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by xivzgrev 12y ago
You won't like this, but sell it first. Your first few customers are buying a vision and if you can't sell your vision, no one can. Then once you can show some kind of product market fit (eg your customers love it, and would be r
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How Joy of Building Can Be Counter-Productive(medium.com)
1 points by xivzgrev 12y ago|1 comments
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by xivzgrev 12y ago
Sounds exactly like something a fresh college grad would say. All brilliant people jump from company to company, all people who stay at one company are dull. I say, if you're enjoying yourself at one company, learning a lot, and movin
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by xivzgrev 12y ago
Fair point - all depends on your goals / ambitions for a project. Given his story of creating his first app, your suggestion be a perfect first goal.
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by xivzgrev 12y ago
Experimentation - I love it :). I'll make a note to check it back out in a week to see if it's avail.
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by xivzgrev 12y ago
I get that. But he's asking a community for feedback. It's like asking someone to coffee to pick their brain, and then asking them to pay for your coffee because you didn't have time to run to the bank. You can give us a fre
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by xivzgrev 12y ago
Congrats on the ship! But...why is it paid? If you're trying to develop a reputation for yourself, as well as get that early user feedback, I think you're making your job harder. Yes it's only 99 cents, but there's a tr
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by xivzgrev 12y ago
This is really interesting. Uber and Lyft are trying so hard to recruit drivers in the face of their rapid growth. A strike, or whatever the equivalent is in this "association", would really hurt them. It flies in the face of U
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by xivzgrev 12y ago
Totally agree - how many opportunities are there for large-scale investment in private companies with the growth Uber has been seeing?
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by xivzgrev 12y ago
I respect Aaron a lot, but that's an unhelpful comment. An investor is trying to think through a fair valuation. If we can't value off of the horse & buggy market, then what are we going to? Henry Ford's H&D (hopes
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by xivzgrev 13y ago
Yea if someone is totally utilized on UberX or Lyft they can make some good money. Your story reminded me of the two guys who took a cab from NYC to LA for $5000. So they negotiated the rate down a bit with volume ;) http://usat
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by xivzgrev 13y ago
That's exactly right - works anywhere Google Maps directions works, but just applies SF rates.
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by xivzgrev 13y ago
Thanks - glad to hear!
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by xivzgrev 13y ago
You are correct on your comparison of UberX and Lyft. To me it's dumb - if you're going to adjust your prices, why not match, ESPECIALLY in a commodity industry, unless you're trying to be a premium player? They'll yamm
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by xivzgrev 13y ago
Wow that was a huge drop on the mileage side. No I was not aware of that - I began coding this last week of March so missed this update. Thanks!
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by xivzgrev 13y ago
Exactly what I imagined - thanks for the link!
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by xivzgrev 13y ago
Hm interesting! I had not heard of gargl - may check it out. This is a hard feature to implement without their permission. There is a benefit to Uber / Lyft, if there was a direct link to their apps. Stack overflow q said exactly sa
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by xivzgrev 13y ago
Got a new URL up! I can't change the URL in the original posting :(. http://stenographer-arithmetic-82316.bitballoon.com/
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by xivzgrev 13y ago
Thanks for the tip! Got the site on an alternative server. Not the prettiest url but does work! http://stenographer-arithmetic-82316.bitballoon.com/
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by xivzgrev 13y ago
Alright got the site on an alternative server. Not the prettiest url but does work! http://stenographer-arithmetic-82316.bitballoon.com/
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by xivzgrev 13y ago
Thanks for feedback! It's pretty clear people don't like the alert window, so I'll remove that. What I liked about the alert window is that it displayed results, on same page without needing to scroll, on a mobile device. Wou
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by xivzgrev 13y ago
Thanks for feedback! It's pretty clear people don't like the alert window, so I'll remove that. What I liked about the alert window is that it displayed results, on same page without needing to scroll, on a mobile device. I
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by xivzgrev 13y ago
Dang! Well now I know the limits of that free service, which apparently is not that much. I'd be willing to pay for a more stable host - do you have any recommendations?
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by xivzgrev 13y ago
Thanks for the feedback, and glad to hear you'd like to use it! I like the idea of turning into an app. That has its own learning curve, so I did web app to test idea first.
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by xivzgrev 13y ago
Thanks for the feedback, and glad to hear you'd like to use it! Looks like the server crashed tho :( - may need to find better hosting option.
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by xivzgrev 13y ago
This is my first program in a decade - programmed a bunch in high school but fell away in college / post college. Eager for feedback on UX & code structure :).
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Show HN: Ulaxi calculates whether UberX, Lyft, or Taxi is best for your trip(stenographer-arithmetic-82316.bitballoon.com)
30 points by xivzgrev 13y ago|36 comments
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What Should I Do Next with My Life? New Ways to Define Success(knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu)
3 points by xivzgrev 13y ago|0 comments
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by xivzgrev 13y ago
People are resistant to change. But change is in the air - self awareness of this issue is growing. The people who are aware, men and women, will rise in rank and create new cultures / new companies with friendlier atmospheres. It&#x
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by xivzgrev 13y ago
Yea I was surprised. When I saw the title I thought infrastructure meant network infrastructure, which seems like a white-hot area of innovation given how much internet traffic they consume. But no, this interview was on internal IT.

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