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60% sure this is an mostly just an idea on their end and this `launch` is a test to see if the idea is worth pursuing for them

I've only been in the industry for about a year and a half, so forgive my lack of knowledge here...I see these no-code/internal tools/run a script easily startups every so often

What are examples of things people are building with these services? My context - I work at a 200ish person b2b saas - I don't know of anyone in my company using these, at least not in an official capacity I can see

hoping to learn and b informed

hm - I'm at a startup with plan/release/build. The truth is...there are almost no abrupt new features. If something is truly a new feature - it's gonna move into planning. We've had 1 instance in my 8 months on the team with an abrupt-ish full-on feature (that I know of at least). I worked on it - there was a lot of communication with me about the scope/timeline/expectations. The feature fit into an offering we have at a beta stage - so it helped us expand something we were working on broadly anyways and was in service of winning a particularly good logo/customer. Again - this is super rare for us, but broadly - we simply communicate priority and have alignment about working on the most important things first. Generally, someone is picking up the feature that's coming off some piece of work or is working on something low stakes. Other abrupt stuff comes up - generally if it's limiting a customer's ability to utilize our product - we prioritize it.

I think you want to have a culture where abrupt new features are incredibly rare.

Shopify did something similar, I'm pretty sure, for Black Friday

looks so cool

and Nigeria is only one country on the continent

i wonder if $200mm+ is a bargain - long term?

you're not alone lol

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I hope you're aware that being able to ignore politics is a privilege that you're consciously utilizing.

Some people will get affected by "politics" and, thus, must either be silent and suffer or start to care about politics.

I could be wrong and politics do impact you negatively and...you just don't care. That's a fair stance I guess, as long as you understand that by doing nothing you're essentially accepting that negative impact.

The parent comment touched on this, but wanted to add on - just hoping you're conscious of this truth

It's quite clear that recent events, specifically the death of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor are the exact reason why people have decided to "suddenly congregate into emotional hysteria". Yes, these issues have been present, but, undoubtedly, those deaths sparked something across the country. Are riots and violence the solution? That's debatable, but they do send a message in a society where money is a significant source of power.

As someone who is black and impacted by these recent events - think of them as a giant pouring of gasoline on an already present fire. People are grieving pain that has been present for years. People grieve in different ways. I don't agree with using violence, looting, rioting as a means of grieving, yet I can fully understand why others have taken that route. The riots are in fact a symptom...not an excuse. It's a fact. Slavery was a "well known problem", but it took the Civil War to see the Emancipation Proclamation come into fruition.

Getting rid of racism in America's systems and in individuals is going to take a lot of effort along with moments like this where everyone is reminded of exactly how much progress is left.

your treatise on nyc was amazing to read

i'm interning there this summer and hoping things can play out for me to still go