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   by sampl 9y ago

   There’s a difference between early adopter types who you might already know and the wider market. “Launching” means making your thing available to the second group, not the first—but the first group is the group you should be trying to ple
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   by sampl 9y ago

   True, but that's all the more reason to "get something out there" without a lot of QA--just do it as a private beta, internal test, prototype, one-off for a single client, etc. If you can't afford to have a bad product a
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   by sampl 9y ago

   1. Just get something out there—without obsessing over getting it exactly right the first time 2. When something does go sideways: own up to it, make it right with customers, and learn how to fix your mistake for the future Seems like a lot
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   by sampl 9y ago

   Six years ago, I saw a job posting on HN—a YC farming startup was looking for a designer. I joined the two founders, moved to Michigan, and learned more about building companies, products, and teams than I ever imagined at the start. I also
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   by sampl 9y ago

   If you want to try a poor imitation of the real thing, I made one here: http://typwrtr.com/
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   by sampl 9y ago

   I don’t think an AI assistant and visual feedback like google search are mutually exclusive at all. Imagine a fashion designer having a chat with a human assistant. The designer might tell them a kind of shirt they want to use for a shoot,
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   by sampl 9y ago

   I’ve had IFTTT applets running consistently for years for really only one use case: getting texts/emails when people post specific things I want on my local craigslist.
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   by sampl 9y ago

   This was my assumption as well, curious why it’s being downvoted.
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   by sampl 9y ago

   > You can’t tell which seemingly wacky ideas are going to turn out to be right A good philosophy for personal projects and starting companies too, IMO. Seems to be a pattern among indie hacker types.
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    by sampl 9y ago

    > their consumer oriented design philosophy That design does matter when the pros are creative professionals.
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    by sampl 9y ago

    > I know what's in my heart, and it's nothing but positive intentions. I’m sure you mean the very best. However, one of the most interesting things about racism, sexism etc is happens not because people are evil assholes—it’s t
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    by sampl 9y ago

    Thanks Danny, can’t wait!
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    by sampl 9y ago

    Totally makes sense, thanks
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    by sampl 9y ago

    Love this idea! Echo doesn’t appear as a share option when I export from Pocket Casts, anything I can do about that?
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    by sampl 9y ago

    What would you add to create-react-app?
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    by sampl 9y ago

    The Corning Museum Of Glass has a great YouTube channel with narrated hour-long masters glassblowing demonstrations. Ex: https://youtu.be/lQFBEk_mqp0
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    by sampl 9y ago

    They probably don’t read it regularly, but they might get annoyed at browser slowness one day and Google “chrome firefox which is faster”.
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    by sampl 9y ago

    All those comments seem to be 4-6 years old
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    by sampl 9y ago

    Totally agree with this. Good thing I compulsively refresh HN 100x/day, otherwise I might have missed this article.
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    by sampl 9y ago

    > I'd rather Amazon show advertisers' influence transparently with the obvious "Sponsored" label. This is basically how Google works too, right? Do people distrust them for the same reason?
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    by sampl 9y ago

    Reminds me of this guy who tried to build a cat-proof automatic feeder: http://quinndunki.com/blondihacks/?p=3023
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    by sampl 9y ago

    Thanks for a genuine answer to my snarky reply :) Re fire, another thing that’s helped me is using candlelight in the evening. It keeps things darkish (and of course it’s a warm color of light).
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    by sampl 9y ago

    If you want to get really really crazy, you could stop using your computer at night and try reading (paper) books before bed.
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    by sampl 9y ago

    Ah, gotcha. I think I’ve been getting by with Firebase transactions for counters and db rules for complex authorization. Firebase doesn’t have columns. Can you share a specific use case that’s difficult to accomplish in FB?
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    by sampl 9y ago

    I think he works for github: https://ruby-on-wheels.github.io/blog/leaving-berlin/
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    by sampl 9y ago

    Could you tell me a little more about what that means? Would like to hear what I’m missing out on. Possibly relevant: https://firebase.google.com/docs/functions/firestore-events
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    by sampl 9y ago

    Firebase is doing most of this for SPAs: auth is standard, data persistence is done with declarative rules (basically no written backend), and using Create React App for views handles most other things. I’m actually working on a boilerplate
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    by sampl 9y ago

    I struggled with this too, but recently started using a small backend cloud function to send updates to Algolia (and query docs straight from the front end with the Algolia js script).
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    by sampl 9y ago

    Here's a great book on the subject, "New Roots for Agriculture" by Wes Jackson (forward by Wendell Berry) https://www.amazon.com/New-Roots-Agriculture-Farming-Ranchin...
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    by sampl 9y ago

    "Don't hide it because there's nothing wrong with it... but don't draw any extra attention to it either." It's like the way people talk about moles or scars.