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by johnrushx 3y ago
this angle suggests that no experience of other person can be useful, since it's a subjective experience. Yes, it's my subjective experience, I didn't say: "do as I did or follow my advice". I said: I wish I knew t
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by johnrushx 3y ago
I don't disagree, because you're mostly talking about mature startups and corporations. My experinece comes from early stage startups and small saas companies. Where scrum and dev teams aren't helping and having just one dev
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by johnrushx 3y ago
ur welcome
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by johnrushx 3y ago
enough to be financially independent and self-fund my startup to the rest of my life
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by johnrushx 3y ago
oh yeah
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by johnrushx 3y ago
you're welcome
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by johnrushx 3y ago
there is huge overhead when having more than one dev. most software is simple, and having one person building the whole things is actually very productive. There are lots of other potential issues, but I talk about startups in my post. Not
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by johnrushx 3y ago
yes, true, but this is 0.001% of the startups, which won't happen to a typical founder
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by johnrushx 3y ago
yeah, and this seems like a common thing, but the reality is that most startups are actually bootstrapped and never raised money and never even tried. But the media covers mostly VC funded startups and their stories, that's why it feel
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by johnrushx 3y ago
you're right, there is this type. however, it's a very rare type. We see them often in the news, but it's less than 1% of the startups
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by johnrushx 3y ago
yes. this is what I meant
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by johnrushx 3y ago
in #5 I mean the design of LP. founders often put too much attention on design, logo, and pages.. Should put all attention into SEO parameters (research keywords and write the page copy accordingly)
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by johnrushx 3y ago
I'd say this is #1 error that I see around
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by johnrushx 3y ago
correct. my list isn't a piece of advice, it's just a list of my personal experiences, that the reader can interpret with their own judgment
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by johnrushx 3y ago
the difference in productivity between 1 and 2-person teams isn't in 100%, but in maybe 50%. The more people you add, the smaller the productivity gain. From my own experience, my most successful products have been built by one single
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If only someone told me this before my first startup
207 points by johnrushx 3y ago|82 comments
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by johnrushx 3y ago
that looks good good job
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by johnrushx 3y ago
still fun? I lost that feeling after 50th site
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by johnrushx 3y ago
I mostly use NoCode tools now. And sometimes code site using Tailwind CSS. Every time I hand code a site, I regret later, when the maintenance stage kicks in
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by johnrushx 3y ago
I mean regular landing pages and multi page sites
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by johnrushx 3y ago
true, if there is ask HN for this and Show HN for promos, what's the user of regular HN?
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by johnrushx 3y ago
people use Tailwind CSS mostly now
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by johnrushx 3y ago
haha I like this take it made me think for a moment
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by johnrushx 3y ago
I like making the site but hate maintaining it when it's coded. When you start mixing code and content. prefer either nocode or headless cms
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by johnrushx 3y ago
is control needed in an average case? most sites are pretty basic
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by johnrushx 3y ago
never seen a twitter link here, perhaps true
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Why would anyone hand code website in 2023?
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Show HN: 132 Website Builders(topwebsitebuilders.org)
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by johnrushx 3y ago
good idea. my main concern is that UX gets broken then. Because users forget and click another tag expecting it to switch, and suddenly see no results at all. i will think of a good UX solution for this
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by johnrushx 3y ago
Friends, you can add your comments directly in the db (google sheet) https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1j-u4bW_lIQzTPFt-rEls... basically I open sourced the db of the project so we can build it together http

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