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Hacker Cabin -

[Simon @socodemaker]

Knowing when to quit a project..

Not every project deserves years of your life. Some projects should be killed quickly. The hard part is knowing when to quit.

You need to know the difference between "difficult / slow / uncertain" (which are all normal feelings for makers and very common) vs what is genuinely not working.

A good point that Alex raised:-

Not all good ideas are good business ideas.

Also worth a read - "When should you quit?" written by Justin Jackson.

A good community behind you can get you through the usual rollercoaster of emotions of building a startup. For a few years that community was Hacker Cabin.

I recently discovered a new community by @T_Zahil maker of Uneed. I am pleased I found it. Authentic makers, supporting each other with the same honest takes and member support I loved in Hacker Cabin.

DM me for an invite.

[Alex West 🚀 @alexwestco]

Not Business Advice Podcast - Episode 2 🔥

Me and @DmytroKrasun sit down and talk about:
00:00 - Dmytro's public talk in Tel Aviv
03:50 - Is building in public dead?
14:10 - How to know when to give up on ideas
31:10 - Being unique vs entering a competitive market
54:00 - Our feedback on 3 listeners ideas

If you want us to have a look at your product/idea and give you our honest feedback, drop the link and some context about it the comments below 🖤

[Simon @socodemaker]

@pauldm 😆

[Simon @socodemaker]

@theraheelhasan i find peoples willingness to hand over sensitive information to agents mindblowing

[Simon @socodemaker]

@arvidkahl Laravel helped me enjoy coding again. This week changes nothing on that for me.

[Simon @socodemaker]

@DenLoginoff was great fun. Same time next month?

[Simon @socodemaker]

Too much red tape with Atom. These are my domains - not yours.

Looking forward to using Afternic's new api to manage my domains going forwards. (The few that I have left).

[Simon @socodemaker]

video of the week

no contest

[Darshita Patankar @_darshi]

Hi, it's Darshita. I am a designer.

And I'm pitching myself in public 'cause I'm done with a year full of anxiety.

Everyone says design is dead and AI killed it. But the real parasite was hiding in plain sight.

So here's my film, DESIGN IS DEAD. She's bold, fearless and very PINK 💖

Hiring? My DMs are open.

[Simon @socodemaker]

I hear theres opportunity in cybersecurity right now

[Oliver Baumgart @OliverBaumgart]

@jaydrogers Our DevOps intern who joined last week...

[Simon @socodemaker]

I think I am one of the few people that believes overall we are not better off with ai

But I may be a boomer

[Simon @socodemaker]

that point at around 50mins in, yeah people are relying too much on using ai to make JUDGEMENT calls. Its a real problem. People are losing the ability to think for themselves.

As for businesses, if I had the success of Alex I'd possibly consider acquiring a small business and getting a head start that way the second time rather than always starting from square one.

You can find something that already shows signs of potential. Obviously lots of junk so you'd need to tread carefully.

Just a thought. That said you might want the satisfaction of knowing you built something from scratch and solving a problem.

Anyway, thanks for the chat - I enjoyed it. Made me think a lot. I am still unsure of myself as to what I am doing, but nice to see I am not the only one figuring things still.

[Simon @socodemaker]

@bradsmith I love the idea of it, I just wonder if I'd get anything done !

[Simon @socodemaker]

@hieuSSR Boom. Yes!

[Simon @socodemaker]

@hboon Not senior enough

You should have bulldozed tabs 😃

[Simon @socodemaker]

@jsjoeio Yes, that

[Light Silver @lightsilver323]

A founder can spend an entire month doing work that makes the business look more complete.

-New website.
-Better onboarding.
-More features.
-Cleaner design.

And at the end of the month, still have no better answer to why someone should buy.

That's a difficult thing to admit when you've genuinely worked hard.

[Simon @socodemaker]

@elie2222 wow. Well deserved though

[Simon @socodemaker]

@marclou How much advice have you been getting from @jessethanley . be honest 😁

[Simon @socodemaker]

@hboon 🤯