Amjad copy 5 of 5 ideas of our 10 years development startup for mobile coding from Ukraine where World War right now. See also my comment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33267464
1) better at executing than you
and
2) understands the market better than you
It is generally accepted wisdom that if someone copies you, you are doing something right and should focus on fundamentals and shipping/customers.
Did you read my link post https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33267464 ?
1) No. I'm not dumb and programming language author, CTO, polygot, architect, old school, and make better software all my life. I made the world's first mobile IDE and real-time reverse debugger
2) No. 4k likes HN post shows the opposite. I asked Amjad for help while COVID-19 because no job, no money, don't know what to do and this people said him is investor and looks relevant from Pioneer.app startup accelerator. Market - yes US vs Ukraine, non-competitive advantage. In my opinion, now we have a war in Ukraine and many victims due to the fact that we did not support people correctly. I ask Amjad for help directly. Here is the mail log:
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MAIL 1
From: Viktor <viktor.XXXX@gmail.com>
To: amjad@repl.it
Hello Amjad!
I'm Victor https://clubavatar.app/ on pioneer
I'm developing ACPUL programming language and AnimationCPU programming platform (like Flash/HTML5)
- ACPUL is a pure programming language
- Reactive and live coding is everywhere
- Mobile IDE (iPad Pro with keyboard)
- Real-time reverse debugger (like https://rr-project.org/ with 60 fps and less ram)
- Full git and video history (Bret Victor inventing on principle)
- Team development and other features...
Due to lack of resources, a hercules amount of work I'm looking an any support
You can see demo on your iOS device with TestFlight
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MAIL 2
From: Amjad Masad <amjad@repl.it>
To: Viktor <viktor.XXXX@gmail.com>
Hey Viktor,
This looks interesting -- how can I help?
Amjad
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MAIL 3
Hi Amjad,
I am looking for a way to fund projects, expand the team, to improve Animation CPU programming platform and virtual club Avatar
1) Donations / Sponsorship: Support ACPU / ACPUL open source development
2) Investments in clubavatar.app
3) Technical work: improving the programming language, libraries, platform, documentation, educational lessons, more code/nocode apps and examples, UI, IDE, etc
4) I am looking for a mentor to improve my open source community and communication skills, social media, etc
Thanks, Victor
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MAIL 4
Hi Amjad,
As a program architect I highlight weak points in the previous mail (19 Aug 2020)
In other words, I have a huge technical debt for new components, and a small debt to launch my application, but I don't have the funds for normal work. I just need a little help to kickoff my app to AppStore and generate the revenue. And it's much better than an app! This is a new world that likes everyone. You like it, djs like it, childrens like it, hackers like it, anyone likes it! I don't see a reason to spend my time for work on another world 1.0 react-bla-bla-bla app to develop a world 2.0 app. I spent a huge amount of my time on social and financial issues and app doesn't work
I'm not sure what is best reward for you. I can add Repl.it AD on top IDE, make a Repl.it demo and animation, make a app pushares (store), or something like that
Best regards, Victor
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MAIL 5
Hey Viktor,
Just a bit of feedback for you. It's still not clear to me what your project is about. I suggest simplifying it into something someone can understand in two sentences.
Best,
Amjad
<<< WTF??? "It's still not clear to me what your project is about." <<< in this mail he appllied steal everything and start working for replit a one year!
5 of 5 my projects in replit now!!!
COOL???
Due this my project delayed for extra 2 years but you got replit.
Looks like good social engineering
PS: I can attach screenshots of Gmail and I hope that after the Google Replit presentation they don't delete my emails and copy everything together without payment for ideas (c)
- Your ask was not clear (Asking for help with everything)
- It's not clear which 5 projects/ideas Replit "stole"
I have nothing to do with Replit and I dislike them after the intern project thing, but this is fair criticism from Amjad.
1) Mobile IDE (iPad Pro with keyboard)
2) Real-time reverse debugger (like https://rr-project.org/ with 60 fps and less ram)
3) Full git and video history (Bret Victor inventing on principle)
So
1) “Billions will be repeated on mobile,” Amjad said in the promo, but my project is 10 years old and I’ve been working on it since 2008. This is my idea for 22 years as an old school developer with a lot of experience. A few developers were doing dev on mobiles and this is clearly not Amjad. If he was engaged, then we would happily communicate every day, but this did not happen.
2) Replay 2022 reverse debugger is side project where Amjad is investor. I wrote to Amjad and why he don't asked me at 2020? Here is only a few reverse debuggers in the world rr, ACPU, solidity/web3 and... new replit-replay. Why he not invested in mine better debugger and don't asked any questions? Because
3) History++ is here. I use code logging a lot time, from 2014 first implementation. I have a lot tools like this that Amjad don't know why.
Other features are nothing new right now, but team development, multiplayer, skins, mobile devices, and more look like innovations in 2020. Over the years, I have analyzed many programs and programming languages, as well as IDEs, game engines, etc. I just show Amjad the direction, and he completely ignored me. I think it was easy to analyze my project and make a copy of the key features. I thought a lot why such projects are not done in Silicon Valley, and as soon as I told Amjad, a year later they were implemented in his project. Before that, I did not write much on HN and hide it for years. There are no such coincidences. The mobile phone is a key function, etc. No need to steal ideas.
I hope enough.
You are asking why the CEO of a company is not deeply engaged with your ideas and didn't invest in them. The simple answer is that you didn't present them well and he probably doesn't have time to dig into them deeply.
I really doubt he did a teardown on your projects and then stole the best parts for his company. More likely, because you are working in a similar space to Replit they happened to build some of the same ideas. For example, a mobile IDE is something that makes of a lot sense for them to build if they have 20% of users on mobile and see it as the future.
And all other algorithms are known. Usually technical people communicate and not brazenly copy other people's ideas, as happened 4k HN topic or rr debugger Amjad startup fact. Let me remind you that he presented himself as "an investor" and was not even interested in the most complex technology in the world, but preferred to simply make a clone
I will remind you of a story. Once upon a time, Apple and Google entered into an agreement not to rehire employees. It existed for 6 months and since then we have been living in this new reality. W/o Steve Jobs and old rules. Okay?
Also it seems you're blaming Amjad for your project being delayed? Not sure how that is related.