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ezero

48 karma · joined April 10, 2017

Web developer. Currently working on https://base.report/

I like working with SvelteKit, tailwindcss, and PostgreSQL.

interests: stock market research, machine learning

http://github.com/e0

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ezero··on GPT Image 1.5
Even from their own curated examples, this looks quite a bit worse than nano banan in terms of preserving consistency on image edits.
ezero··on Dioxus 0.6 – Crossplatform apps with Rust
I'm guessing some of that misunderstanding comes from the fact that it states "Dioxus desktop is built off Tauri" here: https://dioxuslabs.com/learn/0.6/guides/desktop/
ezero··on Show HN: I built an AI tool to analyze SEC filings the minute they're released
You are charging way too much and offering too little. $29/month to track 15 companies, $89 to track 50, and "Contact sales" for unlimited. The "AI Analysis" you have is too brief and doesn't tell me anything useful as an investor.

Compare this to what https://quartr.com/products/quartr-core is offering for $20/month.

I know how difficult it is to build a tool like this and you've done a decent job. Just doesn't make sense to me to price it like this.

ezero··on Show HN: I built an AI tool to analyze SEC filings the minute they're released
> Having tested this extensively against historical market movements, I'm quite confident in its analysis accuracy.

This doesn't say anything. Exactly how much have you tested and what were the results?

ezero··on Typewriter Interview with Elisa Gabbert
Thanks, it doesn't make too much of a difference for me since it's still hovering on top of those flashy colors.

Btw, I see that my original comment has been flagged (not saying that it was you kiez). Maybe because it was low effort? Understandable if that's the case. I figured "This is extremely uncomfortable to read." would make sense for anyone that saw the sharp pink and yellow backgrounds combined with grungy text. I'm pretty sure I have photosensitivity though, so maybe this is not a widespread issue.

ezero··on Steve Ballmer's incorrect binary search interview question
Not only that, he was also better than Gates at math. From the acquired podcast episode on Microsoft:

> Ben: He's gregarious. Anyone who's ever met Steve or seen a video of Steve, you are well aware that this man has a presence. But the thing that people don't know about him is he is so unbelievably analytical. Steve is the guy that outscored Bill Gates on the Putnam exam.

source: https://www.acquired.fm/episodes/microsoft

ezero··on Stripe acquires Lemon Squeezy
I would actually be less worried. The support at paddle is much better than what I've seen from both stripe and LS. LS had decent support a year ago, but has really dropped off. Moving to stripe makes me excited about their product, but more worried about the support.
ezero··on Stripe acquires Lemon Squeezy
Can you comment on if LS marketplace is still happening?
ezero··on Ask HN: Alternatives to Gumroad for "software licenses"?
As a current user of LemonSqueezy, I cannot recommend it.

There is also paddle, which has been around for a lot longer: https://developer.paddle.com/classic/api-reference/4c7d88de5...

I looked at paddle initially, but was not too happy with their chat support. The content of the support was great but the response time was about 1 day, which made it difficult for a chat type conversation. In retrospect, I could've tried writing longer messages.

So I was looking for an alternative and found LemonSqueezy. One of the founders actually helped me onboard, which I was very grateful for. At the beginning the support was great, but it has degraded a lot since. If you go to their slack, you would notice many people complaining about issues being unattended to for weeks and months. I've had first hand experience with this too. I suggest you go to their slack and check out the state for yourself.

In contrast, paddle's response time was better and higher quality too. I'm strongly considering switching to paddle at this point.

ezero··on Outlook is Microsoft's new data collection service
I had been happy with Apple for many years but encountered some really terrible experiences lately. There was a systematic problem on Apple’s side (related to the recent increase in iCloud subscription fees) and they cancelled my extra iCloud storage. To be fair they did give me a refund for the extra storage prior but I thought it was related to the pricing changes and didn’t think much of it. Other than that there were no warnings until the extra storage expired and they sent me an email saying the storage is full. I resubscribed immediately but iCloud mail could not send or receive anything for several hours afterwards, except for receiving emails from Apple.

I also have had several instances where iCloud Drive would take forever to sync. The most recent time got so bad (100% cpu usage that persists after killing the process when I added 5KB worth of files) that I stopped using it completely. Tried Microsoft OneDrive instead and it synced at good speeds and gave me no problems.

ezero··on Update – Free Platform for Stock Analysis
This looks so good! I missed your original post and wanted to add some comments here.

