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user43928 • today at 12:06 PM • 4 replies • view on HN

No, I'm not comfortable linking my HN account to my name and home address.

I'm still in the process of launching the app, it went live just two weeks ago. So far only 30 users, I have not yet started the ad campaign.

Basically I don't look at the codebase at all, I have long stopped using the IDE or doing code reviews.

From a product perspective, there have been no big surprises. Only once I was surprised to see a feature I thought I implemented only on a specific screen being available on a different screen too, hidden behind a drag gesture, spawning an UI component I totally did not expect.

While that seems like a loss of control, it's not too different from enterprise work with many contributors where I am also not aware of all changes.

About maintenance cost, no, I do not think so. It generally became easier over time since Opus 5.5 delivers better results than GPT-5.5 did.

From a token perspective, a large part of the resources go into translating to 30 languages and checking the screenshots for layout regressions.


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lewispollard • today at 12:11 PM

> I'm still in the process of launching the app, it went live just two weeks ago.

Sorry, but at this point you have no idea what the maintenance looks like.

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hackersnooze1 • today at 5:58 PM

ok its pretty clear you have no idea what you are saying

arm32 • today at 6:06 PM

I can now see why you don't want to link your HN to your identity!

thisisit • today at 12:45 PM

Tell me you know nothing about maintenance without saying you know nothing about maintenance. The best part is that you call others about not knowing what they are talking about.

Come back after running your mobile app for at least 6 months in the real world with real users and then we will talk about maintenance.