Hacker News: jonhearty

New comment by jonhearty in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2026)"

jonhearty — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 05:18:50 +0000

I built a mobile app for golfers who don't like using their phones while they play. Take a picture of your scorecard after the round and it reads/saves the scores and stats (and allows you to post to the USGA if you keep your handicap).

I'm a self-taught coder who first built this 7(!) years ago but couldn't figure out the OCR part. Started again 9 months ago on Replit (starting with Agent 2 which was okay, then eventually starting to absolutely crank with Agent 3) and it works really well now.

Would love feedback from any golfers! golfrise.com

New comment by jonhearty in "Dear EU: Please Don't Ruin the Root"

jonhearty — Mon, 10 May 2021 19:46:21 +0000

Handshake.org provides an alternate root zone that seems pretty relevant here

Subdomains (like .xr) for alternate root zone Handshake now available

jonhearty — Wed, 21 Apr 2021 23:25:43 +0000

Article URL: https://gateway.io/pages/home/tld:xr

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26896655

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

New comment by jonhearty in "Ask HN: Who is looking for a co-founder?"

jonhearty — Wed, 11 Sep 2019 23:13:30 +0000

I was employee #1 at Datanyze and helped us bootstrap to $1M ARR, specifically by generating leads and closing deals (both individually and as a manager). I took the last few months off to travel and build out some ideas (self-taught coder), but I'm always looking for technical founders looking for help selling their product.

Email me at jonhearty at gmail dot com.

New comment by jonhearty in "Ask HN: Has anyone got a job by contributing to open source projects?"

jonhearty — Tue, 16 Jul 2019 02:56:23 +0000

Origin Protocol hired several engineers that started as open-source contributors to their open source code base, one of which had no experience as a professional software developer (he was in real estate).

Truly peer-to-peer art marketplace with 0% fees built on Ethereum

jonhearty — Mon, 11 Feb 2019 19:37:03 +0000

Article URL: http://peerart.io

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19137527

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by jonhearty in "Ask HN: What are your go-to blogs and books on building business applications?"

jonhearty — Mon, 06 Aug 2018 18:24:47 +0000

If you're building SaaS, I recommend the following for largely non-technical content:

1. SaaStr.com (blog) 2. Behind the Cloud (book) 3. Rework (book)

Yu Pan, 1 of the original 6 people who started PayPal, joins blockchain startup

jonhearty — Tue, 19 Jun 2018 01:22:33 +0000

Article URL: https://medium.com/originprotocol/welcoming-yu-pan-to-the-origin-team-fcce3e3a2166

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17343070

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Things to Expect When Moving from a Traditional Startup to a Blockchain Co

jonhearty — Fri, 16 Mar 2018 00:35:14 +0000

Article URL: https://medium.com/originprotocol/ten-things-to-expect-when-moving-from-a-traditional-startup-to-a-blockchain-company-19a4301c6274

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16597727

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Ask HN: What tasks or processes does your company outsource?

jonhearty — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 00:20:51 +0000

Context around function (sales vs. engineering), timeline (project-based vs. ongoing), cost, etc. would be ideal.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14784811

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by jonhearty in "Show HN: Directory Tags for Lazy Programmers"

jonhearty — Sat, 10 Dec 2016 07:32:29 +0000

They should implement these commands in both Linux and Windows; they should be there as standard capability.

Startup Collects and Donates 300 Pounds of Unwanted Swag During Dreamforce

jonhearty — Tue, 11 Oct 2016 22:31:18 +0000

Article URL: https://resources.datanyze.com/h/i/294308250-datanyze-collects-and-donates-300-pounds-of-unwanted-swag-during-dreamforce

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12689059

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

New comment by jonhearty in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2016)"

jonhearty — Thu, 01 Sep 2016 21:28:19 +0000

Datanyze | San Mateo, CA | ONSITE | All roles from sales to engineering (including VP level)

Hi, everyone! Jon from Datanyze here. We are NOT your average startup! We bootstrapped the company passed $1 million in annual recurring revenue, then raised a seed round (almost 2 years ago) from some great investors, including Google Ventures, Mark Cuban, and the recently announced Kobe Bryant!

