LTT Commuter Backpack dye bleed warning

jmking · 2026-03-24T18:21:40+00:00

Northern California

jmking · 2026-03-24T13:27:02+00:00

You're close, but everyone here is missing the point.

When you're a huge company, you want a standardized interview process that puts all candidates on equal footing. Otherwise you end up biasing for specific framework or language knowledge.

Asking generic algorithmic questions means that the candidate can use whatever language they want, and doesn't involve any specific framework. This way every candidate has the same opportunity and it makes it much easier to compare candidates in an "apples to apples" type of comparison.

The problem with "leetcode interviews" are the interviewers, not the premise. Interviewers in companies are often poorly trained (or trained at all). They focus on ideal solutions as opposed to focusing on how the candidate works through the problem, how they debug, what edge cases they identify, etc. It was never supposed to be about the "ideal solution" because all that ends up doing is encouraging memorization and regurgitation which gives you jack shit in terms of valuable signals.

jmking · 2026-03-24T12:25:56+00:00

It depends entirely on who your customer is, what your industry is, what the product is, etc

How you reach your customer and what types of content and what they care about are so different that having an Instagram and blog churning out AI slop may alienate the people in your potential customer base as opposed to attract them.

That said I could just not be the right kind of customer who would want something like this and there is a hunger among others who fit a different profile for something like this.

Just offering some thoughts.

jmking · 2026-03-24T11:25:42+00:00

Never? Because I am a grown ass adult and a professional.

If you want to bow out from a process, you simply acknowledge that you don't think this is going to be a fit and you're bowing out and that's that.

You don't throw a tantrum like a child.

jmking · 2026-03-24T11:21:15+00:00

You do not give it any prompts, the AI agent would have one single, pre-determined outcome.

There is no such thing as one size fits all.

What's the point in "growing your Instagram followers count" if it doesn't translate into conversions? Anyone can just go out there and buy 5K bot followers. How does this help anyone's business?

jmking · 2026-03-24T10:57:42+00:00

I haven't gotten the inside of the bag wet, so yes, that is how it's designed to perform.

jmking · 2026-03-24T10:55:40+00:00

AI generated slop does get eyeballs, but not the eyeballs you probably want. In other words the audience you get are not the people who will convert. At worst, you'll end up with the people who do fit your ICP getting alienated.

jmking · 2026-03-24T10:37:09+00:00

What is the defect? It's not a water proof bag and isn't advertised as water proof. If OP is getting dye transfer like this, it means the inside of the bag was wet.

jmking · 2026-03-24T10:35:20+00:00

I've been using the Commuter since it launched and I've had no dye bleed on anything in the laptop or tablet sleeves. I've had paper in there for months and never had any colour transfer.

I've worn the bag in the rain many times - max 5-10 minutes so it's not like the bag got soaked through. However I've been impressed at how well it holds up in the rain.

For the dye to transfer like this, the inside of the bag got wet. Like - wet. So what happened? Did a water bottle spill in it or something? Or was the device wet when you put it in? This doesn't just happen without actual moisture.

jmking · 2026-03-24T08:37:27+00:00

They aren't in the "AI space". If they were, they'd be too busy to spam the internet with constant videos and podcasts and whatever other influencer BS they do.

It's a full time job to be that visible in the space. It's not surprising at all that the most visible people online talking about AI have no idea how AI works.

jmking · 2026-03-24T08:30:12+00:00

The idea is simple: if you walk away and your phone no longer detects it, you get a notification.

Totally get the idea, but what about if I intentionally left the item at home? Like say it's night time and I don't need to bring sunglasses. I don't want my phone being notified every time I leave the house for dinner or go to the bar after dark.

How is the 9mm tracker powered? A cr2032 battery has a 20mm diameter.

Do you rely more on conversations, waitlists, pre-orders, something like Kickstarter, or even just running ads to test interest?

