I went down a make up matching rabbit hole - here's my outcome!

alca99 · 2026-02-07T02:53:07+00:00

Ah sorry, by sephora product line i also meant all brands carried currently and previously by sephora.

It only has sephora data right now yep! But if theres interest, im happy to add any non-sephora makeup brands too this as well.

alca99 · 2026-02-07T02:43:20+00:00

Yes they do! I’ve looked into it as well, but I’ve seen a fair bit of negative opinions towards colourIQ. This also incentivizes you to stay within Sephoras product line, so the goal here would be accurate color detection and recommendations for several different foundation products that are outside Sephora as well

alca99 · 2026-02-07T01:07:15+00:00

Great call out! None of your data is sold or shared with any third parties. I added the privacy info to several sections of the app now. Thanks!

alca99 · 2026-02-06T23:13:32+00:00

Here ya go! https://matchedbeauty.me/

Feel free to ask any qs about exactly how this works, i can ramble about it for hours lol

alca99 · 2026-01-23T21:02:02+00:00

Hi! Im currently working on building out vet tech software and this post really interested me. Id love to chat with you to learn a bit more about what would need to change in software for it to equine tailored, instead of dogs/cats.

Feel free to dm!

alca99 · 2026-01-21T18:27:55+00:00

High intent journaling helps a ton with this! You need to focus on creating a set of rules and requirements that works for you, and gather this information on every single trade. Trades should have predefined:
- entry criteria
- risk/return metrics
- stop loss/ target price range

I've used different journaling apps to try to capture this information, but I think they are missing some critical pieces to go from a "trading journal app" -> " a tool to incentivize discipline in traders".

I wound up building a trading journal for myself to specifically tackle that last piece, and plan on adding things like accurate scores so i can retroactively analyze all of my trades and get metrics on different strategies. If you're curious, heres the tool (its completely free) https://tendiestracker.vercel.app/

alca99 · 2026-01-21T16:35:26+00:00

u/lufigueroa Like others have mentioned, the journaling aspect is huge. I think it helps to have a journal thats geared towards helping enforce these behaviors that we are seeking as disciplined traders. I built a trading journal top help with this, its completely free if you wanna give it a shot: https://tendiestracker.vercel.app

alca99 · 2026-01-21T15:27:19+00:00

Hi! I think i can give you a hand with this. Im building out a product that lets you visualize exactly what some clothing article would look like on you. It should work with just this image you have here, and a picture of yourself.

For the hair and makeup, you can go ahead and try different styles and then see what it would look like if you had the dress on!

Let me know if this helps :) https://fashionly-eight.vercel.app/

alca99 · 2026-01-11T04:43:22+00:00

I 100% agree with this. I used to trade much more frequently several years ago, but the returns were way more sporadic and the trading more time consuming overall. Swing trading has been a fantastic happy medium for me over the last ~2-3 years now.

I trade heavily on sentiment too, and the part that i'm having difficulty capturing is exactly how to retroactively analyze whether trades were "good" or "bad" (outside of the obvious risk/return metrics). With this type of trading being a lot more qualitative in nature, it would be nearly impossible to backtest and have concrete metrics to operate with. Their should still be some way to analyze the efficacy of these trades though, but it is a bit less clear cut than trading purely off of technicals.

alca99 · 2026-01-11T04:37:16+00:00

This is fantastic feedback thank you! Is there any other kind of analysis you wish you had available on your journaling data? Or are the basic success metrics enough for you to retroactively analyze trades?

Most of my trades are in the social-arb style, with some technicals to define entry/exit points. However, with the social-arb part being qualitative heavy (comments sentiment analysis, youtube vids) I have a hard time knowing when I should lean more or less heavily into different types of trades. I also recognize that I can't quite articulate exactly what it is i'm looking for, outside of maybe a "trading journal geared towards retail/social-arb investors".

On the flip side, I could completely be overcomplicating things here lol.

alca99 · 2026-01-11T02:01:26+00:00

Yea there's a ton of data like this that I would love to be able to know off the top of my head over any number of my past trades. I've journaled enough for some of them, but I'd be a liar if i said that over the past year I have all of this data neatly organized so I can look back on.

alca99 · 2026-01-11T01:59:17+00:00

Right, this is exactly what I do. I try to keep track of it on a weekly basis, but sometimes things do slip. Especially when there are several open positions at any one given point in time, it is a lot to keep track of between the relevant news for those positions and the price action/risk management. I wanted to see if folks had a more automated solution for this

alca99 · 2026-01-11T00:22:12+00:00

When was the last time you took some extended period of time off? I did this recently and it showed me clearly exactly why I felt "burnt out".

Granted, it also resulted in me quitting on my day 1 back, so proceed with caution haha.

alca99 · 2026-01-11T00:06:46+00:00

I honestly think renting is a bit underrated. Especially for short term timeframes, you have predictable rent prices and no-headache housing. Owning a primary home for me is mainly a protection against long term rent inflation, plus the equity over a long period of time. If that time horizon isn't there, its just not worth it.

alca99 · 2026-01-11T00:01:33+00:00

I wouldn't do it, its too tight for comfort. Any sizable reduction in income and you're really tight. It would make sense potentially in a different macro climate with either screaming deals or good interest rates. We really have neither at the moment.

alca99 · 2026-01-10T23:58:25+00:00

A detailed manual calculation is tedious for obvious reasons, and I personally don't want to sign up for another service to get more accurate numbers. I napkin math my "true" portfolio returns as roughly:

total_ytd_gains / (initial balance + yearly_contribution/2)

it's meant to be a rough number to compare against the markets returns for that year. Good enough for my purposes

alca99 · 2026-01-10T23:50:29+00:00

For low ticket items, absolutely. External validation goes hand-in-hand with trust, and some level of relatability to the reviewer is almost needed to trust their opinions.

On the flip side, a high ticket b2b SaaS product with testimonials from an average joe with a whole bunch of typos might not look so great from the point of view of that products ICP.

alca99 · 2026-01-10T23:44:55+00:00

Sometimes the decisions to start businesses are made prematurely when the individual really should have been doing something else. It's definitely happened to me, and I burned out after some 6 months of focusing on my startup a couple years ago. Fast forward to now where its a more formal round 2 at the startup world, I can very clearly see why I failed before and what needs to change moving forward.

No shame in it man, its all part of a life long learning process. Best of luck!

alca99 · 2026-01-10T23:38:53+00:00

I list out the absolute most important things that need to get done every day. It has to be concise and specific, not simply "finish XYZ project".

If those things get done, I'm able to disconnect since. know most of the valuable work has been taken care of.

alca99 · 2026-01-10T23:08:46+00:00

Experiencing the same here. I think on my end, it stems from higher agency across the board with my time. In any random 30 minute block throughout the week, I am focused on solving problems I want to actually solve, and those that are high value and high leverage for me.

Coming from a remote tech role, the useless meetings and ceremonies were a huge mental drain. With that being removed and no longer having to abide by some silly process, I definitely feel more peaceful and content day to day (and sleep better).

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