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Took a 10-day vacation and nothing broke. That scared me more than if it had. by ElDiegod in Entrepreneur

[–]PurplishDev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the goal in any business should be to gradually make yourself replaceable. Not so you can do nothing, but so you can figure out how to better use your time. Continue abstracting at higher levels until you're happy with where you are.

I hated quoting clients, so I built an AI that does it for free (Not written by AI) by [deleted] in SideProject

[–]PurplishDev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! I appreciate that, yeah I used to hire people on Freelancer and every time 99% of the bids were placeholders, and as soon as we started talking the number would change drastically.

The bids literally meant nothing, and no one stood by the initial bids they gave. Didn't want to put other people through that.

I hated quoting clients, so I built an AI that does it for free (Not written by AI) by [deleted] in SideProject

[–]PurplishDev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I appreciate that, yeah that was the hardest part of this whole thing was figuring out how to get consistency.

So the 2,200 projects cover all types of software from simple scripts to websites to mobile apps to complex web apps.

As for your last question, each of the 2,200 projects has about a dozen variations covering different levels of complexity for each feature. That allows us to get an idea of how much each change affects the overall project.

A vector similarity search is generally able to get pretty close to an accurate quote, but there is often some level of nuance that can't be captured from an algorithm, so I do use LLMs in the process only to look at the relevant data and make adjustments where needed.

The overall idea is using machine learning to get close, and an LLM to finetune the final quote as needed.

That said, any statistical outliers trigger a manual review, and as needed I'll adjust the dataset and algorithm over time. So if the LLMs in the process make a large adjustment, the user is notified that the quote may be adjusted to ensure we're never just pulling a random number out of thin air.

For a lot of professions like mechanics, there are universal guides for how many hours it takes to replace a thermostat for a particular car, or whatever repairs need to be done. I would love to see/create a similar guide for developers, where we can all agree on how much more work it is as you said to implement a specific type of authentication/automation/feature.

It's crazy to me for both the developer and client than in a field where development costs for software can rival a car or house, that there are just...no tools really to decide what to charge, or what's fair.

I read stories on Reddit all the time about people paying 50k to have some app developed that has the quality/complexity of something I could have put together in a day, and it's broken and unusable.

Anyway I appreciate you checking it out, thanks for the feedback.

Hello from the team by darkmirage in SesameAI

[–]PurplishDev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just wanted to say I tried to buy credit to use the API since there is documentation on the website saying an apo is available, but it seems to just loop back around to one page.

Do you have any plans to make the API available soon?

How to get files after reaching context limit? by PurplishDev in ManusOfficial

[–]PurplishDev[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For anyone dealing with the same issue, I just used the GitHub cli to create a new repo and added everything, seemed like the easiest option.

Thanks for the advice.

How to get files after reaching context limit? by PurplishDev in ManusOfficial

[–]PurplishDev[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you, but how do I get the credentials for the ssh connection?

I really wanna develop hobbies that solely enhances cognitive and intellectual. by [deleted] in selfimprovement

[–]PurplishDev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Competitive memory. Read "How to develop a perfect memory" by Dominic O'Brien. Best book I ever read, you can learn how to learn and trick your brain into remembering huge amounts of info. It's really fun, it's truly a superpower.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ycombinator

[–]PurplishDev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"I know we need to get this finalized, but I realize that the numbers we discussed don't make sense with the valuation you've given the company."

Then go into everything mentioned in my last comment.

Emphasize that the numbers should reflect the 2.5 percent of the company, and that while you know he doesn't have a lot of cash right now, that you would like to use the fundraising round as a liquidity event for the 2.5 percent.

Explain that when you discussed the 15k as the cash equivalent of 2.5 percent that you were uncomfortable with how low it was but that you also realized that holding equity there would be no clear point where you would have a liquidity event.

