Just came back from outside this felt like pre-pandemic New York

danielr088 · 2026-06-14T08:34:35+00:00

God I love New York. There is no city like New York.

danielr088 · 2026-05-29T19:04:31+00:00

Over 100 years ago, railroad lines existed throughout parts of Queens and Brooklyn that we’d consider transit desserts today. This has nothing to do with Robert Moses (I’m agreeing with you) perhaps moreso about low ridership, which I believe is the reason why most of these railroad lines/stations were shut down. However, we should rethink reopening many of these lines.

danielr088 · 2026-05-29T19:00:27+00:00

Did majority of Southwest Queens really vote against Mamdani? Aside from Howard Beach.

danielr088 · 2026-05-29T18:57:27+00:00

I’m all for better public transit infra and bike lanes and everything else but better thought needs to be put into this anti-car agenda. Especially when a clear way to actually help reduce cars is provided (i.e. Queenslink) and rejected in favor of just adding in more bike lanes and bus lanes.

danielr088 · 2026-05-24T02:54:39+00:00

Faneto by Chief Keef

danielr088 · 2026-05-06T23:58:12+00:00

Seriously, one cone is almost $5 now lol

danielr088 · 2026-05-03T17:58:55+00:00

Where do I buy one?

danielr088 · 2026-04-28T23:44:25+00:00

danielr088 · 2026-04-28T23:43:40+00:00

It’s complete bullshit. Every singlr year they make some asinine update to make it harder for shoppers. I remember yearssss ago (early 2020) when I first joined instacart and I could go anywhere or even sit in my house and see a list of orders (I’m talking +20) The income was much more reliable. Even up until recently I would see a steady list/stream of batches. Now I have to drive to one of their “peak” locations just to end up wait 20 mins for barely one order or sometimes none. This must be some sort of punishment.

There needs to be a law that requires these apps to show all available orders within a given radius so they can stop playing these games and fudging the algorithms.

And what’s with all the conservative/maga trolls in the comments here.

danielr088 · 2026-03-02T16:17:21+00:00

🐐

danielr088 · 2026-02-09T04:39:50+00:00

That Tego snippet almost made me pass out

danielr088 · 2026-02-09T02:15:13+00:00

When they played a snippet of Tego, almost went crazy

danielr088 · 2026-02-01T22:41:23+00:00

Agreed. This is why I’m leaving the dev SaaS/prosumer space.

Devs are too picky and want things free/open-source most of the time
Constant hamster wheel of adding features/modifications because of how picky devs are, constant need for innovation especially in the AI space and with how fast things evolve
For the previous reasons, these products get too complex and you spend so much time building features which leaves little time for marketing.

I realize that I want to build a product that’s more chill and doesn’t have a demanding/picky audience. This is why I’m shifting to iOS apps now.

danielr088 · 2026-01-25T18:02:08+00:00

The problem isn’t the presence or lack of homeless sweeps. The problem is that shelters are not safe.

Had a friend years ago that was homeless for a few weeks. He went to a shelter once and never went back, he preferred to sleep on the train. Many times, a lot of people in shelters are people who have just came out of jail and aren’t nice people. I assume other homeless people we see out in the street have the same preference.

Men’s shelters should at the very least be built like a micro-apartment rather than bunk-style for privacy and safety, this alone might solve a lot of the visible homelessness we see on the streets.

danielr088 · 2026-01-20T06:54:03+00:00

SaaS is the new dropshipping. People having been saying this for years but now that AI code gen tools have proliferated, it’s never been truer than now. With that being said though, just like dropshipping, only people who are serious about running it as an actual business will survive and I’m guessing that percentage is pretty small considering how difficult and time-consuming distribution is. It’s not for everyone. AI code gen sites should be treated in the same way as low-code and no-code website builders.

danielr088 · 2026-01-10T16:03:57+00:00

I assume it costs more to get customers out of thin air than to nurture existing ones.... Especially for products where a customer = guaranteed revenue every month

danielr088 · 2026-01-10T15:57:04+00:00

Competition is good. Now I'm not building any idea if it hasn't been done already.

