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New comment by bumblebee4 in "SapphireDb – Open-Source Alternative to Firebase"

bumblebee4 — Wed, 15 Jan 2020 22:54:26 +0000

That depends on your use case since Firebase is more than a database. Since CouchDB is from 2005 and Firebase is from 2011, it is in comparison a very mature product and protocol worth trying.

New comment by bumblebee4 in "SapphireDb – Open-Source Alternative to Firebase"

bumblebee4 — Wed, 15 Jan 2020 19:33:27 +0000

PouchDB is CouchDB-Protocol implemented in javascript so you can run it wherever there is javascript, not just as a client. If you want to have a backend, you can use any DB that supports that protocol (there are several), which includes using a PouchDB instance run by node.js.

New comment by bumblebee4 in "SapphireDb – Open-Source Alternative to Firebase"

bumblebee4 — Wed, 15 Jan 2020 17:51:16 +0000

That sounds interesting. Have you compared your service to pouchdb and gun? Is it possible to use icepeak in offline mode and automatically sync when getting online again?

[1] https://pouchdb.com/

[2] https://gun.js.org/

New comment by bumblebee4 in "EU beckons Indian tech talent"

bumblebee4 — Tue, 24 Dec 2019 15:35:33 +0000

As an engineer, isn't life in Asia more luxurious because you can easily afford a maid and other amenities? Seriously, what's the benefit of moving into Western Europe?

New comment by bumblebee4 in "Working for a startup makes less sense"

bumblebee4 — Tue, 24 Dec 2019 08:29:58 +0000

Imagine Steve Jobs having to pay Steve Wozniak. The trick of the startup is that the key engineers are the founders.

Startups are not a place for an MBA to get engineers for free but a place for engineers to make bank if their egghead managers in their corporations don't get going with an interesting business idea of which they know that it is a missed opportunity.

New comment by bumblebee4 in "Dented Reality: Magic Leap Sees Slow Sales, Steep Losses"

bumblebee4 — Fri, 06 Dec 2019 21:52:50 +0000

Haven't they learned from General Magic [1]?

>“Magic's just science that we don't understand yet.” [2]

If you call your company magic then the product most likely is not just at the brink of your understanding but so far out that it is impossible to close the gap by hard work alone.

Steve Jobs mentioned in a very early interview somewhere that he wants to build a computer for everybody. He waited years and decades patiently until every duck was in line and he could launch the iPhone.

This thought doesn't lead to a meaningful point. I am just wondering why he and Apple (e.g. the A7[3]) got the timing right several times but many others push too soon or wait too long.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Magic

[2] https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/547452-magic-s-just-science...

[3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21704954

New comment by bumblebee4 in "How to proceed when you run out of cash, but you still believe?"

bumblebee4 — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 19:49:29 +0000

Actually I have looked at chicisimo.com. The page is full of tag clouds. If I am looking for clothes, why should I install the app?

I don't know your market well, so this is not deep advice. I just think that people who care about their look don't want to deal with words. They want to 'see' why your app helps them to look better.

To convince me, show me before and after pics. I don't care how you label stuff, I just want to see nice clothes that look good on me.

New comment by bumblebee4 in "How to proceed when you run out of cash, but you still believe?"

bumblebee4 — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 19:19:39 +0000

Looking at your own brand homepage, my impression is that it is too technical. I had expected to see many instagram-like pictures of people who demonstrate that they have managed to dress better by using your product. Isn't your value proposition that people can dress better?

Maybe I have overlooked it but I think you have the perfect software to run an online shop. Pay influencers to use your product and viewers who like the results will want to buy clothes from you. The profit margins of the sold products should be higher than anything that can be made from selling an app.

New comment by bumblebee4 in "After WeWork, SoftBank’s Startup Bookkeeping Draws Scrutiny"

bumblebee4 — Thu, 28 Nov 2019 22:44:24 +0000

Why? If it is easy to take it, let clever people take it to have the resources for real innovations.

New comment by bumblebee4 in "How Not to Die (2007)"

bumblebee4 — Mon, 11 Nov 2019 19:14:29 +0000

As an investor, won't you pull this move just to get better conditions? The founders are fixated on closing the deal so they will put up with almost any condition that you throw at them?

New comment by bumblebee4 in "The U.S. military, algorithmic warfare, and big tech"

bumblebee4 — Mon, 11 Nov 2019 18:45:11 +0000

How can you escape survival of the fittest? With 8G people, it's a numbers game. Even if one or the other is driven by interesting motivations, is that a strategic advantage the competition for the fittest business processes?

New comment by bumblebee4 in "Steve Jobs on how The Beatles influenced his approach to business (2003) [video]"

bumblebee4 — Sun, 03 Nov 2019 13:10:56 +0000

Shouldn't this be: Keep looking?

Because searching is looking for something in an algorithmic way?

New comment by bumblebee4 in "The Fantasy of Opting Out"

bumblebee4 — Fri, 01 Nov 2019 10:42:42 +0000

>What is it that you want to do that these technologies are preventing you from doing?

It's a spiritual thing. What does it mean if something is private? What do you allow yourself to do if nobody is watching? E.g. do you eat more sloppy when you are in private than in a restaurant?

If everything is public, there is no privacy. This comes with its own spiritual benefits but some people don't like that.

New comment by bumblebee4 in "Rock climbing and the economics of innovation"

bumblebee4 — Tue, 29 Oct 2019 20:29:16 +0000

Maybe it's just their way of saying that they are impressed? As in: Your son seems to be so good that others for sure want to sponsor him.

New comment by bumblebee4 in "VW’s $50B Bet on an Electric Hatchback"

bumblebee4 — Wed, 23 Oct 2019 21:33:23 +0000

Doesn't the Tesla 3 try too much to look like a Porsche?

New comment by bumblebee4 in "How to Read “Gilgamesh”"

bumblebee4 — Fri, 18 Oct 2019 20:38:21 +0000

Have you tried this [1] English reading by George Guidall? It's incomplete but I think it is possible to start anywhere and the performance is very enticing, at least to me.

[1]https://archive.org/details/audiogilgameshnew/01)+a.mp3