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Nathan Wailes
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yeah but I think the launch is when he first(?) takes a step back to evaluate whether to continue investing time into it or pause work on it.
I'm not in a position to give advice, but what I see pieter doing (for example) is just focusing on one at a time and using a launch as the delineator for when to switch to something else.
Surely in many ways the "launch" is just the beginning?
There's a need to fix bugs, add features, and market
yeah but I think the launch is when he first(?) takes a step back to evaluate whether to continue investing time into it or pause work on it.
yes because you would ask the AI to filter out anything that--in its estimation--doesn't seem like it's on-topic / indie-hacking/shipping-related. And then also filter to the most-significant accomplishments.
@marc but yeah I think bullet points would be better than a paragraph
Would there be a meaningful difference between listing all your completed todos verbatim versus having AI rewrite them?
yes because you would ask the AI to filter out anything that--in its estimation--doesn't seem like it's on-topic / indie-hacking/shipping-related. And then also filter to the most-significant accomplishments.
@marc Since it's AI you could maybe let the user choose how they want it. Personally I think you should be doing a lot more to kick people in the ass to get shit done, the best coaching experience I've ever had was at a CrossFit box in Washington DC run by former Division-1 athletes who were all clearly on gear and all looked incredible, they really set the tone, the pace, the attitude to get everyone fired up and serious. I really think people would appreciate it, of course you have to be smart about it and not be a jerk or hurt people's feelings but if they can tell you're doing it to try to help them I think they'll appreciate it.
But to answer your question I would personally want it to score me, have it hook it up to productivity software like ActivTrak to get a sense of the amount of time I worked and GitHub to see how many lines of code I wrote. I want to know how I compare to the "pacersetters" who are actually successful, people like you and Pieter (and I think Ben is on his way). So maybe have it talking to me while impersonating a coach of my choice: Elon Musk, you, Pieter, etc.
@marc but yeah I think bullet points would be better than a paragraph
Would there be a meaningful difference between listing all your completed todos verbatim versus having AI rewrite them?
yes because you would ask the AI to filter out anything that--in its estimation--doesn't seem like it's on-topic / indie-hacking/shipping-related. And then also filter to the most-significant accomplishments.
also maybe rank the main feed by who's actually getting stuff done 😶
"I feel it will take forever to build what I want."
IMO this is the #1 most important thing to understand about programming. Stuff can take way, way longer to make than people imagine when they first get into it.
But yeah the best way is with a mentor who actually cares about you and can guide you towards reasonably-sized projects and help you get past sticking points.
thank you, Nathan.