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Introducing High/Low

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Introducing High/Low
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I am the senior software engineer for High/Low. I oversee our operations, and work on the backend as well as the iOS app.

The day starts. You get dressed, hop in the car and drive to work. You leave at 4 P.M. in the afternoon, then get back in the car and sit through rush hour traffic. You make a quick dinner, get in bed, and catch a few precious hours of sleep before you have to do it all over again...

That's just a normal day for a lot of people. It's easy to get into what we call The Eeyore mindset: It's just another gloomy day, after all...

But here at High/Low, we believe every day has something special to offer. It just takes a little reflection!

High/Low is an app that encourages you to reflect on every day by thinking about your most favorite and your least favorite thing that happened – a.k.a., your “High” and your “Low”.

Not only can High/Low help you find meaning in every day, it can also help you to stay engaged with the people you love most. With High/Low, you can follow friends and see their Highs and Lows. You'll get to know them better every day! Take that, Eeyore!

Taken from the High/Low website

I am the senior software engineer and co-founder of High/Low. I was responsible for coding most of the backend, and now I work on our iOS app.

Our tech stack is a bit of a strange one: Python Flask API with a MySQL database, and Java and Swift for Android and iOS, respectively.

All our code is on Github (except for some config files, passwords, and whatnot) under the "highlowapp" organization: https://github.com/highlowapp

I'm hoping that I can write about the coding process some, although I don't know if I'll be able to find the time.

If you guys are interested, it would be a huge help if you would subscribe on our website, or here: http://eepurl.com/gxIIkD

And of course, sharing with your friends also helps 🙂

We're also hoping to set up a Facebook page very soon, right after we finish our product video. Subscribers will be notified when this happens 🙂

For the Web Developers reading this:

Our promotional site (https://gethighlow.com) is in desperate need of a redesign.

However, we don't have the time to invest in this because we're busy with the iOS and Android apps.

So, we're relying on our community 😀

If any of you developers would like to redesign our site, you can submit a PR on this repository: https://github.com/highlowapp/highlowapp.github.io

The content must be the same as the current design, but the layout and styles may be edited to your heart's content 🙂

Thanks for reading!

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