renierbotha

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   by renierbotha 14d ago

   This is great and NOT another pomodoro and I gladly paid £2 for this piece of software which I COULD throw at Fable and probably get something similar but honestly can't be arsed and just want the app.
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   by renierbotha 22d ago

   All I saw was nipples
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   by renierbotha 28d ago

   How do you handle refunds & chargebacks? And do you have a maximum amount that can be charged? For context - I'm building a marketplace for artists and struggling to find a global payouts rail. The ones that exist have really high
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   by renierbotha 28d ago

   Out of interest, how is it going with PromptBase? Love the idea, does it have legs -- ie are you making money?
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   by renierbotha 2mo ago

   Small point but most of the entries Ive seen has been logged on the 23rd of July 2026. Today is the 20th of July 2026.
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   by renierbotha 5mo ago

   Thank you, I needed to read this.
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   by renierbotha 7mo ago

   I clicked on that link, saw clashing colours and a general lack of UX design principles and immediately closed it.
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   by renierbotha 1y ago

   This is very cool!! Have you considered making a WebGL game that uses eye tracking for things like aiming? Could be very cool and one of the very few accessible games
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   by renierbotha 2y ago

   Dude this is SICK! Well done, it must have taken a lot of determination to get here.
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    by renierbotha 2y ago

    Haven't crawled through the repo (yet) but quick question - where does the data that is being searched over come from? Are you loading a library or searching some large library acquired from somewhere else?
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    by renierbotha 4y ago

    In my experience, teams getting laid off are generally (not always) experimental, high risk / high reward, horizon 2 type bets. Ie not the main function of the company or one of the major bets the company needs to succeed for their cur
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    by renierbotha 4y ago

    Thanks, will put that one on the list :D
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    by renierbotha 4y ago

    Thanks, putting The Culture Map on the list ^_^
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    by renierbotha 4y ago

    Thanks for the input!!
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    by renierbotha 4y ago

    Thanks, really appreciate this input! Finding a mentor is easier said than done but agree that it's an important step.
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    Ask HN: Recommended reading for IC transitioning to Manager track

    15 points by renierbotha 4y ago|14 comments
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    by renierbotha 4y ago

    Well, the _entire stock image industry_ has surely been disrupted. If you relied on stock imagery last year as your primary source of income, you may be out of work come next year. https://www.shutterstock.com/press/204
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    by renierbotha 4y ago

    Good job! I've had a number of spotify API side projects that never got this far. +1 for access to source ^_^
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    by renierbotha 4y ago

    A data dictionary of 200+ business metrics used in a large water utility company, listing clear explanations, pseudo SQL and source data lineage. Before this there were 5 different ways to calculate specific things like “minimum night flow
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    by renierbotha 4y ago

    I'm having loads of issues with Notion this morning bu downdetector and the official Notion status page says there are no issues. Even the Notion website fails to load some times...
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    by renierbotha 4y ago

    Yeah not really working as expected. Was interested in this as I'm looking to build a "swearing detector" to help me swear less in video calls but this could not pick up one sentence properly out of a couple and then it start
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    by renierbotha 6y ago

    So many cans of worms
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    by renierbotha 7y ago

    I have a similar situation - although my gap is much smaller (~4 months) it still is big enough to raise questions. But it hasn't. In the last 3-4 months I've interviewed with over 10 companies (multiple stages) and not one hiring
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    by renierbotha 8y ago

    PS - If anyone feels like notion is a vibe and want to try it out, I wouldn't be against you signing up using this link: https://www.notion.so/?r=f5b9c5492da44f55bedb473d92a0bfb1 The free tier is pretty extensive, and
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    by renierbotha 8y ago

    I've recently discovered Notion (www.notion.so) and it's changed A LOT for me. The main selling point is that it's all the other tools - Trello, Kanban, Asana, Google Sheets (to an extent) in one place, with a planned release
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    by renierbotha 8y ago

    Here's a simple scraper to download the entire collection: https://github.com/Rendiere/vanScrape
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    by renierbotha 9y ago

    Rome 2 rio - https://www.rome2rio.com/ is a great tool to see what the different transportation options are. Say, for example, you want to travel from Lisbon to Berlin, rome2rio will show you what your options are (fly, tra
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    by renierbotha 9y ago

    Hey dude, I'm in pretty much the same position: mid twenties, white male, working tech industry etc but with a twist - I live in South Africa where inequality is a dinner table topic. So, how do I deal with shit? Mostly I don't,