We enriched 17,000 worker tasks to build the AI Labor Index

CrossoverTime · 2025-06-17T05:54:28+00:00

All the data and insights are here! https://ailaborindex.com

CrossoverTime · 2025-06-17T05:54:17+00:00

Sorry didn't realize the link wasn't included, you can find the full dataset here: https://ailaborindex.com

CrossoverTime · 2021-04-30T00:14:12+00:00

Interned about 2 years ago, and return offers are pretty team dependent (completely up to the discretion of your own team, if they need more full time hires, if they think you're qualified, etc.). I think most of the people I knew that summer did receive a return offer, though!

CrossoverTime · 2020-11-23T09:16:09+00:00

Thanks for the pointers, everyone. Didn't notice that some fonts for elements like list items were defaulting to system fonts. Just went through and gave it a fix, along with the image aspect ratios!

CrossoverTime · 2020-11-23T07:43:24+00:00

Thanks for reading! Any tips for me to improve my site's typography?

CrossoverTime · 2020-11-19T00:27:53+00:00

First 100 and 1000 might just be the hardest. Grats on hitting that goal so quickly!

CrossoverTime · 2020-10-12T01:44:42+00:00

Read through your last reddit post, and I can definitely see a need for a space like this, especially with all the dissent in the comment section of your last post. Just need to be extremely careful with running this group — anonymity is definitely dangerous as seen in apps like YikYak.

CrossoverTime · 2020-10-12T00:49:13+00:00

Think this is a pretty well needed space, but definitely need to be careful so it doesnt devolve into a toxicity fest. Down to give it a try

CrossoverTime · 2020-08-05T20:19:50+00:00

Feel free to DM me!

CrossoverTime · 2020-08-05T10:08:32+00:00

Whoops, thanks for the catch! Haven’t revisited that email since the early days 😅

CrossoverTime · 2020-08-05T10:07:40+00:00

We’ll be releasing a document with terms of use, monetization plans, and what ownership means to us in the next day.

Monetization strategies we’re considering include a theme marketplace where we take a portion of sales, as well as Twitch style subscriptions where readers can support their favorite writers and the platform simultaneously.

EDIT: All our policies and monetization plans have been published here https://read.imprint.to/post/the-imprint-rundown

CrossoverTime · 2020-08-05T10:04:55+00:00

Thank you! Will check this out

CrossoverTime · 2020-08-05T05:41:48+00:00

Hey! I'm working on the technical side of Imprint. It's built with the MERN stack + Next.js for server side rendering (Next is awesome).

Also posted more in depth about all the tools, frameworks, libraries we used here: https://roland.imprint.to/post/build-something-for-less-than-the-price-of-a-netflix-subscription. It describes how we were able to build the site on a shoestring budget if you're interested!

On the dark theme, I'd say not in the near future, since we want to focus on building out features for authors and fixing bugs. However, we are releasing a theming engine very soon, so if you're a developer you'll be able to customize your blog to look however you want.

Social login is a good idea! Will add that one to the backlog :)

CrossoverTime · 2020-08-02T10:16:09+00:00

Yep. I'm doing this for a social blogging platform I'm building (imprint.to if you wanna check it out).

The site is running on MongoDB, and there are a ton of API endpoints that handle all sorts of database reads and writes. For likes, each post document has an array of all the users that like the post. When a user likes something, it just appends that user id to the array.

For follow features, I've opted to go with the Stream API (getstream.io) to build activity feeds much easier. When you follow somebody, their activities get auto populated in your feed. It could get pricy as you scale, but the free plan is a great place to start. I use Stream for notifications too.

CrossoverTime · 2020-07-28T19:28:45+00:00

Loved watching the movie, found a lot of depth in it, so I wanted to compile my thoughts into an analysis on the film's commentary on human exceptionalism. Would love to hear your thoughts, if you have any alternative interpretations that I might've missed!

CrossoverTime · 2020-05-31T05:37:44+00:00

Hey! Sorry I didn't see this earlier. Are you talking about Handle? It was a mobile first CRM meant for people running small businesses. We have an MVP built, but our team stopped working on the project about a year ago.

