akanshmurthy

Re:How to Pick a Meditation App on Sunday November 15, 2015 @09:12PM (#10572244)

I totally agree. There is no need to pay to meditate. Sometimes, the best things in life are free. You can research breathing methods, posture styles, and more online.

Seeking feedback for a React/Flux/Rails gem (my first gem)

Posted by akanshmurthy on Sunday November 15, 2015 @02:16PM
from the self-post dept.

After rewriting a lot of the same code regularly for Flux patterns within Rails, I was wishing for a single command that could generate all the files and folders I would need (action, util, dispatcher, store, etc.) with a "general" placeholder that I could quickly replace. So, I decided to try and make a gem (which does seem to work at this point). I'd love to get some feedback on it.Include...

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Re:Ask HN: Are startups diluting their own market? on Sunday October 25, 2015 @04:10AM (#10446319)

Intriguing. So, regardless of the noise, you think the signal will resonate due to its demand by the consumer. But, won't the first commenter's idea play here where consumers get sick of trying new products after getting burned?

Ask HN: Are startups diluting their own market?

Posted by akanshmurthy on Saturday October 24, 2015 @10:19PM
from the ask-hn dept.

Some of favorite quotes from Sam Altman's class at Stanford (CS183B) were:1. Don't start a startup for the sake of starting a startup. 2. Product should solve a personal pain. 3. Build something users love. 4. Live in the future. 5. Learn powerful things. 6. Get users. 7. Dominate small markets. 8. Make everyone do customer support. 9. Do things that don't scale.Particularly though, I thought...

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