Saw that your screener filtering is instant. Do you have everything loaded to the client side? If you want some feedback, I think the filter slider for the active rule could use a bit of a redesign. The magenta color is too vibrant for me and the actual bar itself is barely visible (could use more contrast against page background).

For data providers, have you looked at EODHD? They are a bit more expensive compared to FMP but the data is a lot higher quality from what I've seen and they have 24/7 live chat support. I don't know if it would fit your budget but could be worth to ask their support. Disclaimer: I build something similar in this space and I'm currently trying to migrate from FMP to EODHD.

Always fun to see others build tools like this. Would love to chat more on discord if you are up for it. Just followed you on twitter so we could go from there. glhf

ezero··on Beta Testers Needed for StockTwits Alternative
The original description sounds like it’s about subscribing to buy/sell signals. Your response here still sounds like a more carefully worded version of that.

Reacting to real time trades easily leads to emotional decisions and that’s one of the biggest things traders struggle with. It just goes against everything I appreciate about trading so no I’m not interested.

ezero··on Beta Testers Needed for StockTwits Alternative
Legitimate top traders would not need people to follow their trades. In fact, the best ones would advise you against it.

Trading is a redistribution of wealth from the bad traders to the good ones. You might make this idea work but it sounds shady. I don’t see how this has any value to legitimate traders. Let me know if I misunderstood though.

ezero··on Ask HN: Who can I discuss ideas/ projects with?
Along these lines, is there a discord server for HN? Sometimes the free form conversations could be a nice change of pace to the more serious and topic based ones.
ezero··on Market Map
This is really cool! I especially like your Tour, very fun way to get introduced. Here is a couple points of feedback:

- For the tour, I notice that pressing Esc exits it. Would be nice if there is a close button somewhere as well, or at least some way to let the user know that they can press Esc. Currently if someone is using the mouse, they only can exit using the left (Previous) button of the first slide or the right (Start Exploring) button of the last slide.

- Clicking into some nodes and then Reset View seems to spin the view many more times than necessary. Not sure if that's a bug or by design but I would prefer if it uses the least amount of camera movement necessary.

Overall this was really cool to see. I have been wanting to do something similar but based on price action correlation instead of fundamentals. Actually I have just launched a related feature this week called Similar Charts.

If you are interested you can see that here: https://base.report/ticker/ACLS/similar-charts. Please note that the free version only shows you tickers that start with the letter A. The paid version shows you 50 matches.

ezero··on Ask HN: Have any of you had success trading the stock market?
First of all, those were during the World War years so the context matters a lot.

Overall, if you had just said to only put your money in lower risk stuff vs index funds that would make sense to me too depending on how risk averse you are. But to put 20% in something like bitcoin just seems like a weird mix of safety and gambling. I would like to see some strong numbers backing this up in the past 50 years or so where this would be more profitable AND less risky compared to the index funds.

ezero··on Ask HN: Have any of you had success trading the stock market?
Can you reference which major index fund has tanked 30% in one day?

To my knowledge Black Monday in 1982 was the biggest single day dip in the stock market, where the S&P 500 lost about 20%. See: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_daily_change...

Also after these dips, did the market recover and how long did it take? Imo index funds are where you put your money away for decades. Over those years, what is the average gains per year?

There is nothing wrong with accounting for extreme events and that’s why all investment could be risky. But I am challenging your narrative.

ezero··on Ask HN: Have any of you had success trading the stock market?
It’s extremely difficult, especially for an extended time, but it is possible. A lot of “successful” traders start selling educational material after they gain some success and fame.

Out of the truly successful ones, the best example I can think of is: https://qullamaggie.com/about/

Besides the success in trading, what sets him apart is that everything he shares (twitch, blog, tweets etc) are all for free. He is also from Sweden where income tax is public information so you can verify for yourself.

In general, I do think most people should just put their money in an index fund, as ETFs can still be much riskier. But to answer your question literally, yes you are wrong.

ezero··on Show HN: A note-taking app for those who dump all notes on a single txt file
That sounds really impressive and if it's working for you just ignore us. Nice job! Would be fun to follow your progress.
ezero··on Show HN: A note-taking app for those who dump all notes on a single txt file
Agree with the other comments about adding more to your landing page. There are tons of notes apps out there but yours is actually a very cool take. If it wasn't for the YouTube videos linked from this thread, I wouldn't have understood what you have built at all. I imagine any of the following would be quite helpful.

- Condense your video to < 1min and embed it on your landing page.

