Re:Six Months of Tiny Projects
by Impossible on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @11:57AM
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It's good that he built some side projects and seems like he learned a lot. And the process and write ups are entertaining, but I understand some of the negativity. He comes off as peak tech bro, instead of talking about how he's making the projects for fun or for learning everything is about monetizing or getting views on (admittedly!) poor quality hackathon projects. Dialing down some of the tech bro and the focus on making "products" and I believe the negativity would go away. It doesn't help that his idea process seems to be "what can I make that is like something else, but significantly worse" :). I think it's a great achievement in rapid development, however
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What is your definition of “tech bro”? The post comes off to me as someone who is humble, introspective, interested in technology, interested in testing out new ideas, and interested in getting better. Not sure what’s “tech bro” about any of that, but maybe that means I’m a tech bro, bro! /joke
“Nobody thinks they’re a techbro, it’s always someone else who’s the problem.”
Re:Six Months of Tiny Projects
by Impossible on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @02:25PM
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You're right, it appears that tech bro is insulting to the HN audience. Too late to delete or edit my comment, but maybe future readers can ignore the offensive parts of the post. I still stand by the focus on product and selling for projects that were largely about learning could lead to negative comments. I attempted to get some balance in my original comment but it seems like using tech bro negated any of that
No offense taken here! I asked from a place of trying to learn what you meant. Part of why I like HN is because I can find posts that go deep in the technical aspects of things, posts that delve more into the product/business side of things, and lots of stuff in between. I think I understand the spirit of your original reply better now!