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Dacod | 5 years ago | on: A New Standard Deal

They are not going to do a batch with 3000 companies. They are saying all in all this will allow them to fund more companies over the coming years - " In the coming years, this will enable us to fund as many as 3000 more companies".

Dacod | 5 years ago | on: Brazil Suspends WhatsApp Payments

Honestly! It kind of reminds me of Marc Andreessen's "Anti-colonialism has been economically catastrophic for the Indian people for decades. Why stop now?” comment.

Dacod | 5 years ago | on: 402 Payment Required, and why micropayments are doomed

It also assumes the world is limited to what can and cannot work in the US. In some parts of the world micro payments are the majority of payments.

Dacod | 5 years ago | on: The boring technology behind a one-person Internet company (2018)

RDS is so expensive, cries :_(

Dacod | 5 years ago | on: In Defense of the Modern Web

Downloading apps is not difficult but it's difficult to get people to download apps.

Dacod | 5 years ago | on: Tesla workers’ unemployment may be suspended if they don't return, emails show

It's really not a similar situation. Refusing to social distance is illegal as it puts other people's lives in danger but working for a dirty restaurant is not and is not analogous this is in any way.

Dacod | 5 years ago | on: Ask HN: Do you stumble into design while coding or do you design and then code?

Both. I go into coding with a design in mind (a class diagram/db schema etc.), but I've found after I start coding the design always mutates.

Dacod | 5 years ago | on: E-learning poor countries during Covid-19, Lockdown?

Hey. Also South African here. Currently building a WhatsApp based classroom/learner resource management application (https://foondamate.com) in hopes that this will at least help in the future. So far I've only launched the functionality to download past papers look up works, search wikipedia and look up solutions to equations but have been working on other features. I'm hoping since WhatsApp is wildly accessible this will make a difference. Already have quite a few user, over 50 but under 100. Happy to chat and discuss further. You can mail a me at [email protected].

Dacod | 6 years ago | on: Fund-my-project: Earn grants/funding for your project

Pioneer.app have made huge strides in this regard. You can watch their livestreams and mail the founders afterwards.