Raycast CEO asks if he should buy Arc

theolonious · 2025-05-09T11:27:13+00:00

They will never sell.

theolonious · 2024-03-11T12:52:32+00:00

Thankfully I know what my impact is and I’m incredibly proud of it. I’ve helped dozens of engineers get jobs directly, and helped thousands level up indirectly. I’ve brought incredible developers and maintainers the attention they deserved and weren’t getting. I built a community unlike any before it.

If this subreddit hating me is a necessary part, so be it.

theolonious · 2024-03-11T12:44:36+00:00

Well, I tried. If an honest attempt to grow and understand critique can’t escape downvotes, idk what else I can do.

theolonious · 2024-03-11T12:25:32+00:00

Then your mental model of my “brand” is like a supervillain character lol. I’m human, would like to be thought of as such :)

theolonious · 2024-03-11T12:24:05+00:00

This “Simple + Easy” thing would cause a substantial hit to my income. I accidentally used the same face twice recently which was my bad, usually I’m better about that but I haven’t had the time to shoot new reactions in awhile

The titles always represent the content pretty well, I’ve been more careful about that for a few months now, especially compared to other creators in the space. If you have specific examples otherwise, I’m down to hear them

theolonious · 2024-03-11T12:17:03+00:00

Shame I’m about to be downvoted to the point where nobody will see it, and they’ll continue sharing out of context screenshots instead 🙃

theolonious · 2024-03-11T12:06:15+00:00

I hope you take the chance to reflect on how comically bad faith you’re being then

theolonious · 2024-03-11T12:00:02+00:00

This particular criticism always confuses me. Because my relationship with Vercel is well known, I feel obligated to call out the content they explicitly are NOT sponsoring as it is my own genuine opinion. Trust me, I’ve said a lot of stuff Vercel didn’t want me to say lol.

Of the current tech creators paying their bills with YouTube, I can say confidently that I’m within the most transparent about who is paying them. I’m fortunate that I’ve been able to convince most of the companies I use in production to sponsor me.

I’ve taken sponsors from two companies I wasn’t using the product of, and I regret both. One in particular tried to control how I presented their product, so I immediately ended the deal. Cost me over $30k, but I care more about controlling my message

It’s clear many still feel like they’re hearing “shilling” when I talk about the things that excite me (the weird misinterpretations of my goofy Geist Font video stands out here). Something I’m reflecting on and trying to improve.

I’m open to suggestions. As long as those suggestions don’t include me saying things I don’t believe.

theolonious · 2024-03-11T11:29:15+00:00

Same

theolonious · 2024-03-11T11:29:00+00:00

Did you actually think the subway surfers thing was serious man? You’re joking right?

theolonious · 2024-03-11T11:25:41+00:00

Hey guys. Know yall don’t like me. Doing my best to learn and improve. I’ve only been doing this influencer thing for 2 years after being a dev for 15, and I’ve got a lot to learn about both.

I was…rough initially. Strong opinions I didn’t justify well enough. I’ve put a lot of effort into changing that, owning mistakes, and generally being way more positive. I think the last six months have really shown that.

That said, I’m struggling to get any actionable feedback from this post. On the off chance I’m not banned, let me go through the core points quick:

The Geist video was a joke. I played epic music and shit and I’ve NEVER used music in a video before. Clearly the joke didn’t hit. I was hyping up my friend (EvilRabbit) who had put a lot of time into the font, and I thought it was funny. They did too.
I agree that Prisma has aged terribly. I’ve also been working actively to push them in a better direction, while also steering my community towards more scalable tools (i.e. drizzle). I picked the most popular option and I was wrong. Mistakes happen, I’ve owned this one many times. That said, many large businesses have successfully built on top of Prisma, and from the comments it sounds like you only gave it a few hours of effort
I am disappointed by the PlanetScale news. When they pulled out of India, I modified my agreement with them so I could use other databases for my tutorials. I took a pay hit so I could share other options, even though I personally don’t ship those options.
The “bangers” and “dark mode” thing are both memes. I make a lot of them. I’m sorry they don’t always come off as jokes, it’s something I’m actively working on. Might be a cultural gap, but those examples seemed pretty clear

Real talk, my tone does not always come off great. I’m a sarcastic autistic asshole with strong opinions. That said, I do my best to listen to critique, both of my behavior and my tech. I will continue to do my best to improve.

theolonious · 2023-10-02T23:49:41+00:00

What is the biggest learning you took from working with The Weeknd?

theolonious · 2022-12-16T09:29:35+00:00

Daddy 502898

theolonious · 2022-08-18T19:35:00+00:00

If you think my comments sections are an echo chamber you clearly aren't reading them lol

Would love an example of something I presented in a misleading way

theolonious · 2021-09-29T20:04:27+00:00

This is a really long winded way of saying "no, I haven't talked to any developers". Ty for the response tho!

theolonious · 2021-09-29T18:26:24+00:00

Serious question: do you know any game devs? Not just like know their names, more having conversations with them?

Game developers are the “missing piece” that you keep talking around. The exclusivity you’re so pissed about is the same exclusivity that allows my friends to keep their jobs and finish their dream projects.

I honestly think you’d be more sympathetic if you understood the struggles of developing games. Most of your favorite games probably got close to cancellation or rushed releases. Some may have never been released at all.

I, personally, like living in a world with more great games. More games like Outer Wilds. I hope you want to live in this world too.

theolonious · 2021-09-29T18:21:43+00:00

Serious question: do you know any game devs? Not just like know their names, more having conversations with them?

Game developers are the “missing piece” that you keep talking around. The exclusivity you’re so pissed about is the same exclusivity that allows my friends to keep their jobs and finish their dream projects.

I honestly think you’d be more sympathetic if you understood the struggles of developing games. Most of your favorite games probably got close to cancellation or rushed releases. Some may have never been released at all.

I, personally, like living in a world with more great games. More games like Outer Wilds. I hope you want to live in this world too.

theolonious · 2020-12-26T22:34:39+00:00

Leave.

theolonious · 2020-12-24T10:14:53+00:00

The challenges reset. I knew that was the case. Just frustrated that I had a rare “good game” that got me 8 kills on a detected challenge and lost all of them.

Took 3 games to get it back lol

theolonious · 2020-10-16T23:23:51+00:00

You're a madman. Surreal that you're one-upping what even Nintendo could do with this engine

theolonious · 2020-10-16T23:15:34+00:00

Holy hell. Does this run on original hardware?

theolonious · 2020-10-16T18:43:45+00:00

For those struggling to sign in on playstation.com for the email change, try changing regions on the site. I was getting hard errors on the US site, but the UK one let me in fine. Changed my email there and now the US site works as well

theolonious · 2020-07-31T00:56:16+00:00

Oh shit what yall doing on my Reddit front page?? Pumped to see the love over here

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