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My Teletext Website 6 months ago

Looks super cool! I've almost forgotten about tele texts. Loved to browse back in the time. Thanks!

I use vibe coding for trivial stuff that otherwise will take me lot of time to code myself or for languages I don’t know. I either feed the LLM the whole code module, or since the beginning of a vibe-coded module, I copy all the prompts and responses into a word file (easier to parse) and feed it back to the LLM if I need a bug fix or change. Most of the modules, however, I write myself.

My son (who is 7 and knows already basic maths) can tell you that if a giant production like Apple moves to the US will cost at least 90% or even more to produce. This automatically will make them 110+% more expensive, which will destroy the demand. And who will pay?! The biggest market - USA (~43% as of 2024) Interesting who are the finance advisors of the guy in the white house?!? Good luck!

I did and still do quite some outsourcing (hiring freelancers) for my projects. Since I work for myself, I am also monetizing on my side projects. I also don’t have time, but this is part of the reason. Simply, there a lot of stuff I don’t know how to do, and an experienced freelancer does not only help, but can teach you a lot of stuff.

Competing with a big player on the market just with pricing is a lost cause in my opinion.

The few startups solving the same problems that actually win against big players (by winning understand biting a fair portion of the total pie to survive) are doing so by solving this problem fundamentally differently. Your innovative approach must be really innovative to stand a chance against the big guys. This has to be something completely different to stand a chance.

Offering lower price will not be sustainable for you in the long run I think. This will definitely hold you back on the growth side. Not to mention what the customer might think - lower price = lower quality. Besides a big player has a lot of resources! They can squeeze you out of the market easily with your lower price.

I am an unsuccessful former founder :) . But I made some similar mistakes. In my opinion, rocket-marketing and completely innovative product are the two musts for the successful groundwork of any startup.

What do you mean specifically as "outdoor"? Occasionally I am working home and love to go with the notebook in the garden. Mostly I work on my garden table, but some times live to be on the hammock. I didn't need any adaptation whatsoever. When not listening to music the song of the birds is actually a very nice distraction. Comfort: I find it also therapeutic to have short breaks walking around the garden.

I worked for 2 years in a pharma-startup in Basel. First (and last) try from my side to work in a startup. I left early on. Now it is struggling for survival, cutting more than 50% of staff. My my experience there, I could say that it fits the profile described in the article.

"Work during the weekends" was masked behind the "be passionate" mantra. Before investors everything was shiny, inside was a rotten apple. Management conducted themselves in a pompous and "self-entitling" way every single day.

Not sure if all startups are so, start like this and than change, or just I had the bad luck of finding one of the bad ones.

Regarding passion, in my opinion, it is for those who really are in for the creation process. Creating something new, something that really changes things. Something that also brings financial freedom or at least makes them feel very very good. Otherwise, there is no such thing as passion without satisfaction. You can’t transfer passion. You can’t make other people passionate (at least not, if you are not Gandhi or someone similar).

Work on myself. I've been in this situation above before. And the troublesome breakup in combination. Not pretty. But indeed, gym and lite jogging helped me a lot. Creating dreams and goals as well. Learning new things. One thing I had a lot in this situation (and probably you too) was time. Time for myself. You will be surprised how many other things (than socializing) you could do with time on your hands!

From my MedTec experience, this thing should be classified and regulated. Otherwise it is just another mumbo jumbo. The Lens org doesn't have any patent applicant by that name. So I would guess it is not what it seems to be.

Few months ago had a similar story. I gave a negative review regarding a car rental service abroatd. These people literally swindled me. Long story short, I wrote a really long description of the whole story. Explained with dates and what the customer reps said on our numerous calls. Few days later the review had been flagged for "breaking the Google therms of reviewing". I submited an appeal on my suspended review. Few days later it has been confirmed that the review will be deleted. Well, why are there reviews if people can't freely express their opinions? More so, why this review has been rejected?! I submited during the years hundres of different reviews - both positive and negative.

I am 38 and more or less in the same shoes, but strangely, I don’t feel like this. Maybe what helps is setting goals. True, I spend mostly time at work and with my family, but for example I have a small goal of making a microcontroller-driven toy for my younger son (I am an electronics engineer). So every day I spend time working on it. I also have time left for reading my fantasy books and even spend time with my wife. On the rare occasions when I/we meet new people I avoid talking about work. I try everyday stuff (boring or not, boring is just a social construct) and/or books. If it doesn’t work, I don’t give a dime if the person found me boring or not. :) Maybe this comes with the years. When I were single and without too many obligations, the only different thing from now was that I was traveling and hiking a lot. Now with the family we try at least 1 time in every 2-3 months. This really recharges my batteries and removes the social anxieties.