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New comment by rahulramesh82 in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (May 2026)"

rahulramesh82 — Sun, 10 May 2026 19:17:53 +0000

Working on a Platform That hosts Open Source software & Gives users Enterprise-Level AI Assistants & Support to challenge Saas Software (Just a MVP right now!!)

I just hate the Saas Scene today - even a small productivity app is worth $10-$15 / month . When you couple that with a bunch of apps that you use , you spend hundred of dollars in hard-earned Cash .

The Open Source Community is Amazing on Some fronts , but then enterprise & non-technical users can't use them without a layer of Support , Hosting & Setup Assistance .

We want to be the delivery layer between the Current Open-Source Community & Saas users .

Got a lot of ideas to work on it , but decided to build out a small version right now and launch it !!

Are Step-by-Step Checklists Better Than YT Videos?

rahulramesh82 — Sun, 28 Apr 2024 07:42:56 +0000

Are step-by-step checklists actually better and timesaving for programmers , rather than long youtube videos and chatgpt ?. For example , hosting on aws , is it better to ask chatgpt , watch a yt video (or multiple videos) or have a checklist that's validated by 100+ people.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40186806

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New comment by rahulramesh82 in "Startup Comp?"

rahulramesh82 — Sat, 27 Apr 2024 20:33:29 +0000

If you're just hiring a dev as your first employee , it's most probably a bad decision. Your first hire should always be your co-founder.(unless you already have a product). It should atleast be someone who's willing to work with you on the product , who has or wants to share your vision . Someone who either loves your idea , or someone who's passionate in working in the industry.

Either way , the person should feel invested in the company , so just paying him for his code won't be a ideal option . I mean , think of it , if you're paid for your code , it means , you get paid almost $4000 /month even when the idea gets only 100-500 installs . So they guy doesn't need to work his ass off to see the idea succeed , so he doesn't have any real commitment.

So i would suggest finding someone who's passionate and giving them smwhere around 20%-40% equity , based on how much you think they wld be contributing . It is also important that they don't feel that they're being ripped off , cause they're your partners