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Can't report but someone who can should - video is unrelated to thread.

I'm also confused about how this works. If you choose to never raise after YC, is the remaining $375K just part of of the 7% they take upfront, or is it only available if you raise?

> Simply put, we’re giving the company money now but at terms you’ll negotiate with future investors.

I think it comes down to individual learning style. Here [1] is James Clear tweeting a 3-sentence summary of his book. These ideas totally impacted the way I operate and helped me achieve a lot more than I would have on my own. But I needed to read the book to implement these tactics. If I only read the tweet, I don't think it would have had any long-term impact on me.

I agree that being wordy can be a waste of time! And I agree that many business books blow up small ideas into large books. I also think that sometimes expanding on an impactful insight can help you teach it better.

[1] https://twitter.com/JamesClear/status/1477686252333903877

Different people learn differently, maybe? The great truths in life boil down to a few sentences (ex: "just do it"). If someone writes a book about that truth, are they wasting your time? Maybe. But there are other people who need to hear the story to learn from that grain of truth.

I've definitely read books that were way too long and full of filler content. But I've also scrolled through tweet-sized brilliant insights that I forgot the next minute.

In my opinion, Atomic Habits was not a filler book (I also listened to it on audiobook), but as always, YMMV.

I think there are at least half a dozen Mint competitors whose primary selling point is "better UX than Mint".

Did you ever have any users? Or did the technical challenges stop you short of shipping the product?

Ha! For what it's worth, as an internet stranger, I would have been just as likely to read if you simply said "I have this theory" and laid out the same thing. Either way, thanks for sharing, and let me know if you publish anything about this!

Lack of presence. Any interviewer that's not giving the interview as much of their full attention as possible (emergencies aside, of course). I've been on both sides of this, and I feel bad for interviews I've given where I was distracted or underprepared.

Conversely, my best interviews (and 1:1s) have been with people who are fully present.

I read this comment a few days ago, and it really stuck with me. I'm so curious where this comes from - would you happen to remember the talk, or where I could read about this concept?

Building gem.fm, a website that recommends the best podcast episodes to listen to (still pretty rough around the edges!) and doing some contract work! Loving the engineering challenges of working on my own project long-term.

> Codeamigo appears distinctly different than Codeacademy in some key areas

I imagine that building and releasing _the exact clone_ of the product from a company that rejected you would be petty and legally dubious.

Oh hi, Zach!

Of course, it's also what not Satoshi Nakamoto would say!

I like that time-based mechanism much better. The karma/engagement-based stuff would just let popular people post more :)

This product seems to combine a few unrelated ideas. No monetization, reverse-chronological feed, no notifications: sweet. Easier to have cleaner, more meaningful conversations with people, hopefully. In short, a nicer, ad-free, less-harmful Facebook. How will you pay for it if it ever gets popular?

I'm not sure how limited posts play into this. I think the intention is to make users really think about what they're posting. But the arbitrary, "nice, round number" limit just feels existentially dreadful at best, and like a headline-generating schtick at worst. Surely there's some other mechanism that can nudge people towards more thoughtful, less self-promoting posts (or whatever the goal is); maybe limiting posts to one a day?

I've had some really great connections through HN. I hope it stays authentic and spam-free.

Hey John! Always nice to see a familiar face on HN - thanks for sharing the story!

I don't know, there were a few years in my early 20s when I just avoided problem solving the best I could.

I don't follow - what is the second paragraph meant to demonstrate?

Love the simple interface and speed. Looked up a few shows, but nothing's being produced during COVID :(

Oh my gosh, this is so much more intriguing than OP's landing page.

It's a little bit more intricate than that. The point is to figure out what the customer needs. The Mom Test (book) covers this pretty well.

This page just kind of pokes at things everyone's frustrated about without offering a solution. But, as The Mom Test points out, there are lots of things people are kind of unhappy with, but are unwilling to pay for. I think the example they use are shoelaces: "Are you tired of bending down to tie your shoes? Having to stop in the middle of the street to re-tie them? Feeling your shoelaces wear out over time? Getting stuff stuck in there?"

Maybe, but are you actually gonna pay for a shoelace alternative? Probably not.

This page is that. It makes some sweeping statements about how work should be intentional and peaceful, and says "we're gonna solve it with a calendar", without offering any details about what that calendar is actually going to do.

If they had some screenshots, they could learn something about how their users engaged with the product. Saying vaguely positive-sounding things ("Rise is different than your current calendar, because instead of starting with meeting invites from others, it starts with you.") doesn't teach them anything.

I loved the headline and was intrigued. However, the page told me nothing about what the product does. I was excited to see a demo, or screenshots or something. Also, this wording near the top is all fluff: "bestseller GRIP with world class and internationally praised design."

I googled "GRIP book", and found nothing.

Are you still providing $10K grants to the most promising companies at the end of the sprint, as you did during the last sprint?

The API returns at most 2000 messages at a time (this might have changed since I last tried), and last I looked the message IDs were around 130K, meaning that's how messages there have been.

A guy was on talking about his ex-gf Maddie, and then it carried on.

You should look. It's actually been pretty clean so far!

Not sure what your backend is, but websockets are pretty straightforward with socket.io! Happy to help get you up to speed - don't hesitate to reach out (@maxverse on twitter, email in profile)

Great job figuring things out as you go, and I love the experience. Keep up the good work!

Looks like it caps off at 2,000, and we're currently at 130K+ messages

I made r/MaddieFans - wanted to see how long it keeps going. Trying to keep it wholesome. It IS pretty incredible that this thread is going after 12+ hours. I think initially a guy talked about his ex-girlfriend Maddie, that he missed her. Imagine there's a real Maddie out there who has no idea?