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This year was the launch of Daughter 2.0 (years). I must say, this product is looking to be awesome. Although she sometimes intentionally doesn't follow the ins

by throwaway2016a 9y ago

This year was the launch of Daughter 2.0 (years). I must say, this product is looking to be awesome. Although she sometimes intentionally doesn't follow the instructions I give her. Unlike Daughter 1.0 that simply didn't follow instructions because she wasn't programmed to do so yet. I must say, Daughter 0.1 was fun to conceive but the nine months leading up to launch were rough and the year after we first showed her to the public we had a lot of issues to work out. Me and my partner were up all night for a year working out bugs. I'm still working on launching my Basement Playroom side project. I have the walls framed out but finding an outsourcing firm for the wiring for a reasonable price has been tough. Finishing the Baby-proofing side project felt good though. I also have two software side projects. Both built on AWS Lambda... those have gotten nowhere due to my primary hustle.

avip 9y ago
That's still the fun part. Wait until your product starts getting traction and you need to build 24/7 customer support capabilities.
- throwaway2016a 9y ago
  The real hard part is we don't have enough funding to recruit more staff and I don't think we'll have an exit until we hit version 18.0 and that won't be for 16 more years. And even then, I hear some projects get to version 24.0 before being able to be self sustaining.
  - phillc73 9y ago
    I've heard that you can allocate roughly 25% FTE by version 14.0. I'm only on v3.5 of the first product. Generally the AI is working well, deep learning is starting to show dividends in many areas. Last night the Self Tidying function actually worked for the first time, although some items were not necessarily stored at the correct allocation addresses. The main problems we're encountering now is AI self awareness and trying to force its own learning path, despite continual re-training on controlled datasets.
    - avip 9y ago
      Use less reinforcement and more random forest.
      - pvinis 9y ago
        This whole thread feels like I'm reading r/outside, the HN version. I like it.
  - avip 9y ago
    As long as you’re default live you should be proud.
  - deleted 9y ago
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  - moreless 9y ago
    Not to mention that support gets really demanding once you hit version 13.0. Also, for Daughter 16.0+ I hear a good firewall is essential.
jriot 9y ago
Honest question here: Why do people use my partner and I, and not my spouse and I? In all honesty, when I read my partner and I and I assume it is a same-sex couple, and spouse and I as a heterosexual couple. Did language change when describe couples?
- throwaway2016a 9y ago
  Why do you assume same sex couple? It could just be a couple that decided to have a child together without getting married, I actually chose to use the word "partner" because it is more closely analog to the startup metaphor (i.e. "business partner") so it fit the joke better.

avip 9y ago

That's still the fun part. Wait until your product starts getting traction and you need to build 24/7 customer support capabilities.

throwaway2016a 9y ago
The real hard part is we don't have enough funding to recruit more staff and I don't think we'll have an exit until we hit version 18.0 and that won't be for 16 more years. And even then, I hear some projects get to version 24.0 before being able to be self sustaining.
- phillc73 9y ago
  I've heard that you can allocate roughly 25% FTE by version 14.0. I'm only on v3.5 of the first product. Generally the AI is working well, deep learning is starting to show dividends in many areas. Last night the Self Tidying function actually worked for the first time, although some items were not necessarily stored at the correct allocation addresses. The main problems we're encountering now is AI self awareness and trying to force its own learning path, despite continual re-training on controlled datasets.
  - avip 9y ago
    Use less reinforcement and more random forest.
    - pvinis 9y ago
      This whole thread feels like I'm reading r/outside, the HN version. I like it.
- avip 9y ago
  As long as you’re default live you should be proud.
- deleted 9y ago
  [deleted]
- moreless 9y ago
  Not to mention that support gets really demanding once you hit version 13.0. Also, for Daughter 16.0+ I hear a good firewall is essential.

jriot 9y ago

Honest question here: Why do people use my partner and I, and not my spouse and I? In all honesty, when I read my partner and I and I assume it is a same-sex couple, and spouse and I as a heterosexual couple. Did language change when describe couples?

throwaway2016a 9y ago
Why do you assume same sex couple? It could just be a couple that decided to have a child together without getting married, I actually chose to use the word "partner" because it is more closely analog to the startup metaphor (i.e. "business partner") so it fit the joke better.