strimp099

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by strimp099 8mo ago
I think you’re asking the wrong question. Startups (and companies in general) exist to solve a need. AI is a tool that solves a set of problems. Ymif you can solve a wide population’s problems without AI, then do it.
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by strimp099 9mo ago
An algorithmic trading hedge fund. We can outperform the benchmark while keeping fees bare minimum because all our admin is outsourced to LLMs and agents. What a world we live in.
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Manage risk with drawdown, not hope(pyquantnews.substack.com)
1 points by strimp099 9mo ago|0 comments
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Are your features aligned to reality?(pyquantnews.substack.com)
1 points by strimp099 10mo ago|0 comments
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How to compute daily VaR fast(pyquantnews.substack.com)
1 points by strimp099 10mo ago|0 comments
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by strimp099 1y ago
One of the most successful quant traders in history, Jim Simons studied topology in the 60s. It’s rumored he used deep neural networks in his trading before they were cool. This post really brought the two together for me in a way I didn’t
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by strimp099 2y ago
According to Perplexity, Perplexity is lying about its user agent: https://www.perplexity.ai/search/According-to-this-QpoXEZ_AS...
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by strimp099 2y ago
I typically work within Jupyter Notebooks since it’s easier to build tutorials with text and markdown. But I agree: even looking at the code output I can tell almost immediately it’s made up.
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Ask HN: What ChatGPT prompt do you use to avoid code-writing hallucinations?
5 points by strimp099 2y ago|8 comments
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Microsoft (In Podcast Form)(acquired.fm)
1 points by strimp099 2y ago|0 comments
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by strimp099 4y ago
I think spending the money adds an urgency to ship. If not it's "just" your time.
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by strimp099 4y ago
Let me ask him
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by strimp099 4y ago
There’s a risk. I’ve certainly been burned many times in the past. However I’ve learned and spot some issues up front. It helps to go through referrals too.
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by strimp099 4y ago
This is definitely true. My plan was to brining in freelancers just to get the thing built - because I couldn't get it done. I've since brought on two technical co-founders with a stake in the project to avoid what you're des
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by strimp099 4y ago
All very, very true. Going through a trusted source is best.
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by strimp099 4y ago
It was a very sudden mind shift for me. All of the sudden one day I said f* it. If I want this thing to exist, I need to focus on shipping. Not building. The next day I hired up the freelance team. Some people just like to build. Others wan
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by strimp099 4y ago
This story was about getting the first iteration of my product launched (somewhere beyond MVP but still rough). I had a fractional CTO / project manager / React dev + backend dev + devops + designer. All between 50% and 100% for 8
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by strimp099 4y ago
I'm comfortable I had a market. What I had to do to get there is a story for another post :)
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by strimp099 4y ago
I looked for experience in my niche (trading/investing), got a few references, and saw some of their work. I was never 100% comfortable going through Upwork etc because you never really know. But I spent a lot of time writing up the re
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by strimp099 4y ago
I did a short stint with a fractional CTO / front end type for US$1k per day. I had a backend developer from Vietnam for US200 / day. I'm currently working with a product designer for EUR50 / hour.
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by strimp099 4y ago
I created a set of slides which introduced the project and created a doc with my expectations. I posted a very detailed job spec on Upwork, shortlisted 20 companies, and interviewed 10. I picked the one I did because they were most transpar
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by strimp099 4y ago
Just Juniper Media out of London.
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by strimp099 4y ago
They were more than somewhat effective. That said, they absolutely helped me frame the marketing effort. You want to DM me on Twitter? I'll send it to you @jasonstrimpel or email jason.strimpel [at] gmail [dot] com.
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by strimp099 4y ago
I was in the same position. Always justifying delays to "I learned something new". Totally forgetting the goal: ship a product. Actually putting money at stake (instead of just time) finally shook me out of that.
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by strimp099 4y ago
They built a marketing strategy for me. It breaks the effort into pre-launch/awareness, launch, and post-launch/systematize. They gave me insight into what to do when. They'll do the work or I can outsource. I've done a
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by strimp099 4y ago
Yes, I've been running a simple site where people grab stock price data. Folks often donate to me. That was the group that I started speaking to. I now have ca. 250 email addresses on the waitlist. I've done a few surveys and had
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The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Hiring Freelancers
44 points by strimp099 4y ago|42 comments
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by strimp099 5y ago
Priority items (I think): 1. Work through some of the business logic and wire it up to APIs/views in a way I can deploy. I have a clunky long running process that really should be a fast one I need to reason about. 2. Best way to uploa
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Ask HN: How to get help for side projects?
2 points by strimp099 5y ago|3 comments
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by strimp099 5y ago
I work at AWS. It is true we have a peculiar culture around writing. It goes much deeper than this post implies. There are several hour long training courses on writing, leaders are critiqued on their writing and those that can write the Am

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