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Reaching $10k monthly revenue with WakaTime, my SaaS side project

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Re: Reaching $10k monthly revenue with WakaTime, my SaaS side project

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Post by quadlock »

dang wrote: post #144

A user emailed to tell us that the ownership of this project and this story of its founding are disputed and there's a legal process going on. A quick check shows a bit of supporting evidence for this, so I think it's best if we bury this post for now. We have no way to tell who's right, and it doesn't seem fair for HN to implicitly take a side by featuring one side of the story. Incidentally, we invited this submiss…

dang,

The story is about building this product. About putting in the time(thousands of precious hours) and focus to build the extensive amount of software running Wakatime. He has listened to his users and built the integrations. There is no disputing that. This story deserves attention and is true. Let whoever else make claims about their alleged ownership on their own time. it wouldn’t change the story.

Re: Reaching $10k monthly revenue with WakaTime, my SaaS side project

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Post by beaugunderson »

welder wrote: post #156
beaugunderson wrote: post #153

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This response is fishy as hell. I don't know what Priyanka's title was at WakaTime but I viewed her as the public face of the company, as judged by the dozens of emails I have from WakaTime that all came from her, her activity in the Slack, her blog posts which were removed from the WakaTime blog, etc. Here's one example of an email from Priyanka on behalf of WakaTime: https://i.imgur.com/PYHuc8s.png And the removal…

> Here's one example of an email from Priyanka on behalf of WakaTime At the time I was happy when she said she would send the newsletter emails for me, but now I see she just wanted people to think she was the public face for WakaTime to further a tech founder persona. Yea I made a mistake letting her send newsletters on behalf of WakaTime, but that doesn't mean she can claim to have built WakaTime. > This response i…

Are you saying she didn't write the content of the newsletters, or moderate the Slack, or write those blog posts? I don't think anyone is contending that she wrote the code but I know my own interest in WakaTime would have waned without the community and the newsletters.

I am still unsatisfied with your version of events because it seems to discount that Priyanka did any work at all.

Re: Reaching $10k monthly revenue with WakaTime, my SaaS side project

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Post by [deleted] »

swat535 wrote: post #159
dvt wrote: post #157

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Concur with this. Would really suck if @welder gets screwed because of an unhappy ex-cofounder. Allegations or not, the buck needs to stop somewhere.

I'm not sure what you're getting at. If there is an ongoing legal dispute, then whatever proof that was send remains under question until the dispute of ownership is settled.

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Re: Reaching $10k monthly revenue with WakaTime, my SaaS side project

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Post by doomjunky »

beaugunderson wrote: post #162
welder wrote: post #156

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Here's one example of an email from Priyanka on behalf of WakaTime At the time I was happy when she said she would send the newsletter emails for me, but now I see she just wanted people to think she was the public face for WakaTime to further a tech founder persona. Yea I made a mistake letting her send newsletters on behalf of WakaTime, but that doesn't mean she can claim to have built WakaTime. > This response i…

Are you saying she didn't write the content of the newsletters, or moderate the Slack, or write those blog posts? I don't think anyone is contending that she wrote the code but I know my own interest in WakaTime would have waned without the community and the newsletters. I am still unsatisfied with your version of events because it seems to discount that Priyanka did any work at all.

Her first blog post was on: 2014-12-16

Her last blog post was on: 2015-03-31

This doesn't look like an sophisticated engagement.

Re: Reaching $10k monthly revenue with WakaTime, my SaaS side project

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Post by beaugunderson »

doomjunky wrote: post #164
beaugunderson wrote: post #162

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are you saying she didn't write the content of the newsletters, or moderate the Slack, or write those blog posts? I don't think anyone is contending that she wrote the code but I know my own interest in WakaTime would have waned without the community and the newsletters. I am still unsatisfied with your version of events because it seems to discount that Priyanka did any work at all.

Her first blog post was on: 2014-12-16 Her last blog post was on: 2015-03-31 This doesn't look like an sophisticated engagement.

Here's a Google Trends chart for 'WakaTime':

https://i.imgur.com/VHeJPYY.png

That first spike is December 2014. Interesting timing!

The last Slack notification email I have from her is from 10/26/2015. Why is it so hard to believe that she did a year or so's worth of work for WakaTime? Why are her contributions to be valued less because they aren't code?

Re: Reaching $10k monthly revenue with WakaTime, my SaaS side project

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Post by vanesa- »

dang wrote: post #144

A user emailed to tell us that the ownership of this project and this story of its founding are disputed and there's a legal process going on. A quick check shows a bit of supporting evidence for this, so I think it's best if we bury this post for now. We have no way to tell who's right, and it doesn't seem fair for HN to implicitly take a side by featuring one side of the story. Incidentally, we invited this submiss…

I know the founder Alan and I know Priyanka and I can verify Alan's version. There is no dispute about the ownership. Priyanka bluntly lied to HN and I am shocked to read they would fall for it. I guess everyone is especially careful to not discredit a self-proclaimed "female founder".

I experienced Priyanka as a dishonest person, solely focused on personal gain, who had no issues with stealing credit from others (including from me). It's terrifying to see that she continues to leech off Alan's hard work and even damage his success. Alan only listed her temporarily as Co-Founder on the website (almost 2 years AFTER he founded WakaTime) to build up her confidence in talking to investors (an idea she had btw). She proceeded however to use that for self-promotion, giving interviews all over the place of how she was a "female founder", despite it being a fake title. She would tell Alan that it was all to help Wakatime. Alan was too patient and trusting, even though many people who met Priyanka and saw through her manipulation were warning him about her. Despite finally realizing what she was doing, he kept her listed on the website for many more months, because it was helping her get new job opportunities. He was THAT generous and just didn't think she would exploit him and his hard work. She has now woven such a big lie that all she can do is continue lying. I hope the truth will finally catch up to her.

Re: Reaching $10k monthly revenue with WakaTime, my SaaS side project

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Post by j45 »

j_s wrote: post #55
j45 wrote: post #8

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It can also be taken as you will read what you need to when you need to be solving it - instead of reading in advance.

Sharing progress with mentor(s) who can point to resources at the right time makes this easier.

Great idea.

Re: Reaching $10k monthly revenue with WakaTime, my SaaS side project

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Post by graphememes »

xstartup wrote: post #136
graphememes wrote: post #96

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What? I have a 16TB raid that only costs 800$ a month. You should look into how you store that information.

Yep, that's right. We've not investigated cloud costs at all. If only, I get to have some calm days when my hair is not on fire. Maybe I just suck at development or need to hire really good dev ops team. For now, just single developer.

I've read a good book that taught me some good ways of managing time. 7 Habits of Highly Effective people
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