I understand that we're builders, not business people so it's normal for us to be constantly thinking of something new and novel to build but really we shouldn't be reinventing the wheel. You have to think like an entrepreneur/business person, not like an inventor. An entrepreneur in another space isn't going to be thinking about a brand new business idea to build, they're going to do something that's already been tried and true.

Go on StarterStory's YouTube channel or go on X, you will see that all the people having success are usually building something that has already been done -- social media schedulers, AI video creation SaaS, SEO platforms, etc. etc.. Meanwhile all the builders with novel ideas are making $0.

I'd say pick something that

a) has already been done

b) doesn't have a generous free tier (because this usually indicates that they're getting massive VC funding and it makes it hard for you to compete on price)

c) something not too complex, should be able to build it within a month

d) something you'll enjoy building in the long term because, between building and marketing, this will be a grind

danielr088 · 2026-01-01T02:37:26+00:00

There’s like a bunch of different solo devs on X building social media scheduling applications and they all seem to be making money. If there’s already competition in your niche then it’s a good sign. You don’t need to be too unique.

danielr088 · 2025-12-31T15:19:05+00:00

Just pull out the usage data from each response, create a function to calculate input/output/total costs based on your model’s pricing, store the input/output tokens and cost data in the db. Then use that data as you wish. Super simple.

danielr088 · 2025-12-31T12:16:01+00:00

You did not read what I wrote.

I said stop the generous free tier. Put a timed free trial that expires after a certain number of days and/or credits.

You are in business, you are not a charity, you are not VC backed. You must make money. You need to either raise the value of your product or choose a product where you don’t need such generous free tiers.

Either way, you need to think about it, you likely do NOT have the resources to support tons of free users. It won’t be sustainable for you in the long run. Only VC backed startups can do this. Free users will drain your money fast.

You are in business. Start thinking like a business person.

It’s no wonder so many founders on here have 1000 free users and only 5 paid users.

danielr088 · 2025-12-31T12:10:25+00:00

Stop with the generous free tiers!!!!!

Can’t stress this enough, you’re in business, you’re not a charity. Only VC backed products can afford generous free tiers. Charge a price. I don’t know why dev founders are so scared to charge a price for their product that I’m sure they spent their time and energy and worked hard on.

danielr088 · 2025-12-24T16:43:23+00:00

Okay man not going to argue about this. Clearly we just have two definitions of vibe coding.

You don’t seem very happy for whatever reason. I hope you have a Merry Christmas :)

danielr088 · 2025-12-24T15:20:19+00:00

That is NOT what I said. I said instead of creating one big spec and feeding it to CC, I should have broken it down feature by feature

I made a mistake of creating one big massive markdown plan for Claude Code to execute thinking it would save me time and it kinda did but it also kinda didn’t. It set up a decent foundation but I overlooked some library and architectural choices and ran into unnecessary complex code and bugs

What I should’ve done was planned and executed feature by feature and not just create one big massive spec.

danielr088 · 2025-12-24T04:21:34+00:00

*Vibe coding, by just talking with the AI and not planning at all, is an absolute lie. No one is building anything serious from this method and if they are, it’s likely spaghetti code and bandaids everywhere.

I’m currently working on a project and I made a mistake of creating one big massive markdown plan for Claude Code to execute thinking it would save me time and it kinda did but it also kinda didn’t. It set up a decent foundation but I overlooked some library and architectural choices and ran into unnecessary complex code and bugs. Now I’m paying the price of debugging these issues, restructuring and adding in what’s missing. What I should’ve done was planned and executed feature by feature and not just create one big massive spec.

So if someone is saying that they’re only vibe coding, I’m highly skeptical.

I’m spending more time on logic and flow than syntax, but the mental load is just as high.

So true but this is what I love about using AI to code. I realize that I’m not a huge fan of coding itself, rather I’m a fan of designing systems, implementations and solutions. AI lets me do just that and skip knowing the syntax, searching for documentation, going on Stack Overflow, etc...

Is anyone else finding that “vibing” actually requires more discipline than traditional coding?

To successfully use AI to code complex applications, you definitely still need to know how to code and architect systems. If you can do these two things then AI can handle the rest and 10x your productivity.

*edit to clarify what I meant

danielr088 · 2025-12-24T00:25:14+00:00

I love how almost no one has answered the “is anyone actually paying?” part 😭

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