guyfromfargo

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Spotify Killed Their API(community.spotify.com)
5 points by guyfromfargo 8mo ago|5 comments
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by guyfromfargo 8mo ago
On December 28th Spotify quietly disabled the ability to create new apps. The only way to get an API key or use the Spotify API is to first create a Spotify App. No announcement or official statement was released when this functionality was
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by guyfromfargo 8mo ago
I have one of these and I really enjoy it. No it’s not FSD. There is no navigation at all, you’re correct that it’s “just lane assist”. But the lane assist is next level. I take a few 1,000 mile plus road trips every year and the comma pays
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by guyfromfargo 9mo ago
Founding Sales by Pete Kazanjy is hands down the best book I’ve read on sales. It has a step by step guide on how to implement a sales process in your business. I keep it on my desk at all times. Whenever I have a sales question I thumb thr
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by guyfromfargo 10mo ago
I enjoy Patio11’s Bits About Money Essays. You’ll frequently see his posts make the front page of HN. https://www.bitsaboutmoney.com/
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by guyfromfargo 10mo ago
Don’t forget that Azure was down two weeks ago as well.
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by guyfromfargo 1y ago
I own a small SaaS and the numbers you presented are similar to my situation in 2023. I owed over $100k in Taxes and I’ve literally never had over $100k in my business or personal bank account.
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by guyfromfargo 1y ago
No that’s not a law. Typically when DJing the venue is responsible for paying the ASCAP and other licensing fees. As long as the DJ didn’t pirate the music they are free to use whatever source of the music they want. The fun part is paying
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by guyfromfargo 2y ago
This is me! I have bootstrapped two SaaS companies, and used to hang out on Indie Hackers all the time from 2016-2021. Then the vibe completely shifted, and the self promotion and influencers took over. I had a modest following on Indie Hac
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by guyfromfargo 2y ago
I decided to try Porkbun last week, had a minor issue and opened up a support chat. Instantly I was connected with a guy named Richard who I could tell was a real person, who had deep knowledge of domains and DNS, and he was empowered to so
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by guyfromfargo 2y ago
Congrats to Comma! I’ve had a Comma 2 and then upgraded to Comma 3. It really is a game changer on long trips. It’s also fun trying out all of the different forks, and experimental features.
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by guyfromfargo 2y ago
We’re already here. Check out Cline or Roocode. The technology is incredible. I wrote a custom MCP to grab tickets from my Kanban board, Roo will pull down the tickets and start implementing them. I then have another agent that QAs, and eit
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by guyfromfargo 2y ago
Thank you for posting this! I can’t believe section 174 is not more well known. I run a small software company and hiring an engineer is literally 5X more expensive as hiring a marketing or support person in a post section 174 world.
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by guyfromfargo 2y ago
I work in this space and can tell you it’s fairly common to test on real cards. Stripe knows this and they don’t care as long as it’s very infrequent tests. But there is no reason to test a dozen times with a real card. Stripe is the gold s
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by guyfromfargo 2y ago
I wrote the entire 2nd version of my SaaS between midnight and 6am at a coffee shop in Austin. It was so peaceful to crack open an IDE, and sip on a hot cup of coffee at midnight, and code until I could barely keep my eyes open. Unfortunate
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by guyfromfargo 2y ago
The article says the officers got promoted.
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by guyfromfargo 2y ago
Completely agree. We migrated our entire video library from Azure to Bunny. We went from paying over $2,500 in egress every month to about $200. It’s unreal how much Bunny has saved us.
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by guyfromfargo 2y ago
I’m surprised to see so many people disliking Open Pilot on HackerNews. I have one of these, and it’s a total game changer on long trips. I drove from Texas to California using my Comma 3 and I didn’t have to overtake it a single time on th
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by guyfromfargo 2y ago
I consult in this space, and Sigma is one of my favorite tools. It can be useful specifically for fighting delinquent churn. One of the first things I like to check is to see if a particular card brand is declining more than others. I also
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by guyfromfargo 2y ago
Completely agree. I am a bootstrapped SaaS owner and we cleared about $1M in revenue, $1,200 in profit, and $90k in taxes. Bootstrapping a tech company in a post Section 174 world doesn’t even seem feasible. I can’t believe this issue isn’t
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by guyfromfargo 3y ago
I’m curious if you’re getting killed by the new Section 174 changes? In 2022 you spent what looks like at least $150,000 in what’s now classified as Research and Development. So this means you’d have a tax burden of around $30k even though