after this post apparently the issue has been upgraded to a bug and someone is working on it. I hope they will find a solution OR at least let everyone know that they shouldn't bother creating MAS packages and upload the apple store. I think it is dangerous as it can get you banned.
perhaps, but you can still build a "native" iOS app using flutter without any issue. I think given that even Skype and Visual Studio are build on electron II don't think is all about shortcuts. Having more options is always healthy for developing apps and for the apple store. Of course if you build with pure native code (swift) you won't have the same issues :)
right but I think the Apple store is still a big market. Let's not forget that even a notarized DMG (required in the Catalina update) still shows a warning "this app was downloaded from the internet" which obviously doesn't trigger in thee apple store.
I just wonder they bump major releases very quickly --now is 7.0.1 and basically a lot of stuff you find, including courses are obsolete and a lot of deprecation -- and yet they didn't take this seriously enough.
this is exactly what they told me in the follow up message. I am somehow surprised how the bug in electron repository is not given much importance at all.
well mysql is used by google and twitter too so I don't really see them as hobbyists only (+ we use it daily for business and not just for an hobby). Python support is in the cards and we are just looking at it right now. BUT again this is not an enterprise-grade service and really not comparable to google. But thanks for your input - this clearly isn't for everyone but can be useful to many.
granted is not easy but "you only attract trouble (and a very few well-meaning people): spammers, script-kiddies, pirates" to give a bit of credit to the HN community most of the applicants were, in my opinion, well-meaning people ranging from students in College to developers looking for another playground. Most of the things loved by spammers (e.g. emails via localhost, remote connections) are not allowed so I don't think it would be so interesting to trouble makers. For storage there are so many free solutions that I doubt that anyone would even bother with this but...you have a good point and we are doing our best to keep the trouble makers away and monitor the system with a fast kickban action when needed ;)
sorry to hear that but the the x month of the year would still be September and I don't know anyone that would say "see you in sep". The "about you" is 140 characters - like a tweet which is essentially just a couple of lines. There is a link go the explanation below that field. Writing "I want it" or "I need it " is not sufficient. Please understand this is required to be sure that the service doesn't die on the weight of spammers or people planning to use this for other trouble making activities. Over 300 people made it since this news was published so...yes you can (if you want).
thank you for the kind words ! Oh well if it was a paid hosting it would be yet another hosting service and would have probably not even made it to hackernews. There is a lot of "money can't buy" fun and pleasure to see what smart developers build + helping people starting out and learning something new.
Isn't it ironic that so many things are free online (e.g. having a blog, storing files etc.) yet hosting is not ?
at this point we don't configure domains for the users other than the subdomain but you could forward it using a free service - but if you really need it drop us a line after you try it out and are happy about it.
good point - probably not but judging from the number of people that applied anyway and yet pasted a lot of random text in the "about you box" (or copy and paste galore of lore ipsum) probably make it a little harder to them to submit bogus applications makes sense :)
I approved your account so you should be ready to go. Good observation about the "mission-critical" part. As you can see after the login this is clearly specified pretty much everywhere. We are indeed keeping a close eye on abuse and, as specified in the EULA, we have zero tolerance on this as it is essential to keep it functional and fast. Thanks again for giving it a try :)
msluyter: sorry to hear about the signup troubles but the motivation length is min 140 chars. We don't think that this is too long (one tweet?). Adding a more line or few more words should do the trick (e.g. write something about yourself or if you prefer a poem!). At least we don't use re-captcha - each time I sign up for a site using that I need at least 4 or 5 attempts ! Thanks to this HN submission we are received a lot of applications so you can make it too! (if you want of course).
yeah it was in 2003! first to launch PHP 5 hosting with the nightly build! these were the days with no cloud and now everything has changed ... so yes we are back with a better service and more servers ! thanks for looking at this (I think I even remember your name from our old users !)
hello dlsym, well we have no secret plan for World domination through code if is what you meant :) on a serious note for very sensitive code (e.g. private) I would recommend a dedicated server or an instance. It goes without saying that we do not touch hosted code (beside a general, automated file check that ensure that there isn't anything malicious going on).