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lasean

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About lasean

Founder at https://cagr.com. Private equity. Permanent capital. Building and buying software companies. I heart solopreneurs.

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    Comment #39573530

    The Adobe deal didn't go through. Last publicly hinted valuation was back at ~$10B when employee share buyouts happened in JAN 2024.

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    Comment #39545971

    lol. funny because it's true

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    Comment #39420846

    Good point.

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    Comment #39420821

    The government can both subsidize development with low construction loan rates and disincentivize owners from flipping homes for quick profits. There are places where capital gains…

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    Comment #39420137

    I think we'll see these types of films going the way of books and recorded music. We'll have an explosion of films released to hyper-niche audiences (at best). The middle of the ma…

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    Comment #39420007

    I'm not sure existing cities can evolve themselves to fully solve these problems. There are Americans that want affordable housing in densely populated areas that are also car cent…

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    Comment #39072366

    Related: Anyone using libSQL (SQLite fork) and Turso for production apps? Any lessons learned to share?

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    Comment #39072305

    Agree. That's point. I'd rather scan a QR code that links to great photos than have a printed menu with no photos. They informally call them food picture books in restaurants I've …

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    Comment #39070988

    Side Topic (Menus With Photos): There seems perception in the US that menus with pictures of the food are less sophisticated or cater to a less discerning clientele. In Asia, photo…

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    Comment #39070605

    I'm not an attorney, but have sat through many sessions with our legal team in the past on this topic (pricing models). Agree the practice may fee icky, but I'm not sure this case …

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    Comment #39051523

    You're implying native app. Previous comment said (browser) web app. Not sure who is correct on feature support, but you're cross talking on the product SKU.

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    Comment #30200968

    Agree on that last sentence. Thanks for making Recut!

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    Comment #30200956

    Fair point. That makes sense. May be an opportunity for better messaging for who the product is for. Good luck with the roll out. Others mentioned Descript (which is solid). There'…

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    Comment #30200388

    I get the use case. Not sure there's enough value here as a cloud-based SaaS product. I use a similar product called Recut ( https://getrecut.com/ ). $99 one-time fee (no subscript…

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    Comment #25853695

    FYI, I'm using Google Cloud Run for this at the moment. Scales to zero, issues the SSL cert and provides the HTTPS endpoint. That's what I'd be benchmarking your service against. L…