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		compscistd on Aug 18, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Die With Me – A chat app you can only use when you... Thinking about the origins of apps like this always feel like a chicken and egg situation. Did someone look at the battery level indicator API and ask what they could do with this? Or did they have the app idea first and wondered if there was a device API to make it work?

floatingatoll on Aug 18, 2019 | [–]

You may enjoy https://www.blackboxpuzzles.com/ :)

arisAlexis on Aug 19, 2019 | [–]

the guy with the idea is an artist so I doubt he was thinking in API terms but more abstractly when probably drunk in a bar late :)

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