holdodd's comments

On: Apple's Software Quality Crisis

[holdodd]

iOS 18.3.1 bricked my wifi and bluetooth. Can't connect to anything. MacBook Pro cannot open discord, slack, mail due to an os issue. Apple has such great hardware but the software has so many bugs, you start looking around for alternatives.

On: Ask HN: Underrated music, books, movies?

[holdodd]

I still love the great beauty (film). Hits on themes I don’t see taken on very often.

For books, Austerlitz by WG Sebald.

On: MacWhisper: Transcribe audio files on your Mac

[holdodd]

https://github.com/MahmoudAshraf97/whisper-diarization

This project has been alright for transcribing audio with speaker diarization. A big finicky. The OpenAI model is better than other paid products(Descript, Riverside) so I’m looking forward to trying MacWhisper.

On: Why Do Developers (Actually) Hate Marketing?

[holdodd]

Developers hate marketing that feels like marketing. We love product launches because you learn about new tech. Learning about new tech doesn't feel like marketing for developers (although that's what it is).

I feel like the author captures it in the section "Developers Can Love Marketing But Will Always Hate Spam". Are we the most targeted segment like the author says? I doubt it. But we are targeted nonetheless.

On: Ask HN: As a business-focused co-founder, what hard skills should I study?

[holdodd]

Sales and Marketing.

You can get a lot of clients with pure hustle.

But you want a reliable process for marketing too.