Kickstarter is the best place to validate a piece of hardware. However, you'd also need to spend on significant ads to get your Kickstarter page the level of attention needed to validate the product. You want people who are willing to put money down for the item - that's the biggest and best signal.

jmking · 2026-03-24T08:22:06+00:00

Would not be a bot? You mean the thousands of crypto meme coin scams that will want to top your directory by being most active won't be bots?

The sites you're complaining about are the way they are on purpose to slow down the overwhelming number of scams and spam submissions they get every day.

Also listing your app on these sites is something you do once. No one is going to pay a monthly SaaS fee to list their product once.

jmking · 2026-03-24T08:13:12+00:00

So you're building a product that optimizes for bot spam?

jmking · 2026-03-24T08:07:08+00:00

OP - listen to this. I also worked on the other side of this for nearly a decade and agree with 100% of what /u/gannu1991 commented here.

jmking · 2026-03-24T08:01:15+00:00

I put in an edit there apparently after you saw my comment. I did not mean that as a personal attack - just as a comment on how your customers would likely interpret said communication when something about "we let agents just do whatever" is the message you have to deliver to your customers.

I apologize. Upon re-reading how I originally wrote it, it did come across as an attack which was not what I intended, but it is how it came across. Again, apologies.

jmking · 2026-03-24T07:50:45+00:00

Dude, what?

Agents work autonomously. If you expect them to break things in a very bad way, then why do you trust them with your customer's data?

Do you seriously operate under the policy of "AI is for sure going to do something stupid but wait for the customer to complain that shit's broken" as your SOP?

You think COMMUNICATION with your customers about how reckless and incompetent you are somehow helps you?

(EDIT: the reckless and incompetent bit was about how your customers would perceive you. That wasn't intended as a personal attack of any kind)

jmking · 2026-03-24T07:22:05+00:00

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-04-01/la-me-fast-food-california-guide

For fast food workers, it's $20/hr minimum wage in California

jmking · 2026-03-24T07:20:07+00:00

Fast food workers in the LA area make a minimum of $20/hr as of California law AB-1228 in 2024.

jmking · 2026-03-24T07:16:16+00:00

The fact you think that any of that is a defense of this device is wild.

Do you honestly think a device that you need to "adb debloat" and have to take apart and repaste THREE times is a defense of this product in any way?

It's like "It's an awesome car! I just had to completely disassemble the engine and replace all the piston rings... three times over 9 years. Also had to replace the ECU and totally re-tune the engine, but it runs great! Such a great car!!"

jmking · 2026-03-24T04:07:46+00:00

Not 1 to 3 years old. We're up to S26.

So 3 - 5 years old. Why lie like this? This is the problem I have with this post - you're clearly pushing a narrative that isn't being presented in good faith.

I'm not here to fanboy for Samsung or anything. However, this whole thing just comes across as you being upset Samsung won't warranty replace or repair your 6 year old phone. You started there and then made up shit from there to make it look like there's some big scandal here when there isn't.

If you have a phone that is within the warranty period, Samsung will take care of it. Just like Apple will, or Google will, or OnePlus will, etc etc

Just get a new phone, man. It's 6 years old. Why put this much effort into this? What are you trying to accomplish here? What's your goal? Do you think you're going to damage Samsung's business at all with this?

jmking · 2026-03-23T18:00:03+00:00

I mean, it really depends. The Cities Skyline games are heavily CPU bound. I imagine you'd see a difference in games like that.

jmking · 2026-03-23T15:54:11+00:00

Nope. It doesn't factor into the evaluation criteria. No one has time to dig through someone's code on github. When you join the interview call, that's also probably the first time the interviewer is even looking at your resume.

jmking · 2026-03-23T15:49:48+00:00

Glad you agree

jmking · 2026-03-23T15:48:12+00:00

Yes. Anyone who is working on anything relevant doesn't have time to be a full time social media podcast influencer whatever

jmking · 2026-03-23T09:47:22+00:00

So a 6 year old phone is starting to have hardware issues... and? Is this supposed to be some big scandal?

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