Looks interesting, and thank you for sharing this! One common issue with scraping web pages is dealing with data that is dynamically loaded. Is there a solution for this? For example, when using Scrapy, you can have Splash running in Docker via scrapy-splash (https://github.com/scrapy-plugins/scrapy-splash).
I didn't have enough time to dive into all the information or test out the editor. However, one bit of feedback that I have is just wondering what sets ERD Lab apart from other existing solutions? What motivated you to make your own DB design tool? If a prospective customer was either weighing the pros/cons between several DB design tools or already using another tool, what would compel them to decide on using ERD Lab?
Maybe consider including a table highlighting the differences in features/pricing from other similar tools on the homepage (after the list of features) or a separate page entirely highlighting this information? For example, Render.com has a page specifically highlighting how their product is a better PaaS solution compared to Heroku [0]. This is just a thought.
Personally, I'm not familiar enough with DB design editors to know what I should be looking for in such a tool. Moreover, about ~1 year ago, I was looking for a solution that solved this exact problem, so I am genuinely curious about this.
Finally, just wanted to mention that while I don't need this at the moment, I did bookmark it to consider using in the future.
Probably one of my favorite courses during my undergraduate studies at University of Michigan. Recently, I needed to brush up on statistics and was excited when I found this entire course available online.
All of the course materials are available under the 'Materials' tab, including the labs.
Back when I took this course, they were teaching us how to use SPSS, but it seems like they have since transitioned to teaching R. Definitely worth checking out if you need to review the fundamentals of statistics and probability.
I've read a lot of comparisons between Asana and Jira, but I was curious if anyone can explain the difference between Asana and Basecamp? I don't have experience with either service.
Thanks for sharing! Do you mind me asking what admin template you used for the app? I'm searching for a decent admin template right now with a similar color scheme.
The only other company I know attempting to revolutionize email is Superhuman [0]. It will be interesting to compare these services. One thing I can say is that Basecamp will certainly be competitive if they can offer their service for less than $30 per month, which is how much Superhuman charges currently [1].
This is an awesome post. Thank you for sharing your story with the HN community.
I was browsing your GitHub and played around a little with IsoCity [0]. I really like it! Small projects like these are great and you can learn so much from them. You said it very well:
> I don't do projects to gather attention, I do cause I have fun doing them.
This brings to mind Dr. Greer and the Sirius Disclosure project [0]. The first documentary, Sirius, is available on YouTube [1] and the second documentary, Unacknowledged, can be viewed on Netflix.
To be clear, I'm not sure if I entirely believe in all of this myself. However, I don't regret watching any of it. At the very least I got some inspiration for short stories/screenplays.
Contrary to what most are saying, this was an awesome presentation. They kept it incredibly short, gave basic facts about the car (although nothing on the interior), and blew everyone's mind, for good or for bad, with a new truck unlike anyone would've believed, especially putting it against the F-150. Even with the glass shattering, the fact that it didn't go through was still amazing (they definitely have to work on this though). I say it was a mind blowing presentation and I will definitely be thinking through this.
> "This is why we need a good social safety net...that will be extremely disruptive to their lives while they find new work. If we could support them with a safety during that time..."
I want to refrain from getting too political here, but what you are stating here seems to be one of the core reasons for why Andrew Yang is proposing the Freedom Dividend [1].
Exactly. I was going to make this point myself, but you stated it better than I could. I can imagine a lot of prospective founders wanting to build an alternative platform to mitigate this issue, but then realize that further down the road they will ultimately become the very thing they set out to abolish in the first place.
> I don't know how to get around the business physics of this. Not sure anyone does.
Sometimes I think to myself that if their is less reliance on angel/VC funding from the very beginning, then founders could stay true to their vision. Like how Elon Musk refuses to make SpaceX a publicly traded company as it would squander the ultimate goal of colonizing mars. However, given how resource intensive it must be to process and store petabytes of video every year (exabytes in total), there is just no way around acquiring investment dollars.
Neuralink has a very impressive founding team and I have been periodically checking their homepage for any updates. I am excited to see what they have been working on for all this time.
Is there a way to preview all the questions on the application beforehand? Or at the very least allow to save our progress so we can return and finish them later?
For most of the questions I know what I want to write, but I like to revise my answers over the course of a few days so I can make them more clear and concise.
Looking forward to this! Thank you to everyone at YC and Startup School :)
I have been using Firefox as my default browser for as long as I can remember and after the release of Quantum I have loved using Firefox even more. I still have Chrome for cross-browser testing and the occasional website that loads correctly on Chrome, but not Firefox (for whatever reason). However, this occurs very rarely.
A big thank you to Mozilla. Keep up the great work!
This is exactly what I do. It took me quite some time during my undergrad years to realize that repeating information out loud can be an effective study strategy. It was especially perfect when studying for subjects like biochemistry, physiology, immunology, etc. In these kinds of subjects, there are so many little details/exceptions to know in addition to the large pathways/cycles/concepts that it can very quickly become overwhelming if you are unable to piece all the information together, in order, and think through it logically. Forcing myself to describe everything out loud is the best way for me to identify where my gaps in understanding of the material are and also helps me retain the material better.