Software people are such a "DIY" crowd, that I think selling courses to us (or selling courses to our employers) is a crappy prospect. The hacker ethos is to build it yourself, so paying for courses seems like a poor mismatch.
I have a family member that produces training courses for salespeople; she's doing fantastic.
This reminds me of some similar startup advice of: don't sell to musicians. They don't have any money, and they're well-versed in scrappy research to fill their needs.
Finally, if you're against AI, you might have missed how good of a learning tool LLMs can be. The ability to ask _any_ question, rather than being stuck-on-video-rails, is huge time-saver.
>Software people are such a "DIY" crowd, that I think selling courses to us (or selling courses to our employers) is a crappy prospect. The hacker ethos is to build it yourself, so paying for courses seems like a poor mismatch.
I think courses like these are peak "DIY". These aren't courses teaching you to RTFM. It's teaching you how to think deeper and find the edge cases and develop philosophy. That's knowledge worth its weight in gold. Unlike React tutorial #32456 this is showing us how things really work "under the hood".
I'd happily pay for that. If I could.
>don't sell to musicians. They don't have any money
But programmers traditionally do have money?
>if you're against AI, you might have missed how good of a learning tool LLMs can be.
I don't think someone putting their business on the line with their stance needs yet another HN squeed on why AI actually good. Pretty sure they've thought deeply of this.
This article makes sense when you figure out that the author's assumption is that vibe-coded == bad.
It sounds like this startup headed for closure anyway, with it's failing revenue, "At the same time, the current revenue projection calls for the end of the business within a few more months."
So, the vibe-coded app is a hail mary by the CEO / investors? If you're already just a few months from closing shop, maybe switching to a vibe-coded up saves you a ton of engineering headcount and gives you a chance? Changes the math on how you price the product?
Maybe slugs were meant for better things than engineering
Nice! When I was leaving a company after 4 years there, I went through jira + my git commits to write a log of everything I'd done. Really great look back.
This is a cool idea! So I think, unfortunately, you are competing with automated tools like https://poly.cam/
My cousin-in-law produces music videos, and he'll take a polycam of sports cars (or even people!) and add them to his videos, it's powerful and instantaneous. No 2-3 day wait time.
It's great that you're working on this. If you want to continue on this, I'd consider:
- Cleaning up the design of the website-- it looks kind of crappy. Get an AI agent to clean it up for you, it's better to look like "generic professional website" rather than "crappy amateur".
- Use the more common words for creating 3d models. A "Visit" sounds like an experience, but what you're really making is a "scene", or a "spatial capture", or a "floor plan".
- Maybe try to figure out a niche. Is your niche that people can edit this the 3d object afterwards? Or is the niche integration with video games? You gotta find something that doesn't directly compete with polycam.
The personality metrics they're using are the Big-5. The Big 5 has good test-retest scores (if you take the test a month apart, you're likely to get the same scores). Big 5 is used in a ton of psychological studies now.
If I had to bet on nature vs nurture, I'd place bets on nature. Separated twin studies seem to suggest genes are a strong determiner. And if you've ever met a kid who stubbornly prefers to be introverted or extroverted-- it often has nothing to do with how adults are treating them.
I don't dismiss it entirely, and humans don't really know enough about how the brain works on the mechanical level. The big 5 doesn't look very insightful.
>And if you've ever met a kid who stubbornly prefers to be introverted or extroverted...
My mom says she had an inkling I would be introverted (like my dad) and my sister would be extraverted (like her) just based on our behavior in the womb. I was very calm and nonreactive, while my sister was a big kicker and very reactive to external stimuli. Those personality traits have indeed persisted through adulthood.
I have a family member that produces training courses for salespeople; she's doing fantastic.
This reminds me of some similar startup advice of: don't sell to musicians. They don't have any money, and they're well-versed in scrappy research to fill their needs.
Finally, if you're against AI, you might have missed how good of a learning tool LLMs can be. The ability to ask _any_ question, rather than being stuck-on-video-rails, is huge time-saver.