TItiagocorrea·Dec 18, 2016Submission
1 points · Open discussionkickstarter
ios-oss
Swift2016–2020
kickstarter / ios-oss
ios-oss
Kickstarter for iOS. Bring new ideas to life, anywhere.
10Distinct people
10Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
8.7KGitHub stars
What to know before exploring
What it is
Kickstarter for iOS. Bring new ideas to life, anywhere.
GitHub
Where it is used
No documented product use has been verified yet.
What people are saying
No recommendation phrase was found in the indexed comments.
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Also in these discussions
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This week on Hacker News
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Mentions over time
HN mentions by year10 dated mentions
Observed mentions: 2016-12-14 17:50:08 UTC to 2020-02-25 17:03:49 UTC.
Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.
View mention counts and date ranges
| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
What Hacker News says
4 sources> Download the Xcode 7.3.1 release.
The app requires a different version.
https://github.com/kickstarter/ios-oss/blob/master/README.md
I concede. There are issues getting the dev environment configured.
In Open sourcing our Android and iOS appsThey use Swift Playgrounds to do a lot of development:
"Swift Playgrounds for iterative development and styling. Most major screens in the app get a corresponding playground where we can see a wide variety of devices, languages, and data in real time."
https://github.com/kickstarter/ios-oss/tree/master/Kickstart...
I've recently bought into this development method too. It's not quite what Bret Victor dreamed up, but it's a big step in the right direction.
In Open sourcing our Android and iOS appsKickstarter open sources iOS app
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