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by Roybot 6y ago
Stop doing this. Okay no keep doing that but stop depending on them. Not always but more often than not products that get spammed on these platforms are built without a specific end user in mind. Pause and be a little more thoughtful on who
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by Roybot 6y ago
I think this ignores the fact that building something that gets spread through word of mouth is remarkably difficult and doesn't happen on the first iteration of the product. All while those initial visitors have come and gone - how do
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by Roybot 6y ago
I feel that - I was working solo for a good bit. Then decided to start collaborating with other devs. It comes with its challenges. But I do think it can be worth it if the project is large enough and the devs you collab with know what they
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Ask HN: How many working on passion projects solo? How come?
1 points by Roybot 6y ago|2 comments
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by Roybot 6y ago
what? no.
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by Roybot 6y ago
Will give it a shot thanks.
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by Roybot 6y ago
Thank you - this was insightful.
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by Roybot 6y ago
> To do this, we need to write database queries that aggregate over the entirety of our data. We don’t want to run these queries against our production SQL database, because they could put an enormous amount of load on it. We don’t want
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by Roybot 6y ago
All online. Places like reddit, indiehackers, programming groups on discord/slack, YouTube videos (with chat groups associated to them). Wherever you hangout online - find those chat groups and reach out to people. Because of that I&#x
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by Roybot 6y ago
Alright after working on several projects on my own for a long time and now with a small group for close to 2 years I've seen how some projects succeed and how others fail to ship. So here are few thoughts to hopefully help. You stated
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Ask HN: How do you manage personal data backups?
16 points by Roybot 6y ago|13 comments
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by Roybot 7y ago
Sometimes standups just aren't the place. Because it all kinda depends on the work environment you're in. Are these devs surrounded by know it alls or genuine folks supporting each other? If you want to try to make it work - try b
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by Roybot 7y ago
Probably not a good answer - but a GitHub search for c++ embedded returns a list of repos. Maybe worth browsing at the very least. https://github.com/search?l=C%2B%2B&q=c%2B%2B+embedded&type=...
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A summary of the international standard date and time notation(cl.cam.ac.uk)
2 points by Roybot 7y ago|0 comments
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by Roybot 7y ago
Which video conferencing software do you use?
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Ask HN: How do we unlock the worlds collaboration?
2 points by Roybot 7y ago|1 comments
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by Roybot 7y ago
I was less so speaking on website metrics and more so on business metrics. Maybe there's more to Mixpanel that I'm not aware of but does it go beyond funnels, website conversions, a/b testing, etc.? I realize saying "met
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Ask HN: How do you track your startups metrics?
3 points by Roybot 7y ago|4 comments
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Ask HN: What parts of the web is HN unfamiliar with?
2 points by Roybot 7y ago|1 comments
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by Roybot 7y ago
Hey hey! I write software, previously at Microsoft. I like taking on various roles for building and shipping software. Developer, tester, lead, devops, or whatever needs to get done. I've led teams of about 4-8 developers through produ
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by Roybot 7y ago
Well it's not that black and white. Can op make the application/business appealing as a single sided marketplace to begin with? Maybe. If there is 1 side that can find value without having the other side onboard then there you go.
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Ask HN: Are tools like Discord/Gitter indicators of a more collaborative web?
1 points by Roybot 8y ago|0 comments
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by Roybot 8y ago
I can definitely see where places with poor internet connection can make something like this just an enormous inconvenience.
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by Roybot 8y ago
Got it. Yeah the idea of a no local storage world sounds interesting. Haven't taken the time to sit down to think about what that implies, like what can we build in that world that couldn't have existed otherwise.
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by Roybot 8y ago
Thanks for the thoughts. I didn't know Chromebooks didn't ship with a hard drive.
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Ask HN: Will We Start Using PC's Without HD/SSD Storage?
5 points by Roybot 8y ago|7 comments
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by Roybot 8y ago
sorry. It means you go hard as a motherf *er. cool work man.
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by Roybot 8y ago
you go ham
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by Roybot 8y ago
Thanks for all of this Nancy. I'm just a software engineer but I find the connection between technology and the brain intriguing. The brain seems incredibly complex but I'm glad we have content like yours to at least guide us in u
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by Roybot 8y ago
> This means that two people arguing about it can both be right and unable to see the other point of view. Thanks for sharing this. This is something that has been extremely important for me to realize. When it comes to holding strong an

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