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Re: Ask HN: What happened to startups, why is everything so polished?

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Post by fragmede »

moribvndvs wrote: post #105

If it makes you feel better, I’m at a start up right now and we definitely are not polished yet! But as a point of reference to maybe give insight to your question, the last time I joined a start up was 21 years ago. Here are some differences I have noted: - Stunningly vast array of high quality, open source tools, platforms, and frameworks. Some of this stuff we had to pay for. A lot of it wasn’t very good or limite…

> I often had to spend days or weeks to figure something out for myself or to find some wizard in a dark cave to share their arcane knowledge.

There used to be printed manuals that you had to look things up in and there was no Internet. That's when I learned how to program. Things these days are so much easier.

Re: Ask HN: What happened to startups, why is everything so polished?

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Post by pjot »

samuelstros wrote: post #26

Haha check our scrappy website https://opral.com We got a bug report once that „the website is not loading“.

Love your page. Especially your careers page - never seen one posted as a git repo before.

You really know your audience.

Re: Ask HN: What happened to startups, why is everything so polished?

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Post by samuelstros »

pjot wrote: post #112
samuelstros wrote: post #26

Haha check our scrappy website https://opral.com We got a bug report once that „the website is not loading“.

Love your page. Especially your careers page - never seen one posted as a git repo before. You really know your audience.

the reason is less knowing our audience and more "it was just easier [than setting up a careers page]" :D

Re: Ask HN: What happened to startups, why is everything so polished?

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Post by alberth »

samuelstros wrote: post #108
alberth wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No Mainly because: > The globalization ecosystem for software companies. Plug inlang's products together for market expansion and a broader customer reach. I have no idea what that means and who it’s for. I don’t know if this is exactly what your product does but maybe a heading like: “The developer platform that makes data integrations easy” That at least tells me who is the buyer and what benefit I will get

> That at least tells me who is the buyer and what benefit I will get That is our problem. Taking a software product global (i18n/localiation/marketing) targets multiple personas and buyers (managers, developers, translators, designers, etc). We started with a dev-focused line but that didn't work for everyone else. Are product pages clear(er)? - https://inlang.com/m/gerre34r/library-inlang-paraglideJs - https://inla…

Maybe something like this might be better …

Heading: “Localizing your app, has never been {easier/facile/etc}”

Subhead: “A developer platform for all your i18n needs”

That the {xxx} is animated and changes languages

Re: Ask HN: What happened to startups, why is everything so polished?

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Post by nilsjcbsn »

layer8 wrote: post #60
samuelstros wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What is unclear? we know that we haven't nailed communication yet. one team member is working full time on communication/the website

I have no idea what “globalization ecosystem” is supposed to mean. There is a list of software components (“products”) I’m probably supposed to see a use for, but why would I go to that website to browse them? There is mention of “inlang projects”, but what is “inlang” and why would I have such a project? There is mention of “plugins for inlang”, but again, what is inlang and why does it need plugins?

I’m the responsible person that Samuel talked about. I agree thanks for the feedback. Any chance that we can get on a call?

Re: Ask HN: What happened to startups, why is everything so polished?

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Post by badpun »

Slick generic websites are cheap and easy to make. Had web technology was available 50 years ago, I'm sure both Apple and Microsoft would have those, even without any income and customers - Gates and Jobs were too shrewed a businessman to miss on those.

Re: Ask HN: What happened to startups, why is everything so polished?

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Post by maxerickson »

samsolomon wrote: post #72

Expectations and abilities have changed. Consumers now expect things to look polished, or at the very least, have a defined aesthetic. Businesses also expect that you have other customers and want assurance that you will not disappear. I believe the bigger story here is that individuals are now capable of doing much more than before. I'm a product designer. And over a decade ago I started my career building Wordpress…

"Consumers" have always expected things to look polished. The group of people looking at some fancy new juicer is a lot smaller than 'consumers'.

Re: Ask HN: What happened to startups, why is everything so polished?

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Post by keepamovin »

sludgebunny wrote: post #21

I came to this post literally 2 minutes after rage quitting doing some UI design for a startup idea I have. I was trying to make it look too shiny. Thank you for reminding me to be more authentic.

Hahaha :) good, you’re welcome. Can relate! This is my favorite comment
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