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I am planning to start a new project with the following tech specs: php, mysql/mongo, nginx, react, git + mobile app (at a later stage)

Of course, until the app reaches a testable version, it'll be developed locally. But afterwards, I would like to use AWS products to reacth the market.

I started to read about various tools, but got overwhelmed with so many informations about various products.

Now, the question: if you would start a project with the above specs, what AWS products would you use? How would the perfect AWS stack look for you?

Thank you.

Recently, I came to the need of using a Note taking app + reminder + tasks. I've investigated multiple apps, but none of them does what I need entirely.

Apple Notes: notes, no tasks or reminders

Evernote: notes, no tasks or reminders (easy ones)

OneNote: crashed 5 times before even using it

Wunderlist: tasks + reminders, but the notes UI is poorly designed

Notion: cool concept, way too complicated

Todoist: tasks + reminders, no notes

Today I found 1 app that integrates with slack and I can write something like:

- /remind some task today at 5

- /remind some other task in 15 minutes ...but there's no easy way to get a big picture of what are the current tasks

I'm a heavy keyboard user, any action that would require clicking or scrolling is a loss of time.

Here comes my question: what do you use that proved to be useful?

Let me tell you about my little hobby project idea that I plan to release open source (personal use) or SAAS(hosted version).

I want to combine traditional short url creation service with branch logic (conditional logic) and some ideas from smarturl.it

Create a short url that has the following logic: detect country + browsing device + screen resolution and other conditions.

Conditions can be added from user panel without needing to generate a different short url.

Eg. whenever someone clicks your shorten url it redirects to:

- URL 1 if country is France and iOS

- URL 2 if country is US and Android

- URL 3 if country is UK and Chrome and resolution greater than 1024x768

I am sure many other conditions will come into my mind.

I need a little feedback or critics from you. Thank you.

I am working on a open source project, but I have some difficulties in choosing the license.

1. Software will be open source (github source code)

2. I will run a paid hosted version (free version with paid plugins)

3. Anyone can use it for non-commercial purposes, otherwise pay for a license.

Question: What license type suits best for this?

Well, even if I'm a software developer, I like drag & drop, and creating forms without many hasle.

Most of the time I write some new app (hobby), it doesn't get too big: some admin panel, few forms, few tables I need to do over and over same work: tables, models, validators, forms, handle errors....boring stuff.

I want to create a service (if it doesn't exist already) that would allow me to create forms via a web interface (form builder), allow some post submit actions (hooks or something) and get the data via an API.

Data could be stored on service's servers and deleted anytime a delete command is issued via API or web interface.

I am curious what's rolling into your headphones while you do your job: music, books, ted talks...

I am tired of listening to music and useless stuff. Maybe I can learn something new while I work.

Well, here's an update. 24 hours ago I've posted this https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9738698 thread.

That's a big step forward for me, because due to all the commenters (thank you), now I have a much clearer picture about what I want to do.

Main specs: - anonymous (all the data will be tied to a dropbox/google drive user id, OAUTH login only), no emails/names/addresses/IPs logged on purpose (on purpose = by me, I don't mean http log files, access logs)

- intelligent forecasting/financial planning (I have a lot of ideas about this one, something I really need)

- no bank connection(way too sensitive data), just OFX/QFX/QIF/CSV importing without personal info

- as simple as possible, yet beautiful/useful web/mobile interface

- monetization without ad networks (I am still thinking how to handle this anonymously)

- family accounts (idea)

Basic specs:

- add transactions

- various graphs/reports

You would need this app, for the bigger transactions. You don't really have to log that you bought a $.40 coffee today. If you plan to buy a car ($10,000), a cofee/meal will not influence this too much. You need an aproximate budget, not exactly until the last cent.

WHAT'S NEXT? - create a landing page to get some early user signing-up for the launch

- create a build-blog (I noticed this worked for groovehq I think and for many others)

- add some early design mockups

- invite users for beta testing

- launch

Did I miss something?