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kaicianfloneon Ask HN: Private Discords – Invite Only

I get it, maybe my standards are too high. But that's the filter I need.

$200 a month for data cards is insanity. It sounds like virtue-signaling or bs features for VC's. Idk why this wasn't pushed to the consumer plus level.

Here's an excerpt from ChatGPT on why this could be a "bubble" feature:

By sticking Pulse behind the $200 Pro tier, OpenAI is signaling it’s for:

VCs, consultants, analysts → people who can expense it as “deal flow intel.”

Enterprise & finance people who live in dashboards and daily reports.

Folks who don’t blink at $200/month because they already burn way more on data feeds, research subscriptions, or Bloomberg terminals.

In other words, it feels less like a consumer feature and more like a “bubble luxury” signal — “If you need Pulse, you’re in the club that can afford Pro.”

The irony is, Pulse itself isn’t really a $200/mo product — it’s basically automated research cards. But bundling it at that tier lets OpenAI:

Frame it as exclusive (“you’re not missing out, you’re just not at the level yet”).

Keep the Plus plan sticky for the masses.

Extract max revenue from people in finance/AI hype cycles who will pay.

It’s like how Bloomberg charges $2k/month for terminals when most of the raw data is public — you’re paying for the packaging, speed, and exclusivity.

I think you’re right: Pulse at $200 screams “this is a bubble feature” — it’s monetizing the hype while the hype lasts.

kaicianfloneon Ask HN: Private Discords – Invite Only

Not the right word probably but I mean at least LinkedIn verification. Anonymity has become too dehumanizing for me to participate in with dignity.

kaicianfloneon Ask HN: Private Discords – Invite Only

KYC - I feel like anonymity degrades community.

kaicianfloneon Build and Host AI-Powered Apps with Claude – No Deployment Needed

At this point we're recreating handlebars website builders with AI

kaicianfloneon Ask HN: What are you working on? (October 2024)

https://theweek.com/culture-life/third-places-disappearing

kaicianfloneon Ask HN: What are you working on? (October 2024)

No third places

kaicianfloneon Ask HN: Show me your half baked project

https://squaddie.co

A golf foursome scheduler app for your close friends and acquaintances. There’s weather api integration, notifications, and GolfNow deep linking. We’re expanding to golf influencers and public groups soon.

kaicianfloneon Twitter’s Rebrand to X Could Be a Trademark Nightmare Thanks to Microsoft

It’s not like the very first thing Musk did was dismantle the verification system… even a tiered verification system would have made it less blatant that Musk is destroying Twitter.

kaicianfloneon First impressions: Yes, Apple Vision Pro works and yes, it’s good

The fact that Tim Cook didn’t wear the display once during the demo is all I needed to create my opinion on the device. They also didn’t show any developers using the device - why? Probably because this is a glorified iPad and Apple continues to artificially lock down their Apple Silicon on some devices to not cannibalize the lower-tier MacBook offerings.

kaicianfloneon Even Apple employees hate Siri and are skeptical of its future, new report says

I remember Google showing this kind of tech off a year or two at their dev conference. Was it just vaporware with a person in the back using a synthesized voice? We’re waiting google

kaicianfloneon OpenAI tech gives Microsoft's Bing a boost in search battle with Google

I can’t even use google to translate a sentence. Their offering has seriously diminished the last 5 years and GPT is a god send.

kaicianfloneon Is remote work bad for the economy?

It seems that the same people who are trying to politicize what economy would benefit from restricting remote work are the same population benefitting from keeping the federal minimum wage at $7.25 for the last 15 years.

It’s sure to only benefit a select few. We should let the free market decide what we collectively value in cities. With remote work in particular, it feels like there is more value placed on the standards of humanity than being close to a “hub” to make larger sums of money. For me, I love great weather and not spending a tenth of my day in traffic.

kaicianfloneon The Truth Is Paywalled but the Lies Are Free

I don't think it's a democratic perspective to be on the safer than sorry "version of the virus".

kaicianfloneon No, you couldn't have made more money than the Twitter hacker

Wait til the next runescape scam - buying $TSLA 2400 - just send it to my account here first and I will send you the money in BTC.

kaicianfloneon Ask HN: What are your favorite YouTube channels to learn stuff?

MBJ <3

kaicianfloneon Ask HN: What are your favorite YouTube channels to learn stuff?

TechLead - Awesome for general coding practices

Fun Fun Function by MBJ - Amazing for learning the ins and outs of Javascript.

