Most AI-assisted projects you see today are LLM wrappers, CRUD apps, or a handful of frameworks stitched together with API calls. I wanted to push Claude Code in a different direction — heavy algorithmic work, real-time math, and the kind of low-level graphics programming that takes you back to the demoscene. No frameworks, no crazy abstractions, just pixels and linear algebra.
Since you mostly feel "lucky", find the devs or other people who worked their asses off to make this happen and who did not get anything.... and share!
Agree with this. But having said that, an introvert can learn to be much more extroverted and finally become CEO material.
However, with a high-touch product (as mentioned above), you really need to have a lifetime of extroverted experiences which leads you to all the other extroverted (sales people) that will close those deals.
While there is some truth when it comes to elitism etc, my own (hard learned) view regards this subject is, that there simply is somewhat of a "gut-feeling" if you should or should not be raising money. This is not the same as that you "feel a need", i mean everybody always need money. The "should" is usually there when you have sales flowing in and you just need to hire help etc. Many founders already know the answer deep down(and they are good at ignoring it), even before the pitch.
However, i would like to point out that the Consulting "climate", in Sweden is very, very good and it is super-easy to find a client. Few searches and groups on linked-in will yield interviews, and there are plenty of brokers that deal with independent contractors.
With that in mind 300k is a nice job still for one guy!
I consider myself to be more than one person, since I have a network of dev friends. So these contacts help and I'd not be able to do those numbers without people acting as my reference.
Agree about interviews and brokers. I however have no interest on using brokers or being employed. Have gotten some really nice offers since I started consulting, Sweden is great for such opportunities.
Starting Q1 2018 I have a 90% chance landing a ~500k SEK job from an informal Facebook posting. I have no experience with dealing with clients outside of Sweden. Maybe my advice isn't applicable to the US?
I totally agree with you on this one! The tone is absolutely immature and frankly disgusting. I would never hire a person with this kind of attitude, frankly because it is the ultimate creativity-killer in a team.
This type of attitude is creating a culture where everyone is "to scared to learn" by being to scared to comment on things, or even to ask a simple question.
Sorry for the harsh tone--probably an overreaction--but I think creativity is not the primary variable to optimize for in software development. I recognize that this opinion is a product of where I've gotten stuck in the software stack.
However the OP's advice was basically "don't write tests because they slow you down." They even said that 100% code coverage was "a really bad idea". The OP's attitude was flippant, dangerous, and IMO, stupid. Don't follow this advice.
We're all human and overreact, so no worries. I agree Creativity may not be primary always, but it definitely needs space to co-exist with the more logical-perspectives. After all, at some point in time people would not even be creative enough to come up with solutions like TDD etc.
Having said that, to be more OT. I agree with you regards the code coverage. However, the quality of Tests should be raised, as i would rather be in a position where people are aware that stuff can break and be on their toes, then to have false sense of confidence with 100% code coverage using poorly written tests (for example, tests so complex they need testing on their own).
And sometimes, it is more important to get an MVP out there, and collect the users feedback then the actual tests.
My point, its a dynamic world, and it doesn't hurt to listen to each other more!
I'm wondering, and forgive me if I missed this somewhere in the article, but did the founders wanted this type of product for themselves in the first place?
If there was a solution like that before they started, would they go and design their own jeans instantly, cause they really really wanted to do so?
Sounds to me like one of these "that would be cool if, I think"-type of ideas... I may be wrong though?
They did address this and acknowledged it should have been a red-flag for them.
Really what it comes down to is the old saying how people "...don't know what they want until they see it." Bespoke items are great, but, at least with pants, I would assume the purpose would be to get the best fitting pair, not necessarily to give a pair of pants flair. The end result of telling people "your pants can look however you want!" is a bunch of people scratching their heads going "I want...them to fit?"
I guess that's the difference between this and say, threadless. Threadless has amateur custom designs submitted and voted on, and the top designs float up to the front page. Because most people simply aren't very good designers...
