Hacker News: hahla

New comment by hahla in "Apple iPod Engraver (2019)"

hahla — Sat, 12 Sep 2026 23:36:20 +0000

We all want to be able to afford to do what Apple did back in 2019. Have a full developers salary dedicated to adding sparkle. I wonder in todays day and age how do you add that level of personalization and differentiation?

New comment by hahla in "Waymo in Dallas"

hahla — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 07:27:16 +0000

Your entire view point is framed incorrectly. The problem isn’t can a bus solve the problem, it’s the majority of people don’t want to endure the hassle of riding the bus.

New comment by hahla in "Tell HN: Fable is now credits only"

hahla — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 10:22:15 +0000

Anthropic said 11:59:59pm July 7th

New comment by hahla in "Fintech founder charged with fraud; AI app found to be humans in the Philippines"

hahla — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 00:54:31 +0000

Crossing the line into fraud is how you pitch it.

New comment by hahla in "Tesla Releases Results of 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders"

hahla — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 07:03:21 +0000

In one way it’s only fair to pay him what he was owed. The package was a way to incentivize him to get the stock price up and meet revenue goals. He hit every of the goals but one. The board failed the company in structuring a proper pay package and there was an element of luck where the stock just exploded in value.

New comment by hahla in "Tesla Releases Results of 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders"

hahla — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 06:55:53 +0000

This one will be studied for ages. Let’s see if this will actually keep Elon motivated to continue focusing on Tesla over the next 5 years.

New comment by hahla in "Steam Deck OLED"

hahla — Thu, 09 Nov 2023 18:35:08 +0000

Pretty underwhelming sales page, they should probably showcase the screen more?

Edit: Nevermind, the link in the HN post is not the actual landing page.

New comment by hahla in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2023)"

hahla — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 17:10:15 +0000

About: I am a (semi) non-technical operator acquiring a B2B SaaS business that has been owner operated/developed for the last 20 years. The platform helps small businesses in a niche industry run their day to day operations.

Culture: If you miss the days when you could code by yourself in some corner of the house, go down rabbit holes learning about new things, obsessing over small details, chatting with like minded people and having fantastic flexibility... Well then you’re the right fit!

You: Thrive as a sole developer (& will look to build your team as we scale).. You are someone who has an owner mindset, is collaborative, has curiosity for technology, and loves building delightful software.

Stack: Have to be very comfortable maintaining legacy code. Currently JScript / ECMAScript / JavaScript, Classic ASP, ActiveX COM, SQL on DB side and little C#. We will not be refactoring the code, plan is to immediately begin working on new version and move over customers.

Bottomline, I am passionate about building software that people love to use. I’m looking for someone who shares the same mindset. I’m not in the business of running a feature factory in order to drive revenue. Our platform helps real small businesses operate on a daily basis. We’re not revolutionizing the world, but we still care immensely about what we develop and the people that use our products. If you think you would make a good fit, shoot an email (in profile) and we can set up some time to discuss.

New comment by hahla in "Show HN: Points and Miles Database"

hahla — Tue, 22 Aug 2023 16:52:25 +0000

To be useful you'll need to track transfer promotions as well. Might be useful to create a signup feature where users are notified of promotions for balances they have.

New comment by hahla in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2023)"

hahla — Wed, 09 Aug 2023 01:59:33 +0000

Stack: Currently JScript / ECMAScript / JavaScript, ActiveX COM, SQL on DB side and little C#. We will look to refactor this code overtime.

New comment by hahla in "Volvo Cars Adopts Tesla's NACS Port in the United States, Canada and Mexico"

hahla — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 16:57:23 +0000

They generate a decent profit on supercharging and increased usage = increased profits.. On the maufacturing side market is saturated with Teslas. They keep dropping the price to increase demand but you can only play that game for so long.

New comment by hahla in "Philly cheesesteaks became big in Lahore"

hahla — Thu, 20 Apr 2023 10:52:37 +0000

A banh mi roll would work pretty well.

New comment by hahla in "Philly cheesesteaks became big in Lahore"

hahla — Thu, 20 Apr 2023 10:47:37 +0000

There is a restaurant that makes Indian spiced chicken cheese steaks in Philly that’s gotten very popular. Try this recipe with your choice of meat, it’s not a tikka version but it’s delicious!

https://thechutneylife.com/recipes/dinner/spicy-chicken-chee...

New comment by hahla in "EY gets banned from new audit business in Germany"

hahla — Sun, 09 Apr 2023 14:41:47 +0000

It’s hard to grasp how complex accounting can be for companies. EY is not auditing small businesses, these are large multinational companies and per audit guidelines they likely just audit random samples of accounts. It’s not as simple as let’s pull a listing of all bank accounts and make sure everything ties. The actual effectiveness of audits is a different conversation.

New comment by hahla in "Accenture would cut 19,000 jobs"

hahla — Thu, 23 Mar 2023 12:41:54 +0000

More than half of the layoffs will affect staff at its non-billable corporate functions, the company said, sending its shares up more than 4% before the bell.

The second paragraph in the article.

New comment by hahla in "Maybe treating housing as an investment was a mistake"

hahla — Mon, 06 Mar 2023 18:56:18 +0000

Most of these costs (saving for retirement, insurance, subscriptions, car) would be consistent across the US and is not unique to Seattle. $100k in a very expensive city is not much by any means, however what's more concerning is the costs you outlined are consistent and rising for even those living in LCOL or making even less than $100k.

New comment by hahla in "Maybe treating housing as an investment was a mistake"

hahla — Mon, 06 Mar 2023 18:52:38 +0000

I just pulled up plenty of 2bd rentals on zillow for under $2,500 with a short commute. Am I missing something here? Or does being a head chef mean you should be able to afford rent on top of the restaurant you serve?

New comment by hahla in "I lost $209k of my own money trying to start a business"

hahla — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 14:53:40 +0000

Not really I know of a non technical founder who spent $300k on developing their website/app. I was a user of that platform, and while it wasn't fancy, could have been better, and someone eventually did do it better, it did what it was supposed to do. They had first mover advantage and funny enough it got bought out by that same company that did it better for $20-30m. Sure being a non technical founder is harder, but it can be done.

New comment by hahla in "Amazon Begs Employees Not to Leak Corporate Secrets to ChatGPT"

hahla — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 23:42:17 +0000

How wide scale can this even be? I haven't been able to access ChatGPT free version for days, and the paid version is not available. How many people are even using this?

New comment by hahla in "Taking over a Dead IoT Company"

hahla — Tue, 10 Jan 2023 15:59:44 +0000

Love this story. I did something similar with a website. Previous owner took it down, bought the domain from him and it organically grew to over 1m users per month with the same exact functionality.

I wouldn't discount your ability to bring this back to market. Would consult a lawyer to see what implications taking over the branding and APIs have. But clearly this has a big market.