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Show HN: App that lets you record a video and immediately share with a link

by eorge_g on 1/9/19, 8:21 PM with 35 comments

• by excalibur on 1/9/19, 9:42 PM

  If somebody sends me a link with the URL "app.getclick.co", there's roughly zero chance I'm clicking on that. Not to dissuade you from your chosen branding, but would it be possible to make your links appear a bit less spammy?

• by martco on 1/10/19, 1:48 AM

  Hey creator, just wanted to say great job. A lot of these Hacker News comments are predictably neck-beardy and lack the recognition of effort and dedication put into a product launch.

  Don't listen to the non-constructive "yeah but X already does it" comments. This seems like a simple but useful product, and good on you all for putting this out there. Keep creating and iterating!

• by amativos on 1/9/19, 9:36 PM

  1. The app reliably crashes if I just tap on the screen and then click Done.

  2. Why does it need registration? At this point I don't see any benefit from it.

  3. Is there a way to delete videos? Or the whole account? Do the videos get deleted automatically after some time?

  4. Is anything uploaded before the Done button is clicked?

• by banana_giraffe on 1/9/19, 9:23 PM

  At least on the few browsers I tried, your privacy policy[1] is white on white for much of the text.

  [1] https://app.getclick.co/privacy

• by eorge_g on 1/9/19, 9:05 PM

  Hi, I'm the maker!

  I would love any feedback or ideas that you guys have.

• by hendry on 1/9/19, 11:12 PM

  I use https://github.com/kaihendry/s3post to upload videos to lambda, convert them to mp4 and share them on a CDN for sharing.

  Problem is when uploading from a Webform, IOS downscales the original file which I hate. Does this app get around that problem? If so, be good if I could post to my own S3 endpoint!

• by bradknowles on 1/10/19, 8:49 PM

  Why is there no content visible on the website, without enabling Javascript?

  Try using Javascript just for the stuff that actually requires it, and let the rest of the site work for people who browse with Javascript turned off. That will also make it much more mobile-friendly.

• by Hates_ on 1/9/19, 9:25 PM

  Looks really interesting. Are there any plans for an API or something like integration with IFTTT? Would love to be able to automate the process of capturing a video and having the link directly emailed to me or added to todo list.

• by dmitrygr on 1/9/19, 11:58 PM

  So, basically, google photos's "share link" feature?

• by ryanbertrand on 1/12/19, 6:24 AM

  Cool project!

  How was your experience ejecting Expo? Are hot updates fully disabled once you eject? (i.e. each update is submitted via AppStore.)

• by samfbiddle on 1/9/19, 10:27 PM

  This is a neat idea but I don't think I'd use it unless I had some assurance that my videos would be deleted at some point after they're viewed.

• by madebysquares on 1/9/19, 9:48 PM

  what is the intended use case for this?

• by alottafunchata on 1/9/19, 10:50 PM

  Kind of like youtube? Or am I missing something.