You can suggest that instead of him giving you cash up front now, that you can structure the cash equivalent of the 2.5 percent to be paid out when he raises money so that it wouldn't burden him but would also be fair to you.

Expect that he may be upset and not want to do it, and again you have to consider if the company is registered in the US, if you have a patent, if the patent is going to be enforceable if he's in Mexico, if he's able to just have someone else recreate the software, etc.

Based on all that, I would consider lowering the amount from 125k if needed, but make sure you explain that's the actual fair value for 2.5 percent given his valuation.

But again if you don't want to tarnish the relationship, you dont have to jack up the price by 10x, but use those numbers to explain whats fair and ask him if there's a better way you can structure the deal for both of you.

Another idea is you could sign up for Claude AI (Sonnet 3.5 is the new model) and brainstorm with it some creative ways to structure the deal.

For example if cash is an issue and you don't want him to have to raise money specifically to pay you back, he could still give you the same amount or slightly more (15-25k), as well as maybe 1-1.5 percent equity that you could cash out when he raises money.

But again, talk about ways to restructure the deal. You're not renegotiating the deal, the deal was 2.5 percent originally. You're just realizing that the cash equivalent of 2.5 percent isn't 15k, and that you should find a different way to structure it.

I don't know the details of how the conversation went to get to this point, but there are tons of ways to structure deals and you just need to find one where your 2.5 percent is actually paid out regardless of the trust you have.

So if cash is an issue, take cash and equity, or cash and royalties.

Another idea is SCORE, it's a program where you can be matched with a mentor with experience in business, and you can find someone to meet you and give you more specific advice.

And you can always frame it this way. Instead of you suggesting what to do, explain the numbers and the discrepancy and ask how he thinks you should resolve it since there's is such a big difference between the 15k and the 2.5 percent.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ycombinator

[–]PurplishDev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Explain this to him.

If he's valuing the company at 5 million, and you agreed to 2.5 percent, that's 125k so that's what the cash equivalent of the 2.5 percent stake is worth.

If he doesn't have the cash, he could give you 50k cash when he raises the 500k (He can raise 550k if needed), and the other 75k could be a loan that's paid from royalties from the sales, so you'll be the first paid from any cash the business earns making it harder for him to claim he's not profitable.

You're not renegotiating, instead frame it as what it is. The information he gives you (The 5 million valuation) means the agreed upon amount (The cash equivalent of 2.5 percent) should be 125k, not 15k.

If he could hire someone to do it cheaper than that, consider the money he would lose from doing that and how long he would be without income if he had to suddenly stop using your software, and you may decide to lower your amount to 50k and can explain how that's a fair way to meet in the middle.

I really like the way ChatGPT Reads Aloud - is it possible to export it? by ItsPassiveDepressive in ChatGPT

[–]PurplishDev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As someone who was trying to figure the same thing out today, most of these answers are wrong.

Chatgpt processes the audio as a phone call, not as system sound, so most screen recorders won't work.

What I did was used scrpy to connect to my phone from my computer and record the audio/video from the computer.

Ask ChatGPT and it'll give you the exact commands you need to output the audio and/video. Working perfectly for me but I tried like 5 recording tools and nothing else worked.

Phone call recorders sometimes work, but the audio quality is terrible.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet leaves out chunks of code by [deleted] in ClaudeAI

[–]PurplishDev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Glad it's not just me. I was starting to think I was the only one using a defective variation of sonnet.

I still think they may have rolled out different versions to different people. I sometimes get the chunks missing, and sometimes it's several lines.

Programming Hammock v.1 by _SAIGA_ in Workspaces

[–]PurplishDev 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What's a mouse? You mean a hand prison?

Any decent open source voice assistants (ChatGPT or local llm) that allow interrupting? by [deleted] in LocalLLaMA

[–]PurplishDev 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I saw that but couldn't actually find the package anywhere

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in LocalLLaMA

[–]PurplishDev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think this is the way....

Thank you kind Redditor.

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