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LookOutWindow.com , mapping the routes between airports, and showing points of interest along the route. I wanted a way to read about what I was flying over, and which worked offline. We have amazing views up there, but no idea what we are looking at.
I've been mulling around the idea of some kind of foundation that could sponsor the development of what I would consider "Good for the end-user" software of this nature. Something to encourage building apps that are pleasant to use and keeping them pleasant to use.
It's a rough problem to figure out how this would work though, realistically. Some kind of binding license or legal contract that says "here's what you can't do to this software, for this many years, if we give you resources" essentially. But I am well aware that solutions like that also generally end with someone finding a sneaky loophole to take advantage of it.
I'm very passionate about this idea, but I just don't know how feasible it is. Maybe I should have gone to law school instead of learning to program.
In my 50k population town in Minnesota, I notice a lot of headlights, taillights, and turn signals are out. Our roads (outside of the Twin Cities) are often bumpy which causes vibration in the vehicles, leading to many bulbs failing. I drive a 21 year old Saab, and in my 2 years of owning it, I have replaced every single bulb in the exterior of the vehicle except a turn signal or two. I decided to create a mobile ser…
I think you want to keep this as simple as possible, but I see headlight restoration (which can be done in 30min) and wiper blade replacement complementing this nicely.
In my 50k population town in Minnesota, I notice a lot of headlights, taillights, and turn signals are out. Our roads (outside of the Twin Cities) are often bumpy which causes vibration in the vehicles, leading to many bulbs failing. I drive a 21 year old Saab, and in my 2 years of owning it, I have replaced every single bulb in the exterior of the vehicle except a turn signal or two. I decided to create a mobile ser…
This is really awesome.
I figured, hey I could do this; and now I am in the process of doing it.
An app to collect memories easily. You capture vocal notes, which are transcribed & corrected with AI. As a father, I wanted to capture all the little moments of our day-to-day family life to later share with my grown-up children. However, I did not have the discipline to journal regularly. So, I made Memzy to capture them easily on the fly! https://apps.apple.com/us/app/memzy-easy-journaling-with-ai/...
Some observations:
- it can be pretty hard to remember a mundane and ordinary day just 24 hours later, and after 48 hours it's usually completely gone from memory
- important or unusual events (or parties!) stay in memory a little longer
- and for me at least, food is an excellent memory anchor; if I feel lazy and don't want to add to my journal, just noting what I had for lunch and dinner will help me remembering the rest of the day much better later.
In my 50k population town in Minnesota, I notice a lot of headlights, taillights, and turn signals are out. Our roads (outside of the Twin Cities) are often bumpy which causes vibration in the vehicles, leading to many bulbs failing. I drive a 21 year old Saab, and in my 2 years of owning it, I have replaced every single bulb in the exterior of the vehicle except a turn signal or two. I decided to create a mobile ser…
Not sure if it was mine or my friends car, replacing one of the lights was neither fun or simple :). Some manufacturers really seem to prioritize style over repairability!
The biggest problem is the instability of the tools. IntelliJ is already complex, then you pile on all the Android Studio stuff. Within Android Studio, you are working with a hugely complex framework (Jetpack Compose) that depends, directly or indirectly, on probably hundreds of libraries. Sometimes, things just break, for no apparent reason. On some students' computers, the whole wobbly tower never works quite right. It reminds me of this XKCD: https://xkcd.com/2347/
I'm really early on in getting Talo out there so appreciate any feedback/criticism/roasting!
What's holding me back from scaling is primarily my own resistance to marketing, plus some pending improvements to the ChatGPT-based transcript editing system. Once I finish optimizing the LLM integration, I'll have no more excuses to avoid sales outreach. One thread I want to pursue is a magazine of podcast transcripts that I inherited: https://podread.org
I'd appreciate advice on authentic outreach strategies for reaching knowledge-focused podcasters. If anyone here has experience in this space or wants to collaborate, I'm open to connecting.