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tosh

183,939karma·27,647submissions·May 4, 2010
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https://smolenv.com (a smol agent)

https://findableapp.com (SEO toolkit for Google & ChatGPT)

https://kiwilang.com (k-like language and implementation in Zig with support for GPU via Apple MLX)

https://chesscatsapp.com (a fun way to play chess)

https://moreepisodes.com (tv show episodes generated by GPT-4)

https://jamshelf.com (open source Clubhouse)

https://magic.do (early stage fund)

https://lemmings.io (sci-fi themed hackathons (think "zombie apocalypse", "aliens"))

https://applesilicongames.com (game compatibility and game performance on Apple Silicon Macs)

https://devmonthly.com (curated news & input & jobs for software engineers)

https://blossom.io (project tracking for distributed teams)

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https://angel.co/tosh

https://medium.com/@__tosh

https://lobste.rs/u/tosh

https://dribbble.com/tosh

https://linkedin.com/in/tschranz

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{UX Service Game} Design, Typography, Clojure, Lisp, Python, Tea, Minimalism, Dao, …

[ my public key: https://keybase.io/tosh; my proof: https://keybase.io/tosh/sigs/gBG56O339IbBPh1iaudGL3dgJuX2yONIATYv62xHXdg ]

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Urchin ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urchin_(software) )
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Wow, thanks for this post Amy.
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Very useful, low hanging fruit :)
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Great analogy. Need to remember that :)
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e.g.: I love this hack: "When you're stuck, make a list of what wouldn't happen next. Lots of times the material to get you unstuck will show up."
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I like to think about products as stories. Some things fit into a certain story and some don't. Some stories work well for some audiences and don't for others. You can imagine and tell any s…
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Thanks for sharing, I would also love to learn more about how others on HN work around not having enough ressources. Any hacks/insights to share? :) E.g. I remember seeing a talk by Gagan of Udem…
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I believe it's an excellent investment of your time and glad you're doing it. Derek Sivers also wrote about publishing a few weeks ago: http://sivers.org/local it's ver…
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This is just brilliant.
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A few SAK examples from the top of my head: Buffer http://bufferapp.com Segment.io http://segment.io Zapier https://zapier.com/ ITTT https://ifttt.c…
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Spot on. I also found that "doing" too many things at the same time makes me err on 'thinking' vs 'execution'.
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Great post by Mark Suster. I constantly struggle with analysis paralysis and saying 'no' to opportunities that sound like a great idea at first. It's easy to forget about added complexi…
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Brilliant essay. Short and to the point. Imho also applies to enterprise/b2b product management, not only to consumer (but obviously more important there).
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Please let me know if you have any product management hacks of your own.
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hint: throw the backlog out of the window :)
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A list of 5 sources that I'm revisiting every month. Hope you find it as helpful as I do :)
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This is one of the best questions I ever got asked regarding product positioning.
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It seems like it is using Google Cloud Endpoints which means that you can generate client libraries for various languages (Dart, Ruby, Objective-C, Python, JavaScript, …) from your backend API definit…
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