Danilka

Followed the guide last year and pretty much every event was great in terms of connections and content. If you are in the industry, don’t overlook this. Thanks John for putting it together again!

What the hack, this is absolutely awesome! Pun intended.

Maybe trauma blocked memories?

Dude, cool website!

Clever, sending a link to my GF right now. I wish you shipped to more countries.

Finally I know if I'm making money or not. You guys will do great!

This is awesome! I even wrote a script a while back to do this. https://github.com/Danilka/twilio-forwarding

The main question: Can I answer text messages that were forwarded to me / initiate a call back from that number?

What about advance routing? Based on time or external sources? Numbers blocking, etc.?

Feedback on setup:

- It was super confusing to connect Twilio account that I already had.

- Signing up with Gmail only made me think for a second.

- Twilio connector only worked on a third try.

- I doubt that I would pay $6/mo for it when the time comes :-( Maybe a couple of bux, but not 6. (I don't want to discourage you here, just trying to be honest and give unfiltered feedback as a user, who is very interested.)

I hope you guys succeed, this would be great!

P.S. Awesome name for such a product!

As a developer I REALLY like the fact that I can connect it to my Twilio account and have full control over my numbers. This way I don't have to deal with overcharges and can keep/port the number through Twilio.

As a consumer, it will probably be hard to scale this. But you can always add an option.

Smart move for the product introduction to a niche audience!

A github hosted page that asks people to send ether to a random wallet?

People, beware and do your research before sending anything here.

Reported.

WTF, from 1400mhz to 600?! This is a one hundred percent push of new product onto people with a good preemptive coverup!

If a person uses their iPhone regularly, they will go through the battery cycles that Apple defined and he or she is a loyal customer, hence the usage. No one knows that you "suppose to" update the battery and it's not easy. So, people just buy new phones.

I am amazed that everyone is just cool with this. It is an extremely clever strategy and results in billions in extra sales for Apple.

Vitagene (fastest growing DNA company) | Lead front-end | San Francisco (onsite)

Vitagene has 2 products: 1. Personal DNA health report. 2. Custom supplement subscription based on your results. Our growth is off the charts. We have all the cool algorithms on the back-end. Now we need to up our front-end game. Come helps us do that.

Small team, office in SOMA, market value comp, equity, unlimited vacation, free food on Thursdays.

https://vitagene.com/company/careers/

Did you signup for the course, or just followed what's available on the page? It doesn't seem like there is any starting date there.

That one is true ;-) Thank you for reminding.

OMG, what a dumb idea!

How about receiving acceptance emails? Am I the only one to think that positive reinforcement is a way better tool? How would it possibly help you to tune yourself to a negative outcome on daily basis?!

Vitagene.com | Frontend and Backend Engineers | San Francisco | Onsite | Full time

Vitagene is a “rocket ship” startup in the DNA and wellness industry. Come join the ride and help us make a lot of people healthier.

Stack: Python (Django), PostgreSQL, Celery, Angular, AWS.

Apply: jobs@vitagene.com or https://vitagene.com/company/careers/

What startup was it?

It's actually $1995 if you actually pay for it: https://techcrunch.com/event-info/disrupt-sf-2017/startup-al...

They heavily discount it a month in advance and there is a number of way to get in for free. But one would have to hustle .

I participated in the Startup Alley 3 times and in Battlefield once. Here is my take:

- Battlefield gives you great exposure to investors and gives you some "validation" in their eyes. It is mostly true for noname VCs. If you network well, you will get some good connections out of it. That being said, it will not make your company. Even if it might seem so for a bit.

- Startup Alley is a complete waste of time, unless you sell to other startups. If you are starting something like Twilio, you will get plenty of early adopters in a few days. Otherwise, there is no real exposure, no traffic, no VCs, and almost no business partners. TechCrunch loves to hype it up because they are making $1.7K on each booth. If you are not sure why you want to participate, don't. Stay at the office and double down on your product and customers. YOu are better off spending your money on youtube influencers or what have you.

Good idea. Signed up for a call.

You can always give your free user's a discount or an extended free period. It's a pretty standard practice. Some will leave, some will pay. And that's ok.

I love it, way to go! You should submit it as a "Show HN" 1. You should charge for it. Maybe after a month of monitoring or something. 2. Give more actionable responses. Maybe some links or directions on how to fix the issues. 3. Can you make any money on affiliate links to paid certificates? If not, direct people to Letsencrypt when their cert expires.

Except 1 :-)

Where is the line on "What is your most successful hack of a non-computer system" question? What would you consider clever and what would be over the line?

+1

Don't have a single theme. Startup School Radio is great. However, you listen to essentially same stuff again and again. Try mixing things up and give a fresh piece of advice/experience each time.

I'd like to say THANK YOU to the Sunrise team for the incredible work you've put into the app! You've made my calendar experience very enjoyable and I know that you got a proper reward for that as part of the acquisition. It's great that there are people like you, working on software these days.

OK, hacker news formatting is tough. Please, give me slack for it.

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    "position": "Frontend Engineer",

    "location": "San Francisco",

    "on_site": "true",

    "description": "Be the first frontend engineer on the team. Help us build a robust, scalable platform to deliver the best possible experience to our customers.",

    "requirements": {
        "experience": 5,
        "frameworks": ["Angular", "React", "Jasmine", "Grunt", "Web Components"],
        "technologies": ["Restful API design and integration", "Payment systems", "Analytic systems", "Tracking and debugging systems", "Unit testing"],
        "abilities": ["Intimidatingly smart in your field.", "Ability to make decisions for yourself and be responsible for them.", "Attention to detail.", "Good team player."]
    },

    "responsibilities": ["Own site layout.", "Build reusable components to save lives :-)", "Contribute to TDD culture.", "Help us shape robust framework for years to come."],

    "company": {
        "name": "Vitagene",
        "url": "https://vitagene.com",
        "funding": {"amount": 5500000, "series": "seed", "date": 1455710400, "url": "https://www.pehub.com/2016/02/661576/"},
        "about": {
            "url": "http://www.forbes.com/sites/mikemontgomery/2016/03/06/taking-vitamins-goes-high-tech",
            "description": "Personalized supplements based on scientific research (DNA, Bloodwork, Lifestyle)."
        },
        "salary": "competitive",
        "benefits": {"vacation": "unlimited", "healthcare": "true", "dental": "true", "vision": "true", "401K": "true"},
    }

    "contact": {"name": "Danil Kozyatnikov", "email": "danil@vitagene.com"}

Sleep time is 8:30 by default. You can stay and sleep TILL 10:30 in the morning.

The bigger underlying problem is that we associate those games with happy periods of our lives. The once where we could play games, do projects and not worry about anything else.

By playing an old school game, your brain extracts these happy feelings from the memory. However, it's not a sustainable source of "fun" per say. As opposed to the newer games where "fun" is being caused by the game directly.