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Hi HN, I wanted to share a novel use of interactive video related to surgical research that we finished recently.

A group of surgeons at University College Dublin created a series of 17 interactive interactive videos where they provide the viewer with the patient details, allow them to observe the blood flow via a fluorescent dye, and then ask them to draw the location where they would make an incision or insert a stapler.

550+ responses were gathered from medical professionals in 8 countries around the world. Their paper is currently being reviewed for publication in a peer-reviewed journal.

I’m happy to answer any questions or provide further details if of interest.

I'm selling TipTonight.com, a dead simple digital tipping platform.

Creators create a simple profile and can accept tips via Credit & Debit cards, Apple & Google Pay, Paypal, and Venmo.

No account is required for tippers. Creators can see who tipped them as well as a message if they included one.

Its a Rails 5 API application with Vue.js / Nuxt frontend.

Insignificant revenue to share. We haven't put hardly any marketing behind it. The code is clean and could be easily repurposed to fit any scenario where tipping is relevant.

Learn more here: https://www.sideprojectors.com/project/14652/tiptonight-simp...

Reach out to brett@tiptonight.com if interested.

I went into CS without ever having programmed before and consider it the best decision I've ever made.

As others have said, CS gives you a framework for analysis and problem solving. That framework can be applied to almost any other problem in life.

Location: Medellín, CO (US Citizen) Remote: Only :) Willing to relocate: No, but open to occasional travel or visits Technologies: Ruby on Rails, Javascript, Vue.js, jQuery, HTML /SCSS, RESTful APIs, Web Video (Video.js, Transcoding, Streaming) Résumé/CV: https://brett.coffee -- https://brett.coffee/ Email: brett@brett.coffee LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brettlindenberg/

Hey, I'm Brett and I'm a full-stack developer that's been developing on the internet for 5+ years now.

I run Mindstamp (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17959341), but have plenty of time to help you with your web-based project as a remote freelance, part-time, or contact hire.

I'm a fast learner, a clear communicator, and take pride in owning the problems I work on from start to finish.

If you have an idea or just need somebody to start helping asap, shoot me an email and I'd be happy to chat.

Hey, thanks for taking the time to post this!

Definitely considering the Enterprise angle, just trying to feel things out right now before committing to anything on a larger scale.

I would love to hear what you're thinking about though - could you send me an email? brett@mindstamp.io

Thanks again!

I don't like this

I don't have this problem so nobody else should

You should build X unrelated technical thing if you want my approval

I don't mean to be rude but this is a quintessential non-helping HN comment. You should consider re-reading your comments before posting.

Thanks for the feedback. A couple things that came to mind:

- It costs me $ each month to store multiple versions of the video for different devices and connections. Charging a flat rate per video would be nice but eventually I'd start to lose money and have to ditch customers.

- Viewers don't have to be members of Mindstamp. The name / email captured from the video is sent only to the video owner, not for account creation. That fact should be clearer if you thought it was the case, though.

- Not all videos need to be made interactive, and being able to 'opt out' of the interactions as a viewer is on the road map.

- The pricing might be over the top for a single individual trying to take notes on a Youtube video, but for a business customer that is uploading and streaming multiple videos per month in a professional setting, $39 / month is a drop in the bucket, especially if it's resulting in a couple fresh leads or a few hours of email timestamp-ing saved. For now, I'm channeling Patrick Mckenzie [0] and keeping the prices high.

Thanks again for your thoughts, I truly appreciate you taking the time.

Hey Bryan, thanks for this. I agree that surfacing the data for use elsewhere is the best path forward and it's on the road map. My concern, being so early, is spending time building the wrong thing / adding the wrong integration when I don't know exactly how people will want to use it.

I'd love to learn more about what you envision this looking like. Would you send me an email? brett@mindstamp.io