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Kalpeshbhalekar

64 karma · joined October 4, 2019

https://scoutflo.com/ email: kalpesh@scoutflo.com
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Kalpeshbhalekar··on Ask HN: Any Alternative to Stripe? (Startup-Friendly)
Lago is a billing platform alternative, not a payment platform right?
Kalpeshbhalekar··on Ask HN: What's better Terraform or AWS CDK?
Terraform requires a proprietary domain-specific language (DSL) and is not open source. - This looks interesting

Won't Pulumi change its license like terraform a few years down the line?

Kalpeshbhalekar··on Show HN: Trigger.dev V2 – a Temporal alternative for TypeScript devs
Super interesting tool! Glad to know you folks use SDK to write Jobs to avoid any deployment blockers.
Kalpeshbhalekar··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2023)
I have worked with Nicolas for a short stint, I'd highly recommend people to apply!
Kalpeshbhalekar··on Chandrayaan-3 mission costed half of Interstellar
It really talks miles on how optimized can some costs be...

This could really open up a new gate for low cost travel.

Kalpeshbhalekar··on Ask HN: Any platform to hire good technical writers?
Thanks!
Kalpeshbhalekar··on Ask HN: Stuck at $500 MRR and Seeking Distribution/Marketing Advice
Have you tried using places where you can already find distribution?

- ProductHunt -IndieHackers -betalist.com

AppSumo is a great place to get some early paid users at an insane deal for early cashflow.

Apart from that, what iterations did you make? Did you change your pricing? Was the website copy right?

Kalpeshbhalekar··on Ask HN: Zoom alternatives which preserve privacy and are easy to use?
Check this out: https://atlas.scoutflo.com/product/OpenVidu
Kalpeshbhalekar··on Ask HN: What's the status of your quarantine side project?
All the best!!!
Kalpeshbhalekar··on Ask HN: What's the status of your quarantine side project?
Planning to restart it?
Kalpeshbhalekar··on Ask HN: What's the status of your quarantine side project?
Feel free to add links?
Kalpeshbhalekar··on Antibiotic resistance poses existential threat for modern medicine
Sometimes it does get tricky to find the root cause and a blanket medicine might really help if time is crucial/trying to reduce the margin of error..

Thoughts?

Kalpeshbhalekar··on Antibiotic resistance poses existential threat for modern medicine
Is it even scientifically possible to get over this issue? Have we hit a huge roadblock in Medicine?
Kalpeshbhalekar··on Ask HN: Any open source alternative to Firebase or Auth0?
Yes, a genuine question.

We're actively trying to move to a 100% open source tech stack (Super hard to do).

Hence trying to see if there are any Open source tools we have missed out. There are many alternatives the community has mentioned that would have been super hard to find out otherwise.

Thank you for the search recommendation previously, that helps too.

Kalpeshbhalekar··on Bookmarks and saves have become like snooze buttons
Great timing! Check this tool out: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36942308

https://github.com/linkwarden/linkwarden

Kalpeshbhalekar··on Ask HN: Any good open source projects to start contributing to?
Woah, Edward Snowden vouched for them!!!
Kalpeshbhalekar··on Ask HN: Any good open source projects to start contributing to?
Thanks for this! I'll check it out.
Kalpeshbhalekar··on Ask HN: Any good open source projects to start contributing to?
Right now I'm trying to brush up my skills for:

Languages: Javascript, Python Frameworks: NodeJS, VueJS, Django

Kalpeshbhalekar··on Ask HN: What’s the best way to start contributing to Open Source?
Woah! Thank you :)
Kalpeshbhalekar··on Ask HN: Any open source alternative to Slack?
This looks really good. I will try self hosting this!
Kalpeshbhalekar··on Ask HN: Any Physics concepts to learn before watching Oppenheimer?
Thanks Sashank!
Kalpeshbhalekar··on Ask HN: Any Physics concepts to learn before watching Oppenheimer?
Haha okay!
Kalpeshbhalekar··on Ask HN: Any open source alternative to Slack?
It's super hard to self host...any other alternatives?
Kalpeshbhalekar··on Ask HN: Is the market bad, or am I having the worst luck job hunting?
Have you tried freelancing platforms like Upwork, Fiver and other apps?

Sometimes getting started as a contract worker/part time consultant and then transitioning to a full time role would be easier.

(This helps in building confidence for the recruiter)

Kalpeshbhalekar··on Problems with Open Source?
There are tons of barriers to Open source in the first place.

The 2 big problems are: 1) Discovery (Knowing the right tools)

2) Friction to use Open source, self host, understanding documentation... - Even trying one tool takes a lot of effort to use the tool.

Kalpeshbhalekar··on Ask HN: What are the best open source products you've come across?
Thanks Atharva! Can you send their website?
Kalpeshbhalekar··on Tell HN: OpenAI removed free trial from pricing page
Isn't OpenAI burning a ton of cash to maintain every search? Maybe after a year of free marketing they are done with freebies?

Now it might be time to check the unit metrics and adjust accordingly.

Kalpeshbhalekar··on Ask HN: What are the best open source products you've come across?
Haha! Time to unsubscribe from all those streaming platforms...
Kalpeshbhalekar··on Ask HN: What are the best open source products you've come across?
Typically open source projects migrate to productising their services to have financial stability to support their community and customers.

Open source can either be sponsored, have a Cloud version or ask for support fees, isn't that the natural transition for an open source product?

Kalpeshbhalekar··on I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA
I think there are legal limitations like IP and compliance for some industries that make it tricky.
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