Hacker News: holdodd

New comment by holdodd in "Apple's Software Quality Crisis"

holdodd — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 05:47:51 +0000

iOS 18.3.1 bricked my wifi and bluetooth. Can't connect to anything. MacBook Pro cannot open discord, slack, mail due to an os issue. Apple has such great hardware but the software has so many bugs, you start looking around for alternatives.

New comment by holdodd in "Ask HN: Underrated music, books, movies?"

holdodd — Sun, 27 Aug 2023 11:37:38 +0000

I still love the great beauty (film). Hits on themes I don’t see taken on very often.

For books, Austerlitz by WG Sebald.

New comment by holdodd in "MacWhisper: Transcribe audio files on your Mac"

holdodd — Wed, 23 Aug 2023 16:22:56 +0000

https://github.com/MahmoudAshraf97/whisper-diarization

This project has been alright for transcribing audio with speaker diarization. A big finicky. The OpenAI model is better than other paid products(Descript, Riverside) so I’m looking forward to trying MacWhisper.

New comment by holdodd in "Why Do Developers (Actually) Hate Marketing?"

holdodd — Sat, 01 Jul 2023 11:47:41 +0000

Developers hate marketing that feels like marketing. We love product launches because you learn about new tech. Learning about new tech doesn't feel like marketing for developers (although that's what it is).

I feel like the author captures it in the section "Developers Can Love Marketing But Will Always Hate Spam". Are we the most targeted segment like the author says? I doubt it. But we are targeted nonetheless.

New comment by holdodd in "Ask HN: As a business-focused co-founder, what hard skills should I study?"

holdodd — Sun, 25 Jun 2023 04:58:42 +0000

Sales and Marketing.

You can get a lot of clients with pure hustle.

But you want a reliable process for marketing too.