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@MerryOscar
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228 sats \ 0 replies \ @MerryOscar OP 16 Oct \ parent \ on: Fountain AMA - Oscar Merry (2) AMA
A few things I'd do differently:
  • focus on the native audio apis sooner rather than relying on open-source libraries which were buggy and not well supported - if we had taken the time early on to build our own audio libraries it would have saved us a lot of re-work later
  • become more of an expert in the ios and android profiling tools earlier - this kind of stuff is not as fun as building features / ui / logic - but the tools are incredibly helpful for improving performance and building a deeper understanding of how the mobile operating systems work
  • make as many of the ui elements as generic as possible - mobile interactions are well defined and there's no need to re-invent the wheel
I would definitely use Flutter again - overall have been really happy with it.
121 sats \ 0 replies \ @MerryOscar OP 14 Oct \ parent \ on: Fountain AMA - Oscar Merry (2) AMA
The thing that I'm really interested in seeing and is actually more of a meta-layer is new kinds of notifications - this may sound incredibly boring haha - but if you think about the kinds of notifications that 2009 / 10 facebook and their developer platform offered - I think there will be a resurgence in these kinds of experiences built on nostr. I think games is an area that could massively benefit from this - but also any other consumer social products too. Even the simplest notification you might want to build:
"9 of your friends joined {app} this week!" is impossible with the current locked down social platforms / contact list permissions.
121 sats \ 0 replies \ @MerryOscar OP 14 Oct \ parent \ on: Fountain AMA - Oscar Merry (2) AMA
I think it's going to massively change the way we consume podcasts. The tools we're going to see over the next few years will be incredible and I hope Fountain can build some of them (stay tuned).
However I don't think it will affect how people create podcasts as much. People listen to podcasts for the human connection and even this won't be easily replaced.
I think there will be a split between human produced podcasts and AI produced podcasts which will feel like different things as a listener. The AI ones probably won't be referred to as podcasts - but they'll be very interesting!
11 sats \ 1 reply \ @MerryOscar OP 14 Oct \ parent \ on: Fountain AMA - Oscar Merry (2) AMA
Improving the search is one of our top priorities and I hope to have something released before the end of this year.
What was the number one thing you found difficult about the navigation?
On the nostr requirement - you don't need to connect nostr to send a boost to a podcaster - only to reply - you can create a new / throwaway nostr profile right in the app so I don't think it's too much effort. We definitely need to explain it better though.
0 sats \ 0 replies \ @MerryOscar OP 14 Oct \ parent \ on: Fountain AMA - Oscar Merry (2) AMA
I think it might be but the discovery tools are still not good enough for this to happen right now - they are getting close though! We have some updates coming very soon that will hopefully help on this!
31 sats \ 2 replies \ @MerryOscar OP 14 Oct \ parent \ on: Fountain AMA - Oscar Merry (2) AMA
Do you remember the email you used for the first account? Please send me an email and I can recover it for you.
221 sats \ 2 replies \ @MerryOscar OP 14 Oct \ parent \ on: Fountain AMA - Oscar Merry (2) AMA
The app is currently not open source - but thinking about this decision a lot.
You can download an APK here though - https://fountain.fm/apk
10 sats \ 0 replies \ @MerryOscar OP 14 Oct \ parent \ on: Fountain AMA - Oscar Merry (2) AMA
I would love to see a world where my music library can travel between Fountain and Wavlake - for example discovering a song in a music podcast on Fountain and adding it to your library then having it in Wavlake. We actually use NIP-98 for the nostr account linking in Fountain but I haven't looked at what Wavlake are doing here. I'll look into it!
0 sats \ 0 replies \ @MerryOscar OP 14 Oct \ parent \ on: Fountain AMA - Oscar Merry (2) AMA
There's so much more we need to do. We haven't made too many updates to it due to the work on the library re-architecture in 1.1.5 - but we're revisiting it now and are working on:
  • improving the balance of the home feed by limiting reposts + options to surface older content
  • adding support for NIP-53 Live Streams
  • switching to the Generic Comment for podcast comments
  • and much more!
121 sats \ 0 replies \ @MerryOscar OP 14 Oct \ parent \ on: Fountain AMA - Oscar Merry (2) AMA
Definitely podcast app first then nostr client. We only want to use nostr to enable podcast (and music!) discovery.
21 sats \ 0 replies \ @MerryOscar OP 14 Oct \ parent \ on: Fountain AMA - Oscar Merry (2) AMA
Thank you and sorry about the storage issue! You should be able to resolve this by deleting the app and re-installing. If you have an email linked you won't lose any of your library. We're also working on a better storage manage to give visibility into what is taking up all the space.
What's the number one UX improvement you'd like to see?
376 sats \ 1 reply \ @MerryOscar OP 14 Oct \ parent \ on: Fountain AMA - Oscar Merry (2) AMA
We plan to support this very soon - I would say definitely before the end of the year
430 sats \ 0 replies \ @MerryOscar OP 14 Oct \ parent \ on: Fountain AMA - Oscar Merry (2) AMA
There are many - in priority order I would say:
  • the main client apps (damus, primal, amethyst) should also become remote signers - this way users only have to download one app to easily reach all the others without having to paste their nsec around
  • the zap spec (or an alternative new nip) should be more flexible - right now its very opinionated as a reaction event and it's hard to get creative with that
  • more adoption of the generic comment proposal (we plan to support this soon)
21 sats \ 0 replies \ @MerryOscar OP 14 Oct \ parent \ on: Fountain AMA - Oscar Merry (2) AMA
This is definitely on the roadmap!
We've actually got something working on Android - but it needs more testing and I always want to keep iOS / Android at feature parity as it's easier that way. Hopefully it won't be too much longer.
42 sats \ 1 reply \ @MerryOscar OP 14 Oct \ parent \ on: Fountain AMA - Oscar Merry (2) AMA
You can earn sats for listening to podcasts!
182 sats \ 0 replies \ @MerryOscar OP 14 Oct \ parent \ on: Fountain AMA - Oscar Merry (2) AMA
I don't think it will necessarily disrupt ad revenue for the biggest podcasters - but I think it could match it with the right tools, easy onboarding, and social dynamics to encourage support. I think the game streaming platforms like Twitch and Kick do this really well although they don't really have micropayments.
318 sats \ 0 replies \ @MerryOscar OP 14 Oct \ parent \ on: Fountain AMA - Oscar Merry (2) AMA
Another example is also someone I've never met but would like to have met - Kelly Johnson - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_Johnson_(engineer)
Also if you haven't read Skunk Works definitely pick it up! https://www.amazon.co.uk/Skunk-Works-Personal-Memoir-Lockheed/dp/0751515035
262 sats \ 0 replies \ @MerryOscar OP 14 Oct \ parent \ on: Fountain AMA - Oscar Merry (2) AMA
I didn't really meet him but one that stands out was seeing a talk in person from Tadge Dryja.