ultra_nick

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Doing pre-seed POC work in Texas. Let me know if you'd like to grab lunch/coffee in the Austin area.

A well rounded software engineer with skills in entrepreneurship, devops, machine learning, robotics, fullstack web.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholascgilpin/

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Comment · 1 month ago
Applied to over 1,000 jobs on Linkedin last year. Gave up and started using other websites or channels.

It took about 100 apps/interview last year. These ghost jobs wasted about 6 months of my life.

I'd drop $10k+ on a solution to this problem.

Comment · 2 months ago
https://conceptionary.app/

I've been working on an AI Tutor or Primer that automatically generates Duolingo style curriculums. Planning to apply to YC after the next big feature release.

The current website is a rushed out MVP. It takes a significant amount of data science and prompt engineering to generate good courses, so it's taking me a bit longer to build the true vision.

Comment · 2 months ago
Oh, I do similar, but using single page websites.

Last month, I read The Prince and had it make a text adventure campaign for me.

For a lot of other topics, I often just ask it to create a simple python example that I can run.

Comment · 8 months ago
No right to free speech.

Then they start jailing people for posts.

Then they get rid of juries.

Then they get rid of public records.

What are they trying to hide?

Comment · 9 months ago
A lot of game companies are really committed to building products that their customers hate these days. What happened to talking to your customers?
Comment · 11 months ago
It's crazy how many adults think regulation is free, especially here. All consuming vague regulations like GDPR increase the cost of a startup by 500%. Europe should have just banned startups entirely. It would have the same effect.

Imagine being a college student with 240 hours and $1,000 to release an MVP over the summer. How long would it take to read GDPR yourself, 100 hours? How much would it cost to hire a lawyer verify that your startup meets GDPR guidelines, $5,000? It would be almost impossible for any young person to start a business. GDPR was obviously a failure from the start. Anyone who couldn't see that has a child's understanding of business. Grow up.

Comment · 11 months ago
AI isn't replacing jobs. AI spending isn't either. It's outsourcing and can be easily confirmed by cross-referencing H1B approval rates with layoffs.

If you've been outsourced, ask your representative to support the HIRE Act: - Creates a 25% tax on outsourcing payments - Creates a “Domestic Workforce Fund” for apprenticeships/workforce development. - Prohibits companies from deducting outsourcing payments.

Comment · 2 years ago
Why work at big businesses anymore? Let's just create more startups.
Comment · 2 years ago
It's nice that Musk and his companies always seem to be willing to provide free emergency services. Over various disasters they've provided free energy, internet, and cell service.

I can't believe people complain about charity when so many other companies do nothing. Same with Mr.Beast's charity acts. There's something wrong with people who do nothing and hate on other people doing charity.

Comment · 2 years ago
Comment · 2 years ago
Build everything on Docker, Kubernetes, and VPS.

Run on the cheapest VPS provider with human support.

Make a quick and easy switch if they get too shifty.

Comment · 2 years ago
With LLMs getting smarter every day, the next generation might be writing specs like this instead of actual code.
Comment · 2 years ago
I feel like neural networks are increasingly going to look like code.

The next big innovation will be whoever figures out how to convert MOE style models into something like function calls.

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