Hey this is great feedback. We should definitely make it easier to come up with names and suggest more folks for you to subscribe to based off of topics
> This is a nice idea but feels like it could be used for stalking.
So we make sure to only aggregate publicly available information that the creator released and never include pieces about them or from someone else. We also make sure not to aggregate any gated/paywalled content.
The problem with having every creator opt-in is that that we'd never be able to launch the profiles because there are so many creators. But maybe we could have an opt-out? We actually have the ability for creators to claim their profiles as well and make changes/edits. So in theory, a creator that doesn't want to be indexed could hide all the content on their profile.
Does that address the concern? open to any other ideas you might have!
hey thanks! Nothing special just plain old CSS. :)
As far as our overall stack — we've been pretty happy with NextJS/TypeScript on the frontend and Hasura to power the backend. We use a combination of Vercel and Heroku for hosting!
> “We could do something called the American Equity Fund. The American Equity Fund would be capitalized by taxing companies above a certain valuation 2.5% of their market value each year, payable in shares transferred to the fund..”
I could be in favor of something like this.
However, I’d be curious to hear Sam’s thoughts on what kind of vehicle do we use to ensure that this equity actually reaches end-users?
I can make a very strong historical case that the government is not the right vehicle for this to work. You could also just look at the most recent $1.9T stimulus bill — where only a fraction of it went out as checks to Americans in need.
I recently read this book and can certify that it’s a fantastic read — especially if you’re the kind of person that loves computing history.
I’d recommend getting the latest edition because the book was originally written in 1984 and the latest edition has fascinating interviews from Doug Engelbart, Alan Kay, Ted Nelson (and other titans) that took place in 1999 where they reflect on their prior predictions and make some predictions about the future.
What I loved about the book was that it painted a very vivid image of the technologies and ideas that were available at the time, and how these visionaries expected them to evolve.
What I loved is that Rheingold walks you through the idea maze of computing (starting at the very very beginning) —- showing you different dead-ends and subsequent unlocks that happens through some combination of chance and brilliant insight.
I enjoyed the whole thing, but if you were force me to pick a single chapter to recommend I’d pick — “The Loneliness of a Long Distance Thinker”.
> Haven't we been hearing about "software that doesn't require any tech skills to build" for 25 years now?
Does anyone here have examples of startups/products that tried to build "no-code" tools historically and failed? (aka. more examples like "Dreamweaver"?)
I don't have too much historical context on this stuff and would like to look at the graveyard. :)
That's a great idea.