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Readit NewsinSenCite commented on CERN scientists find evidence of quantum entanglement in sheep home.cern/news/news/physi... · Posted by u/mackopes
I'm building a perp funding arbitrage aggregator. Aggregates funding rates across a number of DEXs to help users track down the most lucrative opportunities.
If there is uptake the plan is to build out a toolset to help with managing a portfolio of arbs.
inSenCite commented on Plain – a web framework for building products with Python plainframework.com/... · Posted by u/brylie
As a python/stats focused dev, I just want a web framework that simplifies the idea -> website process.
I've been able to 'release' some simple tools into the public with plotly/django, but having to also then figure out things like gunicorn, dbms, vps hosting etc. is quite time consuming.
My biggest issue is that a lot of these frameworks seem to add complexity (under the guise of simplicity) as opposed to making things simpler. They just become more things to manage. Maybe I'm missing something and someone can point me in the right direction.
There are lots of pros on here who will find things like this trivial, but for someone like me (independent with limited professional dev training) the time investment is high as is the cost of "switching" between what seem to be mutually exclusive tasks (web dev/ops, and local analytics work).
inSenCite commented on xAI has acquired X, xAI now valued at $80B twitter.com/elonmusk/stat... · Posted by u/rvz
I wish I could 'acquire' my house at a higher valuation and renegotiate financing terms :(
This seems a bit...naive? Get a haircut and headshot as week 1 goals? therapist? look in the mirror? upgrade audio/video? what...? This is just a bunch of things to spend money on :/
Maybe spend the time finding a market with a problem that is lucrative enough to then spend time solving. And then figure out how to validate the problem...and then find a solution that you can get to market in a week or two (if not sooner).
This stuff isn't rocket science its just fucking hard work.
inSenCite commented on Cowboys and Drones: two modes of operation for small business emeaentrepreneurs.com/ant... · Posted by u/sixhobbits
In my experience people can be both although they might prefer and/or excel at one.
A good "cowboy" is one that gets the job done but can also build a sustainable, changeable process in their wake.
A good "drone" is able to spot ineffective parts of the system/process and change it.
As an aside, I really dislike the cowboy and drone nomenclature.
Its called fuck around and find out innit.
Coding is easy, testing and maintaining is hard.
Technically the whole concept of marketing is kinda insidious - the goal is to turn non-users into users. I still think a great use case for AR glasses is blotting out ads instead of adding them.
Flyers should be 100% banned - just so much waste.
inSenCite commented on I conditioned myself to fail brainbun.com/blog/i-condi... · Posted by u/brainbun
Agreed, building something is just the first step.
One of the marketing struggles I've had is just getting people to care. I did have a bit of an "If you build it, they will come" attitude because I had confidence in the quality of the work...but even that seems to be irrelevant if you can't get people interested.
As an introvert by nature (extrovert by necessity), I wonder what I'm missing that others seems to grasp innately, because the consequences are fatal for an entrepreneur if you can't convince others to at least try the thing you're offering.
I think it just boils down to that most of the time we are just plain wrong about what people want badly enough to change what they are doing already. Our other fallacy is that quality of work matters - like yes, kind of, but it matters far less than finding and fixing an "important" problem.
How many times have you encountered a piece of software that is utter garbage from a ui/ux/engg. perspective but gets used ALL THE TIME? plenty of b2b examples of this including back ends of banks. They are awful, but they work. The business solves a very real customer problem and the tech is just a supporting (although still critical) act. As long as the problem gets solved, the tech. does not really matter. There is obviously more nuance to this vis a vis software maintenance etc. but when starting up, the tech should matter to you less than finding a valid problem.
inSenCite commented on I conditioned myself to fail brainbun.com/blog/i-condi... · Posted by u/brainbun
Well, zero criticism IS a form of criticism so I don't blame the author for not being motivated after the fact. I'd even say its the worst kind of criticism because it leaves you with nothing to build next.
But I think they are highlighting an important thing here that most of us struggle with...building is fun, progress is discrete and clear, the feedback loop is very tight. Selling and marketing to people sucks, its clunky, the feedback loops are variable, and if you're inclined more to being an introvert it is very exhausting.
I'm not sure the author is conditioned to fail as much as they are just more inclined to build.