drpancake

I can relate to a lot of this. The customer emails in particular. I was experiencing flashbacks while reading the article.

Back in 2014-2015 I created a platform for building crypto trading bots in the browser with Python scripts. You could write a bot, backtest it and trade live on multiple exchanges. It was a lot of fun to build, initially. I kind of stumbled onto the idea without any trading background.

It got some early traction. So I raised $100k of funding and went all in on the idea. I worked like mad.

But I slowly realised that all of my customers were "technical analysis" bros. Basically horoscopes for trading. I received endless support requests for exotic new indicators and obscure features.

I added a marketplace that let you sell your bots to others. It quickly jumped up to $10k/mo in commission after the fee I took. That seemed bananas to me as a 24 year old.

But the bots being sold were pure snake oil. I distinctly remember that the guy who sold the most didn't even run his bot with his own money.

I felt like was running a gambling site. After 14 months of this I was completely burned out. I quit and I wasn't able to work at all for four months.

Glad to see you figured out a smarter solution.

They're in the business of encouraging users to post content to get more eyeballs and therefore more ad revenue. So commoditising a way of generating a lot more content is in their interests.

I commented on this above but I think this is because ASV users need to be screened for heart issues first!

While I agree in general, people who are candidates for ASV have to be screened first by a cardiologist. Certain traits can lead to a much higher risk of death while using one.

Hi there. The app surfaces dates in various ways.

In the search results there's an "Active" column that indicates whether a newsletter has published an issue within the last 45 days.

Then when you click into a newsletter it will show you the "Founded" date (when it started) and the dates for the most recent issues.

Hi there. It's all publicly available data.