Hacker News: AlBentley

New comment by AlBentley in "Apps SDK"

AlBentley — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 00:26:55 +0000

exactly. Booking.com etc can just use OpenAI APIs to enable a similar voice/ chat interface on top of their search, and then the UX is not limited to 'cards'.

The UI 'cards' will naturally becoming ever increasing, and soon you end up back with a full app within ChatGPT or ChatGPT just becomes an app launcher.

The only advantage I can see is if ChatGPT can use data from other apps/ chats in your searches e.g. find me hotels in NYC for my upcoming trip (and it already knows the types of hotels you like, your budget and your dates)

New comment by AlBentley in "Created a free website that simplifies stock analysis"

AlBentley — Mon, 11 Dec 2023 00:04:33 +0000

Simply Wall St has and will always have a free plan ;)

UI looks great though, nice work!

New comment by AlBentley in "Finance sites erroneously show Amazon, Apple, other stocks crashing"

AlBentley — Tue, 04 Jul 2017 01:28:09 +0000

Turns out they are scraping price data, the bots must have failed!

How to do DD like a startup founder

AlBentley — Tue, 20 Dec 2016 14:06:48 +0000

Article URL: https://medium.com/@Al__Bentley/how-to-do-due-diligence-like-a-startup-founder-and-stop-sham-startups-f93f75ab9707#.hqfr2ry70

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13219856

Points: 1

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New comment by AlBentley in "How we unnecessarily burned 20k with Facebook Ads"

AlBentley — Wed, 07 Sep 2016 06:18:04 +0000

We definitely do NOT dismiss it!!! It just means you need to spend a lot more time finding the real reason, or maybe you are getting traffic from the wrong group of people who have no interest in your product anyway.

Good example would be Product Hunt or Techcrunch as a traffic source, mostly useless for any testing as everyone on those sites is just interested in 'new products' or startups and is unlikely to be in your target demo.

New comment by AlBentley in "How we unnecessarily burned 20k with Facebook Ads"

AlBentley — Wed, 07 Sep 2016 06:15:13 +0000

To clarify what I mean by "doesn't solve major problem": it actually might solve a major problem for them but due to shit messaging/ UX/ onboarding/ trust/ bugs/ whatever they haven't realised it.

So you are correct but all those things I just consider to be part of the product as a whole.

New comment by AlBentley in "The forgotten underground world of Swiss bunkers"

AlBentley — Tue, 06 Sep 2016 15:06:01 +0000

Below the ski resort of Verbier (Swiss) there is bunker which has been converted into a hostel. I've stayed there for a week and it is very bad, and this is just sleeping there at night. Think tiny 3 story bunks, 10+ person dorms, 2 showers and almost no communal area.

https://www.tripadvisor.com.au/Hotel_Review-g198848-d306983-...

New comment by AlBentley in "How we unnecessarily burned 20k with Facebook Ads"

AlBentley — Tue, 06 Sep 2016 14:48:54 +0000

Our experience when trying this approach is 90% reply with 'lack of time' which is not the true reason but basically means the product didn't solve a major problem for them.

New comment by AlBentley in "Ask HN: What did your 'Show HN' project turn into?"

AlBentley — Tue, 05 Jul 2016 07:11:46 +0000

I have been thinking about this a lot. How were you able to measure the fact you were ranking poorly before making the switch?

We use a .st domain, and whilst it is not explicitly mentioned on Googles generic list there are very few localized .st sites so I am hoping Google is counting it as a generic domain.

Note most of our users are in the US!

Simply Wall St – Explore the Stock Market Like Never Before

AlBentley — Thu, 11 Feb 2016 11:41:30 +0000

Article URL: https://simplywall.st/user/views/explore

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11079541

Points: 4

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New comment by AlBentley in "Atlassian's success reminds what a crappy place Australia is for tech business"

AlBentley — Mon, 14 Dec 2015 06:20:36 +0000

If you think your startup will only succeed with a fast internet connection you should probably find a better idea.

New comment by AlBentley in "Atlassian's success reminds what a crappy place Australia is for tech business"

AlBentley — Mon, 14 Dec 2015 06:19:14 +0000

What about R&D tax rebate?

Startup offers live stock data API

AlBentley — Wed, 25 Feb 2015 14:43:40 +0000

Article URL: http://www.programmableweb.com/news/startup-offers-live-stock-data-graphics-api/brief/2015/02/18

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9106911

Points: 1

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New comment by AlBentley in "Show HN: Simply Wall St – A new visual way to look at the stock market"

AlBentley — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 21:34:04 +0000

The data is update daily from our provider Capital IQ. We are looking at pulling 15 min delayed price data in soon for the value screen.

Show HN: Simply Wall St – A new visual way to look at the stock market

AlBentley — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 21:17:30 +0000

Article URL: http://simplywall.st/snowflake/grid

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8719238

Points: 10

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New comment by AlBentley in "Show HN: Simply Wall St – Pinterest for Stocks in the US, UK and Aus"

AlBentley — Tue, 18 Nov 2014 14:25:03 +0000

Thanks man, all the data comes from S&P Capital IQ.

Show HN: Simply Wall St – Pinterest for Stocks in the US, UK and Aus

AlBentley — Tue, 18 Nov 2014 14:17:15 +0000

Article URL: http://simplywall.st/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8623887

Points: 7

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