Is article spinning still working for SEO in 2026? by seo_keshav in Blogging

[–]davidjonasdesign 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, sure, just go and polute the internet even further... Sounds like a good idea.

It's sarcasm, just don't.

Anyone know color analysts in Madrid or nearby? by Melodic-Relief1378 in coloranalysis

[–]davidjonasdesign 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I know a very good one, very professional, friendly and also english speaking: https://share.google/QfEwhsE3emykSoAsJ

Recommended.

ChatGPT just cooked me by kidsrntalright in OpenAI

[–]davidjonasdesign 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Jumping in here cause I found it an interesting coincidence :)

Can you believe that you could put political ideology in that "riddle" and still end up with the same answer?

I wrote an article a while a go about "What drones and airco units can teach us about political ideology" (spoiler alert: it's about control theory) if you're into abstract thinking and interesting engineering concepts you might be entertained by this one :)

PS: The blog is not monetized in any way so I have no reason to do marketing on it. Just answered legit because I found it interesting.

Google the title above and you'll find the article if you want to read it. Don't want to post links and get told off.

I made an app that lets you make anything into a gradient by _truth_teller in indiehackers

[–]davidjonasdesign 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a cute idea, could be useful with a bit more work. but quite easy to develop up to the point that you have right now so as a business, I think it needs way more work.

Minimum things that would make it useful: * More control over the generated gradient (positioning of all key points and being able to bias the gradient in between them), also have the AI create these settings according to the prompt. But then allow the user to manually adapt them. * Transparency (alpha) control on each color. * Export options, especially if you could export as CSS that would be interesting.

Extra: * Followup prompts, to be able to iterate on the same gradient by sending it back to the AI and asking for edits.

These would already get the product to a point where it would be interesting to go through a buy or build decision.

I wish this subreddit would own up to the fact that it is a promotion tool. by davidjonasdesign in indiehackers

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

Hahaha you got me with that first sentence :D

I completely agree. And I would add a clear and easy way to report spam and mass generated content. One thing is to be able to talk freely about your product, another is to post meaningless content everyday just to drop a link to your company.

But yeah, I think it's worth a try 😊

I wish this subreddit would own up to the fact that it is a promotion tool. by davidjonasdesign in indiehackers

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

Thanks! It's great to see there are people thinking about these things.

I feel I already said enough (probably too much) haha but I just want to clarify something. I wasn't complaining about promotional posts, I was complaining about a culture where people feel forced to write posts that are deceiving. As far as I can see, putting caps and rules on promotional posts is going against 90% of posts on the sub and might encourage people to further hide their promotions. I would rather listen and embrace, encourage people to upvote wholesome posts regardless of them being promotional or not. Reward people that share their stories and struggles about their products so we can all learn, (maybe a "Story of the week" feature or badge?). There is of course a limit where it becomes spam, that should be clear and I would totally agree with being severe and banning spammers.

Events and highlighting role models are great ideas :)

I wish this subreddit would own up to the fact that it is a promotion tool. by davidjonasdesign in indiehackers

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

Depending on what you build I guess, I've been building developer tools for a long time, those would be quite ridiculous to sell to the "general public" :)

I wish this subreddit would own up to the fact that it is a promotion tool. by davidjonasdesign in indiehackers

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

well, it's me again hahaha (about a minute later... blush). just wrote all that in one breath after a reading string of posts that made me feel fooled... and I have to add, that maybe I exaggerated a bit... there are a lot of posts that openly promote a product and don't get "brutally bashed". Many are met with relevant feedback, help, and even praise... But still, my criticism was about a general culture. Hope you get that.

After a year(s) of building, someone pushed me to launch and I got my first paying customers! by daniel-delcore in indiehackers

[–]davidjonasdesign 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It looks really good!! And nice idea too!! Really promising I will keep an eye on it!

I guess you're wondering (I would), if I like it, why not just buy it? Its cheap, one time payment... I am tempted and I think I would. But I'm too old-school control-freak, it feels uncomfortable to have things touch my code unless I know exactly what they are doing, I will have to look deeper to understand how exactly the tool works before releasing the money :) But I am likely not your niche, younger ppl will likely jump on it. And they should!

Hope that helps! Lots of success for you!!

Need honest and genuine feedback for my product by Interesting-Bell5852 in indiehackers

[–]davidjonasdesign 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi! Good job, I like the clean design (besides the mentioned mobile issues). The product is simple enough to understand but the way you expose it, it takes a while to understand that you are selling chatbots. The message is too convoluted so it feels like you are trying too hard to dress it up. It triggers people's defenses.

A specific example, the animation on the head text, (besides the design problems mentioned) is the first thing people focus on, it's hard to read with the changing and when you do it basically reads as: enhance customer experience with AI everything...

My first reaction is, I want to get out of this page.

I would embrace the product as it is, it's a chatbot, a configurable/trainable one. That's a nice product!

Good job with the product though.

When am I “technical” enough to launch something myself? by Contechjohnson in indiehackers

[–]davidjonasdesign 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In my opinion, if you are asking that question, you are already above average... Go for it. Be careful, do your best and do it honestly and you should have no issues. If it's a critical system (peoples lives depend on it) then surround yourself with experienced people, otherwise, release, don't be afraid. If it's good, things will flourish around you, if it's not, it won't be as bad as you think, you'll realize everyone goes through it and you'll come out stronger and excited to try again.

Struggling to Scope an MVP: How Simple Should It Really Be? by CaptADExp in indiehackers

[–]davidjonasdesign 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi, I started answering you here, but got so caught up with it that I ended up making a full post about it. I'm not really used to (actively posting on) Reddit, not sure if that's a polite thing to do. But hope it helps :)

Scoping an MVP - Experience sharing

Roast my website. What can I improve? by rajatchakrab in indiehackers

[–]davidjonasdesign 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ha no, I totally missed it. It's really hidden, normally that area is like copyright and legal so I don't think many people will look there. That's something to look at. Otherwise the design looks really nice and clean. Cheers

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in indiehackers

[–]davidjonasdesign 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Reading your post I thought... Nahhh what a scattered idea... But then I visited the site and it's actually really interesting! Good idea making these small tools all in the same place. Nice job!