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bentossell

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    Comment #45220778

    maybe a new language is due - like a revamp of applescript

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    Comment #35578408

    Good point, will add!

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    Ask HN: What coding tasks should everyone know how to do with ChatGPT?

    As a non-technical person using ChatGPT for code-related tasks, I find myself trying to create scrapers on replit. What other types of things should everyone (non-programmers espec…

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    Comment #31389499

    I dont really like using WP. Lots of alternatives out there that do great stuff.

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    Comment #31388346

    Yeh never great with logos so just used an ‘m’ - haven’t had any issues yet…

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    Comment #31387779

    The first idea on the list: “ Create an auto-updating website from a Google Doc or Sheet” can be done pretty easily already, without writing code. (I’m the founder of a company, Ma…

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    Comment #27602717

    I'm the founder of Makerpad[0] which is built solely with no-code tools, teaching others how to build with no-code tools. I was full-time on it with a small team for 18 months when…

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    Comment #23538395

    appreciate you summarising it like this! yeah we had a 50/50 split agreement and applied to YC on that basis too.

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    Comment #23537974

    Mubs helped me as a side project because he's a friend, I offered to pay him but he didn't want anything. He works on a ton of side-projects for fun. Think the interview piece in t…

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    Comment #23537958

    I'm the guy in the interview...Mubs was helping me as a side project for fun. We've done a bunch of things together over the years. I offered to pay him but he didn't want anything…

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    Comment #22034890

    My thoughts: Earnest invested in my company[1] in September 2019. Through the lens of the company receiving the investment, this has been far from underwhelming. I've been able to …

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    Comment #21225448

    I've been seeing what cool things people have been doing with different tools (without code). Josh Miller shared his chrome browser history tool. Avg. 126 sites/day. 45% of session…

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    Comment #20703388

    I think no-code is attractive for a number of reasons. When you're non-technical (can't code) then you're told to learn to code or find a technical co-founder if you want to build …

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    Comment #20703348

    thanks for posting! (founder of Makerpad)

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    Ask HN: What companies could be started on Zapier?

    Pull Panda just got acquired by GitHub and at one point Abi was doing like $25k/mo in revenue. He mentioned in a talk about how the first version was built with Zapier. I wonder wh…

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    Comment #20055296

    Honestly I’m expecting small payments for a fix (less than $50) but there’s been projects for 10k submitted (although these are more complete solutions)

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    Comment #20050372

    Sure! Like everything there are levels of experience... - you could be setting up an Airtable to run online courses but you want someone to help you level it up - you may need some…

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    Comment #20039196

    no of course not. But many are built in the same way. The only reason these tutorials are built as 'clones' is to show the features for others to tweak for their own.

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    Comment #20039006

    I disagree with codeless software being doomed to fail. I’ve built lots of applications without code (and teach others how @ https://www.makerpad.co/ ) one being a mini Netflix ‘cl…

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