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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
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I open source my failed projects at: https://github.com/mihailthebuilder
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They aren't your early adopters if they don't like your product when it's got flaws.
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Been using AWS SES, dirt cheap and works like a charm.
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Fair enough, but without going into specifics, don't you think history and geography has a lot more to do with it than culture?
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I remember in my politics classes how the professor said that the concept of a nation only existed for a couple hundred years. Crazy when you think about it.
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I'm curious which cultures you think are better than others, and why. I personally think most cultural differences can be explained by history and geography.
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> Cloudflare can always spot crawlers I mention in the post a scraping service that Cloudflare isn't spotting: https://www.scrapingbee.com/blog/how-to-bypass-cloudflare-an…
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Try to get in front of rich experts in the domain you're building - eg Daniel Ek / Spotify.
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Just a reminder that YC hosts a cofounder matching platform: https://www.startupschool.org/cofounder-matching Recommend using it…
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Hey! Sorry, didn't quite catch what you meant. Is it that Cloudlare can always spot crawlers because of the amount of data they collect? Or is it there's always a nifty new scraper that will…
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Don't try to cover everything. Think about the critical risks for your startup - maybe it's cost-exhaustion attack, maybe it's leaking sensitive personal info, it depends on what you&…
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I think they'll be subtler (read - deceptive). ie "Hey Rolex, pay us $X mil, and you'll increase your chances of featuring in 'Best luxury watches' by 30%"
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Wrote a blog post on why I don't think it'll be adopted: https://developerwithacat.com/blog/202507/cloudflare-pay-per... tldr - motivated scrapers can pass Cloudfl…
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Websites in the space I'm in.
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$4 for 1GB, which is more than enough: https://oxylabs.io/pricing/residential-proxy-pool …
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I wish WASM made it easy to use any language in any environment.
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Astro + Claude free version. Easier to prompt + edit code than to go all-in on the vibe.
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IP blocking is a losing battle. Malicious actors can easily hop onto residential proxies. Why do you care about that traffic? What exploits are you worried about? The answers will help you figure out …
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https://archive.is/GWdx5
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If you don't know where to get users, don't bother building the app. Build an app where you know that answer.
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Why do you need an agent for that in the first place? There's already automated buy/selling quant models / etc.
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I know it doesn't answer your question, but it sounds like you're overthinking it. Just use a generic newsletter service like Kit or EmailOctopus, and set up such that emails will be sent fr…
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Wrote a post on how I come up with ideas, and share the content: https://developerwithacat.com/blog/202507/blog-engagement-ti... For the actual writing - I try to make it in…
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Just writing about learnings from failed startup attempts: https://developerwithacat.com Might start doing a few posts on Cloudflare WAF as I've been working with it extensively latel…
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> the key is to POSSE. I do that by sharing my content here, on Reddit, and LinkedIn. And it works! I just wrote a blog post about it in case anyone's interested: https://developerw…
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What academic sources have you used? My quick Google search shows that there's no edge in politician trade analysis: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii&#x…
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Some words of advice:
- try putting yourself in other people's shoes, and ask why would they work with you
- write, and share in the right places; see this post I wrote: https://develo…
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(moving it to the top)