I just want to express my gratitude to Wes and the team of people who worked on this. I had to go back and read it twice that it's been 10 years since the PR for v5 was opened. That's wild! I can only imagine the immense amount of work it must have been to change the inertia of this project. Cheers to a new chapter!
Really cool! But your site could really benefit from having more examples. One image is not enough. Maybe you can link to an instagram account with examples that users share with you. I could see this being a fun activity at a wedding event.
Re: "Wedding events" Yes! But, the cloud. (see below).
One of the problems with my current workflow is its dependent on not only 1. an internet connection but 2. there is a "cloud" i have to interact with to use my off-the-shelf machine.
I have hardware for a new machine, it will need zero internet and work off the grid with nothing but 110 (maybe 12v?) power.
I haven't spent the time to "put the pieces together" so to speak. It needs a UI that allows control over the execution of the plotter artwork. Stuff that pesky "cloud" sort of does, but separates me enough from that I need to make my own version that allows for necessary control.
I think if I was given the time and space to do the deep work necessary I could get a functional MVP working in 2-3 weeks. The constraints of life mean that I can only give it 30min to 1 hour spurts, and even then those are not consistent at all.
Photographing the artwork has also been a challenge for me. I finally bought a pre-made template that I like so hopefully I can get past all the emotional hangups with my past failures and just move forward with what I have instead of trying to "perfect" it all before launch.
To be fair only about half of US ACH traffic flows through the Fed (the other half goes through the Clearing House Payments Company), but the Fed is very much involved (and a critical component of) the ACH network, even if the system is not explicitly a government one.
I’ve been enjoying the ByteByteGo newsletter. The content is often very abbreviated, but the breadth of topics touched on keeps it interesting. I always learn a little bit about something new.
Yes - 5 years ago I had my own small startup building Shopify apps. The business wasn’t growing as fast as I’d have liked and so I was taking on part time contract work on the side. I responded to a job post here on HN from a YC company, and ended up doing a little contract work for them. They liked it and they came back a few months later to see if I’d join them full time to lead the product eng team. I considered my options, and what I liked about the opportunity at the startup was that they were building in a similar space as I was with my business, except better capitalized and further along. I took the job and have been with the company 5 years now. As with any startup, it’s had its ups and downs, but overall it was a good decision for me and I have no regrets. And I owe it all to HN. Thank you HN!
I read it for the first time last year and found most of it still very relevant. And there’s an updated version with a chapter on http/2. I’d love to see an http/3 chapter added.
Tim Ferris talks about this problem. His solution was to look up the 'Silver/Bronze' people, not just the 'Gold' people, in an event and just email them. I think he went to a 'silver medalist' in some surfing competition for lessons and claimed that 3 hours skype sessions were only $120. Ferris' reasoning was that the silver person was only 0.1% 'less' than the gold, so the price differential is totally worth it for private lessons. Also that most 'silver' people have never done private lessons in their expertise so they are very willing to help. It takes like 5 minutes of googling for this and writing some emails, maybe 30 minutes in total including negotiations for payment.
Intelligence Squared[1] did a debate on this topic. It's definitely worth listening to.
To summarize a couple of the more compelling arguments in the camp _against_ extending lifespans:
1. Turnover of ideas from the older generation to a new generation with fresh ideas. This turnover is healthy and benefits our society's ability to progress.
2. Negative impact on our decision making processes. We construct a narrative of our lives and often the decisions we make are based on how they impact our personal narrative, knowing there is an 'end' to our story makes us value each decision we make, and thus make better decisions.
