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mmarian
1,459karma·1,053submissions·July 28, 2019
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Latest projects:
* AI Copilot for LibreOffice Writer: https://librethinker.com/
* A personal blog about tech and startups: https://developerwithacat.com
* Hacker News alerts for comments and replies: https://hackernewsalerts.com/
I open source my failed projects at: https://github.com/mihailthebuilder
I'm on LinkedIn for anything: https://linkedin.com/in/mihailmarian . Make sure you add a message before you send a connection invite.
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I built https://hackernewsalerts.com for that. Think I have about 100 users. It's open source, see links on the site.
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What if it takes a long time to process the callback? Some servers don't handle this well by default and you have to customise to make it work. I use Django with Procrastinate which uses Postgres…
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I'm curious which countries you think are best at this?
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Oh, this is actually very helpful for me! I have an AI copilot extension for LibreOffice Writer and I need to export the doc to a text file before sending it to the LLM. The problem is that I lose the…
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Don't know which one is the dark side anymore :)
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Not mine, just discovered it today, thought it's pretty cool. I can now search if a Reddit post is made by a bot.
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Doubt that devs will be completely replaced, but I'm considering moving into sales.
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It's the same reason why people complain about AI slop. Building a software product hasn't been a big problem for a while; there's plenty of funding out there that's ready to be de…
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I think page agent is good. I've never heard of putty's pageant. And I think it's better to distinguish it from general meaning of pageant (for beauty).
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On a separate thread - want to say that I don't think pay-per-crawl (a la Cloudflare) is a viable model. I think a better approach is to go via the usual licensing contracts. See my blog post: h…
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Used title from FT paywalled article https://www.ft.com/content/2622f8d7-9564-434c-bae6-a0c4c254b... as it's more meaningful…
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Partner with a lawyer. Offer equity (cofounder) or revenue split, whatever works.
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The moat is your understanding of a problem, and your ability to get customers.
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I'd start with the "why care?" question first.
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> This is something I really want to exist How come? Cloudflare's free plan is great, and I can't think of a scenario where you want something more advanced but can't afford to pay f…