pingananth

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by pingananth 5mo ago
Sure! Happy to exchange notes!
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by pingananth 5mo ago
I have a product exactly on these lines and infact it was in HN where I got my first customers as well but the current situation looks like the market is not solution aware and hence finding repeated customers and channels gets difficult. S
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by pingananth 5mo ago
In the age of AI, a good PM is one who is - clear thinker and great problem solver - strategic ( execution chops is now taken care ) - Good at handling stakeholders ( this is least talked about. The industry jargon for this is high agency
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by pingananth 7mo ago
I’ve spent the last 14 years in PM and Engineering roles. One thing I've consistently seen is that the technical skill of fixing a P0 is often undermined by the 'soft skill' of reporting it to leadership. Engineers often over
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Sir/SIEN: A communication protocol for production outages(getsimul.com)
1 points by pingananth 7mo ago|1 comments
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by pingananth 8mo ago
That sounds very draining. Since I'm selling a low-ticket ($19) self-serve product with zero sales calls, I'm hoping i don't face this. But I hear you loud and clear - if I ever move upmarket to enterprise contracts, I'l
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by pingananth 8mo ago
Oh, was it subscription and high ticket value?
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by pingananth 8mo ago
You are right! My costs are negligible and I just shipped the parity pricing feature hoping to do more sales as currently the count is less from these regions.
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by pingananth 8mo ago
Thanks for the heads up on the code reselling risk. That was my biggest worry with generic coupon codes too. To solve this, I decided against just using a 'coupon' on the main checkout. Instead, I set up a completely separate paym
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by pingananth 8mo ago
Appreciate the honest perspective! As a founder from India myself, I’ve definitely bought tools just to support the maker. I’ve set the PPP price to ₹999 to make it a 'no-brainer' for folks here. Glad to know I'm on the right
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Ask HN: Does PPP (Parity Pricing) work for one-time digital products?(apmcommunication.com)
6 points by pingananth 8mo ago|13 comments
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by pingananth 8mo ago
I sell a niche educational tool for technical leads($19 one-time access). I get decent traffic from India/Southeast Asia, but 0 sales. I’ve read conflicting advice: The "SaaS" View: Don't lower prices; filter for high-va
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by pingananth 8mo ago
This comment is visionary. Fingers crossed to see how it pans out!
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by pingananth 8mo ago
Which one you tried? The level is easy for most of it except for one Product Management scenario. Even otherwise based on your experience and skills, you can find the optimal path on first play. Nothing wrong about it. All good!
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by pingananth 8mo ago
Great feedback that!will add it to the roadmap!
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by pingananth 8mo ago
Thanks for the feedback. Sure, it's not a scenario in a corporation but startups?
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by pingananth 8mo ago
Glad you were able to crack it! Thanks for sharing about the Executive Suite DOS game - wasn't aware of this. Truly amazing considering it was conceived and well executed back then in 1980's!
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by pingananth 8mo ago
When the traffic was peak, I did use LLM to polish my responses. Later, I started replying without an LLM. No, AI agents at work. This is an individual at work!
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by pingananth 8mo ago
Update ( 6 AM IST ) I couldn't sleep peacefully as this checkout was frustrating. I have now moved to polar.sh for checkout and as a gratitude for the community I have auto-applied a 20% discount for the community. To the folks who hav
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by pingananth 8mo ago
Founder Update (12:30 AM IST) I am genuinely blown away by the feedback and the debate in this thread. To the community—thank you. Status Update: The HN Traffic came at a tricky time—my payment provider is stuck in "Verification Pendin
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by pingananth 8mo ago
Glad that you chose happiness. But there are other players who likes to trade it for Money! Thanks for sharing the Kobayashi Maru scenario though! Can use it as a fun simulation if someone fails all scenarios to make it light hearted yet me
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by pingananth 8mo ago
Interesting! I haven't come across any teams communicating to sales on sprint goals. ofcourse this could be an early stage startup but that's exactly my point as well. I provide heuristics and guidelines and not a playbook. The fi
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by pingananth 8mo ago
Well, while this may be the ideal strategy, most of us have bills to pay and some of them are more tolerant than others. Also, there is no guarantee that the next boss is going to be logical. So, this is prevention and not cure.
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by pingananth 8mo ago
That sounds like a manager budget. My rationale of 19$ is considering the global audience and budget. I do have a vision of introducing team licenses later but currently focused on gathering volume and feedback!
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by pingananth 8mo ago
Yes, because the manager is not paid anymore to do code and code review but to preserve political capital, manage team and other stakeholders as well. Glad that it provided a perspective and see your manager with more empathy.
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by pingananth 8mo ago
I hear you! A good leader will do it only when it is truly necessary but we never know this ( atleast until we really know someone! ) Probably adding more context on Gary's nature of ask will help. Also, as mentioned in other replies,
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by pingananth 8mo ago
This is exactly why management is hard to unit test! You are absolutely right. If you 'Shield & Deliver' every time, you risk becoming the 'Yes Man' who absorbs infinite scope creep for someone's vanity project
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by pingananth 8mo ago
I appreciate this pushback. You are describing Leadership (Mission, Strategy, Listening), whereas this scenario is simulating Management (Protection, Filtering, execution). In an ideal org, we wouldn't need to be 'speed bumps.&#x2
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by pingananth 8mo ago
You hit the nail on the head regarding L&D psychology. For corporate budgets, $19 signals 'toy,' not 'training.' My current logic: I'm optimizing for the individual dev/lead paying out of pocket who wants t
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by pingananth 8mo ago
Fair point! $19 for just this one interaction would be steep. The intention is that the license covers the Full Library (I'm building 12+ scenarios covering Firing, Performance Reviews, Hiring, etc.). But your comment proves I failed t

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