Hacker News: maxua

Liar's Valuation

maxua — Fri, 01 May 2026 10:59:54 +0000

Article URL: https://writing.nikunjk.com/p/liars-valuation

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47973302

Points: 2

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One Developer, Two Dozen Agents, Zero Alignment

maxua — Fri, 01 May 2026 10:01:38 +0000

Article URL: https://maggieappleton.com/zero-alignment

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47972951

Points: 1

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Show HN: Is the world going mad' checker

maxua — Sun, 18 Jan 2026 15:59:41 +0000

Article URL: https://maxua.com/mad

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46668833

Points: 2

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Show HN: Crowdsourced job market index – DjinniPulse

maxua — Sun, 18 Jan 2026 12:54:37 +0000

Share your job searching experience and see how others are doing across tech stacks, locales and seniority levels.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46667444

Points: 3

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How Ukraine's IT outsourcing industry is impacted by revolution. Numbers

maxua — Sat, 05 Jul 2014 08:49:21 +0000

Article URL: http://djinni.quora.com/How-Ukraines-IT-outsourcing-industry-is-impacted-by-2014-Maidan-revolution

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7991377

Points: 1

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Naval Ravikant: Eventually startups will be everywhere

maxua — Tue, 26 Nov 2013 20:45:10 +0000

Article URL: http://blog.djinni.co/post/68061191934/naval-ravikant-angellist-eventually-startups-will-be

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6804077

Points: 71

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New comment by maxua in "Ask HN: How did you find your early adopters?"

maxua — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 08:23:23 +0000

The best course is to find users before building a prototype. Guess it's too late to apply.

Think about why you're doing what you're doing. What kind of problem it solves? Who has this problem? Once you understand the problem it takes some trial-and-error to find actual people that have it. The good thing if you're right about the problem people will be willing to talk to you, since you might have a solution they are looking for.

it takes time to really learn your users. I've built a community site for developers (DOU.ua) and it took me five years to figure out the most pressing problem my customers have. May be I wasn't listening hard enough but it still takes time.

A difference between US accelerators and European ones (video)

maxua — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 12:27:54 +0000

Article URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCzmqCnv52U&hd=1&t=14m5s

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4706004

Points: 2

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Show HN: Interview with Dave McClure, 500Startups

maxua — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 13:33:12 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzXtg7AFCtA

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4702057

Points: 1

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New comment by maxua in "All that is wrong with the Recruitment Industry"

maxua — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 08:51:26 +0000

(we're working on the same problem, so thanks for bringing this up).I think it is a real and HUGE problem.

There are various startups who are trying to attack it from different angles. E.g. checkout Path.to, geekli.st, branchout.

We think the solution is make matching process more efficient, with software. Instead of people recruiters trying to make a match through "numbers game" we match with algorithm and user feedback to make it better.

Check it out at monday52.com and let me know what d'you think.

Outsider's view on Silicon Valley: stuff I learned in three weeks

maxua — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 06:37:13 +0000

Article URL: http://www.developers.org.ua/columns/getting-things-done-in-the-valley-visitors-guide/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2682023

Points: 3

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Ask HN: searching for a product idea

maxua — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 06:02:36 +0000

Ideas are worthless and execution is everything, isn't it right?

We're a small capable team based in Kiev, Ukraine. Strong on UI/programming weak on sales and marketing. Looking for the product idea.

Domain: SaaS or a mobile/ipad app for small businesses. Can't afford go for the consumer market.

Product that has clear value to the user, fun to work on, has competition, has no/minimal network effect, has long-term utility to the user and does not require big capital to build.

Sounds easy? Shoot.

PS: first half of May I'll spend in the Valley (for the first time). Tips appreciated.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2488560

Points: 12

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