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Facebook is cooked 5 months ago

It's your feed.

Everyones feed is different.

It depends on how much you train the algorithm.

Yours is untrained, therefore slop.

Apple M5 chip 9 months ago

Asahi linux is making great progress. The only thing they have left to make it a truly capable linux environment is USB-C external display support. Once that lands I plan to use my M-series mac as a Linux machine.

Vibe engineering 10 months ago

Pretty negative take, TV and Radio also exploit human attention in your book?

Technology wise they created React, PyTorch, GraphQL and Llama is open weights.

Vibe engineering 10 months ago

Meta has a 1.79T market cap, they definitely solved some very real problems to get there.

There are lots of companies doing well producing high quality products out of the gate today though, look at Linear.

Both approaches are valid for building sustainable enduring businesses.

One thing this article gets wrong is how OpenAI isn’t an application layer company, they built the original ChatGPT “app” with model innovation to power it. They’re good at UX and actually have the strongest shot at owning the most common apps (like codegen).

Probably the best turn based strategy game out there. Spent a few hours on this latest edition over the weekend has all the same core mechanics as 6 with a new ages system. Feels pretty fun so far!

One pitfall i've found with TypeScript is getting too clever with type definitions. Too much abstraction can end up eating up a lot of time (especially with a large team). This happens because as you say, the error messages are verbose and hard to follow.

Once we started keeping our type definitions small and simple we've found it's hugely beneficial.

Whiteboarding tools are used heavily by students in group projects. Students of today, are workers of tomorrow. So over time it will eat into Miro's userbase. But as with any Apple product since they won't make customisations/features for Enterprise it will never get that far.

That's because Miro sets the text size relative to the current zoom level... with even a small number of people it suddenly starts to look like a mess.

FigJam and I believe Freeform don't do this. It's insane how Miro scaled so effectively with base UX issues like this.

CollabKit | REMOTE OR LONDON, UK | https://collabkit.dev

CollabKit is a React collaboration SDK for SaaS apps. We're YC + VC backed and have a super talented team of Product Designers and Engineers with 40+ years of experience working for Meta, Expo and other companies.

We're changing the way SaaS apps are built, and are looking for proactive, entrepreneurial hackers to join us on this journey. You'll get to work on core product, figure out how to grow our user base, and work on well-crafted experiences. The role is best suited for a former founder. Expect significant cash and stock compensation adjusted for experience.

To apply email me: namit@collabkit.dev

CollabKit | Full-stack Eng / Ex-founders | Full-time | Remote | US/Europe Time Zones

Hey HN! We're a YC-backed startup helping SaaS apps become more collaborative. Collaboration is the underlying thing people do at work and there's a lack of it in most SaaS apps today. We're filling that gap with a super simple to integrate React & Vue SDK that can be customised to enable seamless integrated commenting. We're funded and looking for Full Stack engineers and Ex-founders to help us build out the product and grow. Check out our website for more info: https://collabkit.dev

Come work with us if you love: - Hacking on React & Typescript - Working on product - Like to sweat the details - Want to craft high-quality consumer grade experiences

Our team is comprised of senior ex-Meta and Expo engineers and product designers. We've spent over a decade combined working on collaboration and are bringing our expertise to this product.

Email me: namit@collabkit.dev to apply.

This has to be the worst advice I've seen on HN since 2008.

It assumes if idea #1 doesn't work out quitting is the best way to go. The reality is once you have even a small team of co-founders or a slightly larger one together you have a group of people who have _hopefully_ learned to work with each other well and can move unencumbered to explore and test a variety of ideas, develop insights and ultimately increase their odds of success. Sure, it's not guaranteed to work, but it's probably better than the next best alternative.

And oh, good luck just shutting down and re-rolling into a new company with investors and employees.