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mstachowiak

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About mstachowiak

3x founder => 3 exits

Formerly co-founder of MyVR, YC W12

Prou investor in Zapier, Omaze, Clever, Brightback, Anduril, and more.

Recent public activity

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    Comment #48961448

    Sadly, consumer goods are the new arms (drones, batteries, etc)

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    Comment #44799968

    You can finance the purchase to avoid upfront payments. And in many cases, the energy savings exceed the finance payments, resulting in a net monthly gain from a cash flow basis wi…

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    Comment #42149805

    I'm the author of the article. Yes, I agree. I think AI reviewers, in their current state, are essentially glorified linters. Much of what they excel at can already be achieved wit…

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    Comment #41507798

    It's always exciting to see new approaches to code reviews - GitHub has its strengths, but it’s far from perfect. For the scenario you’ve outlined, have you thought about splitting…

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    Comment #38526784

    Agreed, that's a tough pill to swallow. We envisioned trial period to let people make up there mind, but free for the first few users is another route. We'll noodle it when we loop…

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    Comment #38525757

    We agree! Thanks for adding yourself to the waitlist, I'll make sure you're granted access

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    Comment #38525749

    Fair question. We're aiming to provide enough value for the price we'll ultimate target. We aren't charging yet, but wanted to provide people with some of our rough thoughts on pri…

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    Comment #38525724

    Thanks for highlighting, we're investigating and should have a fix shortly.

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    Comment #38525393

    Sorry for the confusion. It's currently only offered as a web application and only works with GitHub. We are working to expand beyond these limitations based on customer needs / in…

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    Comment #38522990

    Shameless plug - I'm one of the creators of GitContext ( https://gitcontext.com ), a code review tool which has drawn much inspiration from Critique and others, and would love feed…

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    Comment #35894613

    I tend to agree, because if Google doesn't, OpenAI et al will. The real question is how does Google balance this against the loss in advertising revenue?

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    Comment #35122232

    Reminds me of Charlie Munger's belief that the world is driven by envy, not greed. https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/10/billionaire-charlie-munger-w...

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    Comment #22372631

    Thanks for replying on this thread, PC. I'm curious to get your take on how this plays out for customers with large average transaction values ($500+)? Stripe's cost to process and…

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    Comment #16120751

    Can't help but find it ironic the winner of the 2018 Levchin Prize for Advancements in Real-World Cryptography has an invalid SSL certificate on his research website.

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    Comment #15932246

    For reference, the previous commenter was talking about AL's 7 congressional districts. US congressional districts are defined based on population (they're suppose to be equally si…

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    Comment #13766786

    MyVR | Software Developer | SF | https://myvr.com We're building the open platform powering the vacation rental industry. Join our experienced team disrupting a massive and rapidly…

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    Comment #13710959

    I would propose viewing Tesla as an energy storage company, not a car company (JB and Elon both think of Tesla this way). The car is a battery on wheels, and the battery is the pro…

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    Comment #13710749

    In Tesla case, it's because the non-GAAP numbers represent how they view and make decisions about their business internally. It makes them look better in some dimensions and worse …

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    Comment #13677301

    Interesting hypothesis. A quick look at YC's top companies by market cap seems to back it up: Airbnb: 3 design centric cofounders DropBox: 2 tech cofounders Stripe: 2 tech cofounde…

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    Comment #13479255

    The emoluments clause of the constitution applies to all members of government.

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    Comment #11858403

    Just for clarification, Tesla's initial estimates for Gigafactory production was 35GW/year at the cell level and 50GW/year at the pack level (with some cells produced by other supp…

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    Comment #9314055

    Here's the actual data for the Tesla Model S. Far superior to the Leaf and inline with the roadster. No need to compre apples to oranges. http://my.teslamotors.com/forum/forums/bat…