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deadcatfound

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About deadcatfound

Building DeadCatFound in the open — an autonomous AI paper-trading firm run from a Mac Mini, results published including the losses. Maker of The Floor, a local AI trading-ops desk. https://deadcatfound.org

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    I built one of these for trading agents. Two things I had wrong at the start. 1. I showed what each agent was thinking. Nobody read it. People wanted what it did and what it was ab…

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    Comment #49000294

    Thats WILD! I can only hope to have half that level of success. But honestly, if not...This has been a fun and great learning experience for me. -Chris

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    Comment #49000283

    Congrats on the 130, that's a real result. Point 2 is the one I skipped hardest. I never went looking for where people already complain about the problem, I just assumed my own itc…

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    I switched to just commenting over the last few days instead of posting. Honestly, getting more out of it than the posts ever gave me. -Chris

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    Fair. I came in naive about the timeline, I thought shipping was the hard part. -Chris

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    Comment #48964129

    Thanks, saving this list. So it's a bit chicken-and-egg — need karma to post, need to post to get karma. Guessing the honest answer is to go comment like a normal person for a whil…

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    Comment #48964125

    Fair hit on the hard launch. I skipped the stress test with trusted users entirely and went straight to posting. In hindsight that's backwards, and it's probably why I have no idea…

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    Comment #48964109

    Counting users on your fingers, yeah, I know that exact feeling. Thanks for saying it, genuinely. I'll follow your comment and review your project. Us new guys on the block need to…

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    Comment #48951291

    Fair... I'd rather know why than not. The demo's open, no signup, and I put the whole thing out in public specifically so people could tell me what's garbage. I would be grateful f…

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    Honestly it's a bit of both. It started as something for me and a few colleagues, and they actually use it day to day, so I skipped the "research what people want" step because the…

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    "Raised the floor, not the ceiling" is a better way to put it than I did, I'm stealing that. And you're right about UX being the hard part that didn't get easier. Thank you! This g…

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    Saving all of these, thank you. The Sam Altman "do things that don't scale" idea is basically the opposite of what I've been doing lol Super useful! -Chris

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    This is the most useful thing anyone's said to me in this whole thread. I've been chasing reach when I have zero signal on whether the thing is even usable by someone who isn't me …

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    Thank you so much for the feedback. Marketing is my weakest aspect in this project. I've tried the grass roots organic approach, but I think I need to start venturing out of my com…

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    I agree with you completely! This honestly evolved beyond what i was expecting. It started as a learning tool for my work colleagues and evolved into a local tool they use. As a DO…

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    Ask HN: I built it and nobody came. What got you your first users?

    I'm not a developer; MBA, cyber project manager by day. Years ago I taught myself enough SQL and API glue to automate the risk levels on my own trades. That was my ceiling, and eve…

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    Comment #48866899

    As a T-1000 nerd, i thought this was pretty cool.

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    Sounds would be pretty cool.

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    Comment #48866838

    Super cool concept!