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dinnison

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head of product @ replenysh • creator of Noon Pacific
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dinnison··on Show HN: Keeps – Mail a postcard that plays your voice
Sorry you hit some bugs, I haven't seen these yet. Will look at the logs and try to see what's going on.
dinnison··on Show HN: Keeps – Mail a postcard that plays your voice
Looks like it was just a display issue. Your card successfully saved both addresses and is queued for printing!
dinnison··on Show HN: Keeps – Mail a postcard that plays your voice
Thanks! Yeah your margin calculations are roughly correct.

This is a fun side project built for myself, that I thought others might enjoy -- so maximizing revenue hasn't been a huge part of planning.

I plan to market this on traditional channels (Reddit, X, etc) and maybe test out some paid ads if the CAC is <$3.50 -- open to ideas!

dinnison··on Show HN: Keeps – Mail a postcard that plays your voice
That's a valid concern. There's definitely no voice cloning or information being sold from this app.
dinnison··on Show HN: Keeps – Mail a postcard that plays your voice
Good idea making the example more prominent. Capturing email to send a reminder for birthday/etc is smart and nice way to have a "lead magnet" actually add value. thank you
dinnison··on Show HN: Keeps – Mail a postcard that plays your voice
Fixed the upload size bug on homepage
dinnison··on Show HN: Keeps – Mail a postcard that plays your voice
Thanks! Will look into these potential issues
dinnison··on Show HN: Keeps – Mail a postcard that plays your voice
Love that idea! Was thinking it'd be neat if there were little signs at museums/landmarks/etc so people could pull up pre-made templates or upload their own photo to quickly send a card.
dinnison··on Show HN: Keeps – Mail a postcard that plays your voice
Thanks! I agree that handwritten notes are special. My intent was not to replace that so much as offer another way to make a physical note feel personal, while removing some of the "burdens" of sending traditional mail.

It was also just a fun way to learn how to connect all these technologies and be able to trigger an event in the real-world from a few lines of code.

Appreciate the feedback.

dinnison··on Ask HN: What is your save-the-world project?
Humans are the only species with a concept of waste.

We're on a mission to end landfills, by providing a new moment for brands to connect with customers.

https://replenysh.com/blog-posts/an-opportunity-to-evolve

dinnison··on Ask HN: What apps have you created for your own use?
I enjoy looking for houses in my neighborhood and imagining what I would do if I were to buy it and fix it up.

So I built a quick little app that can reimagine a house from a single photo.

https://dream-house.clarkdinnison.com/

It uses Replicate API to send your photo to an AI model that is specifically good at detecting straight lines/edges (perfect for architecture applications) - then layers on a remodeling prompt I iterated on for a few weeks.

dinnison··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2023)
Replenysh | Senior Full Stack Engineer | Remote (Hybrid in SoCal ideal) | Full-time | https://replenysh.com/careers

Over 75% of products we enjoy today end up in a landfill or are incinerated. We're building new infrastructure and systems to change that.

Our enterprise circularity platform already helps brands like PepsiCo, Walmart and Ball Corp to recover and reuse their materials with full traceability.

Stack: ReScript, Elm, PostgreSQL

Apply: https://replenysh.homerun.co/senior-fullstack-engineer/en

dinnison··on Everyman's Right
All people whether residing in Finland or just visiting have the right to enjoy nature anywhere in the Finnish countryside regardless of land ownership.
dinnison··on Zendesk created a fake band “Zendesk Alternative” that ranks first in SEO
I was researching help desk tools and stumbled upon Zendesk Alternative, the fake band from Seattle that helps Zendesk own the top search result. Love the creativity.
dinnison··on US Should Create Strategy by End of '22 to Reduce Increasing Ocean Plastic Waste
Plastic only becomes waste and ends up in the ocean if it is not collected properly. We're solving this problem at Replenysh.

How we think about circularity: https://replenysh.com/blog/an-opportunity-to-evolve

dinnison··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2020)
Replenysh • Full-Time • Remote • Orange County HQ

We are building the operating system of material recovery, enabling every brand to easily close the loop on their customers and products. We're using technology and design to put an end to landfills and ocean pollution with a world-class team.

▶ Senior Frontend Engineer - https://repleny.sh/sfe

▶ Senior Mobile Engineer - https://repleny.sh/sme

▶ Product Designer - https://repleny.sh/pd

Read what one of our investors said about us:

◼︎ "Replenysh: Atoms, Bits, and Sustainability" - https://repleny.sh/kindred

dinnison··on Ask HN: Who is hiring right now?
Replenysh | Full-Stack & Front-End Engineers | Orange, CA | ONSITE (WFH at the moment) | Full Time

•••ABOUT•••

We are building the operating system of material recovery, using technology to put an end to landfills and ocean pollution.

•••APPLY•••

https://replenysh.com/careers

dinnison··on The Four Week Startup
Any feedback is much appreciated.
dinnison··on [dead]
Would appreciate any feedback from the HN community!
dinnison··on Show HN: My side project just reached #6 on App Store music charts
Thanks for the tip
dinnison··on Show HN: My side project just reached #6 on App Store music charts
Kept it vague when I worded it, so it was really just for the launch day.
dinnison··on Show HN: My side project just reached #6 on App Store music charts
Took me a little over a year, and grew it through various means: press, social media, a lot of word-of-mouth.
dinnison··on Show HN: My side project just reached #6 on App Store music charts
Yes, 8tracks approved my API use and even promoted the app on their twitter: https://twitter.com/8tracks/status/435873866548662272
dinnison··on Show HN: My side project just reached #6 on App Store music charts
So the newsletter is for the web version of Noon Pacific. I send out a weekly music mixtape every Monday at Noon (Pacific Time) with a link to the mixtape (with a pretty* album cover picture) and the tracklist.
dinnison··on Show HN: My side project just reached #6 on App Store music charts
I'll check it out, thanks for the suggestion.
dinnison··on Show HN: My side project just reached #6 on App Store music charts
Thank you for the feedback!
dinnison··on Show HN: My side project just reached #6 on App Store music charts
Thank you! It took about a week of QA to feel comfortable with it going live. It's a pretty simple app, but wanted to make sure everything would work great, especially since it was not a free app.
dinnison··on Show HN: My side project just reached #6 on App Store music charts
Thanks, that's exactly what I built it for.
dinnison··on Show HN: My side project just reached #6 on App Store music charts
Sure, I'll see what numbers I can pull tomorrow.
dinnison··on Show HN: My side project just reached #6 on App Store music charts
It's hard to say, but it typically is easier to get the first article written if you offer exclusivity. It's kind of a 'better to be safe than sorry' approach when going to the journalists. If you don't have a huge announcement, there's a chance you dont get any coverage and then you're screwed, so 1 exclusive is better than none.
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