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New comment by victor_e in "How much do you generate in terms of donations?"

victor_e — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 19:40:44 +0000

Yeah that was my thinking too. I was just checking to see if there were any obvious success stories that I was missing.

How much do you generate in terms of donations?

victor_e — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 00:06:41 +0000

I have been toying with the idea of not going down an ad supported route as a business plan. Instead the idea would be to run the site purely off donations.

Ideally the donations would cover one full time dev and the running of the site.

Has anyone been successful with this model? I know Patreon has gotten big over the past while and, of course, Wikipedia gets > $50m in donations.

I think 5,000 paying donators/supporters at 3 USD each would be the minimum to make it viable. Is this crazy to be considering?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30939052

Points: 2

# Comments: 2

New comment by victor_e in "A whole website in a single JavaScript file"

victor_e — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 23:57:56 +0000

I was doing the same!

New comment by victor_e in "Show HN: I made Million – It's a Virtual DOM made for the future"

victor_e — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 23:52:04 +0000

I like the SharkTank style presentation. Impressive stuff to be working on at any age but at 17.xxxxxxxx even more so!

New comment by victor_e in "Friday.app is shutting down"

victor_e — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 23:31:13 +0000

What is it if you don't mind sharing?

New comment by victor_e in "Friday.app is shutting down"

victor_e — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 23:29:55 +0000

Hey. Shame you have to shut it down. Great that you gave it a shot though. Do you have any plans for what is next?

New comment by victor_e in "Ask HN: How many greenfield projects have you done?"

victor_e — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 23:27:31 +0000

Completely greenfield at work? None - I've always had to integrate some parts to some legacy application.

New comment by victor_e in "Ask HN: Do you watch streams (on Twitch, etc.)?"

victor_e — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 23:26:11 +0000

I would love to watch some people solving algorithm challenges (leet code type ones). It's something I have never grokked even though I code a lot, I wouldn't be able to solve any hard leet code problems and probably not many medium ones either.

New comment by victor_e in "Your competitor wrote the RFP you're bidding on"

victor_e — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 23:23:41 +0000

I interviewed at a bank shortly after I graduated college. We had to do an exam as part of the interview process and for that a few candidates were at the office at the same time. I learned that one of the candidates worked there previously and was known to the hiring team. Immediately I knew I wasn't getting that job!

New comment by victor_e in "A self-authenticating social protocol"

victor_e — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 23:14:16 +0000

I believe platforms will always exist but imagine data will be more portable in the future. I think the focus should be on data.

I propose the Newton Web Protocol.

For each action that a user makes, an equal action is pushed back for the user to consume.

When a user interacts with a website (comment, like, save, upload, etc.) the website pushes data/an event which can be consumed only by the author. When consumed the data/event could be processed: saved or replicated to other sites or the authors own site.

New comment by victor_e in "Dall-E 2"

victor_e — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 21:52:23 +0000

Wow - mindblowing and kinda scary really.

New comment by victor_e in "Ask HN: Is open source ruining your job satisfaction too?"

victor_e — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 21:42:38 +0000

I feel like this but with cloud services (AWS, Azure) instead of Open Source. They have solved most problems, are cost efficient and easily get buy in from upper management. Developers jobs are then to write configuration and plug things together. Very boring stuff!

New comment by victor_e in "Ask HN: Is using just a TOTP based authenticatation safe or a privacy issue"

victor_e — Mon, 04 Apr 2022 00:51:04 +0000

It transfers the dependency from something they know (password) to something they have access to (phone or email). That thing they have access to could be compromised which then means their account is compromised. That is a risk acceptance question you need to consider.

Also to consider: What happens if a user loses their phone? How do they get access to their account?

New comment by victor_e in "We don’t use a staging environment"

victor_e — Mon, 04 Apr 2022 00:47:44 +0000

This can pass for a startup but not for a proper business with customers.

Do you get audited?

New comment by victor_e in "Mataroa blog – Naked blogging platform for minimalists"

victor_e — Mon, 04 Apr 2022 00:44:07 +0000

This is everything I need except analytics. I need basic analytics like page views and visitor locations. Does anyone know of a naked blog that also includes some analytics? I this there is space between simple analytics and privacy invading tracking analytics.

Ask HN: Do you have a guide on how to use feature flags?

victor_e — Mon, 04 Apr 2022 00:38:31 +0000

I've seen lots of posts on HN saying that feature flags are a must use. How do you use them?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30902258

Points: 8

# Comments: 5

New comment by victor_e in "I'm leaving Rails core and I'm not interested in being in the alumni"

victor_e — Wed, 09 Mar 2022 22:51:36 +0000

I'd rather listen to the expert rather than the newbie for a keynote to be honest. Someone who just learned rails should not be doing the keynote.

New comment by victor_e in "I'm leaving Rails core and I'm not interested in being in the alumni"

victor_e — Wed, 09 Mar 2022 22:48:24 +0000

That tweet sums up twitter for me. Vague, provocative and a useless analogy

New comment by victor_e in "Sony, Honda team up to develop and sell electric vehicles"

victor_e — Sat, 05 Mar 2022 01:02:35 +0000

I have been thinking about getting a Honda fit.. or a Jazz as they call it here. What is the boot space like? Wold it be suitable for a small family? 2 adults and a newborn baby?

New comment by victor_e in "Ask HN: How do you deal with getting old and feeling lost?"

victor_e — Sun, 06 Feb 2022 10:28:03 +0000

500k in savings? That is quite the achievement. You should feel good about that.