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christl11

39 karma · joined July 12, 2011

Hi. I'm Chris Bayliss, a software developer from Perth, Western Australia.
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christl11··on 21/12/2012 Doomday report
so far so good, will just check ou NO CARRIER
christl11··on Ask HN: How do you manage your one-man project?
At the moment I've found a stack of index cards, with one task or feature per card, works best for me. You can sort through and prioritise, and write more detailed notes on the back. Also helps with motivation as the 'Done' pile builds up.
christl11··on Show HN: 6 Months in, first iPhone app into app store today
pps. the app didn't take 6 months to develop, but its been that long since I left a full time contract to start out on my own. Also been doing some consulting work and all the other things that come along with running your own business.
christl11··on Show HN: 6 Months in, first iPhone app into app store today
Yes there is a lot of good competition already established in the tuner app area already, so its a daunting market to enter.

A lot of time was spent getting the pitch detection algorithm just right so you get a accurate and stable reading but get it quickly. This was more challenging that I first thought it would be.

Also I felt it would be good to be able to use the pitch pipe without having to keep shifting back and forth between the instrument and guitar for each string so I added an automatic mode where it plays the nearest note back based on the one you played.

So, hopefully this app will prove a worthy contender

christl11··on Show HN: 6 Months in, first iPhone app into app store today
Fair cop. This was difficult: Not wanting to clutter the description with a long list of instruments versus limiting the potential applications. Thoughts?
christl11··on Show HN: 6 Months in, first iPhone app into app store today
I think it could, but then a metronome is often a new app in itself.