Hacker News: sebhook

New comment by sebhook in "Hetzner continues its growth in the US with a new location"

sebhook — Mon, 05 Dec 2022 17:12:52 +0000

Are you going to be hiring in the US?

New comment by sebhook in "FCC Broadband Map"

sebhook — Fri, 02 Dec 2022 15:28:02 +0000

Starlink was a game-changer for me in the situation you described.

New comment by sebhook in "Show HN: Posterity Automations – Get things done from the afterlife"

sebhook — Fri, 18 Nov 2022 17:22:14 +0000

I wonder if the whole site could be put in a trust with legal stipulations to maintain hosting funds. The trustees would be the management teams, then potentially a corporate trustee who could keep the lights on in the event of a permanent code freeze.

I think partnering with a forward thinking legal firm that specializes in estate planning would be a cool avenue to explore that further.

New comment by sebhook in "How to succeed at Meta"

sebhook — Thu, 13 Oct 2022 18:55:48 +0000

I listened to Kara Swisher interview some top Apple execs who used to work closely with Steve Jobs recently. Unfortunately I think we're now in an era where design and user experience is a lower priority when shipping new products.

I'm not sure what the path to fixing this is, or if it even needs to be fixed, but I do think that Steve Jobs created a cult of innovation and a beacon to aspire towards creativity-wise, even if he wasn't the most pleasant person to interact with. This aspirational figure forced individuals and companies to be better.

New comment by sebhook in "Show HN: Earn 9.62% on US Treasury I Bonds on Yotta"

sebhook — Wed, 05 Oct 2022 22:33:03 +0000

I hope everyone reading this post knows how easy it is for Yotta to open any account at any other brokerage with this information. From there, they could initiate a transfer from your OTHER (non-Yotta) brokerages and drain your account. It really is that easy with the in-kind (or ACAT) process. Even if Yotta isn't nefarious, they could be hacked and a bad actor could use your data to accomplish the same thing.

I recommend locking down all of your investment accounts, Fidelity specifically has a lockdown mode designed for this. You can still trade/add money/pay bills, but no one can drain your account just because they opened up another account with your SSN.

https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/investing/switch-brokers-...

New comment by sebhook in "Make better decisions with fewer online meetings"

sebhook — Thu, 08 Sep 2022 21:54:52 +0000

I agree, this feels like it could be built as a feature of Asana instead of a separate tool.

New comment by sebhook in "Ask HN: How can technical folks break into SaaS sales?"

sebhook — Tue, 06 Sep 2022 16:53:00 +0000

Tough to do as a side hustle, most SaaS companies sell their products on 6 to 18 month cycles. (This really depends on the product. A password management solution may be sold within 60 days, a cloud vendor may take years to fully run most of an organization's solutions.)

My advice is to break in as a sales engineer instead of an account executive. You get to experience some variable compensation, stay very technical, build trust with senior leaders at prospective companies, and not go "full sales."

This will likely be a full role change, though.

New comment by sebhook in "Investors bought a quarter of US homes sold last year"

sebhook — Tue, 23 Aug 2022 18:29:08 +0000

It would be interesting to see the "investors" segmented by assets under management (AUM). I'm sure some "investors" are mom and pop rental situations while other institutions, such as BlackRock, are purchasing single-family homes at scale.

I'll also be curious to see what happens when remodels need to happen. Many trade labor markets are hyper localized and difficult to scale across a property portfolio, this is where RedFin and Zillow struggled to "flip" effectively.

New comment by sebhook in "Avoid Surprise Bills from AWS"

sebhook — Mon, 08 Nov 2021 21:58:46 +0000

Google Cloud does this with new trial accounts, there's a very explicit step between free and paid services.