone to help with adapting our current codebase to React Native, so React Native eperience would be great. Interest in (spoken) languages is a huge plus! :)

Remote is totally fine, though Berlin is preferred.

Contact me at jeremy@seedlang.com

Is this still true? I tried Vscode / Atom the other night and Atom performed better for me, at least for the time it took to render the syntax highlighting of each file.

After starting to use RN for iOS, did you adapt the web app to use react-native-web?

Awesome post, and it's really impressive what you have managed to build with such a small team! Could you go into more detail regarding your problems with Android? Poor performance of touch events seems like the kind of thing that would make RN/Android unsuitable for most teams, so why does it have such widespread adoption?

Any other insights would be great, as I'm planning to start converting my web app to RN in the next months and didn't know Android would be a problem.

Does anyone know when the store will update? Here in Germany it says on the sales page 8th generation Intel chips, and when I go to the sales page it is all still 7th generation.

Seedlang | Front-end Developer | Berlin | REMOTE, FULL-TIME | Salary + sizeable equity

Seedlang (http://seedlang.com) is a video-based language learning website that can be thought of as a combination of the best parts from Duolingo, Memrise, and Youtube. We just launched monetization a few weeks ago and are currently bootstapped, so we are not looking to hire quite yet, but expect to make our first developer hire within the next 4-12 weeks.

We use React / Mobx in the front-end, and Rails as a API server in the backend. I'm looking for someone to adapt our current codebase to React Native, so React Native eperience is a must. Interest in (spoken) languages is a huge plus! :)

Remote is totally fine, though Berlin is preferred.

Contact me at jeremy@seedlang.com

Well said.

Hi Matt, thanks for the feedback! We will definitely look at partnering with businesses and schools in the future. And I'll have to look into the subtitles on the explainer video, that's a great tip as well.

Once you give Seedlang a try, let me know what you think!