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irinai13

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irinai13··on Headline Driven Development
I think this is precisely the type of advice that's needed for large organizations. They can easily get mired in all the complexity and managing launches by headlines can (1) simply paint the vision of the future for the teams that are building, (2) simply communicate to leadership what is launching and when so they can a) not block and, better yet b) help unblock and even accelerate.
irinai13··on Why Russians do not smile (2002)
Very common in post-Soviet countries. The US is often referred to as the "West" and so is Western Europe. This refers to both the freedom and a certain mentality ("mentalitet" in Russian). Never heard this framing in the US, though.
irinai13··on Show HN: I made a simulator for personal finance
I just played around with a little and I really like it! The onboarding flow and entire look and feel of the app is really smooth and modern, while also remaining simple. It makes me want to use it more! I recently signed up for a free trial of a similar online financial planning service at Charles Schwab and it was awful and clunky. Maybe you can sell this to them? ;-) I will keep using. I'm not as concerned about handing over my data since it's not linked anywhere so even if breached or sold, no one would really know that it's accurate. I guess the worst that can happen is that I will get slightly more targeted financial deals.
irinai13··on Three Years of Misery Inside Google, the Happiest Company in Tech
I so agree with you. You seem cool and smart.
irinai13··on Three Years of Misery Inside Google, the Happiest Company in Tech
Tried to read article. It's long and meandering, lede is buried. Is there a TLDR somewhere?
irinai13··on I've spent the last two years building a new email client
It's simply a blocker to adoption. What's dropoff rate from people who land on it to people who actually go through with this request?
irinai13··on Amazon to Acquire Whole Foods for $13.7B
Agreed. My first thought was: "Sweet, now prices will come down, WF stores will probably have come out with some innovations we didn't even know we needed but then won't imaging living without and overall customer experience will be awesome." They're going to figure out how to take WF to the next level.
irinai13··on Ask YC: Any Updates on the Basic Income Project?
Agreed. This seems like the right way to ask for updates. Especially since other people would like to know too.
irinai13··on Onboarding at Percolate
The sad thing is that much bigger companies often don't get this right.
irinai13··on Save your eyes, start using f.lux
Love Flux. I've used it for months now and it's super helpful.
irinai13··on Show HN: We built a Chrome extension to use J/K to navigate popular sites
I especially like using this on FB. It allows me to efficiently go through every post without missing any. Much better than scrolling!