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paying more than AI itself .....hate paying month after month fees while I picture the developer sitting on a beach drinking pina coladas

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terrific idea! will do that if this makes money, lol

there are no developers sitting on a beach drinking pina coladas

However Pina Coladas are easy to make and a delicious summer treat, with or without alcohol. To make them extra special, cut open a coconut and use a stick blender to make them fresh in the shell!

They require very few ingredients, and none of the ingredients are special to just making cocktails, making Pina Coladas an easily accessible drink to create.

They are also, at their heart, dirt cheap. Canned coconut cream, heat and mix in some sugar to make a coconut cream syrup if so desired, or if you don't mind it less sweet skip this step. Add in some canned pineapple, and some rum, and you have a basic version down.

This resp has very chatgpt tone of voice…

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As an AI assistant I can't comment on posting recipe comments from AI on HN, but here are the steps for doing it:

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Not sure if I should be insulted or not.

For reference, here is what happens when I ask ChatGPT for a pina colada recipe in a conversational tone

Here's what you'll need:

1 1/2 oz of your favorite rum 2 oz of pineapple juice 2 oz of coconut cream 1 cup of crushed ice A slice of pineapple (if you have it) A cherry (if you want to be fancy) And here's what to do:

1. Put all of the ingredients (rum, pineapple juice, coconut cream, and crushed ice) into a blender.

2. Blend everything together until it's nice and smooth.

3. Pour the mixture into a glass.

4. If you want to make it look extra special, put a slice of pineapple on the rim of the glass and add a cherry on top.

5. Sip and enjoy!

If you like your drinks on the sweeter side, you can add some sugar or simple syrup to the blender before you blend everything together. And if you don't have coconut cream, you can use coconut milk instead, but the drink won't be as creamy.

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In general, it completely fails at being conversational at all about it!

I bet there are many developers drinking diet coke :)

I think people who say this have never coded outside. Keyboards and sand do not work together.

and screens not bright enough under sun. (Speaking from real experience)

not what i was saying whatsoever. saying they write the code, and then they collect monthly service fees for something they already did. The SAS model is way over done, and imo this is an example of reiterates that.

Did you try building a SAAS service?

I built a successful one, and sure - it gave me a decent income for 10 years after the initial 1 year of working on it. But altogether it was around €0.5M over it's lifetime, and it took me 5-10 years of unsuccessful projects to finally do one that succeeds.

It is a common experience as well. That's where the saying comes from that "it takes 10 years for an overnight success".

Also, the difference is in payout. When you work for someone, you get paid monthly. When you work on your own thing, you get literal 10 years of people making fun of you and saying "why don't you find a real job", and then - if you succeed - you get the same people complaining that you drink pina coladas.

I've been to the bay area, and it's the most work-intense environment I've ever seen. There is no easy money there.

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