zachanderson's comments

On: Launch HN: Pinch (YC W25) – Video conferencing with immersive translation

[zachanderson]

Ofc i fully associate "video conferencing" with a "Pinch".

Wake up you SV product manager dorks! Lazy effort in naming things!

[motoxpro → zachanderson]

What would you name it? Something that explains exactly what it does in the name like Hulu, Apple, Snowflake, Oracle, Google, Ford, or Bungie?

[AznHisoka → motoxpro]

Pinch is the worst of both possibilities. It doesn’t describe what it does, but it’s also not a catchy memorable “brand-like” name like Google either.

[Tinkeringz → zachanderson]

Slack, zoom, Apple etc were really successful without that mattering at all

On: Show HN: I built a DIY plane spotting system at home

[zachanderson]

"At which point do you stop consuming?"

The tech cultists won't, will always think "urrhurr let's counter this corporate restriction / government regulation with <stupid tech solution #921>.

It's so rewarding to do simpler things in life instead, f.e. growing your own food and not partake in this "more-and-more pervasive tech spread" BS.