meerab
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https://videotobe.com
https://PresenterPrep.com
https://pitchdecklive.com
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Comment · 1 month ago
Location: San Jose, CA Remote: Open Willing to relocate: Yes Technologies: Python, TypeScript, React, Next.js, PostgreSQL, REST APIs, OAuth2, S3, Docker, AWS, GCP, Cloudflare, LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic), MCP servers, speech-to-text, real-time voice AI, RAG, Stripe Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/meeradatey/ Email: [email protected]
Open to contract work.
Comment · 4 months ago
Read 'The lean startup' - it has shaped the way I think about building products!
With big companies with large budgets bulldozing smaller players - any advice on finding a niche that is worth pursuing?
Comment · 6 months ago
Congrats on shipping this!
I went down the same path for videotobe.com, fully client-side with ffmpeg.wasm, and it fell over on longer videos. The memory ceiling and encode times pushed me to a cloud processing pipeline.
You've managed to solve both, the WebCodecs plus Pixi plus ffmpeg.wasm split looks like the right decomposition in hindsight.I processed 3+ hrs of media using VidStudio and it held up. Nicely done!
Comment · 7 months ago
You stop paying for ads and the product link disappears. Reason why founders tend to go for reddit is because it gets indexed by Google and LLMs and the link gets 'preserved'.
What is your experience in stickiness of users after acquisition via Ad? Given crack down by reddit mods for posting links - I am considering just buying ads.
Comment · 7 months ago
We run a similar setup in production at VideoToBe – FFmpeg inside Cloudflare Containers with R2 mounted as a local filesystem via FUSE (tigrisfs).
On the debate about Cloudflare vs Fly vs spot instances – for bursty, infrequent workloads that already use R2 for storage, Containers are a natural fit.
The container accesses R2 over Cloudflare's internal network, so files never hit the public internet.
Check out our implementation - https://videotobe.com/blog/how-we-process-video-with-cloudfl...
(The main difference is we don't use Cloudflare Queues in conjunction with Cloudflare Containers. You can set max_instances to your desired settings to process parallel requests.)
Comment · 8 months ago
Spot on. This tweet will go down in history — right next to Jack's first tweet. We all understand businesses require difficult decisions. This is one of the best layoff letters I've seen. Short, honest, and human.
Comment · 8 months ago
This is a greatly researched article, and the site is just awesome!
Kanchipuram Saree has a rich history, and I learned so much more by reading this article.
I am intrigued by the Kanchipuram saree and have dreamed about owning one. The digital ledger is a unique idea – if authenticity is established, it would be easy to invest in this as art piece.
Comment · 8 months ago
I'm working on VideoToBe — a audio and video Transcription service with an AI chat layer. Whisper for transcription, then you can chat with your recordings instead of rewatching.
Also building simple tools for simple task such as converting audio-to-video to post on youtube and more for business users who find Premiere/Final Cut overkill for basic tasks. videotobe.com
Comment · 10 months ago
VideoToBe.com - Transcription & Chat for Audio/Video (board meetings, lecture notes, churches summons etc.)
Started as Pay-per-use service (upload the file and receive an email with transcript). Now we also offer subscription based service for media library, AI summaries, chat Q&A, insights/highlights.
Makes between $200 to $600 per month.
Tips for sub growth in transcription space?
Comment · 11 months ago
It is up now!
Comment · 11 months ago
Please don’t get a dog just because you’re having an existential crisis. Dogs are lifelong responsibilities.
Comment · 11 months ago
Thank you! It certainly looks like Rotoscoping.
And EbSynth looks amazing! I wonder what model/tech will track the moment so well!