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(disclaimer, I'm the founder) Bannerbear.com can help you there - we generate PNGs / PDFs based on data you send us either via API or Zapier. Would be very simple to set up what yo…

I'm the 2nd example in the post (Bannerbear.com) and I wasn't in a full time job when I started it. There was definitely a feeling of existential motivation...

The article provides for this by saying that exploratory mode is fine. I recommend reading the article, it’s good.

I was completely lost with AWS lambda until I discovered https://serverless.com - the fact that you haven't found them yourself suggests they need to do a much better job of market…

I use it for everything from: - daily spending on goods and services - electronic transfers to ewallets* - any time someone needs to send me money, I use transferwise virtual accou…

I and most people in my circle of friends use Transferwise on a daily basis, multiple times a day. It has replaced our "traditional" bank cards. FWIW, I totally understand the bigg…

yes, pretty much designed from scratch. Although the underlying grid layout framework is bulma.io https://www.bannerbear.com/blog/the-bannerbear-marketing-sit...

Absolutely spot on analysis :) For people who are on the trial and need more quota, I simply tell them they are welcome to create 2nd, 3rd etc accounts. I have no issue with that. …

Awesome product and name / domain! That list of bar code types blows my mind - and shows me that clearly this is a niche I know nothing about :)

Founder here - thanks for giving that a try! It's a good question. There's still a lot to be optimized on the video side of things. But the reason it took 2 minutes is because of t…

Founder here - I provided a few more details here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25936813 I agree with you, automated open graph images are not a problem worth paying lots o…

Founder here - I'll answer! Basically anyone who needs to do repetitive image generation. The idea came from when I was working in Ecommerce. We would be uploading anywhere from 5 …

It's a good question. My churn rate is still quite high at around 10%. So I definitely cannot coast, I have to actively market and make sure my growth is higher than my churn. When…

Thanks for the submission! It was the middle of the night for me, so I'm only just replying to comments now in the morning :)

I use a 13" MacBook Air :) I guess large fonts is just my preferred aesthetic - may not be to everyone's taste.

Actually Bannerbear generates any image of any size, for any purpose :) Open Graph images is one use-case, but it's actually quite a small niche within my current customers. The mo…

As others have mentioned, it's a movement that has been driven by some really inspiring, transparent stories over the last 10 years or so. I was personally inspired by Buffer: http…

Founder here - thanks for giving it a try! My email is open any time you have questions in the future when you revisit Bannerbear :) jon@bannerbear.com

Lee Kuan Yew stayed on as a senior minister in Goh Chok Tong's cabinet, and Lee Hsien Loong is Lee Kuan Yew's son (as I'm sure you know). So although Lee Kuan Yew left office 30 ye…

I arrived in Bali, Indonesia at the start of the pandemic with a 6 month visa. A few months in they started granting emergency extensions to anyone who wanted to stay (getting a fl…

I agree, but also any real life product manager will likely have major stakeholders who can only comprehend what's happening or where the budget/time is being spent if they see it …

Reminds me of Clinkle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinkle

I believe this gentleman did: https://twitter.com/DainisKanopa/status/1113351502175834112 I really don't have the resources for the level of conspiracy you are implying :)

Hi Tom, nope you've pretty much got the gist of the MVP feature set right there. This V1 allows you to set up channels, post threads and hierarchical comments, all with (or without…

I agree, it's pretty high up on my list of post-launch things to improve.