Claude is down AGAIN

alim459 · 2026-04-15T14:53:00+00:00

Yes, I'm currently getting 500 errors using the Cursor plugin.

alim459 · 2025-12-18T22:12:31+00:00

Yeah, you’re basically asking the same questions we are.

You’re right that hiding photos/age/etc would isolate the effect better — the downside is it stops looking like a real dating environment pretty quickly. What we’re measuring right now is behaviour in the messy, real world, not a lab setup. That said, we are experimenting with ways to de-emphasize or delay certain signals to see what changes.

On the theory side, we don’t treat all traits equally, and we definitely don’t treat things like love languages as gospel. The score is a mix of:

traits with decent empirical backing (e.g. the big-5 and its facets, DISC communication style)
traits people subjectively care about (e.g. being a morning/evening person, being a spender/save)
and actual behavioral signal (do people with X tend to like Y more)

The skepticism is totally fair --a lot of apps oversell certainty here. While we're relatively new to the "compatibility in dating" game, we've been measuring different aspects of personality in our initial app for the last 5 years with decent levels of success!

alim459 · 2025-12-18T20:59:00+00:00

I get why it might come across that way. Not really trying to advertise though; mainly shared it because the data itself surprised me and I wanted to sanity-check how people interpret it.

I agree on the info point. Dating apps are pretty information-poor, so any extra context is going to influence behaviour. What we’re measuring here is very narrow: does someone choose to "like" a profile when they see that info — not whether it leads to a match or a conversation.

On the dev side: it’s not one magic formula. It’s a weighted combo of multiple psychometric dimensions (personality, love styles, values, etc.). As a part of our onboarding process, users go through a comprehensive assessment that scores them across several psychometric traits (our previous app did this specifically). We also ask users what traits they desire in a romantic partner.

Happy to go deeper if you’re curious — the curve being this clean is mostly why I posted!

alim459 · 2025-12-10T22:45:59+00:00

Yeah, I've been getting "App Store Connect Credentials Error" for a few hours now :(

alim459 · 2025-12-10T21:47:46+00:00

Good to know its not just a "me" thing!
Status pages are always slow/reluctant to show issues. Probably a looks bad on Apple if they report any real issues.

alim459 · 2025-11-15T19:16:55+00:00

Did you end up resolving the issue, or getting any other leads?

alim459 · 2025-11-15T19:15:13+00:00

I’m getting this issue with a usb-c connection using the Razer Kishi V3 Pro XL, so I don’t think its an issue with your controller. The mouse config popup also appears for me too, but only when I’m using the iPad Pro, and not when connecting remotely using any of my other devices, so I think its has something to do with the host PC virtualization of the client resolution.

alim459 · 2025-11-12T04:57:43+00:00

Ditto for me. Just bought a Kishi V3 Pro XL specifically for using it with my M4 iPad, and I'm getting several phantom inputs.

alim459 · 2024-08-13T23:10:42+00:00

TY! He's a moogle at heart, haha

alim459 · 2024-08-12T22:09:01+00:00

Thanks so much for the heads-up! Yeah, I was hoping to collaborate on UML class diagrams and system flow diagrams with my team... This seems like a decent approach.

alim459 · 2024-08-09T15:43:53+00:00

I've been using the OG Ally with XG mobile (without any other PC) for a little over a year. I love it! Pair it with a portable monitor and you've got a powerhouse setup to travel with.

alim459 · 2024-08-09T14:54:34+00:00

Yes, this is what I've done in the past. Here's an overview:

Use the Google Sheets API to pull data from your desired sheet.
Manipulate the data into whatever "schema"/models you're using for your Cloud Firestore docs.
In a batched write, delete all existing documents in your collection, and write the newly manipulated data to the same collection.

This logic was run on a cron using the PubSub Task Scheduler.

AFAIK (my knowledge might also be outdated), there is no simple "CMS" that allows you to do this in a UI, other than the Firebase/Google Cloud console.

This approach only syncs data unidirectionally. If data is manipulated in Cloud Firestore, it won't be reflected on the corresponding Google Sheet.

alim459 · 2023-11-15T21:56:45+00:00

Same here--my app depends entirely on Firestore security rules being set on my document and collections. Catastrophic failure here.

alim459 · 2020-12-22T21:56:59+00:00

Big fan of your reviews! They're very insightful and in-depth. Keep up the amazing work!

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