<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: taylorhou</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=taylorhou</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 16:55:09 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=taylorhou" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by taylorhou in "Several Mac mini and Mac Studio configs are now out of stock at Apple"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>250+ employees on the lowest paid subscriptions of claude or openai is $5k/month. their usage of AI is chatbot most of the time which local models/inference can easily handle. so just being able to cancel those subscriptions with local hardware makes my break even on a single $10k mac studio 2 months and honestly the mac studio for their use is overkill.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:05:31 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47755011</link><dc:creator>taylorhou</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47755011</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47755011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by taylorhou in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (April 2026)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Distributed ai inference pool for any Mac/iOS device where devices are paid for contributing unused ram. To help with the demand, also doing multiplayer AI. $0.05/million tokens - teale.com</p>
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<p>Booked a time! We built senior smartphone assistance without humans</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 11:53:43 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47750717</link><dc:creator>taylorhou</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47750717</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47750717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by taylorhou in "Several Mac mini and Mac Studio configs are now out of stock at Apple"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>We combo frontier coding models with last frontier for more admin stuff.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 22:50:28 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47745356</link><dc:creator>taylorhou</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47745356</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47745356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by taylorhou in "Several Mac mini and Mac Studio configs are now out of stock at Apple"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Annecdotal here but I've been buying studios with as much ram as possible. I probably got in one of the last orders for the m3 ultra 512gb ram officially from apple late February right before they took that config down. I know this because the very next day I went back to order more and couldn't.<p>There's a ton of spam on ebay currently with configs of the 512gb ram variant going for sub $4k. Those are all scams/spam. You can tell instantly because the seller's account is/was created this month 2026.<p>The $20k+ listings aren't selling but what's interesting is technically, $20k for 512gb ram is still less than $40/gb ram on a single device. Compare that to a Nvidia spark with 128gb ram selling at $4k+ or if you're lucky, you snagged one for ~$3500. That's $31.25/gb<p>The retail on the 512gb was $9500 and after tax if you don't ship to a sales tax free state makes it only $20/gb ram.<p>I'm curious what price apple's newest studio variant will be priced at per gb ram but I recently bought a "refurb" from a reputable seller I've purchased many laptops from in the past at $13,750 which still put the 512gb at a $27/gb ram price point.<p>I'm bullish on local models especially due to gemma4. Good luck out there!</p>
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<p>A bunch of ideas that have had domains but never enough engineers. Now there isn't enough time it seems except when I've hit my LLM subscription limits and they need to cool down.<p>Already launched biz-in-a-box.org and a life-in-a-box.org spinoff as frameworks to replace every entity's QuickBooks. I'm using them myself for every project my agents are spinning up.<p>Stealth project is related to classpass but for another category of need that won't go away even in the age of AI that really is only possible with critical mass of supply to meet existing demand. Super excited cus there's no better time to build with unlimited agents that scale without people problems.<p>Lastly, can't wait to run local LLMs so no longer limited by tokens/money.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 04:17:43 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47304836</link><dc:creator>taylorhou</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47304836</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47304836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by taylorhou in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (December 2025)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Deploying robots within the next 6 months, not some 6+ years from now.. if anyone is interested in joinin9, DM.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 06:10:51 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46270999</link><dc:creator>taylorhou</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46270999</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46270999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by taylorhou in "Is America's jobs market nearing a cliff?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>996 - it's a global marketplace of talent and very few in America are willing to work 996. If you are, you either are the founder type or young and unshackled.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2025 11:10:30 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46106028</link><dc:creator>taylorhou</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46106028</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46106028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by taylorhou in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2025)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Fyxed.com | Fintech Engineers | Fully Remote<p>Fyxed deploys capital to landlords and their property managers for cash needs like repairs, turnovers, and improvements on rental properties.<p>We're at an inflection point where we have the deployment capital ($50M) to really take a big swing at this opportunity.<p>The perfect candidate has prior fintech (lending) experience, loves wrangling the complexities of reconciling/tracking money, and bonus points if you've built on top of Column.com's API.