Simplabs
simplabs.com · Company blog · on HN since 2017
Simplabs is a software consultancy writing on web development, PWAs, Ember.js, Rust, Elixir, and project planning.
What HN saysHN links it mainly for its 2020 survey of PWA support on mobile and desktop, cited in discussions of iOS and Firefox limits.
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Most-shared posts
- 1The state of pwa support on mobile and desktop in 20203 people · first shared 2020
- 2Writing Rust NIFs for Elixir with Rustler2 people · 10 points · first shared 2020 · 1 comments on HN
- 3SPAs, PWAs and SSR2 people · 4 points · first shared 2019 · discussion on HN
- 4An intro to animating with the Web Animations API2 people · 4 points · first shared 2021 · discussion on HN
- 5Ember.js in 2021 – A Beacon of Productivity2 people · 2 points · first shared 2021 · discussion on HN
- 6Failing (and winning) at planning software projects1 people · 33 points · first shared 2020 · 23 comments on HN
- 7Git Good – The magic of keeping a clean Git history1 people · 28 points · first shared 2021 · 7 comments on HN
- 8Actix – an actor framework for the Rust programming language1 people · 13 points · first shared 2018 · 1 comments on HN
- 9Ember.js in 2021 – A Beacon of Productivity1 people · 9 points · first shared 2021 · 1 comments on HN
- 10The guide to making remote work work1 people · 6 points · first shared 2020 · 2 comments on HN
- 11The True Cost of a Quickfix1 people · 4 points · first shared 2020 · 1 comments on HN
- 12Rust-phf: the perfect hash function1 people · 2 points · first shared 2022 · discussion on HN
- 13Automating Ember Releases with Rust1 people · 2 points · first shared 2021 · discussion on HN
- 14Simplabs monthly update – April 20191 people · 2 points · first shared 2019 · discussion on HN
- 15Elixir Umbrella Applications and Testing with Mox1 people · 2 points · first shared 2019 · discussion on HN
What HN people wrote when they linked it
alfonsodev · 2021-12-04
this is 2020[1] state but you can make an idea, the most important one in my opinion is the friction that exists to add the app to the app list of your phone, you can't do it programatically is the user who has to go through the menus of iOS, it makes imposible to have a nice Web App Store and that's the biggest barrier for mass adoption in my opinion.
- [1] https://simplabs.com/blog/2020/06/10/the-state-of-pwa-support-on-mobil…
pjmlp · 2021-01-31
https://simplabs.com/blog/2020/06/10/the-state-of-pwa-support-on-mobil…
Firefox is just making its existence harder by not supporting PWAs.
estreeper · 2020-11-18
> there are still limits to what can be done with a mobile web browser
This is true, but perhaps not as many as some may think! Progressive Web Applications can now do quite a lot on mobile and tablets, with a notable exception of push notifications on iOS.
They are an increasingly interesting option for those whose use case allows it.
https://simplabs.com/blog/2020/06/10/the-state-of-pwa-support-on-mobil…
marcoow · 2020-06-17
Bug bashes are a bit like cool down periods in my experience – if your focus is 100% on features all of the time then every now and then you need to catch up on open bugs or piled up tech debt. I'd argue these types of activities are not necessary at all when all stakeholders contribute to the scope of each iteration (see https://simplabs.com/blog/2020/06/17/failing-and-winning-at-planning-s… Still, if a bug isn't taken on for x weeks or months, I'd say 99% of the time it never will be and can just as well be closed since it's ignored anyway.