Hacker News: jasonlbaptiste

New comment by jasonlbaptiste in "Show HN: I scraped 25M Shopify products to build a search engine"

jasonlbaptiste — Thu, 14 Dec 2023 03:56:36 +0000

You should def give Algolia and Typesense a try. You can get 10k in free Algolia credits for the first year too via Secret (startup deals site).

New comment by jasonlbaptiste in "Ask HN: Sell my startup for $14M because I can't raise $2M?"

jasonlbaptiste — Fri, 22 Sep 2017 20:29:54 +0000

Yes. You will now have a blank Check for the rest of your life:

1- you won’t need to work again. This lets you work on what you want next.

2- you’re very likely to get funded 2m for the next thing. This sale gives you a big stamp.

In short, this game is never about just one company. Get the 14m, stay hungry, and go for the 400m sale on the next.

Play the fucking long game and play it on your terms.

New comment by jasonlbaptiste in "Bleecker Street’s Swerve from Luxe Shops to Vacant Stores"

jasonlbaptiste — Fri, 02 Jun 2017 14:31:16 +0000

Bleecker Street Pizza is my favorite.

New comment by jasonlbaptiste in "The ‘Terminator’ of startups says he’s seeing two to four wind-downs a week"

jasonlbaptiste — Tue, 21 Mar 2017 16:36:24 +0000

i literally LOL'd at this :)

New comment by jasonlbaptiste in "YC W17 Launch: Claire, Peer5, WaystoCap, Symple, RankScience, and Kudi"

jasonlbaptiste — Tue, 14 Feb 2017 19:28:57 +0000

good group of companies. See the need for a CDN that can handle television volume audiences. Symple makes a lot of sense. Basically, bill.com that doesn't suck/feel dated.

New comment by jasonlbaptiste in "Hollywood as We Know It Is Over"

jasonlbaptiste — Mon, 30 Jan 2017 17:38:26 +0000

Terrible analogy. Star Wars fans everywhere loved it to the tune of 2 billion dollars + and 90%+ on rotten tomatoes. As for the next one, Rogue One, earned over a billion dollars, making it the second largest opening this year. Episode VIII will do very well.

Yes, there were issues with Ep VII. No, those issues did not make it not awesome.

New comment by jasonlbaptiste in "Ask HN: What is your favorite internet rabbit hole?"

jasonlbaptiste — Mon, 24 Oct 2016 23:06:43 +0000

Insurance billing. These need to be exact in order to correlate to a) rates negotiated b) data collected for future underwriting c) exact repayment. Medical billing is a crazy world.

New comment by jasonlbaptiste in "Instant Payouts for Marketplaces"

jasonlbaptiste — Tue, 20 Sep 2016 03:24:06 +0000

Bingo.

This has an even better "turn" on money. Basically, it's not getting money today that would take 30 days, it's really getting money today that might take another 5 days. That means there can be 73 turns per year vs. the 12 turns.

This is still much better than a payday loan btw.

New comment by jasonlbaptiste in "Airbnb gets into the property management business"

jasonlbaptiste — Wed, 14 Sep 2016 02:28:55 +0000

Wrong. This is true for long term rentals, but not for vacation rentals. I.e. - anyone can manage a vacation rental, but you need to be a broker to manage an apartment that is leased for 12 months.

New comment by jasonlbaptiste in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2016)"

jasonlbaptiste — Mon, 02 May 2016 16:24:23 +0000

Morsel | NYC and ONSITE

To apply, go here: https://angel.co/morselclub/jobs/121420-senior-full-stack-en...

Come help us build the "Nike of Food". We're working to improve the well-being of the world through better nutrition. We're not just a software company, but a vertically integrated company that makes all of the food ourselves. Software is the secret sauce that lets us do this efficiently.

This is a senior role in the company and you'll be one of the early employees, reporting directly to the CEO.

