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   by seddona 16y ago

   I'm working on just such a product for professional electronics engineers, though it's a $500M/year niche, so could scale way beyond $5K/month . Personally my advice would be to quit your job and go and work in an existing industry you thin
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   by seddona 16y ago

   Would love to see a blog post about the tech behind this.
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   by seddona 16y ago

   Right now I read the code at the top which generally (>95%) gives you enough info, there are some keys I can't do yet. I've trailed some heuristics to infer the profile based on the side view which look feasible but will require a fairl
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   by seddona 16y ago

   Thanks Alex. Yeah my thinking is that the name is critical you will have to remember it for the 6-12 months between hearing about the app and actually needing a key. The other angle is key 'backup' so you scan all your keys as a backup and
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   by seddona 16y ago

   Right now the computer vision isn't really well optimised it takes about a minute to go through the process. Give me a wad of blu-tack and I can get an impression of your key in a couple of seconds. Valid point though, I've thought most of
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   by seddona 16y ago

   Thanks. From a technical perspective it does work, I have successfully copied a few working keys. There's zero infrastructure right now, if you use the app I'll send you an email by hand and cut the key myself. This is MVP! Yep security is
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   Show HN: DittoKey - Door keys copied from a photo app.(dittokey.com)

   12 points by seddona 16y ago|10 comments
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   by seddona 16y ago

   I found a great designer on Dribbble and hired him to produce the front page for my app, just the mockup in AI for about $500. I then sliced/coded this up and used all the custom design elements to make more pages. There's a post on my blog
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   by seddona 16y ago

   Firstly I'd say don't get down about it, my guess is that over a certain level (which you are no doubt at) IQ correlates poorly with success. What are your soft skills (social, sales etc) like? There is a real sweet spot for people that can