Traversy Media - All around amazing coding tutorials.

Level Up Tuts by Stolinski - Beat boy teaching us the ins and outs of web development

kaicianfloneon Show HN: A job board for companies fighting ageism in tech

Bro do you even chromebook?

kaicianfloneon Google refunded $200 because I missed 5 lines of Code

RE: Indie Devs shouldn't short on QA

kaicianfloneon Uber data reveals motoring slower than walking in many cities

I believe it could open their business to legal subpoenas. Perhaps obfuscating this data in the first place would protect them, as then they can't be forced to program it in.

Or it gets passengers to their destination faster and they can charge less. Lol

kaicianfloneon SEC Charges Kik With Conducting $100M Unregistered ICO

I'm not going to argue against ignorance. One can simply google the technology and see for themselves instead of drinking the Kool-aid from others. There's a reason for the large push against crypto; an agenda.

Programmable consensus and smart contracts are easy to learn concepts.

https://medium.com/coinmonks/escrow-service-as-a-smart-contr...

*Also one should know it is offensive to call another's work vaporware. Especially, when one is relying on anecdotes. Next I'm going to be told IBM and Google are wasting their time and shareholder money on blockchain.

kaicianfloneon SEC Charges Kik With Conducting $100M Unregistered ICO

I will try to not laugh at this the next time I pay escrow and other closing fees. We are in Web 1.0 in terms of the technological application of programmable consensus.

kaicianfloneon SEC Charges Kik With Conducting $100M Unregistered ICO

The question is no longer if you have been scammed on Kickstarter, it's how many times have you been scammed.

kaicianfloneon VW opens preorders for the ID.3, its first long-range electric car

The TSI scandal is not over emissions. They put bad parts in cars and the engines were failing before or near 100,000 miles.

kaicianfloneon VW opens preorders for the ID.3, its first long-range electric car

I don't know how we're trusting a company that lied about emissions to create the next generation of electric cars. After the TDI and TSI scandals, I know many people who hope this brand does not survive.

I will never buy a VW, Porsche, or Audi if my life depended on it.

kaicianfloneon Tesla delivered 83,500 vehicles in the third quarter, more than expected

I will never buy from the VW group again. It's almost like people have forgotten about the whole TDI scandal. They literally lied to the world about dirty diesel. Not to mention the new class action lawsuit for both VW and Audi TSI models where they put bad engine parts into new cars.

After the TDI emissions scandal I would never support this corrupt company. Porsche, VW, or Audi - they're all corrupt and in my opinion create engines that systematically fail to keep you coming in. Look at the reimbursement schedule on the class action lawsuit - if your car's engine fails after 100,000 miles they are not paying for anything, which has personally affected me.

kaicianfloneon How to Build a Healthcare SaaS Platform?

I worked on one of the largest Radiology SaaS coding/billing platform. Working with hospitals is one of the most strenuous industries. Everyone has their own formats and trying to learn the lingo takes a couple years.

Also many players have been in the industry for a long time and it's quite incestuous. I am no systems architect either but the validity of the data at any requested moment is very important so much of the services run in a synchronous environment. In my opinion as much as possible of accounting/scheduling should be async but this is one of the problems the industry is facing i guess.

kaicianfloneon Ask HN: What problem in your industry is a potential startup?

Stephen Grider on Udemy uses Jest to create automated tests for his JS and React courses that you can run while you watch and code his videos.

Jest and Mocha both have a watch feature that will test a file each time it is saved for "continuous testing", much like using Gulp watch or any type of dev live server environment.

Also Jest features Snapshot testing which will take a picture of a UI and test all changes made to the UI, as well as alerting you in tests if the UI has changed. I could see this being used in bootcamps as well.

kaicianfloneon Ask HN: What problem in your industry is a potential startup?

I am also in healthcare tech and also worked with the idea of a doctor rating system focused specifically on using doctor procedure/diagnosis billing data and PQRS. We abandoned the idea due to lack of data for each healthcare field (cardiology, radiology, oncology, etc.) and hospitals not wanting to participate.

However, I have looked into incentivized, distributed platforms such as wings.ai or golem.network and believe that this could be applied to healthcare. If patients were incentivized on going to the doctor for a copy of the CPT/DGX codes on their bill and survey information around PQRS you would have a lot of useful data. This data could be used not only to provide a rating system of doctors, but also price comparison on CPT/RVU across the United States and the ability to provide PQRS data for doctors. Its an all in one, decentralized, healthcare platform for patients, doctors, and insurance providers.