Hacker News: federalauth

New comment by federalauth in "Attention is your scarcest resource (2020)"

federalauth — Thu, 31 Jul 2025 12:48:48 +0000

What city? Looking for a better place to raise my (new) family

New comment by federalauth in "EdgeDB is now Gel and Postgres is the future"

federalauth — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 23:32:02 +0000

Congrats on the rebrand and launch! Biggest reasons to use Gel over Supabase?

New comment by federalauth in "Programming as Theory Building (1985) [pdf]"

federalauth — Sat, 04 Jan 2025 21:12:28 +0000

Paging Stripe Press

New comment by federalauth in "I am rich and have no idea what to do"

federalauth — Sat, 04 Jan 2025 20:37:05 +0000

If OP is reading the comments, I’d highly recommend developing a meditation practice. As you’ve already experienced, the quality of one’s experience of life is determined by one’s mind, regardless of possessions, achievements, etc. And meditation is the best way to “train” the mind.

New comment by federalauth in "What I learned solo bootstrapping 8 software products"

federalauth — Sat, 30 Nov 2024 15:05:47 +0000

Thanks for sharing your lessons, inspiring stuff. All your product sites look great. How do you design them so well?

New comment by federalauth in "Ask HN: Advice for finding a good nanny?"

federalauth — Sat, 05 Oct 2024 12:49:06 +0000

Thanks for the out of the box ideas, will keep them in mind. US HCOL, East Coast.

Ask HN: Advice for finding a good nanny?

federalauth — Sat, 05 Oct 2024 11:49:43 +0000

Founder here with a working wife. US HCOL on East Coast. We have a 6 month old and maternity and paternity leave is over. We've heard that it's hard to find reliable, safe childcare for a baby much younger than 1 year. We don't have family nearby. But we're up for the challenge of finding a good nanny because we need help.

Any advice for finding a good nanny? Any stories to share from those who've tried?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41749243

Points: 3

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New comment by federalauth in "Any good books on why Trump has so much support in America?"

federalauth — Sat, 03 Aug 2024 23:14:05 +0000

Looks good, thank you for the recommendation

New comment by federalauth in "Any good books on why Trump has so much support in America?"

federalauth — Sat, 03 Aug 2024 23:12:58 +0000

Fascinating, big fan of Stripe Press’s other titles, will take a look thanks

Any good books on why Trump has so much support in America?

federalauth — Sat, 03 Aug 2024 20:52:17 +0000

I’m trying to better understand why a decent number of people in the US seem to support a second Trump presidency. I’m sure there are many factors influencing different kinds of supporters (from the billionaires to the working class). Are there any good books (or even documentaries, anything longer form preferably with data) on why Trump has so much support in America?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41149179

Points: 8

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New comment by federalauth in "Ask HN: Bootsrappers who were Software Engineers. How was your journey?"

federalauth — Fri, 21 Jun 2024 13:52:11 +0000

Go for it. You will fail a lot. But where there’s a will there’s a way. And the “end” is so worth it.

Similar story: I was working in software, and over the years I literally felt pain to think about working for someone else for the rest of my life. After lots of side projects alone and with friends, with VC—backable and bootstrapped ambitions, I could just feel it in my bones that solo-bootstrapped B2C-software-entrepreneurship was the best fit for my skill strengths and weaknesses, temperament, and desired lifestyle.

1. I left corporate at $3K monthly (not recurring).

2. 0 pivots on the idea that ended up “working”, but countless other side projects before AND after that idea.

3. $0 for many years. Then decided to monetize (one time purchase) a project that had decent usage and traffic. Then a few thousand a month for a year. Moved to subscription pricing and improved it a ton based on my vision and customer feedback. Now a little under $10K/m recurring after a few years from the previous milestone and growing steadily.

4. I never want to go back to working for someone else again.

5. Solo

6. See above. Two critical aspects IMO.

1. I did a lot of side projects. I had a lot of “at bats”. And each time I learned more. I developed more skills sure, but also arguably more importantly learned more about myself: what I wanted and what I could do. And you only need one hit. Doesn’t even have to be a home run.

2. Product and marketing/sales intuition are critical. I wasn’t even a software engineer, but was a technical product person. You can’t just build an impressive technical system. You have to build a product that users love (product vision/sense) and get it in front of them (marketing/sales), with extremely limited time and money (ruthless prioritization).

New comment by federalauth in "A most profound video game: a good cognitive aid for research"

federalauth — Sun, 16 Jun 2024 02:02:04 +0000

Can you give specific examples for how you’ve applied skills learned in Factorio to real life situations?

New comment by federalauth in "How to (seriously) read a scientific paper (2016)"

federalauth — Fri, 09 Feb 2024 15:39:22 +0000

What do you generally look for in the Methods section?

New comment by federalauth in "Car insurance in America is too cheap"

federalauth — Sat, 03 Feb 2024 19:25:05 +0000

When you say maxed out deductibles for collision and comprehensive, do you mean you picked the highest deductible? Or lowest deductible which would mean max coverage but also premium? I’ve always wondered about the value of collision and comprehensive, since it seems to be one of the more expensive parts of car insurance

New comment by federalauth in "Show HN: Open-source script to get your site indexed on Google"

federalauth — Wed, 24 Jan 2024 18:34:03 +0000

Thank you for sharing. Can you quickly explain why keeping an MD5 avoids the abuse issue?

New comment by federalauth in "Getting things done in small increments (2022)"

federalauth — Tue, 02 Jan 2024 03:39:32 +0000

Wow, three kids! Developer here with a software side project/business I’m passionate about, going to be a first-time dad soon. Any high impact advice to maximize both productivity and family quality of life during the early years?