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eibrahim

1,133 karma · joined March 11, 2008

I am an entrepreneur, a programmer and very passionate about technology. I also have several side projects, see at www.emadibrahim.com
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eibrahim··on Show HN: A free AI summarization web app
not sure but probably google ads on the summary page. I might also add a paid plan to give user more customization over summarization e.g. style, length, language, etc...

Any suggestions?

eibrahim··on Show HN: I Am Ignorant
The idea for the site is that lately I have been constantly challenged by my kids. They come from school and tell me about all the stuff they learned and they ask me questions which I usually have no answer to... So I started writing down all their questions/topics and then when I get to my computer, I would chatGPT it to get a summary/overview of the topic. It's been very educational for me and thought why not turn this into a blog/newsletter of daily "fun facts/tidbits".

But thank you for the feedback, I will re-evaluate this after a week or so and see how i can improve the process. I just launched it yesterday.

PS: maybe I will hire a VA to edit/review/double check each article before it is published.

eibrahim··on Show HN: I Am Ignorant
how do you recommend i add it to HN?
eibrahim··on Ask HN: What should I read to get back “in the game”?
I am "management/director" level, so I don't need to go too much in depth in any specific topic. But I need to know enough to help my teams and clients and to make sound architecture decisions.
eibrahim··on Ask HN: I want to 3D print masks – how?
I don't know what i want. I just want to help and also need an excuse to buy a 3d printer :)
eibrahim··on Please Don't Say Just Hello In Chat (2013)
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. This BUGS the s out of me and I have to tell all my remote developers to do that. The worst is when they are in a different time zone and say “I have a question” and wait for me to respond before they ask it. VERY FRUSTRATING.
eibrahim··on VSCodium – An Open Source Visual Studio Code Without Trackers
Who has more to lose and who has more scrutiny?
eibrahim··on VSCodium – An Open Source Visual Studio Code Without Trackers
Hmmm. Do I trust Microsoft or some unknown person on the internet?
eibrahim··on EditorConfig: Consistent coding styles across various editors and IDEs
This should help. Stick and en editorconfig file in the root of your project and tell it to use tabs and if all developers are using a supported editor then their (superior) spaces would be converted to the (inferior) tabs lol
eibrahim··on EditorConfig: Consistent coding styles across various editors and IDEs
Cool. I thought there was a new features or release. It’s a great tool. I use it VIM and VSCode
eibrahim··on EditorConfig: Consistent coding styles across various editors and IDEs
This is really old, so I am curious why is it on HN front page? Am I missing something here?
eibrahim··on Microsoft Workers Demand It Drop $450M U.S. Army Contract
Fair question, it's not just about the wars he starts/ends. It's about the rhetorics and the planting of seeds of conflict and hate and what becomes of it in 4 years or 10 years or 20 years.

Simple words by a country's leader could ruin relationships between nations for decades or between different parts of society.

You don't just start hating {insert favorite target jews|blacks|muslims|christians|whites} overnight, it takes time. You plant the seeds of hate and let them flourish into ethnic cleansing|holocaust|interment camps|etc.

It's our duty to nip that shit in bud right now :). We have come so far to let that sort of shit take us back.

I apologize for taking this discussion in a political direction. In any case, I think it's important for us to have a strong military and Microsoft helping our military build better weapons/systems/tools is a good thing. A strong America is a good thing - as long as we have no Trumps :)

eibrahim··on Microsoft Workers Demand It Drop $450M U.S. Army Contract
Well said. It’s definitly a tough position but that is reality. I am an immigrant and lean more to the left of center but we got have common sense.

I would rather have America be dominant than any other nation. With all our faults, we excercise incredible restraint with our immense powers. This of course could change if we end up electing more leaders like Trump. We need to stay strong militarily but also need good and intelligent leaders which unfortunately we don’t currently have.

eibrahim··on Ask HN: Should we shut down our SAAS?
that's actually a great goal to have. We just need to figure out how to market - we both suck at marketing plus we don't really enjoy it.
eibrahim··on Ask HN: Should we shut down our SAAS?
thanks and i would love to see your time tracking tool and congrats on $1k MMR - I know it's not a huge success but it's something :)
eibrahim··on Ask HN: Should we shut down our SAAS?
We are about negative $300 a month
eibrahim··on Ask HN: Should we shut down our SAAS?
Great feedback. Thanks
eibrahim··on Ask HN: Should we shut down our SAAS?
We launched about a year ago. We put a bunch of time in the beginning but then we slowed down to a trickle since we are all working and doing this on the side.

Marketing has been very minimal. A couple of blog posts, a few tweets/fb posts/linked in posts/etc, a Show HN post - i think that's about it.

eibrahim··on Ask HN: Should we shut down our SAAS?
thank you.
eibrahim··on Ask HN: Should I pay Product Hunt to promote my newsletter?
If you have questions about pricing and numbers, you can email them at hello@producthunt.com
eibrahim··on Ask HN: Should I pay Product Hunt to promote my newsletter?
I didn't know PH is not cool anymore :). I just get the daily newsletter to keep tabs on any new/cool products.
eibrahim··on Ask HN: Should I pay Product Hunt to promote my newsletter?
They sent me the info by email but I am not sure they would want to post it publicly here. Let me clear it with them first before I post it here. Thanks.
eibrahim··on The highest paid workers in Silicon Valley are product managers (2016)
These salaries seem way too low. We need to demand higher salaries as developers. Supply and demand. We are needed. We save money. We make companies lots of money. We should be compensated much higher. At least if we are good at it and not just average.
eibrahim··on Ask HN: How do I get notified of comments on HN?
can you reply to this comment? I want to test it. Thanks.
eibrahim··on Ask HN: How do I get notified of comments on HN?
thanks. testing it now.
eibrahim··on The Hacker News Habit
Not sure. I Haven’t given it much thought. I guess it’s work well enough :)
eibrahim··on The Hacker News Habit
I fixed my addiction by simply signing up at https://www.hndigest.com/ and setting to only send 5 links daily. I usually end up just reading 1 or 2 of those if they interest me.

PS: no affiliation with that website. Just a happy user.

eibrahim··on Ask HN: What's your favorite way of getting a web app up quickly in 2018?
emberjs + rails, I even built a starter template that can get a SAAS app up and running quickly and I built hyperlogs.com with it.

ember and rails are SUPER optimized for rapid development. You don't have to spend the next 3 weeks configuring a React app so it builds right :) . Not to mention the next time you do it, it will be different :).

eibrahim··on Show HN: Hyperlogs – Easy time tracking
We are not DCAA compliant but that is a great idea. We are based out of Washington DC, so DCAA compliance might be something to look into. Thanks for bringing it to our attention.

PS: We are also creating an FAQ section and will include a question for DCAA compliance.

eibrahim··on Show HN: Hyperlogs – Easy time tracking
Thank you for the great point. We made the change.
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