> I see you promoting your app/site constantly. I don't understand why this isn't against the rules on hn.
You can vote and you can flag. The source of the app in question is available on Github with a GPL V3 license.
Personally I'm happy to see someone so passionately tackle what I find to be an interesting problem. He's open and approachable. He should be encouraged. He's not advertising the monetized portion of the app (saving to Firebase, which he has to pay for himself.)
As he said, it's not "there" yet, but how else do you get there without becoming so intimately involved with a problem? I'm rooting for Polar and happy to see regular updates coming in through the channels I monitor.
It isn't against the rules to link to one's own work in contexts where it's relevant. It is against the rules to use HN exclusively for promotion. This falls somewhere in between, but https://hn.algolia.com/?query=getpolarized.io%20by:burtonato... is probably a bit excessive.
What I find interesting about that list is that it makes for a decent story as you read through his comments. It shows the struggles of building an open source app and attempting to make that work sustainable. You see the reason he started it, the technical challenges and the difficulties of raising funds. If someone else wanted to do the same, this is a great search string. I would be hesitant to try as he appears to be traveling a rough road.
