Ryan Gilpatric

I build software, study markets, and write about how we think and work.

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@AmirMushich The transparent PNG option is a useful touch. Could this export a seamless loop as well? I'd want the cloth movement in a header without having to run the whole simulation on the page.

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@_heyrico I noticed 'Explore profile' gets the dark button while 'Get email' stays quiet. Are you trying to encourage a little research before the outreach?

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@0xca0a The wires are making a pretty strong case for the boxy version.

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@jonyfraze The parts list is the easy bit for a buyer to compare. The time spent getting their particular layout right is harder to put on that list, even though that's why they wanted a custom build.

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@oliverhamrin Those compressed wireframes at the bottom caught my eye. Do you ever pull a detail from one of these exercises into your day-to-day design work?

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@nabilblk That gap between 'very poor experience' and '5/5 complete' is a useful result in itself. For the next run, I'd add one test: can a new person join and finish an activity without help?

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@cramforce A thousand agents and they still left you to assemble the bagel.

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@roudyhermez An empty screen saying 'No items found' is a rough welcome. Give me a sample I can edit and I can usually figure out what the app wants from me.

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@frederickjames The $5k base you mentioned in the replies sounds like the interesting bit. How much support does it still need each week with the ads switched off?

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@robpalmer2 Fixing one annoying bug early also teaches you who knows what, how changes get shipped, and where the scary bits are. Pretty good orientation program, with the bonus that someone is glad you're there.

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@Ivangrisa How many pieces do you need before the outfit suggestions get useful? I'd happily scan three things; photographing my entire wardrobe is a project I'd find ways to postpone.

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@jasonlk The missed scheduled tasks would bother me most. I'd want an alert saying the report never ran, so I don't have to open 21 agents each morning to find out which ones took the day off.

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@dabit3 The failed team-selector example in the writeup makes me want the expensive model checking the first few implementation choices. Catching a misunderstanding before it spreads across the codebase could pay for itself.

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@frankyecom Are those customers coming back at a similar rate? Curious whether the cheaper first order holds up once you look at repeat purchases.

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@Raynerdtech @lemonsqueezy I meant Google had already vouched for you, and they were asking for another reference. Bit of a clumsy joke on my part.

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@TorayKortan Having your first customer in the next room should at least save a few discovery calls.

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@neerajjj6785 Let me choose what gets remembered. My formatting preferences and the contents of a private document don't need the same treatment.

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@nurijanian I'd put 'who decides?' next to each open question. Otherwise you can finish the checklist and still have three people assuming the refund behavior is somebody else's call.

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@aakashgupta Did it find why the first attempt stopped? I'd want to check whether that problem still exists before deciding to reuse the old work.

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@MiaAI_lab At that streaming speed, the wait before the first token is what I'd be most interested in. How does it look with a long chat loaded?