node_monk's comments

On: Ask HN How do I learn marketing?

[node_monk]

Wonder if there's a Hacker News for marketing.

On: Ask HN: Name popular apps that have better open-source alternatives?

[node_monk]

Not for a layman though

[montgomery_r → node_monk]

Fair enough, but the couple of hours it takes to learn to do Word level stuff in Emacs will be many times repaid by the time you don’t spend swearing at Word….

On: Ask HN: Name popular apps that have better open-source alternatives?

[node_monk]

Wow, such a cool product! Thanks for sharing - will try it out.

On: Ask HN: Name popular apps that have better open-source alternatives?

[node_monk]

They're spending ~$34k/month according to the cost breakdown sheet from https://lichess.org/patron, which is about 6,800 $5/month patrons.

They must also have a lot of $10 or more/month patrons.

[willkc → node_monk]

They must run ads too, right?

[node_monk → willkc]

Nope, they don't https://lichess.org/blog/YF-ZORQAACAA89PI/why-lichess-will-a....

On: Ask HN: Name popular apps that have better open-source alternatives?

[node_monk]

Totally! lichess nails it.

On: Ask HN: Has your Twitter feed been taken over by posts like “here are 8 ways to”

[node_monk]

Twitter algorithm loves generic listicle threads since they get a lot of attention - that's why I only use the "Following" tab.