Hacker News: ChadMoran

New comment by ChadMoran in "Introduction to Obsidian"

ChadMoran — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 16:02:10 +0000

No but that seems like a read-query/time concern that can be solved rather than your data.

New comment by ChadMoran in "An Introduction to Obsidian"

ChadMoran — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 01:45:01 +0000

I have an inbox/ folder and a daily/ folder.

Inbox is where all new docs go to, I just use #tags and file references.

New comment by ChadMoran in "Introduction to Obsidian"

ChadMoran — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 23:08:50 +0000

I've embraced radical simplicity with Obsidian.

I have an inbox folder that is where all new docs go. Then daily notes. That's it. I tag lines with #thething #theotherthing.

Tagging acts as the organization, lowers the barrier of entry and keeps things discoverable.

New comment by ChadMoran in "Introduction to Obsidian"

ChadMoran — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 23:07:43 +0000

This reminds me of people who build elaborate Notion "second brains" that serve no purpose other than to develop/demo them.

New comment by ChadMoran in "Figma's MCP Update Reflects a Larger Industry Shift"

ChadMoran — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 20:16:54 +0000

I'd take a cash bet there is soon going to be an enterprise OpenClaw product and every major business is going to demand that their SaaS partners support it.

New comment by ChadMoran in "Figma's MCP Update Reflects a Larger Industry Shift"

ChadMoran — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 16:50:19 +0000

SaaS products are headed to where the UI isn't the undifferentiated factor. People have been so busy building a UI that works for everyone so it works for no one. The real value is the data and the workflow they provide. Make the data accessible to agents (MCP, OpenClaw skills, etc0.

People who do that will do well.

New comment by ChadMoran in "Nobody gets promoted for simplicity"

ChadMoran — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 21:30:07 +0000

Hah, well I've done something right. They've let me stay here almost 15 years.

New comment by ChadMoran in "Nobody gets promoted for simplicity"

ChadMoran — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 21:29:49 +0000

Amazon uses a complicated process called "attributed OPS". Meaning you may not be directly responsible for but you contributed in some way.

New comment by ChadMoran in "Nobody gets promoted for simplicity"

ChadMoran — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 04:50:55 +0000

I launched a technical feature on Amazon's retail platform that is responsible for 9 figures worth of revenue. When I launched it, it had no infrastructure. It was a collection of small changes across every core platform (Detail Page, Cart, Checkout, etc).

At first people were like "Well, you didn't do much" but when they saw the value things changed drastically. It's a bit of marketing you have to do to help bring people along.

Often perceived impact is correlated with complexity, sadly.

New comment by ChadMoran in "Why Developers Keep Choosing Claude over Every Other AI"

ChadMoran — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 16:30:36 +0000

Model aside, the harness of Claude Code is just a much better experience. Agent teams, liberal use of tasks and small other ergonomics make it a better dev tool for me.

New comment by ChadMoran in "IBM tripling entry-level jobs after finding the limits of AI adoption"

ChadMoran — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 19:07:44 +0000

AI enabled me to ship more features faster, increasing the value to customers. It's that simple.

New comment by ChadMoran in "IBM tripling entry-level jobs after finding the limits of AI adoption"

ChadMoran — Sun, 15 Feb 2026 16:55:49 +0000

Fair. I've had super-linear growth since launching in September. Zero marketing outside of a referral program. People genuinely love what I'm building. I get multiple emails per week about how people appreciate the software and how I send out weekly emails about everything I've launched.

New comment by ChadMoran in "IBM tripling entry-level jobs after finding the limits of AI adoption"

ChadMoran — Sun, 15 Feb 2026 16:54:47 +0000

First of all, thank you. I've always been told I have a back for seeing opportunities others don't.

For me, I always had the ideas and even as a competent engineer, the speed of development annoyed me.

I think folks get annoyed when their reality doesn't match other people's claims. But I have friends who aren't engineers who have launched successful SaaS products. I don't know if it's jealousy or what but people are quite passionate about how it doesn't have productivity gains.

Hell, I remember Intellisense in Visual Studio being a big boon for me. Now I can have tasks asynchronous, even if not faster, it frees up my time.

New comment by ChadMoran in "IBM tripling entry-level jobs after finding the limits of AI adoption"

ChadMoran — Sun, 15 Feb 2026 05:37:31 +0000

I don't even know what flagged means lol

New comment by ChadMoran in "IBM tripling entry-level jobs after finding the limits of AI adoption"

ChadMoran — Sun, 15 Feb 2026 04:33:31 +0000

Thanks! I used to own a Tesla and there were similar platforms out there. Bought a Rivian and wanted something like that. I started building this before AI-assisted coding was very popular. But it greatly increased my productivity.

New comment by ChadMoran in "IBM tripling entry-level jobs after finding the limits of AI adoption"

ChadMoran — Sun, 15 Feb 2026 04:04:35 +0000

Still need good taste and judgement to build the thing people actually want to use.

New comment by ChadMoran in "IBM tripling entry-level jobs after finding the limits of AI adoption"

ChadMoran — Sun, 15 Feb 2026 04:03:52 +0000

I only started charging customers in September. Super-linear growth. I launched annual subscriptions and within less than a week > 15% of customers switched.

New comment by ChadMoran in "IBM tripling entry-level jobs after finding the limits of AI adoption"

ChadMoran — Sun, 15 Feb 2026 04:02:43 +0000

I'm noticeably faster shipping.

New comment by ChadMoran in "IBM tripling entry-level jobs after finding the limits of AI adoption"

ChadMoran — Sun, 15 Feb 2026 04:00:17 +0000

Understanding when to make something deterministic and not is critical. Taste and judgement is critical.

New comment by ChadMoran in "IBM tripling entry-level jobs after finding the limits of AI adoption"

ChadMoran — Sun, 15 Feb 2026 03:59:39 +0000

The only thing the comments told me is that people lake judgement and taste to do it themselves. It's not hard, identify a problem that's niche enough for a problem you can solve.

Stop arguing on HN and get to building.