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davidsawyer

146 karma · joined June 8, 2016

Software Engineer at Amazon

https://www.david-sawyer.com

davidsawyer10@gmail.com

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davidsawyer··on Strava was used to locate the most powerful people
Reads like a remix of how Axios articles are.
davidsawyer··on The world is awful. The world is much better. The world can be much better
Super helpful, have a great day
davidsawyer··on How China's “debt traps” work
Not sure where you're getting this. He has a PhD in Econ...
davidsawyer··on Colorado becomes first to pass ‘right to repair’ for farmers
Obviously making the world a better place is great, but you still gotta win races to have the ability to do so!
davidsawyer··on Street Votes: A proposed response to Ireland's housing crisis
Developer: "Hi neighbor, would you like me to build a house so that someone can live in it? Do keep in mind that it would increase housing supply in your area, thus increasing supply and putting downward pressure on your property's value. That okay?"

Neighbor: "No, thank you!"

davidsawyer··on I wasted $40k on a fantastic startup idea (2020)
The audiobook is read by the Rob Fitzpatrick, the author, and he delivers things really casually and conversationally. Really enjoyed it.
davidsawyer··on ArtFrame: E-paper wireless artwork for your living room
Am I going crazy, or is there no way on the website to actually buy this?
davidsawyer··on US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time permanent
Because a lot of us are only half that old?
davidsawyer··on Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell
How does this make money? I don't see any pricing info on the site.
davidsawyer··on Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell
Nice!! How big are those displays, and if you don't mind sharing, how much do those displays cost from your supplier? Last time I checked, e-paper displays were pretty pricey on their own.
davidsawyer··on Tell HN: Salary data is for sale
Yep, 100% agree.
davidsawyer··on Tell HN: Salary data is for sale
And you'd need to know a past employer, right? I couldn't seem to find a way to get access to the info without inputting an employer first.
davidsawyer··on I took a job at Amazon, only to leave after 10 months
Almost surely
davidsawyer··on Japan's Paper Culture
Relevant 99pi: https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/hanko/
davidsawyer··on Skillsoft Buys Codecademy for $525M
I emailed contact@codecademy.com back in September of 2011 with ideas for the site, and Zach got back to me in no time. Been cheering for Codecademy ever since.

Congrats, guys!

davidsawyer··on Apple banned a pay equity Slack channel
I've got to imagine most of the big companies do at this point. Amazon uses Slack as of about a year ago.
davidsawyer··on Ask HN: Have you found a good desk chair?
I could never find a good place or time to go try them out, so I just ordered a Steelcase Gesture from Amazon. It helped me get over the analysis paralysis, it's very comfortable, and I'm sitting in the chair while writing this.
davidsawyer··on Ask HN: What was the biggest contributor to your happiness in the past year?
What are some things that the therapy session included?
davidsawyer··on The Tech Stack of a One-Man SaaS
What tools do you use for that?
davidsawyer··on DoorDash S-1
Yeah, I could see "ghost kitchens" or "cloud kitchens" like this becoming much more popular in the coming years. For restaurants that primarily focus on their dine-in location, their food often doesn't work very well for delivery, but a restaurant whose sole focus is delivery could ensure the best customer experience.
davidsawyer··on How we built a $1M ARR SaaS startup
Here's the Indie Hackers podcast episode with Sarah Hum from Canny from last October. Good episode!

https://www.indiehackers.com/podcast/124-sarah-hum-of-canny

davidsawyer··on Airbnb announces confidential submission of draft Registration Statement
Brian Chesky pretty much said exactly this in his interview with Guy Raz on How I Built This a week or so ago.

https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=594606847885635

davidsawyer··on How to create a video call application with WebRTC
A 19-year-old[0] built a video call app[1] with WebRTC and open-sourced[2] it.

Here's a podcast interview[3] about how he did it.

[0]: https://github.com/ianramzy

[1]: https://zipcall.io

[2]: https://github.com/ianramzy/decentralized-video-chat

[3]: https://syntax.fm/show/256/webrtc-and-peer-to-peer-video-cal...

davidsawyer··on MasterClass is seizing its moment
What was it about?
davidsawyer··on Instacart announces new Covid-19 policies and plans to hire 250k more shoppers
I built a browser extension to help mitigate this type of issue. A lot of people like to think about the cost of lodging in terms of nightly price as opposed to the total, so the extension shows the true nightly price of a stay, after account for all fees, taxes, etc. Unfortunately, right now there's not a great way to get the true* totals to show up in search results, but the extension will show you the real price per night of your stay once you're on a place's listing page.

Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/airbnb-price-per-n...

Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/airbnb-price-...

And it's completely open source: https://github.com/davidsawyer/airbnb-price-per-night-correc...

*Airbnb leaves out taxes in their "totals", which can skew the true total by a significant amount

davidsawyer··on Instacart announces new Covid-19 policies and plans to hire 250k more shoppers
>I think if you specify your dates and length of stay you can search by the total cost but I agree its certainly frustrating and for short trips makes the service annoying and nearly useless/cost prohibitive.

Unfortunately, they leave out taxes in these "totals", so you're not quite getting the full picture in the search results.

davidsawyer··on 6 months in and $1k MRR: my biggest mistakes so far
I'd recommend listening to the Indie Hackers Podcast episode that Jen was a guest on. Super enjoyable listen.

https://www.indiehackers.com/podcast/150-jen-yip-of-lunch-mo...

davidsawyer··on The boss who put everyone on 70K
Can we get the title changed to something that mentions that $70k is the minimum and not an across-the-board rate?
davidsawyer··on Illinois governor signs law capping insulin costs at $100 per month
I agree. The US and New Zealand are the only countries in the world that allow full-on pharma ads.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3278148/

davidsawyer··on [dead]
Looks like a duplicate of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21227961
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