What We're Looking For

- Javascript, HTML, CSS on the front-end - Your choice of back-end language: RoR, Python, Node, etc. - Experience working with Amazon AWS - Experience working with a database of your choice - Experience working with a startup before and helping lead teams - A desire to get it done right instead of getting it done as fast as possible - Ability to communicate with the rest of the team - An appreciation for design and UX

What You'll Be Building

- External facing products that interact directly with the consumer - Internal systems that help make the kitchen run more efficiently - Artificial intelligence systems that help guide and inform the decisions that the team makes internally

Oversubscribed Podcast: The Future of AI, #RIPTwitter, and Content Monetization

jasonlbaptiste — Mon, 08 Feb 2016 22:21:53 +0000

Article URL: https://soundcloud.com/oversubscribedpodcast/oversubscribed-4-the-future-of-ai-riptwitter-and-content-monetization-with-mark-johnson

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11061296

Points: 3

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New comment by jasonlbaptiste in "Tenacity"

jasonlbaptiste — Fri, 15 Jan 2016 16:11:22 +0000

That was announced after this post.

New comment by jasonlbaptiste in "How T-Mobile wanted to change itself but ended up changing the wireless industry"

jasonlbaptiste — Sat, 02 Jan 2016 18:02:50 +0000

This x1000. I can't tell you how much better traveling internationally is with T-Mobile. I always have service and it's useful for maps, trip advisor, foursquare, google, email access, etc. It's not super fast as it's 2G, but it totally gets the job done. I'm surprised none of the others have tried to match this.

Overall, the service/connectivity is great as well in the US. They were also the first with wifi calling. Highly recommend to anyone.

New comment by jasonlbaptiste in "Twitter’s updated Mac app wasn’t made by Twitter"

jasonlbaptiste — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 01:07:07 +0000

Totally, but even if it was say a 500k contract, you chalk it up as a loss and don't release it.

New comment by jasonlbaptiste in "Twitter’s updated Mac app wasn’t made by Twitter"

jasonlbaptiste — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 00:56:37 +0000

Why? This doesn't make logical sense. It's a large company with enough resources. I get that the Mac is a lower priority, but why put your name on anything this bad. It's pretty clear how you should approach this:

a) We're going to do this and we'll do it right. It might be a smaller audience, but if we release this product under our name it will be awesome.

b) This isn't a priority, so we're not going to ship something half baked and outsource it. Here's a link to TweetDeck and TweetBot.

Wish Is the Alibaba for Middle America and Why It Might Be Worth $10B

jasonlbaptiste — Wed, 30 Dec 2015 16:59:19 +0000

Article URL: https://medium.com/@JasonLBaptiste/wish-is-the-alibaba-for-middle-america-and-why-it-might-be-worth-10-billion-effeb5d6597b#.ullck6ijj

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10812949

Points: 1

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New comment by jasonlbaptiste in "Tell HN: My own version of the American dream"

jasonlbaptiste — Mon, 21 Sep 2015 11:22:17 +0000

Hey, you should talk to Andres Barreto, I'll intro - j@jasonlbaptiste.com He runs a small seed fund and connects Colombian engineers with US startups. It's a great program and I've hired from it before.

Ps- ignore any discouraging comments. Fight hard and you can get what you want. Best of luck

M, a personal digital assistant inside Facebook Messenger

jasonlbaptiste — Wed, 26 Aug 2015 17:16:55 +0000

Article URL: http://www.wired.com/2015/08/how-facebook-m-works/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10124499

Points: 324

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Ad tech is killing the online experience

jasonlbaptiste — Mon, 20 Jul 2015 00:57:05 +0000

Article URL: http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/jul/19/ad-tech-online-experience-facebook-apple-news

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9913494

Points: 9

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Writing Code Poetry – Readability

jasonlbaptiste — Sun, 19 Jul 2015 18:20:34 +0000

Article URL: https://medium.com/@jlnbuiles/writing-code-poetry-readability-1f272452519?source=tw-lo_dnt_b8b870c2e5c0-1437329582215

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9912215

Points: 2

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