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New comment by whatsthenews in "PSA: Stop starting startups on Firestore"

whatsthenews — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 17:28:16 +0000

mistakes will always be made at all stages, imo the key differentiator is how quickly they course correct and iterate

New comment by whatsthenews in "Developers, what marketing strategies work on you?"

whatsthenews — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 16:54:55 +0000

the true midwit twitter user

New comment by whatsthenews in "Anatomy of a credit card rewards program"

whatsthenews — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 16:53:37 +0000

many such cases. imo it's a skill issue but understand the thought process and why it's so prevalent

New comment by whatsthenews in "PSA: Stop starting startups on Firestore"

whatsthenews — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 16:52:02 +0000

good article, enjoyed the little storytelling even if a bit distracting. i think most folks on here are going to be super critical about them starting on a NoSQL database in the first place when it was very likely that relational would have been the way to go from the start, but sometimes you just need to get something off the ground and Firestore can be the fastest to do so (not recommending fwiw). we were also one of those “thousands” of startups that started with it and migrated off after a few years too - so might be a bit biased there - but it all worked out in the end

New comment by whatsthenews in "Tell HN: My CEO wants to shut down the intern program and use Devin instead"

whatsthenews — Wed, 03 Apr 2024 20:01:36 +0000

depends on the stage of the company - but could be a way to attract the talent that they are looking for

New comment by whatsthenews in "[dead]"

whatsthenews — Mon, 01 Apr 2024 17:09:12 +0000

Even worse is that their status page is total BS - there's a reason why everyone goes to Twitter to see if Render is down or not

https://twitter.com/search?q=%22render%20down%22&src=typed_q...

New comment by whatsthenews in "Technology Is Deflationary and This Shouldn't Be Controversial"

whatsthenews — Sun, 29 Oct 2023 18:21:43 +0000

Wonder if people will see giving a kid an ipad the same as we see giving a kid a book in a few years with advancements in VR/AR

New comment by whatsthenews in "Antimetal Cluster: Instant Access to AWS H100 Instances"

whatsthenews — Fri, 27 Oct 2023 20:52:18 +0000

Was wondering the same thing, if it's a short term contract or pay as you go model I'd find it extremely useful, especially since it works with startup credits

New comment by whatsthenews in "Andromeda Cluster Clone?"

whatsthenews — Fri, 27 Oct 2023 18:54:53 +0000

TBH i found the nat.css thing to be funny. Interesting to see so many tools like this building on top of AWS, wonder what AWS thinks about it given their most recent earnings report

New comment by whatsthenews in "Andromeda Cluster Clone?"

whatsthenews — Fri, 27 Oct 2023 18:53:38 +0000

True, nothing on AWS seems cheap these days :(

New comment by whatsthenews in "Antimetal Cluster: Instant Access to AWS H100 Instances"

whatsthenews — Fri, 27 Oct 2023 18:42:13 +0000

What's the onboarding process like and how intrusive is it to my AWS account?

New comment by whatsthenews in "Generate images in one second on your Mac using a latent consistency model"

whatsthenews — Fri, 27 Oct 2023 18:41:32 +0000

Seems like a waste of time, more of a nice to have/tip of the cap to yud

New comment by whatsthenews in "Antimetal Cluster: Instant Access to AWS H100 Instances"

whatsthenews — Fri, 27 Oct 2023 18:38:00 +0000

Are there any commitments for the amount of time I use the service? Would I be able to use it for a few months, weeks, or days without a longterm contract?

New comment by whatsthenews in "Antimetal Cluster: Instant Access to AWS H100 Instances"

whatsthenews — Fri, 27 Oct 2023 18:31:04 +0000

That's sweet, will send over an email shortly!

New comment by whatsthenews in "Antimetal Cluster: Instant Access to AWS H100 Instances"

whatsthenews — Fri, 27 Oct 2023 18:26:06 +0000

Love the idea, does this work for startups on credits? I work with a lot of AI startups on credits and would be happy to intro if that's the case

New comment by whatsthenews in "Andromeda Cluster Clone?"

whatsthenews — Fri, 27 Oct 2023 17:39:11 +0000

Think that would be a game changer if so, afaik AWS prioritizes the large AI companies (Hugging Face, Anthropic, etc) when it comes to access for GPUs

New comment by whatsthenews in "Andromeda Cluster Clone?"

whatsthenews — Fri, 27 Oct 2023 17:38:28 +0000

Same, so simple for a landing page. You really don't need more if it's done right

Andromeda Cluster Clone?

whatsthenews — Fri, 27 Oct 2023 17:13:53 +0000

https://twitter.com/mprkhrst/status/1717936411561591042

Looks like an exact clone of the Andromeda Cluster built by Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross (https://andromeda.ai/.

Last I checked, P5 EC2 instances on AWS (H100s on AWS) are insanely expensive. Not sure how this startup will be able to compete with on-prem prices without eating the cost themselves.

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New comment by whatsthenews in "Small Nuclear Reactors: The Answer to Big Tech's Energy Crisis?"

whatsthenews — Mon, 02 Oct 2023 19:13:23 +0000

interesting, thanks for flagging

New comment by whatsthenews in "Show HN: We Built an API for AI Calling"

whatsthenews — Mon, 02 Oct 2023 19:12:45 +0000

Not to be a de-cel, but what are the safety concerns around this? Can see this being great for pranking/fraud?