Hacker News: patwalls

New comment by patwalls in "Show HN: Free API for social post metrics – URL in, views/likes/comments out"

patwalls — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 01:22:24 +0000

yes, mainly reliability if you're making a lot of calls. if you run this on your own server you'll run into a lot of issues being able to crawl

Show HN: Free API for social post metrics – URL in, views/likes/comments out

patwalls — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 23:24:50 +0000

Article URL: https://pulse.walls.sh/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48497809

Points: 1

# Comments: 2

Claude Code's statusLineHook: read rate limits locally without any API calls

patwalls — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 15:55:57 +0000

Article URL: https://headroom.walls.sh/hook

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48492114

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Show HN: Headroom – Claude Code usage limits, live in the macOS menu bar

patwalls — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 01:08:17 +0000

Article URL: https://headroom.walls.sh/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48485017

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Show HN: Web tools an AI agent pays for per call in USDC, no API key (x402+MCP)

patwalls — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:30:43 +0000

Article URL: https://superhighway.walls.sh

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48454470

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by patwalls in "I’ve been building a database of successful companies"

patwalls — Wed, 21 Sep 2022 17:21:21 +0000

Yes but we don't solely cover VC funded startups with success rates of <5%.

We cover a lot of small & bootstrapped businesses, e-comm, agencies, side hustles, etc that IMO believe anyone can start. This isn't the stereotypical list of successful companies ala Airbnb, Uber, Dropbox.

New comment by patwalls in "I’ve been building a database of successful companies"

patwalls — Wed, 21 Sep 2022 17:19:19 +0000

Ah yes, been meaning to fix that. Was planning on cleaning it up and also adding a typeahead / search function. Thanks for the feedback.

New comment by patwalls in "I’ve been building a database of successful companies"

patwalls — Wed, 21 Sep 2022 17:17:40 +0000

I think both are important, but I appreciate the feedback.

I know there are a 'zeitgeist' of typical SV successful companies (Uber, Dropbox, etc) but we actually cover a ton of companies you've probably never heard of. We cover a lot of side hustles, side projects, agencies, e-commerce, and more too.

New comment by patwalls in "I’ve been building a database of successful companies"

patwalls — Wed, 21 Sep 2022 17:12:59 +0000

Good call, I could add this as a tag / make it filterable as some of the companies we've done case studies on have since failed, pivoted, or been acquired. Adding this to the backlog.

I’ve been building a database of successful companies

patwalls — Wed, 21 Sep 2022 15:26:20 +0000

5 years ago, after failing with a startup idea and being rejected from YC, I started interviewing founders with the hopes of learning what it takes to find a good idea and build a successful business.

I posted these case studies online (started as a side project) and eventually it turned into a business, and started making enough money for me to go full time on it (starterstory.com).

For the last 5 years I’ve been collecting data for each company we interview, such as revenue, startup costs, age of the company, gross margin, what channels they used to grow, and a ton more.

I’ve put all of this into a searchable, sortable, filterable database and I wanted to get HN’s opinion on the tool, and if you find the data / information useful? Also, would love to hear what other data points you think we should be collecting, or features we should add!

The tool is built with Rails, Postgres database, search functionality using Elasticsearch, and it’s hosted on Heroku.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32926477

Points: 184

# Comments: 38

New comment by patwalls in "Shouldibuytwitter.com – A tiny takeover arbitrage model for TWTR"

patwalls — Tue, 19 Jul 2022 14:57:14 +0000

The guy who made this is a good friend of mine. He's a hacker but for his day job he creates dog treats [1] and my dog loves them.

[1] https://earthlypet.com/

New comment by patwalls in "Ask HN: Have you gotten a job after attending a coding academy?"

patwalls — Sat, 16 Apr 2022 02:09:59 +0000

Did App Academy in 2015.

1. Hardest thing I ever did, up to that point.

2. $105k starting salary

3. The most important thing it did was get me in the door as a software engineer. I actually learned and became decent on the job. I took those skills and built my own company years later.

Hope it helps!