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sarimkhalid

299 karma · joined January 30, 2023

Hi! I am Sarim, founder of foundationalcompanies(dot)com.

BLOG at: sarimkhalidworld(dot)com

Twitter: sarimkx

Get in touch: sarimkhalidofficial[at]gmail[dot]com

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sarimkhalid··on Grammarly Announces Layoffs
I see what you did there...
sarimkhalid··on Toyota cashes in on booming hybrid sales
What a shame.

From the article: "In the U.S., hybrid demand significantly exceeds production capacity, leading to tight inventories at dealerships, Miyazaki said."

I'll further my point about hybrid being such a low-hanging, realistic solution.

The core technology has been there since the late 90s. Every single major manufacture can quickly produce them. This doesn't have to be just daily family cars, the luxury market (Ferrari) and the 4x4 segment can also take advantage of this. There is already a hybrid Tundra available.

Lets take London for e.g. there are about 2.5 Million cars, lets assume if all of all them were to be hybrid, you would have SIGNIFICANT reduction in fuel consumption and costs to the owners, without ANY lifestyle change. You are not giving anything up as there is something available for everyone's taste.

No range anxiety.

I seriously do not understand why governments don't take this seriously.

sarimkhalid··on Toyota cashes in on booming hybrid sales
Hybrid is so underrated. I have always said this is the way!
sarimkhalid··on Ask HN: How easy is it to become an entrepreneur in 2024?
Easy is some ways and really really hard in others. The stress will shave a few years off.

For a lot of people, a job in big tech is the way to go.

Whatever you decide to start, 80% of your time will be dedicated to sales, marketing, and biz dev, so make sure you like these activities.

sarimkhalid··on Ask HN: How easy is it to become an entrepreneur in 2024?
100x this. Put very succinctly.
sarimkhalid··on Ask HN: What would it take for you to return to the office?
Absolutely +1 for private offices. Have been arguing for this for years now. I am actually surprised and puzzled why engineers did not demand this earlier..???
sarimkhalid··on .ai website registrations are a windfall for tiny Anguilla
Funny...reminds me of how the Island State of Tuvalu really benefited from the .tv domain.
sarimkhalid··on Ask HN: Are Tech Companies Pausing Big Decisions?
Good points but these are just surface level news that I was aware of. I am talking about internal business decisions.

Additionally the industry is big and global, both horizontally and vertically.

Much bigger than just Big Tech.

For e.g. AWS lay offs does not give a full picture of that sector as investment in data center real estate is hot in certain markets. However many are cautious about new big projects this year.

sarimkhalid··on Boeing seeks Ryanair support with checks after mid-air blowout
Seriously? Ryanair? Are they just trolling at this point?
sarimkhalid··on How Not to Die
Posting since apparently many startups are dying.
sarimkhalid··on Ask HN: Cons of Using .io Domain?
If you are doing something serious then you should really use a .com. If initially you can't buy one then using something else is fine I guess....

OR as PG wrote in 2015, you should think about changing your name.

https://paulgraham.com/name.html

sarimkhalid··on Ask HN: Stay at Big Tech or leave?
I completely understand where you're coming from but for a better future, try to fight through it for at least a year or two. Such is life, work is work. Not all of it is glamourous.

You are very early into your career and in a pretty great spot. Don't waste it.

Big tech experience will open a lot of opportunities for you and this includes non-career or financial opportunities.

You should still continue with your pet projects. Remember we underestimate what can be achieved in a year.

Wish you all the best!

sarimkhalid··on Ask HN: Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2023?
History is one of my favourite genres too. Thank you for sharing the free resources link! Really interesting.
sarimkhalid··on Show HN: AI/ML Jobs – Highly Focused AI/ML Job Board & Platform
This is common pricing for job boards right now. I understand this is new so there is less traffic but everyone starts from zero...

Thank you for your suggestions!

sarimkhalid··on Ask HN: What is the difference between LaunchHN and ShowHN?
Thank you!
sarimkhalid··on Ask HN: How to Build an AI Chatbot App Without OpenAI API?
Commercial. Most likely charge a subscription.
sarimkhalid··on Ask HN: The Economist alternatives
This is so true and really sad. Their bias was really appalling, downright revolting during the recent Elections in Turkey.

As a life rule now, I look for and only read independent work, and I suggest you do the same. This is the only way now.

Newsletters and reader-supported Journalists/Authors. Personal blogs of some economists and business reporters. Podcasts.

You'd be surprised but there are some really good Finance/business info on Twitter (X), basically people in the frontlines of the industry giving you pure, fluff-free information, the "FinTwit" community is pretty active.

Hope this helps!

sarimkhalid··on Godaddy just stole my domain
There are enough GoDaddy horror stories online for people to stay 6 feet away from them. Quite fascinating its still a thriving business...
sarimkhalid··on My first $10k internet dollars
Congratulations Jim!

I have seen this subscription-based design concept pop up a lot lately but as an agency, interesting to see you do this as an individual designer.

sarimkhalid··on Ask HN: How did you made your first $1 on internet?
I reviewed peoples Resumes on Fiverr! It was only for people in the tech industry. I would thoroughly review them and give 2-3 pages worth of feedback.

Made around $50.

sarimkhalid··on Ask HN: How to price your first enterprise customer?
Not qualified enough to give my own advice on this but I have been reading a lot on SaaS pricing so I'll drop a few resources that may help.

https://venturehacks.com/pricing https://tomtunguz.com/the-100m-arr-deal/ https://tomtunguz.com/categories/pricing/ https://www.willingnesstopay.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@SaaSPricing/videos https://www.priceintelligently.com/

(Look up more stuff from Patrick Campbell)

sarimkhalid··on No the Metaverse is not dead, it is just getting started
Reading the few comments here tells this is next level cope but whatever lol.
sarimkhalid··on Ask HN: Could you share your personal blog here?
https://www.sarimkhalidworld.com/ intended to cover every part of my life.

Really sad I have not updated this for some time now and its currently down....

sarimkhalid··on “The Population Bomb” led to the sterilization of 8M Indians
How insane and most probably against some human rights laws. Plus, the whole population narrative has now been turned on its head. Most developed countries are now going through irreversible population decline, which will cause some of the most violent social upheaval (see France pension protests).
sarimkhalid··on WonderOS Research Project
https://alexanderobenauer.com/labnotes/000/ Notes from the founder.
sarimkhalid··on Alphabet selling Google Domains assets to Squarespace
https://killedbygoogle.com/
sarimkhalid··on Ask HN: Why are young tech professionals in US so obsessed with FIRE?
You're wrong. They are obsessed with FatFire. ;)
sarimkhalid··on Ask HN: How can a junior dev maximize their income?
Many good answers already but definitely look into freelancing on the side. Maybe even build an indie project but please make sure you charge for whatever you decide to do and make sure its more than $5/month.
sarimkhalid··on Ask HN: How can a junior dev maximize their income?
You are talking about two different goals. Yes, stay if you want to climb the corporate ladder but if you want to maximize income then one must jump ship. Some people are just not cut out for the corporate route so moving is good advice. These are the people that just transition to starting their own companies in their 30s/40s or consulting.
sarimkhalid··on Ask HN: How could HN reduce the amount of paywall articles?
Yeah...this is a good workaround but many websites have now blocked it. Sad.
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