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janrakete

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janrakete··on What is the downside of coaching that I may not be seeing yet?
As long as you have a full-time job, you can afford to work only with people you enjoy working with, set your rates flexibly, and hold sessions just for the joy of it. As soon as your income depends on it, a lot changes: marketing, client acquisition, administrative work, financial pressure and emotional strain.

It can become difficult to set clear boundareis and truly unplug after work.

Another point: As your experience grows, so does your responsibility. People come to rely more and more on your advice. Especially when issues go beyond career matters and touch on personal or mental health aspects, it’s important to know your own limits. And, if necessary, refer clients to other professionals.

janrakete··on Show HN: Make your Framework 12 sound like a creaky door
It reminds me of how, back in school, we used to replace the sound that played when Windows shut down with fart sounds.
janrakete··on Show HN: Find the perfect name for your startup, app or domain
That's a nice idea, but it's probably quite easy to do in ChatGPT as well.

It gets interesting with words whose translations into another language have a completely different meaning.

Example: "Gift"

German: Toxoid English: Present Danish: Marriage

A simple translation can therefore backfire. Maybe your tool could warn users about this?

janrakete··on Ask HN: After 8 Years of Failed Apps, Should I Give Up?
For my alternative rock band and our groupies (there were only a few of them), I programmed an online community aimed at punks, just for fun. I was in my early 20s at the time. The platform later grew to 100,000 members and provided me with a good monthly income.

That was a coincidence. Or rather, I was naive and started the project without a business model. But what I realized later was that, without even knowing it, I had connected two things: a technological trend (social networks) and a target audience with a specific need.

When starting your own projects, it makes sense to focus heavily on your target audience.I often check out global trends or the opinions of futurists and try to develop ideas from them. But I always try to avoid creating a one-size-fits-all solution. I’d rather have a small but loyal target audience than a large but disloyal one.

Right now, I'm working on https://github.com/janrakete/healthcore-bulp.io. For now, it's aimed at a small target audience (tech enthusiasts who have to care for people, such as their parents). But I have no idea if it will be a success.

My advice: Keep at it, keep trying. Eventually, you’ll have enough code and experience under your belt that you’ll be able to whip up a solution in no time when the next trend comes along.

janrakete··on Ask HN: What E-Reader to Buy?
I use Remarkable 2. It's not exactly an e-reader, but more of a notebook and sketchbook with a paper-like surface. It is, however, quite expensive. It's definitely too much money just for reading.
janrakete··on Show HN: Local text, image, video, music and 3D from one CLI, no Python
I think it’s generally a good idea to use a standalone, local solution. I also like the approach of combining multiple models with different focuses under a single interface. On the other hand, I usually use very specialized models (for programming, for example) and rarely end up generating music or a video on the side. So I can’t think of a reason to use the system right now.

What target audience do you have in mind?

janrakete··on Show HN: Let your agents create custom pods
Well, that's a good idea. Do you plan to add more languages? And what's your business model? If everyone puts together their own personalized feed, you'll have to generate a separate podcast for each person. That could get expensive.
janrakete··on Show HN: NegativeEV – I built a tool to help people see how bad their bets are
It would be even better if your tool could predict every bet correctly. If everyone could win every bet, then the problem of gambling addicts and the companies that take advantage of them would be quickly solved.

But your solution is cool, too.

janrakete··on Show HN: Doodlea.day – A daily step-by-step marker drawing lesson
That's a really cool solution. I had no idea the AI could do this so well and stick to it so consistently. How do you determine the difficulty level?
janrakete··on Show HN: Segue – Save context in one AI, load it in another by a short handle
It’s not a bad idea in itself, but as others have already said, it can be handled more securely using a local file. Especially now, with all the discussion about sovereignty and local hosting, a service like this is rather counterproductive.

But perhaps this could be used to build a local solution with a little more added value. It might be interesting to use the context to determine which AI solves the problem best or most cost-effectively.

janrakete··on Show HN: How many people live within an hour walk of you?
I know people who work in urban planning, and they find this also generally interesting because the data and its visualization can be used to identify areas where action is needed in terms of local transit planning.
janrakete··on Show HN: tale.fyi, we deserve a home for fiction
I couldn't find a direct option to adjust the font size. Could you add that?
janrakete··on Show HN: FeyNoBg – Automatic background removal model and training library
I'd be very interested in that, too.
janrakete··on Show HN: I built an app for learning and playing Bridge
Yes, definitly.
janrakete··on Show HN: Writemark, a dependency free web component for inline Markdown editing
No, it's working fine.
janrakete··on Ask HN: Is an in-page speed reader useful?
For me, it's more of a gimmick, too, since I find it tiring in the long run.

Since many words in a text are redundant, I read the text by skipping words anyway, and I'm just as fast that way as I am with a speed reader.

btw: Cool blog.

janrakete··on Show HN: I built an app for learning and playing Bridge
It sounds a little mysterious, especially since you have to sign up. Maybe you should explain more clearly on the page what users can expect.
janrakete··on Show HN: Writemark, a dependency free web component for inline Markdown editing
Nice work.

Markdown has some more possibilities, see: https://github.com/lifeparticle/Markdown-Cheatsheet

janrakete··on Show HN: Smriti: Your Photos, Your Memories
Cool. I'm thinking of wedding photographers who take several hundred photos in a single evening and rarely know the people in the photos personally. Since not all the photos of everyone turn out well, this helps them pick out the best ones while still making sure all the guests are included.
janrakete··on Show HN: Impressive turn-based RPG prototype built with Opus 5 in 20 min
Yes, that would be very interesting. Depending on the prompt, the result will probably be something completely different, but it would be interesting to see the level of gameplay and immersion.
janrakete··on Show HN: Nostalgia – A shareable Windows 98 desktop builder
Haha, nice idea. But it only works if the recipient is over 25 years old.
janrakete··on Show HN: PDFly – 56 free PDF tools that run in the browser
That's really cool, and it's a great use case for WebAssembly.

I'd suggest making the site multilingual, especially in German. Germany has some of the strictest data protection regulations, and your tool is very useful there,

janrakete··on Show HN: A representation of a chapter of your life through music
That's a nice idea. But I would definitely adjust the colors. The colors on the buttons, in particular, are really hard to make out.
janrakete··on Show HN: Invisible color – Logic mini game
It's actually a little addictive, though it wasn't immediately clear how it worked. A tutorial would be helpful.