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Marc Köhlbrugge

Marc Köhlbrugge
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Not that I know of.

There are some third-party integrations built on top of the API, but I believe integrating with Apple Notes is very difficult as there's no official API. I don't know any apps integrating with it actually.

Try shipping smaller iterations.

For most makers seeing people actually use the thing they build is what gives them inspiration. If your sprints are too long, you will lose motivation and don't finish the thing you started. This can be a vicious circle as it then becomes tempting to start something new. Over and over again.

I'd be intrigued to try it, but I don't see myself paying for it. I'd be more inclined for an API that rates user-generated content for that kind of stuff, but even that is a stretch.

You could add functionality like that to Trix. Chris (@excid3) did a GoRails episode about adding @mentions to Trix you could use as a starting point.

Trix by Basecamp is quite nice. It integrates really well with Ruby on Rails, and is very extensible. It's also well maintained, so it seems like a good long-term solution even if its functionality is still rather limited.

Trix is amazing and I've used it elsewhere, the problem is that I need something that can handle custom dropdowns. The reason being this is an editor for an email and my users need to be able to paste merge tags from a dropdown menu (like MailChimp) :(

You could add functionality like that to Trix. Chris (@excid3) did a GoRails episode about adding @mentions to Trix you could use as a starting point.

It depends on too many variables to give a singular answer.

I'd look at the overall load time and see if your current PNGs are substantial part of it. If not, I wouldn't worry about further optimizing them except for the bare minimum of throwing them through imageoptim.

If they do significantly contribute to your page load, then compress them to a point you're comfortable with. It's more of an art than an exact science. If you're an illustrator you might care more about pixel perfect images than an average blogger for example.

  • Most websites already have a newsletter I could subscribe to
  • Supporting all these different sources will be quite a technical challenge
  • You'll need to continuously update the service for API changes and new features
  • You might get pushback from those services as they prefer to keep control
  • I'm not sure it's a severe pain point. Never heard from people looking for a solution
  • You'll be asking money for mild convenience (you can already do everything for free, just slightly less convenient)
  • Drawback of not using Instagram app/etc directly is that I cannot easily like/comment/etc
  • Already somewhat solved through cross-sharing (e.g. if I follow someone's Twitter, they tend to share their blog posts etc there as well)
  • I personally want less email. Not more. I'm actually using Kill The Newsletter to turn newsletters into RSS feeds
  • Check out t.me/EventsAggregatorBot – it does a lot of what you say, but in Telegram
  • White text on pink background is hard to read
  • Text size in header is too small
  • The article view looks great
  • Some photos are very low-res (e.g. Pretzel Hands')
  • Would like to see more images in interviews
  • Questions and answers in Pretzel Hand's interview could use more distinct styling so they are easier to tell apart
  • Saying every interviewee has "No CS degree" gets repetitive
  • Articles are too long IMO (although honestly I didn't actually read them, see below)
  • Took a second for me to understand the domain name. I read it as Noc's Degree. This might be one of those exceptions where dashes in the domain might be better.

I'm not sure who No CS Degree is for. Personally I couldn't care less whether someone has a CS degree or not. I guess that's also your point. That it doesn't matter. So why highlight people without CS degrees, if it doesn't matter?

The reason Indie Hackers and Starter Story work, is because as entrepreneurs we learn we're not alone. We all face similar challenges. And we can learn from each other. See what worked for others.

Maybe No CS Degree's value proposition is similar, but I wonder if the challenges people without a CS degree face are really distinct enough from people with a CS degree. Do people without a CS degree identify as such? I don't have a CS degree, but it's not something I ever think about.

hey man, thanks for looking at it:

Design - yeah, I agree. Gotta work on that and agree the Pretzel Hands one is too low-res. Will sort out head and format of Q&A

Copy - I get you. I was thinking about SEO but agree I should vary more

Concept - it's for coders/career changers who don't have CS degree but want to get jobs or make products. I agree it doesn't always matter but I think there is the perception it does, particularly with learners. So the concept is to show successes of coders to people who can't/won't do a 4 year degree.

Hi Nana. You can change your avatar in Telegram, and then send /refresh to @wipbot to have it update on the site.

I'll add a feature so you can update it on the site as well.

This is fantastic. Just tried it and it works

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