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Building wireless (LTE-based) sensors for most major horticultural sensing needs. Measurements include: - CO2. Side note: I was surprised to find that most (all?) CO2 sensors used …

We need to update the FAQ. Now we offer a fixed subscription pricing model.

Thanks. My email address is in my HN bio.

> What exactly do you offer / sell / solve? It's a SaaS + IoT + Plant Biology knowledge baked into one package. We are figuring things out on the fly as well (here's a link to one …

We built a company around this very problem- indoor farming (including vertical indoor farming) is pretty complex and by default it's energy hungry. In theory, indoor farming is ve…

I didn't want to confess, but yes you're right. Elixir (or the willingness to learn Elixir) is a great filter for me to find the right people. Again, this is my purely subjective o…

I know-- I was scared like hell. But after the first week and multiple staging releases in less than 10 days, I was on top of it. Yes, hiring is real challenge and am facing it alr…

I second this. I would say that I am pretty advanced with Python (and Django) and same with JavaScript (Vue and Nuxt) and have written applications that got used by multiple users.…

Quite few I had (assuming OPs question to be broad enough)- 1. Reading Malcolm X's autobiography _The Autobiography of Malcolm X_ in college. It transformed me such that within tha…

OP here. No matter how hard I try, I just can't get it until I make frequent visits from 'different sides' to a location. I didn't even know about Topographical Disorientation, but…

I am going to be 26 soon, but I am still very terrible at navigating to places. I often get lost, even in smaller cities (or even a train station!), and have to constantly look up …

Author of the post here. Trying to respond to some of the comments. Firstly, apologies- I didn't intend to make anything click-baity. As a matter of fact, I didn't even post it her…

Waiting for someone to build something like this for founders of any promising startup out there (and not just YC startups). I totally understand the current choice of sticking to …

Yes, it is called bias lighting. Here you go: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bias_lighting

Sorry to read about such experiences people might have had, but I actually have had the exact opposite experience. I made few submissions/comments about 'dev' things, and because o…

Sorry I thought my email was on my HN profile. I am sitting behind david[at]hexafarms.com

I have posted this here before- hexafarms.com. I am trying to use ML to discover optimal phenotype for growing plants in vertical indoor farms to a. have the higest quality produce…