- Use your copy from these tweets alongside relevant screenshots: https://twitter.com/iamguico/status/1646396960360808449

I probably wouldn't use it personally since I'm happy with Obsidian and I can choose how the data is synced, but I can see how your UX could make sense for many people.

ezero··on Ask HN: Side projects making less than $2k MRR, what's your project?
Thanks! Here’s the direct link to the pricing page: https://base.report/pricing There should be a link to it in the footer as well. On the desktop, there should also be a link in the navbar.
ezero··on Ask HN: Side projects making less than $2k MRR, what's your project?
I'm working on https://base.report, a web app to help retail investors and (primarily swing) traders to research the stock market effectively.

As someone who got interested in the stock market a few years ago, I didn't find anything that suited my needs in terms of features and design. So I developed a solution tailored to my requirements and eventually opened it up for others as well.

The key features include a stock screener with technical indicators like 50-day range, and a report view for each stock including charts and key financials.

I still use the app almost daily to aid my own stock market research. We currently have a few dozen active users.

ezero··on Most readable, low eye-strain colorscheme?
Give everforest a try. They have both light and dark themes with a few variants for each. https://github.com/sainnhe/everforest
ezero··on Ask HN: Codebase at my work is a complete mess, what should I do?
I think it is a good trait that you care enough about your work to feel this much frustration. Change though, is often hard to achieve because people tend to be stubborn. To provide more useful feedback I think you should mention what is expected from you at work. Are you supposed to be working on new features in this project or just maintainence?

Regardless of the exact situation, there should always be a way for you to work on your craft. It sounds like you are doing a lot of refactoring now and that could be quite rewarding, even without tests. If you find yourself trying hard to improve the environment and feel like it is to no avail and that no one is listening, while simultaneously feeling like you can’t leave the job in the short term, you might want to think about how to take advantage of the dead time at work to learn new things or do other activities that improve your skills.

ezero··on Ask HN: Learning modern web design and CSS
I think http://bulma.io/documentation/overview/start/ might be what you are looking for. Flexbox based framework, clean class names, no JavaScript.
ezero··on Phoenix 1.3.0 Released
From the web site: "Create a mini-Phoenix framework using Elixir and Cowboy. What can be the best way to understand Phoenix than to create it yourself."

Garuda, I'm sure after googling you found the Wikipedia entry for it. It is just a play on words since Garuda, like Phoenix, is a type of mythical bird.

ezero··on Phoenix 1.3.0 Released
I think you should be fine, especially considering you have some functional experience. In the second chapter of the book, the author goes over Elixir from scratch. By the end of the chapter you should have a working knowledge of the language. Even beyond this chapter, the author takes time to dissect and explain the more complicated looking code. It really does feel quite approachable to anyone with a few years of programming experience.
ezero··on Phoenix 1.3.0 Released
Another great resource that was recently released is the Phoenix Inside Out series by Shankar: https://shankardevy.com/phoenix-book/

I just got it a few days ago and I'm about 30% into the first book. What I can say so far is that the author's approach resonates really well with me. Going through the book feels like sitting next to a colleague, who is introducing you to Phoenix and is really knowledgeable in the topic. The book is full of interesting tidbits and explanations about Phoenix internals without getting in the way. I also appreciate the TDD approach including both acceptance and unit testing. The most important thing for me though, is how Shankar condensed teaching Elixir into a single chapter. I have previously tried to study Elixir a few times with the intention of eventually getting into Phoenix but I always got overwhelmed by the OTP material. I didn't want to make the mistake of trying to learn Rails before being comfortable with Ruby again so I put off on learning Phoenix altogether. What Shankar has done is to dedicate one chapter to teach just enough Elixir for you to get started. This was perfect for what I needed and it was reassuring knowing exactly how much (or little) Elixir you need to know before diving into Phoenix.

If you have previous experience in another MVC framework and are interested in Phoenix I highly recommend this series (at least based on what I've read so far).

I should note that the current version of the book is targeting Phoenix v1.3.0-rc.2. Although Shankar has already made an announcement with the intention to update the book soon after the officially 1.3.0 release.

ezero··on Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (May 2017)
SEEKING WORK - Gothenburg, Sweden | Local and Remote | Availability: 1st of June

Full-stack web developer, who cares deeply about end-user experience. I do everything from logo design to continuous integration pipelines.

After working at local web consulting firms since 2012, I have recently decided to transition to freelance work. Availability starting from 1st of June.

Github: https://github.com/e0

Past work include:

- https://www.kappahl.com

- https://urb-it.com/en/

- https://www.inkassogram.se

Learn more about my skills and let’s start a conversation at: http://minodi.com