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simplydt

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About simplydt

Ex Co-founder of Chessable, Ex co-founder Sharkius Games

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    YC S26 Application: "Attach a coding agent session you're particularly proud of"

    I vibecoded a couple of iOS apps & a full SaaS (SEOZilla.ai) over the past six months and the honest answer is: my best coding agent sessions from 3-4 months ago would make great s…

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    Comment #35244317

    I recently read two books that are complete opposites of each other. The first, Woke, Inc. argues that a business that portrays itself as doing social good is likely, not genuine; …

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    Comment #34593890

    I was surprised to find an Ethics Professor in 1909 predicting SBF's, FTX and Alameda's collapse almost word by word. If SBF could be bothered to read some books, maybe he could ha…

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    Comment #32733118

    Time to pass a law to force these ships to carry starlink with cctv cameras whose footage is processed by AI. Of course, although possible, this won’t happen any time soon.

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    Comment #23515029

    Whatever you don’t learn from being in a “real” job you can make up by reading good books, good articles, listening to good podcasts and working with a mentor. Keep learning. Keep …

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    Comment #18401226

    At https://www.chessable.com we manually, line by line, imported a full chess book to our digital format! Takes ages... later, after some validation, we built a tool that automates…

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    Comment #17850680

    Thank you kindly. I used this + one more resource to get my startups site all green (I thought HTTPS redirect was enough) - hopefully it doesn't cause any bugs/issues this busy wee…

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    Comment #17271631

    We shared our true figures when Chessable got on IH. I don’t see what could be the motivation behind lying? If one did hoping to catch investors eyes, investors would quickly uncov…

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    Comment #15087755

    I don't live there but saw this and thought it might help (shows salaries around the world adjusted for cost of life, I found it accurate for London and Berlin). https://www.codeme…

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    Comment #14887856

    To all the people posting here who are thinking this certainly couldn't happen to them, please, read up on some psychology and neuroscience; you are just like all the people who th…

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    Comment #14321355

    In case this helps, you might want to A/B test your homepage with and without coffins, watch the bounce rate. I bounced, the feelings created by my amygdala were too strong and ove…

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    Comment #14235636

    There is a big difference between wasting time and doing nothing or resting. I think the title is quite misleading as I doubt the majority of time wasting as it happens in the mode…

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    Comment #14210031

    If startuplister.com was strategically placed where it was then it worked. They now have my $89 for https://www.chessable.com :) Hope it's worth it!

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    Comment #14070756

    Having been based in various co working spaces where many startups work from I can definitely say most work regular work weeks! As the other reply says, usually you find people doi…

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    Comment #14070418

    I think it follows from Brian's point that only founders may ever put in that much work, maybe very early employees; as he said, the trick is to be painting your own house... Havin…

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    Comment #13761301

    Poster probably won't change even in ten years, see research by Dweck. Fixed mindsets are a powerful negative thing. I salute you for believing in the right thing, a growth, mallea…