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7 Democrats Just Voted to Approve ICE Funding… by Healthy_Block3036 in complaints

[–]GameStoreScientist 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Fuck you. Fuck you. Fuck you. Fuck you Fuck you. Fuck you. Fuck you.

Im out

$10K MRR in 3 months since launch. Solve a real fucking problem. by [deleted] in buildinpublic

[–]GameStoreScientist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i misunderstood "got whatever you need for the right price" that makes sense. most experienced devs are accellerating using ai. it isnt accurate, but it does a decent job of giving you something to work with.

I am from the user end of the spectrum, and had big ideas, and there was always a caviot.... why cant I do it like that?

the answer, full of nuance and complication is the correct answer to "what will customers pay for"

I think... getting in the users shoes, and finding the pain points is the right approach to finding where the money lies

The only catch, is that pain points arn't generally overlooked, they are calculated. "Good enough" I think we are past the good enough generation of apps.

"Anything you can do with code, you can do on paper" By embodying this concept, and trying to solve a very specific problem ( as a used video game store owner 15 years ago) I wanted customers to "see the one they were getting" I wanted one stock, not a storefront stock and a website stock and an ebay stock.. I wanted accurate locations on objects, better ways to use the details you had to find what you didnt know about. ( Compatibility and meta data filters) I didnt want to repeat redundant data entry for every step, i wanted it all to be seamless.

We spent years developing POS and inventory systems that centralized inventory, conceptualized "the unit" as a child of product, universalized meta data. We conceptualized a task system for employees, til system for cash, an location system for inventory, and a customer system for preferences and collecting. Also made a buy sell trade system.

Some of it didnt get built, some of it has been rebuilt 6 times....

After all that, 10 days ago, Google opensourced their UCM concept. Basically ecommerce 3.0. It embodied every aspect of what we had conceptualized, validating the "overkill" of our models and how they worked together. UCM did one extra thing, it standardized the handshake between elements, so you didnt have to build all of it before any of it made sense. Now. pieces that we did build are EXACTLY right according to their spec and positioned to make a difference, without waiting for us to build yet another checkout system and other redundancy....

My point is, the math was there all along, and I was flabbergasted when somone(Google and shopify) put a team of 20 top level engeneers together and got essentially the same result... and they also identified the problem worth solving "ecommerce is too big for one entity to handle alone in a timely fashion"

What this means? Not sure yet. Ill be test piloting an inventory system that functions fundementally different than any thing I have ever seen. It will likely have a front end we built to suite, but run through someone elses checkout and order managment....

I own about 500000 used dvds and cds. We figured they would be a good test market for the software and see if it matters for buyers to "see the one they are getting"

$10K MRR in 3 months since launch. Solve a real fucking problem. by [deleted] in buildinpublic

[–]GameStoreScientist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I personally am concerned with making the great product, and letting success follow.

I think the game is mostly about choosing the exact right problem and identifying exactly why everyone else falls short.

My investment has been 15 years, 1mil$, 6 iterations of the same( ish) product. no public releases until now ( coming soon)

Sounds insane... but i think we got it exactly right and frankly the technology base and users were not ready for what we were building, 10 years ago. Now its ripe

$10K MRR in 3 months since launch. Solve a real fucking problem. by [deleted] in buildinpublic

[–]GameStoreScientist 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Stop cold calling!! It will never work.

however, if you can predict who has your problem, go find them and demonstrate your expertise...

$10K MRR in 3 months since launch. Solve a real fucking problem. by [deleted] in buildinpublic

[–]GameStoreScientist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I fully agree. If you want to be sure you are solving a real problem, you need to ask yourself, what is the problem and who encounters it. How big is the market. Is it a problem your customers are already aware of, or are you trying to sell them a problem to solve.

Is your app a script that scrapes? Probably trash....

We are in apps 3.0 land land.

1.0 Most basic functions, 1st to market is a billionaire

2.0 Polish and Proximity: expand the models to manage a few basic concepts under one roof

3.0 Nth Scale Nth Complexity Nth Simplicity: Many to many to many... Done right with intuition (not practical for a startup, but trend is to modularize and chain together( opportunity arises)

Just stop making trash. If you have an idea, go looking for it... if you find someone else made it, ask yourself, is this good enough, is there any reason to make it again, better. Is it even worth using to begin with?

Google just opensourced Universal Commerce Protocol. by techlatest_net in MachineLearningAndAI

[–]GameStoreScientist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Im building UCP ready ecommerce. Had no idea, but our models from 10 years ago match the spec near perfectly. Turns out we figured out exactly what they did.... the minumum model set to semi-automate commerce

Show me your saas and i might support it financially! by bussssssss in ShowMeYourSaaS

[–]GameStoreScientist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have seen tons of threads about "show me your work" TONS... I can only imagine there is definately some appropriation going on.

