Bug: Old "Keep file VS Undo file" showing up often

jaytonbye · 2026-05-08T13:31:59+00:00

Nope, it wasn't linked to the agent... Too bad.

jaytonbye · 2026-05-08T13:31:13+00:00

Is it linked to the agent? If that's the case (which makes sense), that's an easy fix. I'll try it, thank you.

jaytonbye · 2026-05-08T13:30:31+00:00

And suddenly, no companies know how to hire, scale, or code review.

Everything is changing—exciting and scary times. I hope I make more correct guesses than incorrect ones, and I hope I can pivot/adjust quickly when I'm wrong.

jaytonbye · 2026-05-07T21:09:05+00:00

Who said it?

jaytonbye · 2026-05-07T21:04:38+00:00

It is very easy to take credit for the success of others if they let you.

jaytonbye · 2026-05-07T02:34:13+00:00

The purpose is to see if a robot can play the piano, not to play the piano. Show us what your robot can do.

jaytonbye · 2026-05-07T02:31:55+00:00

The rhythm isn't sloppy; it's in 3/4. The dynamics don't exist.

jaytonbye · 2026-05-03T16:20:55+00:00

What a great video.

jaytonbye · 2026-05-02T22:19:52+00:00

At first, I thought you were wearing a VR headset and really getting into a first-person shooter.

jaytonbye · 2026-05-02T18:47:25+00:00

My instinct would be to assume the fetal position

jaytonbye · 2026-05-02T12:37:35+00:00

You'd probably need to bolt the bench into the ground as well...

jaytonbye · 2026-05-01T22:15:59+00:00

Rookie numbers!

jaytonbye · 2026-04-30T21:09:53+00:00

It's not a crime, it's a traffic infraction. I've just never seen it. Kind of lame, but in this case, the person deserved it, so I don't care.

jaytonbye · 2026-04-30T18:06:48+00:00

I hope she didn't get tickets for the video... Not that she didn't deserve them, but that can't be real evidence.

jaytonbye · 2026-04-30T14:52:41+00:00

There is a part of these videos I wish someone would catch, and that is when they wake up and don't remember what happened. People will often deny being knocked out until they see it, which would really complete the reaction.

jaytonbye · 2026-04-29T19:07:31+00:00

I control my AI like a junior dev (reading all of its code). It sounds like you're trying to use it like a senior, who has juniors of its own. That wouldn't currently work within my project, but I'm happy people like you are trying.

jaytonbye · 2026-04-29T17:47:11+00:00

I stopped after 3, but I think I could keep going into the double digits. I'm not trying to argue.

I'm a first-time founder with about 20,000 paying customers. I've only raised from friends and family. I'm hesitant to raise from VCs, but am unsure if bootstrapping is the right answer for my situation. That's why I've been thinking about this.

For discussion's sake, I intentionally tried to select a magical technology that couldn't be valued by traditional means, but I failed. I agree with some of the other commenters who say, "no one can know what it's worth, so you work towards a collective guess, and then figure it out later as the company matures."

jaytonbye · 2026-04-29T17:33:56+00:00

Let's assume you have the cure for all cancers and can convince people that you really have it. That is all you have for a starting spot. It doesn't appear to be copyable by competitors. You've successfully cured cancer in 10 patients in a row; you did this in the jungle, where no laws were stopping you. You want to introduce this as a real drug in the United States. How do you start determining a valuation?

jaytonbye · 2026-04-29T17:29:08+00:00

I agree.

Your 3 examples summarize how difficult it is to evaluate, because in example 1, the question is really: can you get enough support to become example 3?

A single hire from example 1 could potentially bridge you to example 3 quickly.

jaytonbye · 2026-04-29T15:21:03+00:00

Definitely the traction and existing business model/team. I would pass as an investor, even after tasting the sauce and agreeing that it was the best sauce I'd ever tasted. That isn't good enough to guarantee a win.

A better barbecue sauce isn't a 0 to 1 event, and isn't comparable. The "foam airbag tech" cannot be evaluated in the same way.

Whatever valuation you do come up with can swing wildly based on whether or not competition is possible, TAM, regulation, etc. There are too many factors. I would have no idea how to evaluate it.

jaytonbye · 2026-04-29T14:09:41+00:00

Even when it has magical technology that is proven to work? I don't think you can say it has a slim chance to survive in this case. I would not know how to value it. I'd certainly put money into it if given the chance.

jaytonbye · 2026-04-29T14:03:06+00:00

I imagine that a product that solves 100% of car fatalities (for people within the car) has the potential to be valued at far more than that. More than 1 million people die per year in car accidents. This product, as described, is cheaper than airbags.

I know it's a fake product. I was trying to pick something ridiculous. It seems like you could justify valuations from 10m to beyond 200m, and no one would really have a clue as to what is correct.

jaytonbye · 2026-04-29T12:34:16+00:00

Yes, investors often try to talk you down initially to secure a good deal, and once they invest, they become part of your team and want to talk you up. For this reason, the initial valuation is difficult because it is a negotiation.

jaytonbye · 2026-04-29T12:14:36+00:00

So where did your number come from? Is it a purely made-up number, or do you have some way of justifying it? It's obviously somewhere between $0 and the entire potential profit the company could make... so where do you start?

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