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I use diff and log frequently, but I usually don't NEED to and it's not part of my normal workflow.

I ignore stash completely by committing with -a and simply not worrying about the commit history so much, since they'll all be squashed anyway.

Never used the --oneline option before and I LOVE it. Thanks!

bengarveyon Launch HN: Common Paper (YC W23) – SAFEs for Commercial Contracts

My cofounder and I are not lawyers, but we have a great lawyer on our founding team and are advised by many more. https://commonpaper.com/committee/

bengarveyon Launch HN: Common Paper (YC W23) – SAFEs for Commercial Contracts

But also we are fully remote!

bengarveyon Launch HN: Common Paper (YC W23) – SAFEs for Commercial Contracts

Thank you!

bengarveyon Launch HN: Common Paper (YC W23) – SAFEs for Commercial Contracts

Co-founder here:

How would you integrate an LLM into this?

bengarveyon Launch HN: Common Paper (YC W23) – SAFEs for Commercial Contracts

Thanks! Not sure how many are a handful, but your first 5 customers are free (no matter how many different contracts you send them). You're still welcome to download and use the contracts

bengarveyon Launch HN: Common Paper (YC W23) – SAFEs for Commercial Contracts

CTO and Co-founder here.

While we certainly are using technology to help solve the problem, it's more about creating contracts in a way that helps you focus on the key changes from contract to contract. When you build on immutable terms, and the only changes are in the contract's cover sheet, you can focus on the changes and not hunt down for words inside of an inscrutable PDF.

bengarveyon Launch HN: Common Paper (YC W23) – SAFEs for Commercial Contracts

Pricing page is here: https://commonpaper.com/pricing

Small startups don't need contract management until they reach a point and then they wish they started doing it from day 1. :)

"hyper-standardized contracts" I suggest you take a look at the app! While our terms are immutable, the contracts can be heavily customized. So instead of hunting down a random word in a PDF you can focus on the things the material changes from agreement to agreement.

bengarveyon Launch HN: Common Paper (YC W23) – SAFEs for Commercial Contracts

Hi, one of the co-founders here!

1. We didn't model it after a specific open source project, but Jake worked on https://www.singer.io. We do take inspiration from Open Source licenses like Apache 2, GPL, MIT, etc.

2. Open source in the sense that the terms of the contract are open source and released under a CCBY license. Terms are available via versioned URLs, github markdown source control, and maintained by a committee of contributors (attorneys).

2. Yes! You can find our REST API docs here: https://api.commonpaper.com/docs. It uses the JSONAPI spec.

3. We're currently integrated with Dropbox Sign.

bengarveyon The Common Paper API (YC W23)

We've released our contracts API! The Common Paper API allows you to create and send new contracts while channeling alerts to the people and systems who need them. The structure built into all of our standard agreements enables programmatic access and a consistent data model. This opens up a world of possibilities for automation, compliance, and integration.

bengarveyon Ask HN: How do I understand the results of my job search?

You have an idea for how a fair and equitable job search is supposed to work.

It does not work like that.

Almost half of all jobs are filled through referrals by existing employees, so if you're cold applying to a company you're at best, cutting your chances in half and wasting your time.

You're also forgoing important information _for you_ if you don't know anyone at the company you're applying to. How do you really know what it's like to work there?

"The whole thing makes me feel increasingly insecure..." Don't get discouraged! There are tons of really great opportunities out there.

bengarveyon Nostalgia for Minecraft

I don't know. They've added a ton of underwater content, new structures, mobs (bees, foxes, llamas, phantoms, drowns, etc), sunken ships and treasure maps.

If anything, they've had a better release cycle since the acquisition.

bengarveyon 20,000 Startup Ideas

There are only 18514 ideas there

bengarveyon Surprisingly popular

Philadelphia should be the capital of Pennsylvania

bengarveyon Ask HN: What is your money-making side project outside programming?

This role playing game for pre-school aged kids https://kidsdungeonadventure.com/

bengarveyon Ask HN: How did you significantly reduce your AWS cost?

1. Use RI's (like you said) and make sure your utilization is high.

2. Look at any under utilized EC2 instances and make them smaller. If they are very under utilized, consider moving what they do to Lambda, which is very cheap.

3. S3 for everything storage. Only use EBS volumes when you need to.

4. Someone mentioned multiple availability zones and it's a great tip. Turning it on is 2x the price for RDS, and it's probably not needed for anything but critical instances.

5. Make sure unused instances are terminated, not stopped.

6. For very expensive systems, use spot instances to strategically reduces your costs when ec2 instances are cheaper.

7. Try to keep your instance types down to a few types. This will give you fewer headaches when you go to purchased reserved instances.

bengarveyon Ask HN: $1k+ side projecters, what was the best thing you did to market it?

The week I launched http://kidsdungeonadventure.com I got a review on Wired's GeekDad blog. That link drove nearly all my sales for months https://geekdad.com/2011/03/an-rpg-for-pre-schoolers-get-the...

bengarveyon Planet Found in Habitable Zone Around Nearest Star

It's only 4.25 light years away https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxima_Centauri

bengarveyon Running costs for running a web app

"Heroku is very, very expensive." "saved them probably $100 per month"

I'm confused.

bengarveyon Scientists have synthesized a new compound that ‘mimics’ exercise

"by actually exercising or practicing calorie restriction"

Ever study I've read about has shown that while calorie restriction works in mice, it has no effect in humans.

bengarveyon The Dorito Effect

Can confirm. Doritos are amazing.

bengarveyon Verizon to Buy AOL for $4.4B

Which Clinton was running in 2000?

bengarveyon Ask HN: What book changed your life in 2014?

Thinking Fast and Slow

bengarveyon The Open-Office Trap

If you can see people while you are sitting, I'd consider that an open office.

bengarveyon The Open-Office Trap

If you have cubicles, I don't think that's an open office.

bengarveyon Ask HN: How much recurring income do you generate and from what?

http://kidsdungeonadventure.com

http://kidsmorningadventure.com

Usually around $50/month. A little more lately since I launched the new gamified getting ready for school project.

bengarveyon The hipster effect: When anticonformists all look the same

Anti-conformists aren't trying to be unique, they're trying to be different from you.

bengarveyon Soda May Age You as Much as Smoking

Coke Zero definitely uses Aspartame

Source: The can I'm drinking right now.

bengarveyon Soda May Age You as Much as Smoking

Right yes, but not in this particular study

bengarveyon Soda May Age You as Much as Smoking

Just in case anyone was wondering about diet soda...

"Only the sugary, bubbly stuff showed this effect. Epel didn’t see any association between telomere length and diet soda intake. "