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I would look closer at this library too, if it wasn't for:
"Clay UI hierarchies are built using C macros"
Yikes :S
https://github.com/airwindows/airwindows/blob/master/plugins...
Then again, maybe this is the norm for audio engineers? Not my field.
This stands out to me. If I thought of my work as "typical", I'd ask myself whether what I'm doing is worth my time. Whether it's fulfilling and has purpose. Whether I'm having an impact on the work and whether the work has an impact on whatever problem is being solved. That on its own is enough to cause me feeling burnt out, especially over a multi-month period of time.
If there's anything good coming out of all of this, it's this. We need less consolidation overall, and new studios emerging with this level of experience can only be a net-positive for the world.
A startup's branding is an early indicator of a teams commitment and skill. Even with todays Bootstrap themes I sometimes get fooled into thinking a product or service has dedication behind it when it turns out to be a smoke screen to test the market for interest. This kind of service accelerates this effect; now the ones who do commit and carry the skill and experience to pull off a successful startup will be competing against - as was already mentioned in this thread - personal projects or founders with no regard or respect for branding. What if the tables were turned: "Got a great marketing team but no interest in features or solving a real problem? Our AI can fix that for you!". Should such a team succeed?
I said I wasn't entirely confident about this, because I also realise this is what progress looks like and it is a natural step forwards in the direction we're headed. But is it a destination we want to reach?
The problem is finding a suitable name for a project that also has an available domain. The easy ones are all picked.
Maybe something along the lines of "Launch YC x 6: 3D Web; Training; etc.." could make it more clear how many launches are in a thread?