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mdp

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About mdp

Partner at 1984 Ventures

m@mdp.im mdp@1984.vc

https://github.com/mdp https://twitter.com/mdp https://1984.vc https://apply.1984.vc

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    Show HN: Driftty – mobile focused web TTY

    This one is VERY early, but I've been having a blast building and using it. In the past I've use Termius (which is great), but I've never been thrilled about using it with coding a…

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    I've been really happy with DuckDB, and I love that fact that it can operate directly on things like JSON an JSONL. It's become my data swiss army knife.

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    Exactly. I respect their decision to go closed source if that's what they need to do to make it a viable business, but just be honest about it. Don't make up some excuse around sec…

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    This is fair, although I ask for it to be dark themed to match what I think was the style of typing game I remember growing up with (it's been a while). Bumped up the font though.

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    Perfect example is my local coffee shop that is 100% on Instagram only. They've done amazingly well on just Instagram with the groups they are targeting. I doubt that a website wou…

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    TL;DR: I think you should still learn regex, even though AI has made it a "useless" skill https://mdp.github.io/2026/03/17/the-kids-are-alright-and-th...

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    I've had a hard time trying to explain this to non-engineers, but whenever I talk to a fellow developer they're struck by the same feeling. We've lost that magic flow state when yo…

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    Comment #46782685

    We're launching a pre-seed/seed funding program where you can apply directly and get a decision within a week of your first meeting. $1M in funding for 6-10%. We're 1984 Ventures -…

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    Comment #44605304

    "All of the under-sink reverse osmosis and two-stage filters achieved near-complete removal of the PFAS chemicals we were testing for,” Stapleton said. “In contrast, the effectiven…

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    Comment #44605221

    It's a scanned PDF linked on that page, but someone turned it into an epub if that's what you're looking for - https://gitlab.com/sigwait/computer_connections/-/releases

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    Comment #41601750

    This is a cool project, reminds me very much of IRC Poker from back in the early days on the internet.

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    Comment #41295575

    We got frustrated with lack of tools available to founders to model their SAFE rounds and subsiquent dilutions, so we built an open source library and cap table worksheet. The unde…

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    Comment #39276633

    Related paper - https://arxiv.org/pdf/2402.03300.pdf

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    Comment #39195056

    Paper this is based on - https://arxiv.org/pdf/2306.04529.pdf