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I'm a software developer with a weird background: autodidactic since early childhood; always working obsessively on a personal project; freelancing since about

I'm a software developer with a weird background: autodidactic since early childhood; always working obsessively on a personal project; freelancing since about 2005 as a last-ditch solution to financial distress. For the past several years I've been working on a novel computing interface, and approach to software creation. I've failed to launch or even complete a satisfactory demo because without funding I just can't seem to finish anything; every road looks too long at some point, and I reboot. Or I take on some paying work, and when I come back to it my thinking or dependencies have changed, and I reboot. The result is many broken projects and no demo / MVP. I'm obsessive and highly resistant to compromise, and I need help managing time and money. I need a strong business partner who can understand my vision and help me to stay on track, and make things happen while my head is down (or in the clouds). I need help getting funding. I need help scoping an MVP and getting it in front of early customers. But what is it? See the deck linked in my profile, and please ask questions. I can't seem to get people to see it without very lengthy discussion. Even then, I know they aren't seeing what I see. I can't express how frustrated I am. I can't stop. I feel like, because I see it, it's my responsibility to the world. I imagine all the people that it will help, and know that if I fail I will have let them down. I'm doing unrelated work now to feed myself, and making very slow progress. Please, somebody unshackle me so I can do this!

rabidonrails 7y ago
I don't understand your business or deck. It seems like a chatbot...but maybe smarter...somehow? Because you're going to bring users into the loop...with threads? But also you charge $99 per hour for developers? I don't get what the product is or the market or the opportunity... I'd recommend that you check out the AirBnB deck and then go back to your and simplify it: https://www.slideshare.net/PitchDeckCoach/airbnb-first-pitch-deck-editable https://www.slideshare.net/PitchDeckCoach/airbnb-first-pitch... Just my .02
- atrilumen 7y ago
  Thanks, Rabid. I know I'm not being clear. The goal is to present a magic software interface. I want to say, "forget about apps. What do you want to do? How can I help you?" ...and be an interface to the people who can make these things happen, whether it's location-based services, "business logic", or integrations with other platforms. I want to offer a service like Magic, for concierge, but include software development as one of those services. Lazily, on demand. Presenting everything in threads, including graphical elements, is what I see enabling this wizard of oz approach to creating new software on demand. It's also how I imagine eliminating the clutter of 'traditional' software. Instead of throwing a bunch of buttons, links, and menus at people and hoping they can navigate it... Slater just tells you what to do next, and never shows more than a small handful of choices at a time... and always gives you a way to ask for something different. And if it's something unexpected, it gets handled by a human, and that's how we learn what to build. If a human isn't available immediately, it will ask for permission to holler back later (push notifications, email, etc). I don't think words do it justice. I just have to show it. FML.

rabidonrails 7y ago

I don't understand your business or deck. It seems like a chatbot...but maybe smarter...somehow? Because you're going to bring users into the loop...with threads? But also you charge $99 per hour for developers? I don't get what the product is or the market or the opportunity... I'd recommend that you check out the AirBnB deck and then go back to your and simplify it: https://www.slideshare.net/PitchDeckCoach/airbnb-first-pitch-deck-editable https://www.slideshare.net/PitchDeckCoach/airbnb-first-pitch... Just my .02

atrilumen 7y ago
Thanks, Rabid. I know I'm not being clear. The goal is to present a magic software interface. I want to say, "forget about apps. What do you want to do? How can I help you?" ...and be an interface to the people who can make these things happen, whether it's location-based services, "business logic", or integrations with other platforms. I want to offer a service like Magic, for concierge, but include software development as one of those services. Lazily, on demand. Presenting everything in threads, including graphical elements, is what I see enabling this wizard of oz approach to creating new software on demand. It's also how I imagine eliminating the clutter of 'traditional' software. Instead of throwing a bunch of buttons, links, and menus at people and hoping they can navigate it... Slater just tells you what to do next, and never shows more than a small handful of choices at a time... and always gives you a way to ask for something different. And if it's something unexpected, it gets handled by a human, and that's how we learn what to build. If a human isn't available immediately, it will ask for permission to holler back later (push notifications, email, etc). I don't think words do it justice. I just have to show it. FML.