Dylan Mikus (dbmikus)

Dylan Mikus

Helping AI agents research the web just like people do @ fixpoint.co | YC S22, CMU CS + LTI

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Weird little idea: what if you wrote tech specs and tech docs as Jupyter notebooks? Anyone reading the notebook could fork it in browser and play around with the code. Probably better for docs than tech specs. You'd need a better commenting system on the spec use case.

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Thinking about real-world crypto use cases happening RIGHT NOW, that are only possible due to crypto. I cross investing, gambling, and self referential use off this list. Bonus points if users don't care it's crypto. Two stand out: - faster international settlement - payments in countries with runaway inflation

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Gonna go old man shouts at cloud mode: why do people share screenshots of code instead of copy pasting the code? It hurts searchability, copy paste. Imagine if Stackoverflow was all screenshots. Nobody would get anything done

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Not quite Venice, but I really like the pizza at Ghisallo. https://maps.app.goo.gl/LM2yXVRVhShQXJWs6

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I'm going to start doing this and then I don't need to bother debating whether crypto should exist whenever someone asks me about my job. Another plus: for non-infra companies, explaining your product without mentioning crypto forces you to actually focus on the value of the product.

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Been thinking: how to explain the value of NFTs to those that have only seen "line goes up". The best analogue for the utility is that NFTs are like tickets or like software licenses, except more powerful. You buy an NFT and then anyone can give you on chain or off chain permissions. 1/

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Why is an NFT better than buying a ticket on Ticketmaster? Say I buy a ticket and then can't go to the show. I want to sell my ticket online. If I sell a normal digital ticket, the buyer has no guarantee that I didn't just go to the show anyways after selling it to them and they are left with a dud. 2/

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