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igolden··on Common templates to help you say “no”
While this has some value - it just screams another product that was slapped together in a night for "product hunt" clout.

Most of these examples aren't that great, and it could've been delivered as a blog post.

igolden··on Ask HN: What are you working on in lockdown?
I built a little greenhouse, and working on a chicken coop. Trying to spend more time outside in the garden. It's a good "social distance" escape
igolden··on Ask HN: Best example codebases written in Go
Yeah, poor choice of words. Really just looking for codebases that are idiomatic, well written, and fun to read. Inspiration
igolden··on Show HN: Geo-Info – A Simple Geocoding API
This looks great - is it open source?
igolden··on Show HN: A theme for publishing beautiful stories with Gatsby
looks great!
igolden··on Ask HN: Which Laptop to Switch to from Macbook?
Just bought a Thinkpad T480, put 32GB ram and an SSD in it. Runs amazing with linux and the keyboard is a huge upgrade from my 2016 MBP.
igolden··on Ask HN: Who are your programming heroes, and why?
Great response, thanks for that. I admire all of the engineers you mentioned as well.
igolden··on A backdoor in the Ruby gem bootstrap-sass
To all replies of this comment - it came off wrong. I didn't mean to "sling shit".

I was referring to the 'event-stream' incident in which the package maintainer unknowingly passed it off to a new malicious maintainer (he has 100s modules). The farcry between the two was that the original maintainer basically wiped his hands clean from incident, whereas in this _specific_ scenario the maintainers of 'bootstrap-sass' offered suggestions on how to improve the security and prevent similar events in the future. I was impressed by the prompt and professional response by the maintainers, that's all.

That being said - I generalized my comment too much, and I agree with zer01 that npm and bundler communities are very comparable and both do a great job.

igolden··on A backdoor in the Ruby gem bootstrap-sass
Glad to see the ruby community handled this quickly and professionally. Proud rubyist here.

Far cry from the way a recent npm vuln was handled.

igolden··on Ask HN: Remote Working from rural Alaska?
Thanks that was my plan. Waiting until I get a little closer to choosing before I make the calls. Thanks for reply
igolden··on Ask HN: Remote Working from rural Alaska?
Same thing I have read, but the future looks promising. There's some new developments from what i can tell and infrastructure is expanding
igolden··on Zillow CEO: startups trying to disrupt real estate commissions will fail (2012)
+1 - has anyone successfully proved him right/wrong since?
igolden··on [dead]
Hacky New Year!
igolden··on Slack closes account of an Iranian user living in Canada
mattermost is awesome, and super easy to get up and running. +1 for them
igolden··on Show HN: Creepyface – Makes your face follow the mouse
Landing page is great - good job!
igolden··on Show HN: Modular React Native Components
I just want you to know I love this idea. I'd thought of something similar, but never executed. Kudos to you, good luck!
igolden··on Is Neuroscience a Bigger Threat than Artificial Intelligence?
Thank you!
igolden··on Is Neuroscience a Bigger Threat than Artificial Intelligence?
Can someone drop a TLDR for the at-work crowd? would be V grateful
igolden··on Backdoor in event-stream library dependency
A random, lucky find: https://github.com/remy/nodemon/issues/1442
igolden··on Backdoor in event-stream library dependency
+1 for source code browser on NPM
igolden··on Backdoor in event-stream library dependency
I really like this idea, thanks for sharing.
igolden··on Web scraping case fails under Supreme Court's Dastar doctrine
Was thinking the same thing, thanks for asking.
igolden··on Show HN: An experimental Github/trending User Interface
Awesome product - one suggestion, add support for browser history and pressing the back button.

Looks great!

igolden··on Ask HN: What is your advice for a technical founder learning sales?
Treat sales like learning a new programming language. Become familiar with the foundational knowledge (prospecting, selling, closing) and then dig into systems/frameworks (which are really just books about sales) that people use to sell.

I agree with everyone else here that says "Don't try to master everything". Instead, learn how to speak the language and do enough so you don't miss opportunities. A good partner will go a long way.

igolden··on Show HN: Windows 95 in an Electron App
"Should this have been a native app?" - "Absolutely" lol. love it. Brings back all the nostalgia.
igolden··on How tech's richest plan to save themselves after the apocalypse
Right. "No one would help me protect my bunker out of respect, trust. Let's put electric collars on all the guards and horde the food source."
igolden··on How tech's richest plan to save themselves after the apocalypse
Def going to start referring to the apocalypse as "The Event" from now on.
igolden··on Ask HN: Any programmers living “off the grid”?
Ah yes - this is in part what inspired me. I love the SSB team and what they’re doing. I’ll check out that link and maybe stop being a lurker and join in, lol.

Thanks for comment

igolden··on Ask HN: Any programmers living “off the grid”?
hey - thanks for the reply! Looks like a great example. Digging into to his blog after work
igolden··on Ask HN: I started a company in Japan but I'm in over my head
A lot of people have offered great advice, so I'll keep my comment short.

You are not your company, your company is not you. Believe it or not, most (as in 99%) of businesses fail eventually. By trying your hardest you've gained an experience that will hopefully stay with you your entire lifetime. If/when you choose to start a second company, you'll have an entirely new respect for the process and have much higher chance of success.

I've been there myself. Financial/business stress is incredibly toxic, but remember that your bank account is not you. You are not your financial mistakes. These are just 'things' dictating areas of your life at the moment. You will get through this.

Listen to some of these suggestions, as I imagine most of the people who felt compelled to reach out see themselves in this post, like I did.

The only technical advice I'd like to suggest is creating structure for your day and ruthlessly sticking to it. When I was closing down my first business - that's what I had to do. I had to lock down all my hours in a day and focus on moving in the right direction.

Good luck to you. And remember - this business isn't your identity. It's just a piece of context.

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