<p>Email me directly: taylor at fyxed dot com</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2025 18:45:41 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45802697</link><dc:creator>taylorhou</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45802697</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45802697</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by taylorhou in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2025)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Houmanoids | <a href="https://houmanoids.com" rel="nofollow">https://houmanoids.com</a> | Lots of roles<p>We're integrating robots in and around buildings (focused in America for now). Example usecases:<p>- security guards, doormen, receptionists (low mobility using humanoids)<p>- security patrol around perimeter of buildings (high mobility using dogs)<p>- moving things/packages within a building (last step package delivery)<p>We are building on top of Unitree's hardware and there's lots to do.<p>- abstraction layer similar to Swift for iOS and Kotlin for Android<p>- appstore<p>- example reference apps (think mail, calculator, camera, maps)<p>996 work environment due to collaboration/communication requirements with folks in China and insatiable demand for deploying robots.<p>deploy at houmanoids.com goes to myself (founder) and cto/cofounder</p>
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<p>to add to the post, our humans are all over the world but we have folks in the States, Latam, Philippines, and other SE Asian countries. they primarily do accounting/bookkeeping tasks today (for us at APM Help which I'm the founder).</p>
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<p>APM Help | Remote | Full-time Software Engineers (engineering manager, security manager, go developer, banking & fintech engineers<p>We help manage 1 million+ residential rentals across America (primarily accounting, banking & finance) and we're likely to double our engineering team from 8 > 16 this year (broader co is 250+ FTE).<p>We have 3 engineering & product teams (US, Brazil, South Asia) and likely will prioritize folks in those regions.<p>Specific call outs for:
- product folks with banking/fintech experience
- financial/data analyst on hundreds of thousands of financials
- crypto/dao lawyer<p>Please don't just send a resume but help us get excited about you by sending an email to "hn at apmhelp.com" the group is monitored by founder (me), CIO & CTO</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Feb 2025 17:19:49 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42920490</link><dc:creator>taylorhou</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42920490</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42920490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by taylorhou in "Horrible Airbnb Experience (With Receipts)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>sigh. hate having to do this but i've exhausted all other efforts. really hope airbnb can get back to its glory days as my experience is nothing short of embarrassing.</p>
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<p>Article URL: <a href="https://medium.com/@taylorhou/horrible-airbnb-experience-with-receipts-623d4ad0c92f">https://medium.com/@taylorhou/horrible-airbnb-experience-with-receipts-623d4ad0c92f</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42109204">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42109204</a></p>
<p>Points: 5</p>
<p># Comments: 5</p>
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<p>sorry it's not the same work and most of the time no where close to same effort. there are timezone, culture, language, and many other differences that have to be bridged so when I can hire an engineer in the US for $200k and an international engineer for $200k (with all of the differences), the reality is, i'm going to hire a US engineer doing the "same work".</p>
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<p>meh. it's just the reality and the last time i posted (and hired a few from HN post), it was a recurring thing. we actually pay above market locally but when someone in Brazil is demanding $200k/year USD to start... it unfortunately turns into a non-starter.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2024 20:37:24 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41724751</link><dc:creator>taylorhou</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41724751</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41724751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by taylorhou in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2024)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>APM Help | Fully Remote | Senior Engineers | Full-Time | <a href="https://www.apmhelp.com" rel="nofollow">https://www.apmhelp.com</a><p>Howdy! APM Help is silently one of the largest SFR (single family rental) operators in America with over 300k units we help manage. We see ourselves becoming the operations layer (back office) of every local (boots on the ground) property manager in America. We have big challenges we think can be solved with tech/automation/AI in the areas of leasing, accounting, maintenance, finance, insurance, and compliance because every single rental unit is effectively a small business.<p>We're effectively bootstrapped ($7M+ ARR), cash flow positive, operating close to the Rule of 60 and we're looking for engineers who are maybe tired of the hype and wanting to solve real fundamental problems in housing in America.<p>Email me directly with more than just a resume if interested! taylor at apmhelp dot com<p>Side note - we're very happy with international engineers but if you come to me asking for a US engineer comp, it takes away the primary reason why we'd consider international in the first place.</p>
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<p>Will take years to upgrade the entire fleet. Until then…T_T</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 15 Sep 2024 05:22:46 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41545405</link><dc:creator>taylorhou</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41545405</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41545405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by taylorhou in "Ask HN: Former gifted children with hard lives, how did you turn out?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>ACE score of 0. Based on the questions, I had a gifted upbringing. I need to do more with my life considering.</p>
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<p>second this 1000%</p>
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