HN user
Spacestation Labs
@pxue on X
But companies and governments owning the natural resources that powers the utilities took over the world.
US for example owns the LNG trade right now and that’s a major choke for power production across the world, China owns the rare earth metals that goes into solar and wind.
took me a minute to figure out what this is but this is nice. i've already caught a few repos i blindly installed with obvious security risk
we use a service called Briefhq.
First: It’s a MCP/cli you can hook up to Claude code and slack, it integrates with GitHub.
the harness lets you record decision as contextual info you can pull up whenever your start a planning session.
It also makes sure your decisions don’t conflict with each other.
I find myself talking through a decision I made months ago with it, update it with any new decisions and it just figures out how to merge everything.
No extra workflow outside of this.
_Are you letting AI interact directly with ops tools?_
Yes but very cautiously and always with human in the loop. AI is great at cutting away ops noise (false alerts), OK at root cause analysis / debugging and terrible at actually prioritizing and fixing the thing.
It's not a solved a problem and companies like Rootly's actively speaking in this area. I'd read their blog and see what's the latest in the field.
why do this instead of using a merchant of record?
Well they did and Facebook refused. Hence the "do not track" feature.
Too. many. features
if you're in the same geo - small claims court.
otherwise, consider it lost + name and shame
Tug of war with tencent. Hope they figure it out like Apple did with Google.
They had entire section on substack as well, which is basically what I'm doing.
Stat seems like only 15(?) authors on substack makes $1,000/m or more. Which is wild.
True in strict monetary senses.
But through this process I've
- gained an engaging audience on X - multiple inbound leads that turned into long term collabs - a discord community of my best readers where we meet once a week
Worth the investment
Agreed. Much like a founder building a company for the sake of being a founder.
Rarely makes good products.
You nailed it.
Thank you.
So just to clarify I didn't have an audience when I wrote the book. I took the time and told people my story over the past 6 months, and while I did that - sold books.
I think good storytellers should be able to build an audience regardless of the format - highly recommend any aspiring author to try it.
I have a site, user can pay and get an email with the pdf/Epub link.
No paper.
I write in notion, export to markdown, then compile to pdf / Epub with pandoc
It's super easy, highly recommend
Absolutely get what you mean and that's ok!
Send me an email, I'll share you the first chapter
500k.agency
On X and Reddit, for free.
I basically gave bits and pieces of each chapter away as content - then funneled interested readers into DMs and profile visits with link to my ebook.
So I don't consider my self an author but I wrote a 60 pages ebook in 3 month on a topic I consider am pretty savvy in.
I've marketed and sold 400+ copies of it at $19 so far and about to raise the price to $39, near 100% margin minus stripe fees.
What stops authors doing what I did? Plenty of people want to read, to blame lack of readership is just completely wrong.
Here's what I use
- tally.so forms, can embed anywhere
- cloud function (gcp)
- sendgrid (adds to contact list)
Unless you're getting hundreds of contacts a day this setup is basically free.
Demo:
https://500k.agency/mba-interest
Source
https://github.com/500k-agency/functions/blob/master/functio...
SpacesStation Labs | REMOTE Contract | US| Go, React/NextJS/TS/JS
https://spacestation.github.io/ Who we typically work with:
- Early stage SaaS startups about to raise a new round and need staff augmentation - but don't have the HR resource.
Why us:
- We're entrepreneur and founders first. We understand that crossing the finish line is #1 priority, and we understand the venture funding cycle and urgency.
- We're based in Toronto
- We're fast and flexible, darn good at delivering.
- We got focused experience, built multiple web startups from the ground up.
- We're more than SWEs, we've built an audience and community on X (twitter) and discord. We can help you test and market your SaaS with the right audience.
Let us know what you need help with:
paul at spacestationlabs dot ltd
SpacesStation Labs | REMOTE Contract | US/Canada | Go, React/NextJS/TS/JS https://spacestation.github.io/
Who we typically work with:
- Early stage (Seed, Series-A) startups in the US with a big idea and need some extra firepower to get it done.
- US companies who needs a specialized dev to bring your product to life.
Why us:
- We're entrepreneur and founders first. We understand that crossing the finish line is #1 priority.
- We're based in Toronto
- We're fast and flexible, darn good at delivering.
- We got focused experience, built multiple web startups from the ground up.
- We're more than SWEs, we've built an audience and community on X (twitter) and discord.
Let us know what you need help with:
paul at spacestationlabs dot ltd
With knife and fork obviously.
Go to places where your potential customers are looking for help.
Been contracting for 7 years and there's been a 10x in opportunities from Q42023 to Q12024.
Things are looking very up.
Alternatively, Lee was smart enough to NOT make generalized conclusion and to just leave it at an observation.
SpacesStation Labs | REMOTE Contract | US/Canada | Go, React/NextJS/TS/JS
https://spacestation.github.io/
Who we typically work with:
- Seed/Series A startups in the US with big ideas.
- US companies who needs a specialized dev to bring your product to life.
Why us:
- We're entrepreneur and founders first. We understand that crossing the finish line is #1 priority.
- We're fast and flexible, darn good at delivering.
- We got focused experience, built multiple web startups from the ground up.
- We're more than SWEs, we also own marketing and sales in-house.
Let us know what you need help with:
paul@spacestationlabs.ltd
SpacesStation Labs | REMOTE Contract | EST
Go, React/NextJS/TS/JS, Devops, Data warehouse
https://spacestation.github.io/
Who we typically work with:
- Seed/Series A startups in the US with big ideas.
- US companies who needs a specialized dev to bring your product to life.
Why us:
- We're entrepreneur and founders first. We understand that crossing the finish line is #1 priority.
- We're fast and flexible, darn good at delivering.
- We got focused experience, built multiple web startups from the ground up.
- We're more than SWEs, we also own marketing and sales in-house.
Let us know what you need help with:
Describe in single words, only the good things that come into your mind about your mother.
Toronto DEV SEEKING CONTRACT WORK
in Go, React/JS, Devops, Data warehouse
Full detail: https://spacestation.github.io/
Who I typically work with:
- Seed/Series A startups in the US with big ideas.
- US companies who needs a specialized dev to bring your product to life.
Why me:
- I'm an entrepreneur and founders first. I understand that crossing the finish line is #1 priority.
- I'm fast and flexible, darn good at what I do.
- I've got a focused experience, built multiple web startups from the ground up.
- I'm more than a SWE, I do my own marketing and sales.
Let me know what you need help with:
They'll just incorporate in Canada.