k4runa

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I’m a software dev and entrepreneur based in Cape Town, South Africa. I spend my time building startups and exploring innovative business ideas.

https://elven.dev

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Comment · 2 months ago
Fastmail is great because every time I get a new startup idea I can set up emails for each domain name I buy and it all goes to the same inbox.
Comment · 3 months ago
It’s v0.2 bro
Comment · 3 months ago
Nice... there really is no moat with AI
Comment · 11 months ago
I think this is pretty interesting, especially if you could remix courses... like if you had a bread baking playlist and a pizza making playlist. The pizza making course could include or use modules from the bread course as a requirement.

Similar with learning software development, you usually need basic modules like regex or databases before learning more complex skills.

Comment · 1 year ago
Comment · 1 year ago
Looks great, but I find the solid line under the navbar that sticks to your mouse a bit annoying... as it covers and crosses out the logo when you want to press it, you could also get rid of the sticky nav because the page isn't too long. The extra bold black line kind of clashes with the otherwise light and airy design you have around the rest of the website (but looks great in the footer) so I would say use it in moderation. Good luck!
Comment · 1 year ago
Wow, blast from the past.
Comment · 1 year ago
I think it's better to focus on the problem.

In one of the YC videos I think they called that a "solution in search of a problem". A couple years ago everything was blockchain technology searching for a problem, then it was VR technology searching for a problem, and before that it was social apps... but if you start with a problem first it's easier to build the right solution and skip the latest hype cycle.

I think AI is hyped up a lot right now and there's definitely going to be a trough of disillusionment next or another AI winter, especially as all these AI startups fail to find a successful business model.

If you are worried about someone replicating the idea with AI easily then you can spend some time focusing on your business moat, which AI companies are struggling with now, but especially with cloud security or cyber security I would be worried about trusting anything that was vibe coded or had AI integrated because it's a black box.

Comment · 1 year ago
You got this
Comment · 1 year ago
Nice
Comment · 1 year ago
Too much hype and no moat
Comment · 2 years ago
Adam’s Calendar in South Africa is said to 75,000 years old and does the same thing
Comment · 2 years ago
Comment · 2 years ago
Something about this design make it seem more like a chat interface to the terminal, and after using ChatGPT the idea of chatting to a raw computer terminal instead of one way commands seems so obvious... the future interface for everything looks more and more like it's just going to be chat based, or like a Jupyter notebook, and that seems amazing to me... because it's getting us ready for voice-based computing like Star Trek.

I wish one day I can just turn on my computer and it does nothing but chat, no distracting apps or web browsers, just a minimalist chat interface.

Comment · 3 years ago
It's like the devs never tried building anything real with their own framework. Internationalisation support was dropped in the app router and the docs just tell you to DIY... but just to make the app support RTL languages you need to do some hacky things to update the <html dir="rtl"> in the root layout.

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