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New comment by kristapsmors in "An Update on Heroku"

kristapsmors — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 16:20:01 +0000

chatgpt translation: Heroku isn’t shutting down, but they’re basically done building new stuff. For those who want to move and potentially save $ in process, here is a nice cost comparison: https://infraslash.com/costs/

What happens when your app is featured on Google Play?

kristapsmors — Mon, 09 Oct 2017 09:17:13 +0000

Article URL: https://kristapsmors.com/2017/10/08/what-happens-when-your-app-is-featured-on-google-play/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15432423

Points: 6

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Would I invest 127k EUR in P2P platforms like Bondora, Mintos, Twino?

kristapsmors — Fri, 19 May 2017 11:08:18 +0000

Article URL: https://kristapsmors.com/2017/05/18/would-i-invest-127k-eur-in-p2p-platforms-bondora-mintos-twino/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14374454

Points: 5

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How I lost $3700 and made $1500 with 3x leveraged ETFs

kristapsmors — Thu, 12 Jan 2017 15:46:36 +0000

Article URL: https://kristapsmors.com/2017/01/12/how-i-lost-3700-and-made-1500-with-3x-leveraged-etfs/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13383097

Points: 3

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How to invest in stocks and outperform fund managers?

kristapsmors — Tue, 22 Mar 2016 18:13:04 +0000

Article URL: http://kristapsmors.com/2016/03/20/how-to-invest-in-stocks-and-outperform-fund-managers/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11338607

Points: 7

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8 GIFs That Illustrate Investing

kristapsmors — Thu, 05 Feb 2015 18:19:56 +0000

Article URL: http://kristapsmors.com/2015/02/05/8-gifs-that-illustrate-investing/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9004840

Points: 8

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5 ways to mess with ad networks

kristapsmors — Thu, 04 Dec 2014 18:11:53 +0000

Article URL: http://kristapsmors.com/2014/12/04/5-ways-to-mess-with-ad-networks/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8700660

Points: 7

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New comment by kristapsmors in "Lessons learned from 10 failed startup ideas"

kristapsmors — Wed, 26 Nov 2014 09:07:21 +0000

You are right about Latvia tech start-up community - before 2012 we had only 1 monthly meetup group, and only later TechHub Riga - a co-working space for start-ups was launched, and now it is expanding, and other places are being opened as well. So basically the start-up community is active here for about 3 years.

Thank you for the tips.

New comment by kristapsmors in "Lessons learned from 10 failed startup ideas"

kristapsmors — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 19:03:42 +0000

It is a service for e-commerce sites that helps increase conversion rates by showing engaging messages/banners when visitors are about to leave.

New comment by kristapsmors in "Lessons learned from 10 failed startup ideas"

kristapsmors — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 19:01:34 +0000

Thanks! In the beginning I had no experience and ambitions, and did not even think that Latvia could be too small, but since 2012 all new ideas/projects are built with larger markets in mind.

New comment by kristapsmors in "Lessons learned from 10 failed startup ideas"

kristapsmors — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 18:01:13 +0000

Exactly!

New comment by kristapsmors in "Lessons learned from 10 failed startup ideas"

kristapsmors — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 18:00:06 +0000

I agree with this 100%, I started as a developer myself, so it took a while for me to change attitude about "build first, think later" approach.

New comment by kristapsmors in "Lessons learned from 10 failed startup ideas"

kristapsmors — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 17:55:21 +0000

I guess this is a matter of perspective, couple of years ago $250k looked like success to me if you take into account that salary for a developer in Latvia was about 1,5k usd per month, and the profit was split 3 ways. And actually I see getgamers.eu (ad network for gaming sites, profitable since Jan 2013) and maxtraffic.com (1.2 years old, will be profitable next month) as my success, both are still active and growing, but did not mention these in the blog post because they have not failed.

New comment by kristapsmors in "Lessons learned from 10 failed startup ideas"

kristapsmors — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 17:45:11 +0000

Thanks for the comment! My favorite so far :) And partly true as well.

Lessons learned from 10 failed startup ideas

kristapsmors — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 16:02:04 +0000

Article URL: http://kristapsmors.com/2014/11/25/lessons-learned-from-10-failed-startup-ideas/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8658221

Points: 67

# Comments: 24

New comment by kristapsmors in "A Watch Guy's Thoughts on the Apple Watch After Seeing It in the Metal"

kristapsmors — Thu, 11 Sep 2014 15:41:06 +0000

include GPS in battery-unfriendly list

New comment by kristapsmors in "Show HN: Recover bouncing visitors with special offers"

kristapsmors — Mon, 28 Jul 2014 23:48:02 +0000

Thank you for the feedback! I guess we need to improve demo site, so it is more clear. Our idea in demo page was to show different kind of targeting examples while simulating a purchase process. And the Exit example is in further steps. About overly gaming customers - sure, based on our experience we suggest our client suitable campaign ideas, and it actually does need always to be a discount, it can be some ongoing promotion or reminder about some specific feature.

New comment by kristapsmors in "Show HN: Recover bouncing visitors with special offers"

kristapsmors — Mon, 28 Jul 2014 23:40:48 +0000

We have both options: 1. Exit Intent - track mouse position, show offer when you are about to leave 2. BounceBack - show offer when you click the Back button and only in cases if you would leave site. If you click Back again, you get sent to the previous page (for example, search engine)

New comment by kristapsmors in "Show HN: Recover bouncing visitors with special offers"

kristapsmors — Mon, 28 Jul 2014 23:36:06 +0000

Thanks! Conversion rates for campaigns depend on the type of site, traffic quality, the targetting options you choose and ofcourse - banners and offers. But in general - they are lower for campaigns targeted to visitors that don't engage and want to leave straight away (0.1-2%), and higher when users have spent some time on the site, and really high (10+%), when campaigns are shown to visitors who started purchase process but for some reason decided to leave.

New comment by kristapsmors in "Show HN: Recover bouncing visitors with special offers"

kristapsmors — Mon, 28 Jul 2014 22:18:08 +0000

Just launched our new site, and we offer 1 month free trial, would be happy for any feedback.