Hacker News: ErikAugust

New comment by ErikAugust in "I've launched 37 products in 5 years and not doing that again"

ErikAugust — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 12:07:36 +0000

I don’t get how anyone thinks that spending 100s of hours over and over again on projects that make $0 is a good idea. “Definition of insanity” and all that. You are in denial that you are unemployed, you might as well do something more interesting or enjoyable.

New comment by ErikAugust in "Amazon denies tariff pricing plan after White House calls it "hostile/political""

ErikAugust — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 14:08:22 +0000

The White House calling somebody "hostile and political". Hmph.

New comment by ErikAugust in "Interview Coder is an invisible AI for technical interviews"

ErikAugust — Sat, 05 Apr 2025 12:42:09 +0000

How did you know he used tools like this one? You sit him down and interrogate him? Or did they own up to it? What was the result? Did you cut them loose?

New comment by ErikAugust in "Interview Coder is an invisible AI for technical interviews"

ErikAugust — Sat, 05 Apr 2025 12:38:53 +0000

The industry seems so divided on AI right now.

We have interviews where we aren't allowing the use of it (yet interviewees are using stealth AIs to cheat). At the same time, I am also hearing of organizations mandating the use of it, ie: "20% of the code committed needs to be generated". There's probably a set of orgs that exist that do not allow the use of AI in coding interviews, yet practically mandate the use of AI in day-to-day work!

We are at an inflection point I think, but my guess is AI is going to win out soon enough.

New comment by ErikAugust in "Andrej Karpathy on the State of Web Development"

ErikAugust — Sat, 29 Mar 2025 12:18:05 +0000

"Supabase with a Vercel app"

I guess mega geniuses make mistakes too...

New comment by ErikAugust in "Code is the new no code"

ErikAugust — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 13:43:27 +0000

Has there ever been a successful SaaS startup that was built with “no code” methods/tools?

New comment by ErikAugust in "How many artists' careers did the Beatles kill?"

ErikAugust — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 13:56:37 +0000

Ha, awesome name and username.

New comment by ErikAugust in "How many artists' careers did the Beatles kill?"

ErikAugust — Sat, 15 Mar 2025 22:11:12 +0000

"If I was Eddie Vedder Would you like me any better? That's it, I quit, I don't Give a shit"

Local H, "Eddie Vedder", 1996

New comment by ErikAugust in "Gig workers worked more but earned less in 2024: study"

ErikAugust — Sat, 22 Feb 2025 23:37:33 +0000

Could you explain what you mean by upward mobility here? If you mean by working more hours, that’s not a novel way to make more money.

New comment by ErikAugust in "Gig workers worked more but earned less in 2024, a new study shows"

ErikAugust — Sat, 22 Feb 2025 23:29:16 +0000

Sure, make arguably less than minimum wage but do it whenever you want.

New comment by ErikAugust in "Gig workers worked more but earned less in 2024, a new study shows"

ErikAugust — Sat, 22 Feb 2025 23:19:33 +0000

Yeah, surprise surprise, $13/hour is getting close to the average minimum wage ($11.18/hour). Except without any benefits, and all the expenses that would normally be covered by your employer.

New comment by ErikAugust in "On David Lynch's Revenge of the Jedi"

ErikAugust — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 00:55:28 +0000

Yes, this came to my mind. That all this AI work will someday culminate in a generated Lynch Return of the Jedi.

New comment by ErikAugust in "You're not a senior engineer until you've worked on a legacy project (2023)"

ErikAugust — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 16:47:45 +0000

Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.

New comment by ErikAugust in "1% Equity for Founding Engineers Is BS"

ErikAugust — Mon, 10 Feb 2025 19:13:58 +0000

Not many people are going to totally ignore their opportunity costs to join as a "founder-ish" engineer at a startup.

I have taken a role like this before, but when I did so, I was making a lateral move from a compensation standpoint. This is without factoring in any expected value of equity (because there was none).

New comment by ErikAugust in "Give Me 30 Minutes, and I Will Kill Your Entrepreneurial Dream"

ErikAugust — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 15:07:54 +0000

"Here’s a particularly bleak statistic: a 2021 report showed that almost half of all entrepreneurs earn less than $30,000 a year. That’s less than the average kindergarten teacher—except kindergarten teachers don’t have to explain to their spouses why they spent $10,000 on a logo redesign."

I would love for the author to cite their sources on this but I do find it vibes with my experience.

In the tech world, it's not uncommon for founders to attract enough investment to at least pay themselves something before they have any revenue. But in lot of lines of business you can work very hard shouldering massive responsibilities, and take home almost nothing.

New comment by ErikAugust in "What we get wrong about athleticism"

ErikAugust — Sat, 01 Feb 2025 15:27:18 +0000

Look at Daniel Cormier too. Incredible athlete.

New comment by ErikAugust in "What we get wrong about athleticism"

ErikAugust — Sat, 01 Feb 2025 14:56:09 +0000

Conversely:

“Just because you look the part, doesn’t mean you can play, ask Manute Bol.” - Sage Francis

I'm not sure Manute is actually a great example but it's still a good line.

When I was playing sports back 25 years ago, I heard the expression "looks like Tarzan, plays like Jane" more than once.

New comment by ErikAugust in "Job trends of HN Who Is Hiring?"

ErikAugust — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 02:05:27 +0000

Ha. Not that anyone lies to VCs or anything.

New comment by ErikAugust in "Looking for work is a full time job"

ErikAugust — Fri, 24 Jan 2025 22:35:57 +0000

It’s a great title and idea for an article.

Maybe start a blog for the board, and create that article?

Signed, Non-expert in content marketing

New comment by ErikAugust in "Looking for work is a full time job"

ErikAugust — Fri, 24 Jan 2025 22:08:33 +0000

The title of this post has sparked a good discussion here but it links directly to a job board? I was expecting an article.