ErikAugust

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by ErikAugust 1y ago
I don’t get how anyone thinks that spending 100s of hours over and over again on projects that make $0 is a good idea. “Definition of insanity” and all that. You are in denial that you are unemployed, you might as well do something more int
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by ErikAugust 1y ago
The White House calling somebody "hostile and political". Hmph.
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by ErikAugust 1y ago
How did you know he used tools like this one? You sit him down and interrogate him? Or did they own up to it? What was the result? Did you cut them loose?
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by ErikAugust 1y ago
The industry seems so divided on AI right now. We have interviews where we aren't allowing the use of it (yet interviewees are using stealth AIs to cheat). At the same time, I am also hearing of organizations mandating the use of it,
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by ErikAugust 1y ago
"Supabase with a Vercel app" I guess mega geniuses make mistakes too...
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by ErikAugust 1y ago
Has there ever been a successful SaaS startup that was built with “no code” methods/tools?
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by ErikAugust 2y ago
Ha, awesome name and username.
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by ErikAugust 2y ago
"If I was Eddie Vedder Would you like me any better? That's it, I quit, I don't Give a shit" Local H, "Eddie Vedder", 1996
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by ErikAugust 2y ago
Could you explain what you mean by upward mobility here? If you mean by working more hours, that’s not a novel way to make more money.
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by ErikAugust 2y ago
Sure, make arguably less than minimum wage but do it whenever you want.
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by ErikAugust 2y ago
Yeah, surprise surprise, $13/hour is getting close to the average minimum wage ($11.18/hour). Except without any benefits, and all the expenses that would normally be covered by your employer.
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by ErikAugust 2y ago
Yes, this came to my mind. That all this AI work will someday culminate in a generated Lynch Return of the Jedi.
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by ErikAugust 2y ago
Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
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by ErikAugust 2y ago
Not many people are going to totally ignore their opportunity costs to join as a "founder-ish" engineer at a startup. I have taken a role like this before, but when I did so, I was making a lateral move from a compensation standpo
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by ErikAugust 2y ago
"Here’s a particularly bleak statistic: a 2021 report showed that almost half of all entrepreneurs earn less than $30,000 a year. That’s less than the average kindergarten teacher—except kindergarten teachers don’t have to explain to t
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by ErikAugust 2y ago
Look at Daniel Cormier too. Incredible athlete.
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by ErikAugust 2y ago
Conversely: “Just because you look the part, doesn’t mean you can play, ask Manute Bol.” - Sage Francis I'm not sure Manute is actually a great example but it's still a good line. When I was playing sports back 25 years ago, I hea
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by ErikAugust 2y ago
Ha. Not that anyone lies to VCs or anything.
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by ErikAugust 2y ago
It’s a great title and idea for an article. Maybe start a blog for the board, and create that article? Signed, Non-expert in content marketing
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by ErikAugust 2y ago
The title of this post has sparked a good discussion here but it links directly to a job board? I was expecting an article.
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by ErikAugust 2y ago
I wonder if their product people get their ideas from Hacker News. Just the other day, a top thread comment was about an idea for a social network where you would receive tons of engagement from bots. Coincidentally (or not), Meta actually
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by ErikAugust 2y ago
Hacker News.
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by ErikAugust 2y ago
Right, didn’t send.
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by ErikAugust 2y ago
Once I found I couldn’t iMessage a .xyz link I decided to stay away…
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by ErikAugust 2y ago
I know them all. I'll sell you the list.
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by ErikAugust 2y ago
God forbid you used this now a days, other developers may get mad at you.
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by ErikAugust 2y ago
Tiny anecdote: I worked on the campus of a children's hospital. The pharma reps had parking right by the main entrance. The parents of sick children? Expensive, paid parking a mile away.
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by ErikAugust 2y ago
I was thinking about a Twitter clone where your account goes through an approval process where you provide a short essay and your Hacker News username. Client has no tracking, and uses no JavaScript.
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by ErikAugust 2y ago
Also, Gatsby has dependencies that aren’t even Node. I have had it break too.
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by ErikAugust 2y ago
Worth a click for the image of the octocat strangling user rights while grabbing a sack of cash.

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