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by granshaw 6y ago
The whole notion of starting a company, possibly ignoring profits, with a buyout as the endgame is frankly ridiculous, and emblematic of the excesses and war chests that these big corps yield. What happened to building a profitable company,
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by granshaw 6y ago
I'd think the ideal "magical" UX would be: - Have some "global self-hosted sass installer service" pre-installed and running - Visit someselfhostedsaas.com - it detects that you don't have their software
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by granshaw 6y ago
Great for solo or two-person founders – just share a login and you can do most things
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by granshaw 6y ago
Just a power outage? Sounds like just a one time issue that won’t have any material impact on their nuclear readiness? Wished the article elaborated on the actual outcome of the attack
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by granshaw 6y ago
In many East Asian countries like the one I’m from, there’s a bustling night culture of open air cafes, watching sports on big projector screens etc, no alcohol involved. Then after my friends came back from college overseas all they wanted
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by granshaw 6y ago
Classic “rich get richer” effect, should be a law saying that it’s as common in society as the normal distribution is in nature
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by granshaw 6y ago
Jane Street is primarily a market maker I believe, not something an individual or even a small institution can just go out and do
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by granshaw 6y ago
I imagine playing collaborative tower defense on this surface would be pretty cool
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by granshaw 6y ago
Yeah, I say even better – more responsibility/stress for those pay bumps is often a raw deal
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by granshaw 6y ago
Some related advice: some management actually LIKEs folks that are primarily money motivated. It makes the picture much simpler for them compared to others who are motivated by vaguer things like “interesting problems”, “career progression”
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by granshaw 6y ago
I do think that at least as of today, programming (at the level of doing so professionally working on a shared codebase along with 50+ other programmers, not making a mess of things, and doing so 4+ hours a day every day), does require a le
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by granshaw 6y ago
This. Listen to this person right here. Remember that what’s most valuable to businesses is often not what’s hardest technically.
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by granshaw 6y ago
I'm not very experienced as a founder, but I put very low weight in audiences on sites like indie-hackers, r/startups, HN, product-hunt... it's a very specific kind of person who hang out there – mostly just tech and growth f
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by granshaw 6y ago
In terms of the raw pieces yes but AWS UX (or lack of it) leaves a lot to be desired. It's basically – "Here! Here's the raw pieces and API – have at it!" and you have to build or bring in external tooling to use it seam
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by granshaw 6y ago
If it’s getting more common why isn’t societal attitudes and expectations adjusting with the times then? Surely the Japanese are aware of their backward work culture and inefficiency in the eyes of the rest of the world?
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by granshaw 6y ago
I’ve managed to get the “we own everything you do off hours” clause stricken out in my last 3 offers. It’s very doable, especially if you’re willing to spend a few hundred bucks and get a lawyer involved
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by granshaw 6y ago
It’s a very American thing IME. There’s a big emphasis on having interesting fulfilling lives here and people openly probe about it more too. Not necessarily a bad thing, just different.
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by granshaw 6y ago
This is a prime product for a Kickstarter or gofundme campaign, both for seed capital and to get early feedback. Seriously, massive lost opportunity otherwise
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by granshaw 6y ago
This so much. People don’t realize how much ubiquitous NAT has eroded individuals’ online capabilities and freedoms and shifted the internet from what it was meant to be (much more bidirectional than it is now) I shudder when tech folks the
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by granshaw 6y ago
Can confirm. Was involved in interviewing multiple candidates a day the moment our non-London UK office opened
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by granshaw 6y ago
I think this goes to show how many beneficial routines or habits are untenable simply because of the society we live in. See also certain diets, not drinking alcohol, etc
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by granshaw 6y ago
Used git lab for the first time today and was shocked at how closely the ui resembled github’s - seemed like the exact same layout with the same buttons and content in the same places I don’t see that level of carbon copying in Saas very of
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by granshaw 6y ago
I don’t know, the “can turn left on green but oh make sure you yield to full speed cars coming right at you first” is pretty bad US driving UI too
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by granshaw 6y ago
Corollary law: once a good enough product is released in a consumer categoryfor free, nobody will ever want to pay for anything in that category again, even if they could easily afford it :)
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by granshaw 6y ago
IMO there is one more factor in play: pricing inertia once “market prices” are set ie why are upfront mobile app prices free or peanuts? A big reason is cause they started that way. If mobile app prices started at closer to desktop app pric
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by granshaw 6y ago
It’s understandable why a regular member of society would feel that way - but as someone recently wanting to go the entrepreneurship route I have a different take I wish I could live on the bare minimum and not mind doing things like living
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by granshaw 6y ago
Sounds like old age medical expenses is the biggest fear - have you all considered emigrating to a country with govt provides healthcare to address that possibility?
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by granshaw 6y ago
How about trying to get back into that first job? ;)
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by granshaw 6y ago
It was probably in the terms of the acquisition itself
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by granshaw 6y ago
No kidding, from the frontpage: HOLY CANNOLI !! 100 Charms 925 Ultimate Bracelet THIS IS THE FINAL BRACELET YOU HAVE TO FACE AFTER DEFEATING ALL OTHER PUNY BRACELETS - "BOSS BRACELET"

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