We take our work seriously, but not ourselves. We know when to work hard and when to play hard (we went to Vegas when we hit a big milestone and now we have HUGE plans for the next) and we're having a blast building amazing solutions for sales and marketing teams.

We have open positions for everything from entry-level sales and support to VPs of various departments!

If you want to hear more or know someone amazing who might be interested, please email Katrina (katrina@datanyze.com) or check out some of our open roles as well as the team that got us to where we are today:

https://www.datanyze.com/our-team

4 Reasons Why SaaS Companies Need Technographics

jonhearty — Sat, 23 Jul 2016 22:19:29 +0000

Article URL: https://resources.datanyze.com/h/i/272689167-4-reasons-why-saas-companies-need-technographics

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12151240

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Pokemon Go-related car crashes are now a thing

jonhearty — Wed, 13 Jul 2016 22:00:39 +0000

Article URL: http://bgr.com/2016/07/13/pokemon-go-car-crash-accident/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12090006

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

The Secret Life of Tiger Woods

jonhearty — Thu, 21 Apr 2016 15:33:29 +0000

Article URL: http://espn.go.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/15278522/how-tiger-woods-life-unraveled-years-father-earl-woods-death

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11542905

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by jonhearty in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2016)"

jonhearty — Mon, 01 Feb 2016 21:31:03 +0000

Datanyze | San Mateo, CA | ONSITE | All roles from sales to engineering (including VP level)

Hi everyone! Jon from Datanyze here. We are NOT your average startup! We bootstrapped the company passed $1 million in annual recurring revenue, then raised a seed round (about 1.5 years ago) from some great investors, including Google Ventures and Mark Cuban!

We take our work seriously, but not ourselves. We know when to work hard and when to play hard (we brought almost the entire 60-person team to Vegas in December) and we're having a blast building amazing solutions for sales and marketing teams.

We have open positions for everything from entry-level sales and support to VPs of various departments (engineering, product, sales, marketing, etc.).

If you want to hear more or know someone amazing who might be interested, please email me directly at jon@datanyze.com!

New comment by jonhearty in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2016)"

jonhearty — Fri, 01 Jan 2016 16:35:03 +0000

Datanyze | San Mateo, CA | ONSITE | All roles from sales to engineering (including VP level)

Hi everyone! Jon from Datanyze here. We are NOT your average startup! We bootstrapped the company past $1 million in annual recurring revenue, then raised a seed round (about 18 months ago) from some great investors, including Google Ventures and Mark Cuban!

We take our work seriously, but not ourselves. We know when to work hard and when to play hard (we just got back from taking the whole team to Vegas for hitting a big milestone!) and we're having a blast building amazing solutions for sales and marketing teams.

We have open positions for everything from entry-level sales and support to VPs of various departments (engineering, sales, marketing, etc.).

If you want to hear more or know someone amazing who might be interested, please email me directly at jon@datanyze.com!

New comment by jonhearty in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2015)"

jonhearty — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 16:46:03 +0000

Datanyze | San Mateo, CA | ONSITE | All roles from sales to engineering (including VP level)

Hi everyone! Jon from Datanyze here. We are NOT your average startup! We bootstrapped the company passed $1 million in annual recurring revenue, then raised a seed round (about 1 year ago) from some great investors, including Google Ventures and Mark Cuban!

We take our work seriously, but not ourselves. We know when to work hard and when to play hard (we're taking the entire team to Vegas because we just hit a big milestone last month!) and we're having a blast building amazing solutions for sales and marketing teams.

We have open positions for everything from entry-level sales and support to VPs of various departments (customer success, engineering, sales, marketing, etc.).

If you want to hear more or know someone amazing who might be interested, please email me directly at jon@datanyze.com!

New comment by jonhearty in "Ask HN: Any books on marketing and sales for SaaS software?"

jonhearty — Sat, 26 Sep 2015 21:46:18 +0000

Jason Lemkin's SaaStr.com is a great starting point, although it focuses mostly on B2B SaaS. I would also check out his posts on Quora.

Aaron Ross's "Predictable Revenue" is a great start and focuses a lot on outbound sales; he is working on a part 2 with Jason Lemkin.

Mark Roberge's "The Sales Acceleration Formula" is also great and talks more about the marketing side.