robcorn's comments

this is great! thanks for sharing

A one-man side project: https://www.getbricksapp.com/

Making a photo-based calorie tracker accurate.

I've used them when building a web app to host a simple cron job. Way more reliable and punctual than github actions imo

Great writeup. I've noticed the same thing by recording simultaneously with the watch workout app and strava on my iphone. The watch always says pace is slower.

Haven't seen these before thanks for sharing.

It's different from a reddit poll in two ways:

1) Artificial scarcity - like Wordle or a NYTimes cover photo, there's only one per day. This focuses attention to one topic at a time.

2) Before/after polling. The audience is polled initially and then asked if they've changed their mind after a while reading arguments. The winner is the debate that changes the most minds.

Big fan of Intelligence Squared but haven't seen ChangeMyView before, thanks for sharing.

Regarding the polling suggestion, that's actually how it works! Clearly need to work on the messaging a bit, to make that more apparent. There's an initial poll and then you're asked if you've changed your mind after a minute of reading the arguments.

Let me know if you have any other suggestions.

Exactly. This differentiates the product from other platforms like Twitter/Reddit where you can ask polls.

Thanks for checking it out. Thought that debate topic was appropriate for launching on HN :)

Thanks for the suggestion! That's something we have in the pipeline for post-MVP

Great suggestions. Think there's definitely a few ways to manage comments better. Any specific suggestions in mind?

And +1 to using this in corporations. The hope is that the tool is generic enough for all kinds of use cases!

Good question! Archived debates are considered complete so you can't vote or comment...but you can always re-suggest the topic if you feel there's more to talk about.

Great questions! All consumer apps have a hard time getting traction. We're taking an iterative approach here.

The strategic advantage here is focus. Just like there's only one Wordle, or the front cover of NYTimes, per day, we're creating artificial scarcity by focusing peoples attention on just one debate at the day.

I would consider this a success if people start asking themselves, "hey, have you heard the debate of the day?"

In terms of how big this could get, keeping an open mind and seeing how folks use the site.

Hey HN!

My name is Rob and I built Debatable. Very excited to launch on HN, will be here to answer any questions :)

Designing Data Intensive Applications is so good. Dense with so much knowledge and experience.

My biggest issue is that bc it's so dense I worry that I don't retain parts that aren't applicable to any designs I'm currently working on.

Not sure of a good way to counteract that other than to just reread relevant parts every so often.

There's nothing wrong with that. You might be interested in this blog post from someone who's gone back and forth from IC => manager a couple times.

https://charity.wtf/2017/05/11/the-engineer-manager-pendulum...

Disclaimer: I did not write the blog post but am a fan :)

I'm building an app to host one debate every day.

https://getdebatable.com/

It may never get traction, but it feels good to build something from scratch.

Like this alternative, nice job! Wonder if there's room for a Wordle that crosses genres each day too to keep things interesting.