StackEdit[0] pretty much perfected what I needed out of a markdown editor - I just need somewhere to write my tickets/docs that wasn't Github so that I could format it properly while writing. I still use it from time to time

[0]: https://stackedit.io/

I could see there being a future course about binary on codeamigo actually. I'm not saying people shouldn't learn the fundamentals of computing, rather, it's not knowledge that's a requirement to have before building most modern applications.

Before it was "learn C before learning Python" but some people didn't love that either...I guess my point is, we've been moving to higher and higher abstractions ever since computer programming was invented, the next abstraction is probably going to be talking to an AI to write some code that you need to vet, the above is just marketing speak for that.

Why did your startup fail?

Great questions!

Basically I was working on a link shortener. However in addition to a link shortener that took you to another page, I wanted users to be able to create a mini website that could host apps. Like you could create a small page that had photos of your business and a menu/ordering app and an "IM with staff" app etc.

The fancy generator was kind of an added bonus, I always thought the QR codes I'd see around were so dull and unidentifiable! There was very little in traditional QR codes themselves to make them "human-scannable", so to speak. A QR codes is essentially a sign; it should have some information in it that you, a person, can parse. A little logo in the middle is weak at best.

It failed because I didn't sell it. I needed to sell it. I needed to talk to people. I needed to like cold call people, restaurant owners without websites. Annnnd I always came up with an excuse not to.

As far as next plans, I'm working on something else these days - https://markwhen.com

Sigils are why I gave up learning PERL. Everything I learned had a half life of 10 minutes.

I haven't programmed C in a decade, I still remember most of it.