That drive through customer… oh my. I have new found empathy for drive through operators.
Readit Newsrstocker99 commented on Launch HN: Hamming (YC S24) – Automated Testing for Voice Agents · Posted by u/sumanyusharma
rstocker99 commented on Launch HN: Hamming (YC S24) – Automated Testing for Voice Agents · Posted by u/sumanyusharma
If only handloom operators hadn’t been replaced by steam looms we’d all be in a better place.
This article is about why you shouldn't enter the vector database field, and it's reasonable.
But I want to comment on another thing I often hear: "You don't need a vector database - just use Postgres or Numpy, etc". As someone who moved to Pinecone from a Numpy-based solution, I have to disagree.
Using a hosted vector database is straightforward. Get an API key from Pinecone, send them your vectors, and then query it with new vectors. It's fast, supports metadata filtering, and scales horizontally.
On the other hand, setting up pgvector is a hassle - especially since none of the Cloud vendors support it natively, and a Numpy-based solution, while great for a POC, quickly becomes a hassle when trying to append to it and scale it horizontally.
If you need a vector database, use a vector database. You won't regret it.
Postgres RDS has version 0.5 of the pgvector extension installed by default.
Adding vector support to our app was as easy as enabling the extension and created a table with vector columns. No additional database required and trivial to do mixed queries. Maybe Pinecone and friends have better scalability, but if you need basic vector support, you can do it easily on RDS.
See here for details:
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2023/10/amazon-rd...
rstocker99 commented on Ask HN: Examples of great ‘productized consulting’ landing pages? · Posted by u/rahimnathwani
Wow, crazy to see your names again :)
Hope you both are doing well!
Likewise! Hope you are well too.
rstocker99 commented on Ask HN: Examples of great ‘productized consulting’ landing pages? · Posted by u/rahimnathwani
One of my friends does a productized (fixed price) roadmapping session (1) as part of a larger "build your MPV" service. My understanding is that it works out really well for him and his clients. They get to try him out with a fix priced engagement. The output leads naturally to the next step in a larger engagement. If for whatever reason it doesn't workout the client has useful documentation they can take to someone else.
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rstocker99 commented on What it's like buying a $128k side project blog.codetree.com/article... · Posted by u/kareemm
To clarify, I'm asking what are some clever ways to ballpark what a company's financials might be, to pre-screen out ones out of my league before I even contact them. Most companies don't publish anything about their finances at all.
Unfortunately, I don't think you're going to find a good way to ballpark their financials without them supplying them. It's common in the cold email to say something like, "Our sweet spot is companies with an EBIT of $X-$Y". So the person you're contacting knows if they are too big or too small.
For deals of this size you can also look for smoke signals e.g. you're looking to buy something for 200k-300k in EBIT and you go to their about page and find 50 employees you're probably barking up the wrong tree.
It's also worth pointing out that you're looking for one person to say yes. If you hit on folks that aren't a fit and never email you back or laugh you away so what. That's the nature of the game. You just need one.