mwachs

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Jun 13

starting up https://peeps.biz

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Comment · 3 months ago

I love this! Stacking notes is the way my favorite English teacher taught us to write essays and very few apps have this functionality. And one I did find, StorySkeleton, hasn't been available for years: https://www.cultofmac.com/news/storyskeleton-an-index-card-s...

Nice work and congrats on shipping!

Comment · 7 months ago

I personally think this is awesome and a charmingly weird way to convene people. I launched my long-germinating app, which is strangely parallel to yours in big ways (peeps.biz), a couple of weeks ago. I think especially with vibecoding, getting recognized/paid attention to is damn near impossible. I think consistency in marketing has to be there as does going out IRL to promote the site. (I’m not doing either het, but I still think it’s true.)

Anyhow, congrats on the app and keep pushing. I think it’s unique.

Comment · 8 months ago

I really love the tone you have for this product. I also vibecoded a thing (much more niche--https://peeps.biz/about) and felt the freedom to inject my own tone on it because it's personal. These apps/services are feeling more like zines or an indie band than a company seeking world domination or VC investment, and I think that's pretty neat.

Comment · 1 year ago

These rudeboys better pick it up, pick it up!

Comment · 1 year ago

Man, I thought I was putting in work by doing the lessons from the book (which is INCREDIBLE) with my 1st grader…way to go above and beyond!

This honestly very cool and I’m going to pass along to some of the literacy teachers in our district. Thank you!

Comment · 1 year ago

Even though it’s in project instructions to use verifiable sources, Claude still makes things up for me.

So after it spits something out I paste: “ Are you 100% sure that every story, quote, fact, and source is accurate and verifiable?”

It then fesses up and asks if I want to rewrite with only verifiable things. I say yes, it does, and so far that seems to work!

Comment · 1 year ago

This is just a fascinating outcome of some public policy.

Comment · 2 years ago

Confusing that the article has different numbers on the wealth gap than the source material:

“Working-class union households hold nearly four times as much median wealth ($201,240) as the typical working-class nonunion household ($52,221), suggesting that membership vastly increases wealth for working-class families.”

https://www.americanprogress.org/article/unions-build-wealth...

Comment · 2 years ago

This is a very good idea.

Comment · 3 years ago

Have been thinking about this article since last week. It’s so smart and intriguing. Obsessed.

Comment · 3 years ago

del.icio.us is back!

Comment · 4 years ago

I doubt 66% of people insured in the US by their private system are satisfied. https://www.ipsos.com/en-ca/news-polls/canadians-largely-sat...