The future of nReduce • Hacker News Board

Re: The future of nReduce

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Post by guscost » Thu, Jul 26, 2012, 7:25 AM UTC

I've also been in nReduce since it started and I think it's a great community.

+2cents

Re: The future of nReduce

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Post by akurilin » Thu, Jul 26, 2012, 7:32 AM UTC

nReduce has been invaluable for us at PolarMeter. We especially benefited from the weekly kick-in-the-butt to show what you've accomplished, the honest no-bs feedback from other founders and the chance to meet and build relationships with other teams during nReduce Tuesdays.

Joe and Josh have done a great job so far, keep it up and things will get even bigger and awesomer!

Re: The future of nReduce

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Post by joemellin » Thu, Jul 26, 2012, 7:33 AM UTC

akurilin wrote: post #22

nReduce has been invaluable for us at PolarMeter. We especially benefited from the weekly kick-in-the-butt to show what you've accomplished, the honest no-bs feedback from other founders and the chance to meet and build relationships with other teams during nReduce Tuesdays. Joe and Josh have done a great job so far, keep it up and things will get even bigger and awesomer!

Glad it has been a good experience for you!

Re: The future of nReduce

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Post by joemellin » Thu, Jul 26, 2012, 7:40 AM UTC

guscost wrote: post #21

I've also been in nReduce since it started and I think it's a great community. +2cents

Thanks Gus!

Re: The future of nReduce

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Post by AlexanderZ » Thu, Jul 26, 2012, 8:39 AM UTC

Two months later, I can say that the decision to join nReduce was a right one. The requirement to ship every week keeps you motivated; this is exactly what I needed. As I said in my intro video, "My name is Alexander and I never finish (personal) projects." I'm sure there are many other developers who have 90%-ready projects but never get to showing them to the public.

If you are one of these guys, consider joining nReduce. It's been two months now and Feetlot.com just got its first users (who are loving it; and if you buy shoes online, check it out). I honestly think that if I hadn't joined nReduce, there would have been no alpha by now.

There is one month left till the demo day but already now I can say that I've reached my initial goal of launching an alpha and getting first visitors.

Thank you, nReduce. Keep it up!

Re: The future of nReduce

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Post by deepGem » Thu, Jul 26, 2012, 10:15 AM UTC

Another startup guy at nReduce here. Because of the time differences (I'm in India) I'm not able to participate actively in the community. I know I should learn to wake up early. What has really helped me are the weekly builds. I just missed uploading one update and I'm feeling so bad I couldn't do it on time. Needless to say, you get what you put in to the program. So far, it's been a self discipling tool for me.

Re: The future of nReduce

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Post by Qworg » Thu, Jul 26, 2012, 2:06 PM UTC

nReduce has been great for Spark. The weekly checkins, combined with frank advice from our fellow teams, makes for a serious kick in the pants drive to ship constantly.

I would recommend nReduce for any startup.

If there's one gripe, it is in the use of binary peer ratings to determine who gets to move on - it really encourages gaming the system, rather than focusing on doing your best work.

Re: The future of nReduce

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Post by imperialWicket » Thu, Jul 26, 2012, 2:07 PM UTC

Another nReducer here - we're on a distributed team, and bootstrapping. Since making a team-wide move was not a possibility for us, nReduce has been an amazing opportunity.

Great work so far from the nReduce team, and the startup team interactions are super-helpful.

Re: The future of nReduce

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Post by joemellin » Thu, Jul 26, 2012, 2:09 PM UTC

Qworg wrote: post #27

nReduce has been great for Spark. The weekly checkins, combined with frank advice from our fellow teams, makes for a serious kick in the pants drive to ship constantly. I would recommend nReduce for any startup. If there's one gripe, it is in the use of binary peer ratings to determine who gets to move on - it really encourages gaming the system, rather than focusing on doing your best work.

Thanks so much for the feedback. The dynamics of the system are very subtel and we are seeing how things play out over time. The "gaming of the system" if you look at it looks like it is taking the form of people having to make deals with other teams. Kind of an interesting dynamic. We will of course revisit this over time.

Re: The future of nReduce

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Post by joemellin » Thu, Jul 26, 2012, 2:09 PM UTC

imperialWicket wrote: post #28

Another nReducer here - we're on a distributed team, and bootstrapping. Since making a team-wide move was not a possibility for us, nReduce has been an amazing opportunity. Great work so far from the nReduce team, and the startup team interactions are super-helpful.

Sweet! Glad it has worked out for you!