Hacker News: adamlangsner

New comment by adamlangsner in "Kimi Work"

adamlangsner — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 19:33:18 +0000

this landing page looks like a cheap ripoff of google's antigravity: https://antigravity.google/

New comment by adamlangsner in "Anthropic takes $5B from Amazon and pledges $100B in cloud spending in return"

adamlangsner — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 16:14:17 +0000

So Anthropic essentially got the same 5% cash back deal anyone who has a Visa Prime card gets? “AI Companies: They’re just like the rest of us”

New comment by adamlangsner in ""AI Will Replace All the Jobs " Is Just Tech Execs Doing Marketing"

adamlangsner — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 14:56:15 +0000

only Tom Cruise can

New comment by adamlangsner in "Ask HN: How do you record your personal finances?"

adamlangsner — Fri, 03 Jun 2022 11:36:11 +0000

I built this purely frontend tool to plan out my budget. It looks like crap but it works great. I built it in 2012 and havent touched the code since.

It lives on an S3 bucket and stores the data in local storage.

http://www.mindlessflash.com/budget

New comment by adamlangsner in "The Complete Argument Against Crypto"

adamlangsner — Sat, 09 Apr 2022 13:57:22 +0000

his point is not that sanctions or good or bad, but rather that the people doing the sanctioning were elected by the people. Albright was appointed by a president who won in a democratic referendum and was confirmed by senators who too were elected by the people in their respective states. There is accountability there. If you don’t like the leaders you can vote them out and replace them with new leaders. The American republic is by no means a perfect system, but it has a lot more accountability built into it than allowing private entities to control whether or not a foreign entity is sanctioned. Moving to a system where unelected billionaires have control of sanctioning powers with no accountability to the people is less desirable and offers less accountability

New comment by adamlangsner in "Is YC a Monopoly?"

adamlangsner — Mon, 14 Feb 2022 01:34:04 +0000

YC is a monopoly in the same way that Coca Cola is a Monopoly. And if you’ve ever been to a Taco Bell, Pizza Hut or KFC you’ll know exactly how much they are not.

New comment by adamlangsner in "[dead]"

adamlangsner — Sun, 26 Sep 2021 23:24:24 +0000

“ But what we can tell you is his portfolio is up nearly 20% since he started trading in June”

It’s a catchy headline but very misleading. Buffett has done a good job outperforming the market for the past like 50 years (idk the exact number but something like that. He reads through tons and tons of financial disclosures to understand how businesses operate and find businesses that are undervalued by the market, then snatches them up. It requires a lot of reading, learning and an incredible amount of patience and self control.

It’s a bit unfair to compare woth a hamster or monkeys and dart boards or anything like that. Yes the random picking of stocks or crypto’s or whatever can beat a lot of asset managers that don’t really know what they’re doing, but Buffett is different and has a track record to prove it

The Insane Way I Order Chinese Food in 2021

adamlangsner — Fri, 09 Apr 2021 14:01:34 +0000

Article URL: https://dontsubscribe.substack.com/p/the-insane-way-i-order-chinese-food

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26750697

Points: 7

# Comments: 2

New comment by adamlangsner in "Open source is not a business model (2018)"

adamlangsner — Sat, 27 Mar 2021 19:25:48 +0000

It is not a business model. But it is a good communication and branding strategy

What Alec Baldwin can teach you about Growing your Twitter

adamlangsner — Fri, 26 Mar 2021 17:02:54 +0000

Article URL: https://www.indiehackers.com/post/what-alec-baldwin-can-teach-you-about-growing-your-twitter-c91ad6281c

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26594403

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Why “Build an Audience First” Is Terrible Advice

adamlangsner — Thu, 18 Mar 2021 20:10:51 +0000

Article URL: https://www.indiehackers.com/post/why-build-an-audience-first-is-terrible-advice-770c0f8179

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26507041

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by adamlangsner in "Tesla says “Full Self-Driving” software doesn't make cars autonomous"

adamlangsner — Sun, 14 Mar 2021 01:30:56 +0000

Identity

New comment by adamlangsner in "Don't Fall into the Info Product Trap"

adamlangsner — Fri, 12 Mar 2021 21:02:14 +0000

OP here.

You are spot on. I actually built TweetSpacer because there are lot of existing players in the market.

I've spent 2.5 years building "original" products that never made me any money.

So I decided to try something totally different this time, I decided to go into an existing market and just put my spin on it and produce a product with good build quality.

I figure the market for social media automation tools is monopolistic and so I think that if I make a good product, talk to customers and carve out a niche I could have a small business.

It may not work. It could blow up in my face. But so far it's the first thing I've made that's generated any revenue. Not much yet, but it's better than the $0 I was stuck at for so long.

I used to loathe the idea of making something that's already out there, but I kept thinking about pepsi. Why does pepsi exist? I still don't know why. I like coke. But I think it's ok to have multiple proudcts that achieve a similar task. There's lots of dimensions you can compete on.

Don't Fall into the Info Product Trap

adamlangsner — Fri, 12 Mar 2021 18:03:11 +0000

Article URL: https://www.indiehackers.com/post/dont-fall-into-the-info-product-trap-2aba588781

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26438732

Points: 16

# Comments: 3

I made my first $20. But did it take 2 Days, 2 Months or 2 Years?

adamlangsner — Mon, 08 Mar 2021 18:25:36 +0000

Article URL: https://www.indiehackers.com/post/i-made-my-first-20-but-did-it-take-2-days-2-months-or-2-years-88b91d8e1c

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26389487

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

I've been an indie hacker for 2.5 years, made $0 and every mistake possible, AMA

adamlangsner — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 21:15:06 +0000

Article URL: https://www.indiehackers.com/post/ive-been-an-indie-hacker-for-2-5-years-made-0-and-every-mistake-possible-ama-2b3ec1b1ec

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26320867

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

New comment by adamlangsner in "South Korean boy with 43% gains is new retail trading icon"

adamlangsner — Fri, 12 Feb 2021 02:51:23 +0000

I think you misunderstand his investment philosophy.

He's a budding value investor and his role model is Warren Buffett which means he's buying undervalued stocks that have good fundamentals.

One of the companies he says he bought is Samsung. And while there may be a correction in the future, it's self evident that Samsung is a legit company with strong fundamentals.

Also he said in the article that he's investing long term: “Rather than short-term focused day trading, I want to keep my investment for 10 to 20 years with a long-term perspective, hopefully to maximize my returns.”

Value investors and students of Warren Buffett know that part of investing this way means you need the equanimity and tenacity to weather any short term volatility.

New comment by adamlangsner in "Tesla buys $1.5B in Bitcoin, may accept it as payment in the future"

adamlangsner — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 14:57:36 +0000

"The highest reach of injustice is being deemed just when in fact you are not" - Plato

Ask HN: Without Googling. How do you define Branding?

adamlangsner — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 15:52:01 +0000

On my journey as an entrepreneur one of the most confusing things I've been trying to figure out is what exactly is Branding?

All the things I've read seem to circle around an idea but I'm not sure what the core idea of it is. What is the defining feature of Branding.

So, without first googling it. How do you define Branding?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26014726

Points: 1

# Comments: 5

Tesla Recalls 135,000 Vehicles

adamlangsner — Tue, 02 Feb 2021 15:10:08 +0000

Article URL: https://www.engadget.com/tesla-recalls-model-s-x-over-touchscreen-failures-142444006.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26001795

Points: 2

# Comments: 0