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SashaSirotkin

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SashaSirotkin··on Yet another project management SaaS
The value prop needs more work. There is no clear and immediate explanation on the landing page of how this project management is more streamlined or better in a meaningful way. Nor is there any screenshots or visual examples of workflows. What is the hook?
SashaSirotkin··on How enterprise software is like baby clothing
The baby clothing analogy doesn't quite fit because the people buying the baby clothes as a gift are in a relatively close position to talk to the parents (i.e. the end user). They just didn't do the work. The buyer/end user seperation in enterprise has more layers of separation (it can be an entirely different department) and stickiness (you are forced to use the terrible baby clothes).
SashaSirotkin··on Show HN: I made a tool to compare time zones
This is very helpful! Often I need to coordinate meeting times across multiple timezones and this will safe me a lot of headache.

It would be nice if it was day light savings aware. Even just having a tooltip per timezone block which lists the changeover dates would be huge

SashaSirotkin··on Canada has fewer entrepreneurs today than it did 20 years ago
Many of the programs to help with housing affordability is making it easier for first-time homebuyers to get enough money for a downpayment. There is tax break for first-time buyers, the ability to borrow money from your own RRSP and most recently the FHSA (First Home Savings Account). Long term this increases home prices by injecting more money into the system.
SashaSirotkin··on Canada has fewer entrepreneurs today than it did 20 years ago
The opportunity cost of starting a business in Canada is too high. People who have the capital to start their own business are more likely to see better returns by investing in real estate which has much lower risk and requires less effort. The federal and provincial governments would need to stop artificially propping up the real estate sector to make entrepreneurship competitive which is unlikely to happen willingly.
SashaSirotkin··on Hurl, a terrible (but cute) idea for a language
This is very fun!

I am only making suggestion because it rhymes with "hurl" (and it works well metaphorically for the repeating tossing/hurling): you could introduce a "whirl" keyword or part of the standard library as the way to handle loops.

It could be functionally the same as your loop example but removes the self-referential first argument (i.e. whirl(count, [1,3])).

SashaSirotkin··on Friday.app is shutting down
It's not just "2 years". Two years is a really long time for a young startup given they effectively operate using dog years
SashaSirotkin··on Show HN: HomeSheet – easy-to-use home inventory software
If directly appealing to insurance does not work commercially, you may find success looking at museums and other curator-type businesses. That niche is fairly profitable even if it is difficult to get into
SashaSirotkin··on Ask HN: Why does everyone wants to be an entrepreneur?
The barriers of entry are sufficiently low nowadays that starting a business is feasible for a lot more people. It takes less upfront capital (or skill with all the no-code options) than it has ever before to do so.

Plus, a major barrier to starting anything new is the inertia that your daily life already has. It's easiest to try bold new things when you're in a state of transition. The pandemic forced that transition involuntarily on a lot of people.