sberens

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by sberens 3mo ago
For comparison, openrouter says opus 4.8 is ~55 tokens/s and fast mode is ~102. 750 tokens/s for their largest model is going to be nuts
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by sberens 3mo ago
great, just confirm you also have >>$200MM revenue[0] and have also previously founded a hard tech startup! [0] https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/midjourney-revenue-...
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by sberens 3mo ago
Also fmr cofounder of leap motion, which developed a mouse that didn't you to touch it!
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by sberens 3mo ago
I don't understand how people can hate on this. It's probably the most novel & ambitious consumer health device ever? Plus they're doing it fully bootstrapped. Let them cook!
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by sberens 3mo ago
If all you need is the idea, then the minions could easily start their own company and reach a similar order of magnitude outcome.
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by sberens 4mo ago
Investors are usually prevented from selling until 180 days after IPO
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by sberens 4mo ago
> They've got, ballpark, $5t to $10t to make back in the next 5 years OpenAI's spending commitment is in the ~1T range for the next 5 years, and Anthropic is ~300B. If they continue to show strong growth, they likely need to be
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by sberens 4mo ago
Have you seen https://fort.cx ?
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by sberens 7mo ago
As someone who likes bright monitors, I'm excited to try the 2000 nit peak brightness! Are there any comparable monitors to the XDR brightness wise?
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by sberens 7mo ago
I did use it for this project! While the UI was good, there was a lot of last mile debugging to make charts/animations/responsiveness work well.
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Show HN: Interactive California Budget (By Claude Code)(california-budget.com)
39 points by sberens 7mo ago|20 comments
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by sberens 8mo ago
Glad you like it - we're working on improving the airflow right now actually! Thanks for the feedback on the paint.
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by sberens 8mo ago
Thanks so much for the kind words and being an early supporter <3
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by sberens 8mo ago
Because the lamp is 6'3" it's only below eye level for people who are 6'7-8. We had another 6'5" customer who was worried about the height but they said it was totally fine even with shoes on.
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by sberens 8mo ago
We had to remake half the mold, and I split it 50/50 with the factory.
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by sberens 8mo ago
Just made one - use HN100: https://getbrighter.com/discount/HN100 :)
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by sberens 8mo ago
LEDs are pretty insane these days - the ones we use have an L90 (time until they hit 90% brightness) of >50,000 hours (17 years if you use it every day 8 hours a day).
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by sberens 8mo ago
We use constant current reduction dimming so there's zero flicker!
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by sberens 8mo ago
Thanks! The ups and downs of startups are very real (maybe doubly so for hardware)
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by sberens 8mo ago
It's 60k lumens now, and it draws 580W off the wall
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by sberens 8mo ago
Looking back I agree it was miraculous lol, I don't know if I'd do it again...
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by sberens 8mo ago
The main cost driver is the sheer size/weight/power. Dimmability, adjustable CCT, and smart home controls do add a decent chunk though.
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by sberens 8mo ago
Thanks :) It turns out "hardware is hard" isn't an exaggeration!
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by sberens 8mo ago
Yep lumens are additive (though your eyes perceive them logarithmically). I don't know much about car headlights, but chatgpt says high beams are typically 25-45 watts, and assuming a generous 200lm/w that gives you 5000-9000 lm.
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by sberens 8mo ago
The controls weren't working because we had wired them up according to the labels which were wrong (which is also why the measurements didn't make sense to us).
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by sberens 8mo ago
Author here, happy to answer any questions about the journey!
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Lessons learned shipping 500 units of my first hardware product(simonberens.com)
832 points by sberens 8mo ago|405 comments
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Tariffs took an emotional and financial toll on founders in 2025(modernretail.co)
3 points by sberens 8mo ago|0 comments
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by sberens 8mo ago
Coming soon! Some people have tweeted about us unprompted: https://x.com/jaybaxter/status/2001729207873999094 https://x.com/FeifanZ/status/2001168758740803781 https://x.com&#x
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by sberens 8mo ago
I'm working on shipping the second batch of the Brighter Lamp, a lamp that's equal to ~30 normal lamps for daylight levels of light indoors. We delivered our first 500 units last month and got positive reviews, but lots of small i

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