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Proziam commented on Ask HN: Should I Price It · Posted by u/kubeden

kubeden · 5 months ago

Appreciate the HN response too. $9 seems reasonable for me too.. kinda. Maybe for v1.5 when I have sharable collections. Wouldn't it be more reasonable to lure them in with a $5/m, no annual, and then up to $7 and $9 in two stages, introducing annual?

Proziam · 5 months ago

The price sensitivity thresholds of your median customer is not likely to be a factor in this range.

What is a factor is 'getting a deal' and customer conviction. You want to give them an offer that makes them feel good about signing up immediately (increase conversion) and makes them feel like the product has substantial long-term value (induces post-purchase rationalization).

The annual plan with significant sale price accomplishes both goals, with the benefit of smoothing out your revenues and making it much easier to estimate your ROAS.

Proziam commented on Ask HN: Should I Price It · Posted by u/kubeden

Proziam · 5 months ago

For a single user I would start pricing at $5/m on an annual subscription or $9 for monthly. Getting customers in the door and retaining them through the early product evolution cycles is the major hurdle in the early stages.

Beyond that, I would create an offering with 1-2 features tuned towards business customers. This kind of tool is a great knowledge management addition, and knowledge sharing is hugely valuable for business customers.

I'd price it the same per seat at the start ($5/m annual vs 9$/m monthly) and sell multiple seats at a time this way. If this works well, you will have found an existence proof of a highly lucrative customer group.

Proziam commented on Human drivers are to blame for most serious Waymo collisions understandingai.org/p/hum... · Posted by u/ra7

Proziam · a year ago

The article doesn't seem to address fully how much of the "Humans are to blame" part is Waymo cars driving in a manner that isn't normal.

The cases they highlight, such as a multi-collision hit and run, are obvious bad human situations. But, this article feels like it's being a bit generous in its interpretation.

After all, I've seen Waymo cars cause wild traffic jams, and that sort of unexpected behavior could absolutely cause collisions.

Proziam commented on Why Don't Tech Companies Pay Their Engineers to Stay? goethena.com/post/why-don... · Posted by u/samspenc

lainga · a year ago

What prevents engineering firms from acting like law firms?

Proziam · a year ago

Management perceives people to be more replaceable than they are. Years of working in, or being the architect of, the company's core product will make you a true expert in it.

But, from the company perspective, your value is based on the 'market rate' for your generically defined skills and experience.

Proziam commented on Ask HN: Where are the part-time remote coding jobs? · Posted by u/DamnInteresting

PaulHoule · a year ago

Consulting can also be an oscillation between having way too many hours or having not enough hours or no hours sometimes.

Proziam · a year ago

As a long-time consultant, the truth is that unless you aim for more hours, the drought periods are likely to kill you.

Proziam commented on Companies ground Microsoft Copilot over data governance concerns theregister.com/2024/08/2... · Posted by u/belter

tiahura · a year ago

That’s the precious bodily fluids paranoia I’m talking about.

Nobody is coming for anyone. [Again doesn’t apply to spies and dissidents]

Systems can fail and that can mean ruined lives. However, that’s only part of the equation. There were actually anti-automobile societies in the US and Europe who opposed cars for safety reasons.

Proziam · a year ago

"Nobody is coming for anyone" is just wrong.

If there's an edge, people will use it. Car manufacturers share data with insurance companies[1], which can impact drivers' insurance rates or lead to coverage denial.

Do you believe the same thing will never happen in healthcare?

Do you believe that sophisticated criminals won't engage in large-scale fraud attempts? In 2021, about 23.9 million people (9% of U.S. residents age 16 or older) had been victims of identity theft during the prior 12 months.[2]

You haven't been hurt by this sort of thing, which is great for you. But millions of other people aren't so lucky.

[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/11/technology/carmakers-driv...

[2] https://bjs.ojp.gov/library/publications/victims-identity-th...

Proziam commented on Companies ground Microsoft Copilot over data governance concerns theregister.com/2024/08/2... · Posted by u/belter

Proziam · a year ago

It only takes a company messing up exactly once, and the damage is catastrophic.

Everyone gets their social security number leaked...identity thieves have a field day.

Everyone gets their medical history leaked...insurance companies suddenly find another edge against the consumers.

Everyone gets their texts leaked...scammers now have blackmail against anyone who ever got spicy with their significant other.

Huge companies have been exploited before, and they will do so again and again. The only long-term winning strategy is to not let them have your data in the first place.

Proziam commented on Will there be 50B+ in student loan delinquencies in US? wordsofwill.com/2024/08/0... · Posted by u/_7axl

ijustlovemath · a year ago

Except you don't have to tax low earners! Progressive taxation is the norm in the US; you just need to tax where the wealth lies, and the ways in which it moves.

Proziam · a year ago

This is the process that I see happening:

1. Money is printed, inflation occurs

2. Cost of living rises, wages follow (but not closely enough)

3. Buying power is decreased, but the tax brackets don't change much

4. The lower income groups proceeds to pay more taxes than they "should" while simultaneously being the group that can afford it the least. At the same time, this group is the most affected by inflation, hurting even more.

The money printer hurts everyone. Spinning it up as the expedited solution to every problem for political expedience is how we ended up with an enormous and ever-growing amount of debt.

Proziam commented on Will there be 50B+ in student loan delinquencies in US? wordsofwill.com/2024/08/0... · Posted by u/_7axl

mrbluecoat · a year ago

> [Student loan deferment/forgiveness] is the most likely cause of the continued high consumer spending, which is keeping the economy out of a potential recession.

Definitely feels unsustainable.

Proziam · a year ago

The US has painted itself into a corner.

On one hand, culturally, we pushed young people into colleges and universities at ever-increasing and frankly unethical price points. Many people have spent "buy a house" money on education. These people are then given a heavy burden which holds them back significantly both socially (raising families) and financially (owning a home, saving for retirement).

On the other hand however is the many people who decided not to go to school because it was simply unaffordable. They went to work instead, and often in the kinds of careers that are unappealing to college graduates who prefer white-collar work. Any student loan forgiveness is coming directly from the pockets of these people, who have on-average lower incomes and shorter career spans than their white-collar counterparts.

It's easy to see both sides on this one. The only meaningful solution I can see is to remove the (again, unethical) protections which prevent students from declaring bankruptcy over student loans. In turn, this would hopefully force wiser lending and more price-competition to bring the cost down.

Proziam commented on Ask HN: How to build site with payment, subscriptions, user login, registration · Posted by u/imvetri

Proziam · a year ago

I suggest the following stack:

Supabase - User Auth & Database

Stripe - Subscriptions & Payments

React or Svelte - Building landing and product pages

These tools are extremely popular and well documented, so anything you get stuck on is bound to be readily searchable online. If you've already got over a decade of front-end work experience I'd say just spin up Sveltekit or NextJS and follow along with a guide like this one:

Supabase Auth - https://supabase.com/docs/guides/auth/server-side/sveltekit