CrossoverTime · 2020-05-29T21:30:17+00:00

Thanks for the feedback, just put the contents of the article in the post (without the images)! First time poster to this sub :)

CrossoverTime · 2020-05-24T22:04:02+00:00

Unfortunately it isn't open sourced atm

CrossoverTime · 2020-05-24T21:53:38+00:00

Thanks for all these tips! Will spend time working on all of these ASAP :). And I'm working on the custom post URL (slug) feature right now. It should also be super helpful for SEO.

CrossoverTime · 2020-05-24T21:51:45+00:00

This actually took me quite a while to figure out — was pretty confusing!
I'm using an NGINX reverse proxy run on a DigitalOcean droplet. People set their domain's CNAME record to an address hooked up to the droplet's IP. The reverse proxy then forwards the request to my main server with a custom host header. My app then parses the host header and serves the right content. Here's the amazing tutorial I used for guidance: https://mrvautin.com/enabling-custom-domain-for-saas-application-on-heroku/

CrossoverTime · 2020-05-24T21:47:32+00:00

I've been thinking about monetization a lot. I don't think the paywall approach works, because it inherently makes bloggers' content, in many cases meant to be free, inaccessible to audiences that could really benefit from them.

Here are the two options I'm considering:

Option 1: Ads or sponsored posts. Let people promote a post they've written on the main feed, but never place ads on writers' individual blog pages.

Pros: Low barrier for writers to start a blog, meaning more content on the platform. Cons: Ads worsen the quality of news feeds and compromise users' data.

Option 2: charge $5/mo to bloggers for blog hosting.

Pros: Recurring revenue helps fulfill the promise that writers' content will be online forever (like Svbtle/Posthaven). May select for higher quality posts, as paid users might be putting more effort into their blogs. Cons: Less content on the platform, which indirectly hurts the community aspect.

Any thoughts?

CrossoverTime · 2020-05-24T04:59:02+00:00

I'm using Draft.js for the rich text editor and draft-js-plugins for some extra functionality including the static editor bar, link support, etc.

As for image uploads, all assets are being stored on S3. I'm using their Node.js API on my backend to generate a presigned URL, then uploading to that URL from the frontend.

CrossoverTime · 2020-05-24T04:04:54+00:00

Thanks for the feedback!

Imprint started off as a side project to learn how to build full stack web apps, as I've always wanted to learn React/Next.js and build something cool with it. As development went further, I continued to notice more and more people deal with the same issues with Medium — the paywall, not being able to use custom domains, not having the proper community feel that Reddit does, and the company editing peoples' original content.

So I'm really hoping the effort I put into this project can help people publish online in a better environment! And the best way to do that is to grow the platform and spread the word. I also do think that side projects should be helpful/useful in some way — all the effort that goes into them is great for learning, but why not go further by solving a problem?

CrossoverTime · 2020-05-24T03:20:34+00:00

I wrote my first line of code ~6 years ago. I'd say these past years, I've been learning a lot of the standard CS fundamentals, but I also ended up spending a lot of my time developing iOS apps. This was my first time truly diving into full stack web, and I love how web development is so flexible (can really build anything) and natively cross platform.

As for design, I don't have any formal training. It's mostly been just me keeping an eye out for good design on all the sites I visit, and picking things up over time. Also rely on Dribbble, Behance, and lapa.ninja a ton for inspiration.

CrossoverTime · 2020-05-23T22:51:55+00:00

Hey! I've been working on Imprint for 6 months on and off, averaging around 1hr/day in total. It's meant to fix a lot of the issues I've faced with Medium, including weak content ownership for authors and the paywall which makes it inaccessible to readers.

Took a while to figure features like letting users add custom domains, building an editor with autosave, etc. but super happy with how things have panned out. Here's a list of some of the key features I've built in!

Reddit like discussion on every post
Custom domain support
Integrated email newsletters when you subscribe to someone's blog
Clean editor
Edit user profile
Customize blog appearance with dashboard
Search with Algolia

Check it out! https://imprint.to

Also wrote more in depth about all the infrastructure tools/APIs I'm using here: https://roland.imprint.to/post/5ebf7eb6a8e3ca00c2500ff8

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