Binary
Dev tools
cloud development environment
SHOW HN2013
How HN took it
3 positive, 6 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 8 critical, out of 20 comments about the project. Thread score -0.23.
Idea: 2 for, 4 againstExecution: 1 for, 3 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
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What HN said
What people liked
Looks well done and useful for iOS developers on iPad
From 3 comments
Cool, looks well done but pick a more distinctive name. Using a general computing word like "Binary" is just going to cause confusion. And in this case it doesn't even really…
ebbv on HNThis looks great. I'm a bit skeptical but very excited to do iOS dev on my iPad mini!
rgbrgb on HNMan, with git support it looks just perfect.
pimpl on HN
Objections
Why code on a tablet at all; laptops are more productive
From 3 comments
Why would you want to write code on a tablet? What happened to »the right tools for the job«?
danbruc on HNYes, I read that. What I was up to is how painful this makes development. Even developing on a laptop is utterly painful - single small screen, no mouse, no real keyboard. It is…
danbruc on HNWhile this may be fun, all of the "why" points are better satisfied with a macbook air. As good battery life, if not better with new machines.
hnriot on HN
Cloud syncing of code and files is a privacy concern
From 1 comment
"Your code, images, and other files get synced to our cloud servers." That kills it for me.
marban on HN
The name Binary is too generic and confusing
From 1 comment
Cool, looks well done but pick a more distinctive name. Using a general computing word like "Binary" is just going to cause confusion. And in this case it doesn't even really…
ebbv on HN
Requests
Support for the iPad mini and Android tablets
From 1 comment
Hi! Creator of Binary here - I plan on adding support for the iPad mini and (hopefully) Android tablets this fall.
dshankar on HN
Git support
From 1 comment
Man, with git support it looks just perfect.
pimpl on HN
Questions
Pricing and subscription for remote compiling
From 1 comment
Is there any pricing information available? I imagine there will be a subscription service required for the cloud compiling.
pdenya on HN
How compiling and over-the-air install work
From 1 comment
> and I wanted my iOS apps to be compiled, shipped over-the-air, and installed on my home screen for instant testing How is the compiling online and installing on the home screen…
pdenya on HN
Alternatives named
Diet Coda
From 1 comment
Clearly you will be compared to Diet Coda and others. Can you speak about your differentiator. I'm always interested in carrying less hardware so what you say is important to me.
mikerg87 on HN
Koder
From 1 comment
I'd have thought the same until I recently went on holiday. Bringing my high spec MBA seemed like a really bad idea, so I bought a new bluetooth keyboard and took the iPad…
JofArnold on HN
Linode with Tmux and Emacs
From 1 comment
My cloud dev env: Linode + Tmux + Emacs
oakaz on HN