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mmarian

1,452karma·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.

recent activity (1,053 total)

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I'm curious what makes you say that. I did (1), and I often deeply regret it.

1mo ago·view thread

6 pts

Ukraine hits Moscow with largest-ever drone attack(ft.com)

1mo ago·discuss

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You're right. Had a look at Scope of Work, looks really cool but I'm not into any hardware whatsoever unfortunately. Appreciate the suggestion though!

2mo ago·view thread

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I'd love to see something like this but a bit more business-y, although not big tech business, neither just indie hacking promos. Maybe I'm too picky...

2mo ago·view thread

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I tried it in the past, had a few good conversations. But was frustrated because many people... - ghosted after agreeing to have call - wanted NDAs to be signed before talking in depth - didn't w…

2mo ago·view thread

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Ask HN: How's your experience with the YC Cofounder Matching platform been?

2mo ago·1 comments

2 pts

New Human Verification System for R/indiehackers(old.reddit.com)

2mo ago·discuss

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As an aside, I've been using Claude to search for blog posts from people who went through similar experience to mine. Then use Eleven Readers app which converts the voice to text to listen to it.…

2mo ago·view thread

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Something I've been meaning to ask with all these AR glasses: what do people who need glasses do to use these?

2mo ago·view thread

2 pts

Why attacking your competitors online is dumb(posthog.com)

2mo ago·discuss

1 pts

Snap unveils $2,195 AR glasses as CEO Evan Spiegel bets on post-smartphone futur(cnbc.com)

2mo ago·discuss

3 pts

3k users, 0 revenue: a Google Sheets add-on postmortem(developerwithacat.com)

2mo ago·discuss

9 pts

France's spy agency replaces Palantir with local rival(ft.com)

2mo ago·discuss

4 pts

What one country's experiment says about attempts to boost birth rates(bbc.co.uk)

2mo ago·discuss

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Not sure what you mean by imaginary users, he did speak to relevant people for his mental health startup venture. And while I agree it's magnitudes riskier to start in a domain that you're u…

2mo ago·view thread

3 pts

Abandoning the indie hacking dream for now (2022)(tinystruggles.com)

2mo ago·discuss

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Shutting down my startup (2025)(lachlangreen.substack.com)

2mo ago·2 comments

2 pts

Tell HN: Listening to blog posts is a nice form of self-therapy

2mo ago·discuss

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Exactly. Every single site I've handled got this path scanned.