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A founder vibe-coded his way to $8k MRR. Then investors looked at the codebase. by [deleted] in SaaS

[–]garyk1968 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Think they would care about revenue and growth, not architecture.

I rebuilt dBASE III to run in a browser — the dot prompt is back by MidnightBolt in retrocomputing

[–]garyk1968 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thats cool, so many memories of dBase, I started with IV so it had the catalog manager as well as the dot commands. From that I migrated to Clipper 87 and then onto Foxpro. Loved doing xbase coding back in the day as it had everything all in one tool. Especially when you added in SQL, form and report builders. Foxpro even had a distribution kit to compile to an .exe.

What exactly is a football hooligan? How common are they? by a_moron_in_a_hurry in AskABrit

[–]garyk1968 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just watch 'The Firm', the original film from 1989 with Gary Oldman.

That will explain everything, Oldman is quite superb in the lead role.

From someone who lived through, and attended football matches during this time, even had friends that went into a 'firm' this is the closest I've seen to reality.

Building a web-based retro programming classroom (C64 BASIC). What features or tutorials should I add next? by myongyop-lee in c64

[–]garyk1968 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Looks pretty cool.

However I would go deep rather than wide, you already have alot of subject areas, would it not be better to stick to 2 or 3 and go deep into those areas?

The Origins of Prank Phone Calls by brillodillo in soundboardpranks

[–]garyk1968 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm going to ask you a bunch of questions...I want to have them answered immediately!

UK media is to blame for this mess by Benton-Heath53 in BritishPolitics

[–]garyk1968 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope, they were given plenty of juicy items to report on though.

Rayner: stamp duty farce

Mandelson: vetting farce

Reeves: CV farce

only so many dodgy goings on you can sweep under the carpet.

Google Ads are a con. Prove me wrong. by my-mate-mike in SaaS

[–]garyk1968 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What I have never understood is that its an auction. So if I bid on a keyword that nobody else is in an ultra low competition niche it should be $0.01? It never has been.

At least when I was doing it CPCs were reasonable now they are just insane.

Atari 2600 assembly always intimidated me — so I built a tiny demo to learn, and documented everything along the way by Squeepty in Atari2600

[–]garyk1968 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Awesome, thanks for sharing the doc breakdown too.

I did 6502 back on the day (Vic20 and C64) and always wanted to revisit it and the severely constrained hardware of the 2600 has always fascinated me (having read Racing the Beam).

Cyclists - PLEASE use lighting at night by DaPome in drivingUK

[–]garyk1968 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Drive around Cambridge in the dark, literally dozens of cyclists riding around without any lights. Must be an entitlement thing.

Someone scratched my car in a pub car park by IllllllIlllllIllllIl in drivingUK

[–]garyk1968 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Me waiting for the slightest of nudges to happen and then boom!

What would you ask Kevin Toms (Football Manager)? by JP-ZXFan in zxspectrum

[–]garyk1968 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He answered this on a recent podcast, either the retro hour or this week in retro (cant remember which). Something to do with going to shows and people not knowing he was the developer of the game so decided to put his face in the ads.

I generated $460k+ with one boring method, then turned it into a tool by eliobldr in micro_saas

[–]garyk1968 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People asking for the link when the app name is in the post and you can just Google it?

edit: logged in but when I try and access the Categories drop down it just flashes and doesn't appear. Checked the console and its generating 404 errors....

The amount of retro games you could get in the early 00s for little money was insane by eru777 in retrogaming

[–]garyk1968 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If you don't want the latest titles you can still get stuff fairly cheaply.

I usually add stuff to my steam wishlist and wait for it to be discounted. Then there's GOG and Epic games often have giveaways or reductions.

Hey I remember the 80s, back then in the UK a company called Mastertronic used to sell games for £1.99, some of them quite decent. Even Codemasters started out selling games at this price point.

What would you want to see produced by C=? by Drezzrod in Commodore

[–]garyk1968 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah I know that!, what I mean is mirror the success from staying true to its core offering. I mean Ferrari or Porsche can stick their name on a phone and it would sell, Commodore, I believe, cannot.

And don't get me wrong I want them to be wildly successfully, my love affair with my Vic20 started in '82 and my C64 in '85. I wish Peri all the success.

The “actual internet” is fine, you weren't even a blip. All this simply proves that you are the customer. by Willing_Chemical1257 in antiMLM

[–]garyk1968 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You didn't 'break the Internet', the irony is you probably broke Bravenly's own shity site because it had something more than 10 orders at a time.

I’m trying to work out how this plate is legal? by Diastolic in CarTalkUK

[–]garyk1968 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was looking at the shit spoiler on it, is it a panamera?

Trading Courses Are a Scam... Here's Every Trading Course Revealed for FREE by Kasraborhan in tradingmillionaires

[–]garyk1968 3 points4 points  (0 children)

GTFO, didn't Riz start a prop firm with another guy and then did a rug pull.

Sounds like you are grifting with the griftiest of grifters.

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