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trcf22··on "Be Different" doesn't work for building products anymore
Why wouldn't figma be considered a crud app? It’s still basically adding and updating things in a DB no? With some highly complex things like rendering, collab and stuff. (Fair question btw)
trcf22··on OpenAI Is Just Another Boring, Desperate AI Startup
I wouldn’t necessarily say so. I guess that’s what they are trying to « pulse » people and « learn » from you instead of just providing decent unbiased answers.

In Europe, most companies and Gov are pushing for either mistral or os models.

Most dev, which, if I understand it correctly, are pretty much the only customers willing to pay +100$ a month, will change in a matter of minutes if a better model kicks in.

And they loose money on pretty much all usage.

To me a company like Antropics which mostly focus on a target audience + does research on bias, equity and such (very leading research but still) has a much better moat.

trcf22··on High-power microwave defeats drone swarm
Not so different from matrix isn’t? I’ve got no idea how it works but does it also destroys all forms of electronics in the area?
trcf22··on The Amazon Kindle War Against Piracy
How different is it from going to a public library?
trcf22··on Slack has raised our charges by $195k per year
Now I’d love to know more about that model!
trcf22··on Serverless Horrors
After a quick check on Vercel stories, it seems all payments were discarded or mistakes in the first place.

Does it really happen to really have to pay such a bill? Do you need to tweet about it to be reimbursed?

trcf22··on Apertus 70B: Truly Open - Swiss LLM by ETH, EPFL and CSCS
Great job! Would it be possible to know what was the cost of training such a model?
trcf22··on Bootstrapping a side project into a profitable seven-figure business
Ok thanks!!
trcf22··on Bootstrapping a side project into a profitable seven-figure business
Would you have the same strategy if you were to do it again?

Do you have LLMs in mind in your SEO strategy (like really long articles bragging about how good your app are in a non human readable way?

Would love to have your thoughts on that!

trcf22··on Bootstrapping a side project into a profitable seven-figure business
Exactly! If you can get some exposure as a « specialist », build a network or just learn a ton of new skills (marketing, accounting, PR, devops) it tends to be a win/win. That’s what I’m currently doing and by no mean would I have better myself as much in any other way.

If you enjoy Charlie’s, you will definitely enjoy Kahneman’s Thinking Fast and Slow, especially the part about being an « expert »: a few talks in empty classrooms in a famous Uni, a radio show nobody knows and voila, you get some cred!

trcf22··on Ask HN: How to regain the ability to read with focus and learn
Yes! Just find any page-turner like The Name of the wind and have fun!

Or a nice biography on someone you find interesting.

trcf22··on Prompt engineering playbook for programmers
I found that presenting your situation and asking for a plan/ideas + « do not give me code. Make sure you understand the requirements and ask questions if needed.» works much better for me.

It also allows me to more easily control what the llm will do and not end up reviewing and throwing 200 lines of code.

In a nextjs + vitest context, I try to really outline which tests I want and give it proper data examples so that it does not cheat around mocking fake objects.

I do not buy into the whole you’re a senior dev etc. Most people use Claude for coding so I guess it’s engrained by default.