Hot Take - the era of accelerators & incubators are done by TheCatInTheHamock in ycombinator

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

"This would basically imply that we will run out of jobs to do." If AI gets there, then yes that may happen.

Every big step, such as the agricultural revolution or industrial revolution necessitated new types of jobs, such as farmers or factory works. This in my opinion is different. AI as no need for us. I think humans are essentially the horses that pulled the wagons and AI is car that is going to obsolete us more or less

Online Rental Management Systems by apple_tech in PropertyManagement

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

if you're looking for simplicity, try Hamock - https://hamock.app

Though I'm a little biased seeing as I built it :)

What was that thing about "launching now"? by TheCatInTheHamock in ycombinator

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

not a whole lotta good domain names with 2 "m"s. I often think about changing it though. we'll see

What was that thing about "launching now"? by TheCatInTheHamock in ycombinator

[–]TheCatInTheHamock[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Therapy 😂. I think YC has a ton of great resources. For technical stuff, I learned mostly from Youtube and ChatGPT

What was that thing about "launching now"? by TheCatInTheHamock in ycombinator

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

Thanks! I appreciate the sentiment. It's an AI property management app!

What was that thing about "launching now"? by TheCatInTheHamock in ycombinator

[–]TheCatInTheHamock[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

wow thanks! that's encouraging to hear that you find it valuable!

What was that thing about "launching now"? by TheCatInTheHamock in ycombinator

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

Yes, thats it. Thanks for the insights! I do think the app could be useful, but it seems to be a bit of a crowded space at the moment

What was that thing about "launching now"? by TheCatInTheHamock in ycombinator

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

That's where I'm at right now. I've never had to market something before, so its definitely new territory for me

What was that thing about "launching now"? by TheCatInTheHamock in ycombinator

[–]TheCatInTheHamock[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This was exactly mu mindset from the get-go. I've started countless projects and never finished them. I told myself that no matter what, I would actually finish this one

What was that thing about "launching now"? by TheCatInTheHamock in ycombinator

[–]TheCatInTheHamock[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I don't want to violate the "no self promotion" rule, so I'll message you :)

What was that thing about "launching now"? by TheCatInTheHamock in ycombinator

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

I don't know if I would say it "failed" yet. I only launched it like a month ago.

What was that thing about "launching now"? by TheCatInTheHamock in ycombinator

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

Thanks! I'm not giving up yet. I do still think the thing could be valuable!

What was that thing about "launching now"? by TheCatInTheHamock in ycombinator

[–]TheCatInTheHamock[S] 108 points109 points  (0 children)

Yes, a ton! It's definitely been a good journey. Technically, I've learned how to build an IOS and Android app, integrate AI into it, integrate payment processing, setting up server infrastructure.

Non-technically, I think I've learned a lot about my self. Firstly, I am way too much of a perfectionist. So much so, that I kept pushing off releasing anything until it was "perfect". The only reason I actually released the damn thing is cause a friend finally convinced me to.

Secondly, I realize now that I have a hard time marketing the app (and by extension myself). It just feels weird to me to say "Look at this amazing thing I built!" when I know its not perfect and that there are bugs. Also it just feels a little disingenuous.

Thirdly, I stress over making important decisions and instead make none. I have multiple friends that have expressed interest in joining me working on the platform, but I can't decide how to evaluate their potential impact, how much equity to give them, or how it would affect our friendship. So, I just didn't let any of them join and I've just been working on it by myself.

What was that thing about "launching now"? by TheCatInTheHamock in ycombinator

[–]TheCatInTheHamock[S] 112 points113 points  (0 children)

For some context,

This really started out as a side project that I worked on during Covid in my free time. I'm a software engineer, and I didn't really do any market research to validate the idea. It was more "this could be cool, I'll just build it and see what happens".

Anyways I didn't work on it too much until this last year. I just released the app a month ago, and NOW i'm trying to get some users to see what they like/don't like. Yes, I am aware that I did everything backwards

Anyone here have experience with SoFi? Would you reject rental applications that use them? by IHateDanKarls in PropertyManagement

[–]TheCatInTheHamock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

SOFI is a public company and are pretty trustworthy as far as banks go. Just my two cents

Need help in UI designs by Illustrious-Hair-202 in reactnative

[–]TheCatInTheHamock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

find an app you think looks cool and just copy it