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Dev tools · April 29, 2015

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My first app. An iOS client for Hacker News in Swift

I finally released my first iOS app following the excellent tips give on https://designcode.io/.I have open sourced the app https://github.com/NikantVohra/HackerNewsClient-iOS. I know there are lots of Hacker News Clients on App Store but I made this app just to learn something new and not with the motive of competing with anyone.I would love to get the feedback of the HN community on this app. The App store link for the app is https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hn-app/id983203003?ls=1&mt=8.

My first app. An iOS client for Hacker News in Swift launched on April 29, 2015 with 9 votes, #1,240 of 3,600 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.

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