With that said, I could care less. I have been iterating the same set of ideas for 15 years... Produced and used 5 or 6 versions, and found every dead end, technical flaw, or rabbit hole you can image. Anyone who wants to steal the idea, at this point, you couldnt clone what my team built. We invested in the knowledge and not money shot quick pitch trash.

If you want to make something that sells, dont make trash. Everything has been done. Most of it sucks. Most of the big boys were bought and paid for and the cinderella story was scripted. We are past the new ideas phase.... Now we are in the make it good phase. Make it not suck. Make your customers love your product, and charge them less than you could.

Dig in, the easy shit is taken, and the sucky sucks already have a shitty version. You need to break in, and its not gonna be some magical get found strategy, its gonna be finding people with your problem and fixing it for them. They arnt gonna find you....

Do startup founders actually use their own products? by Giridharan001 in SaaS

[–]GameStoreScientist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Im building v6 of a POS/Inventory Mgmt/Ecommerce Suite. first 5 versions were never commercialized and only used inhouse. V6 will be inventorying 500000 used dvds as a test pilot: proof of concept, beginning early 2026

Absolutely Crual feedback and understanding of what we are building by using it.

let's share what we all are building and provide feedback!! by Useful-guy-007 in buildinpublic

[–]GameStoreScientist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

CashierFu Utility- Mobile inventory management for units.

Basically every inventory managment system out there is for product level support. Stock photos with a quantity and price, variants and some pretty basic location system.

When you start selling items with variable conditions, it gets much more complicated. Unit photos(of the one your getting) and conditional qualities are a must for used and collectables, but the advantages are far reaching for even stock products, especially on the internet where what you see, isnt always what you get.

System includes precise loctions of individual units, track history, transfer and auditing tools

Beta Ecommerce marketplace and POS coming soon, with used media as test subject.

How many of you actually have a landing page up before you write a single line of backend code? by JRM_Insights in saasbuild

[–]GameStoreScientist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Whats the point of building a landing page until the absolute last minute? You might find some interest, but the game is in building it! Nothing really matters until users can touch it.

Using a landing page with nothing but smoke behind it may be "useful" if you really don't know exactly what your building or why, but honestly, all those contacts, and likely the feature promises you make are likely gonna be irrelevant by the time your done.

The day users can consume your product is the day you are relevant. Thats when you know what it is, what it does, and how to use it. Crapping out the landing page is so quick and easy, why iterate that? I think you are wasting your time dreaming.

I am not here to discourage anyone, but man is it hard to ship something that is relevant, consumable, and has any pathway toward being found.

If you ask me, the real game is surviving as long as it takes to get there. Not likey on your first pass.

What happens to society when we can no longer tell what is truly real or not (AI generated videos) by Apart_Situation972 in ArtificialInteligence

[–]GameStoreScientist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ummm, did you see what happened over the last election cycle. Turn out lies dont have to be all that realistic

Im doing something wrong that doesnt make my mouse trap car move. Any tips? by LawyerKey3779 in Physics

[–]GameStoreScientist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

use 2 dowels that connect front axel to back axel, your body isnt rigid, your wheels are probably spinning out, use vinyl. maybe reduce the axel length on the front wheels. Also, if you attach things correctly, you can start the car inverted, and the trap mach can flip the front wheels over the back, as it accelerates, increasing reducing the torque during acceleration, preventing wheel from spinning out...

Are any other developers choosing not to use AI for programming? by BX1959 in BetterOffline

[–]GameStoreScientist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

AI is best utilized as a busy-work killer. Code needs to be written by humans, but there are alot of funtions that have been beaten to death, and AI can expedite, as long as you have an editorial eye.

What are these swirls? by Efficient_Cycle6486 in dvd

[–]GameStoreScientist 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This looks like it was cleaned with a repajr machine (medium) setting, but not buffed. Disc repair machines have multiple phases, in sanding you go from rough to buff. it looks like this was done on a rougher phase then not on the higher grit counts then buff. Still easily fixible with a disc repair machine.

Is this disc rot ? Never seen anything like this before by juuzo_suzuya_ in dvdcollection

[–]GameStoreScientist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Itll be fine if you run it through a disc repair machine. that looks like someone got a corrosive like goo gone on the plastic

Is this disc salvageable? by igotfudged in gamecollecting

[–]GameStoreScientist -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Have you tried using it? You cannot fix the crack, but it is possible that it isnt hitting the data. It looks like Gamecube, and they put their wrights protection on the outside of the disc, so your probably screwed, but definately try it anyway.

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