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mmarian
1,457karma·1,053submissions·July 28, 2019
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Latest projects:
* AI Copilot for LibreOffice Writer: https://librethinker.com/
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Meetup alternative.
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A lot of things seem important in software, but we need to prioritize and compromise based on resources available. Based on what you've said so far, it seems to me that this project isn't gi…
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I don't have any big open source projects, but why not just ignore them?
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Since no one's giving an answer - I'll give a non-answer as advice. You won't get much out of asking this on such a broad forum, where people's circumstances are so different. You&…
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It works fine for me, it's how I read the article.
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https://archive.is/MSl3P
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Cool! How hard was it to build it? Do you have any particular goals with this or just done it for fun?
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I'd rather just get API access and fully control the AI on my end. I'd be very unlikely of entering my creds into a 3rd party site.
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Looking at the screenshots, I can't see myself reading about that while waiting. Do you?
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https://archive.is/NcPxr
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You always need a GTM strategy when you start. But it can be as simple as just deciding that you're going to whip up a landing page on SquareSpace and send DMs to people on Twitter. You don'…
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https://archive.is/RfK1V
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Studying previously learned material to prepare for an exam
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Relationships. Your best bet is to find a cofounder who can make those intros.
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Interesting, learned something new, thanks!
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Hmm, didn't know of Partiful. Quick look at landing page, seems more geared to parties and more social media-y? Meetup's event listing was good as it was; well, before they started charging …
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Oh, didn't know that. My perspective is from the UK.
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Interesting point, but I personally didn't find Meetup had a noise issue. You could filter for the right stuff, pretty easily. Also I don't see how Luma/Partiful will avoid this problem…
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See reply I just made in other thread.
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Interesting. Luma is getting traction in London. Not so much outside.
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Luma doesn't do discoverability well unfortunately. Also very tech centric.
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I'm often thinking about building a better Meetup, it's so expensive for organizers these days. But then I acknowledge the network effects and I give up. And they own Eventbrite too! Savvy p…
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Interesting, didn't know FT/Ars have that relationship.