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New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Spent thousands, got no customers. What's wrong with my site?

Ask HN: Spent thousands, got no customers. What's wrong with my site? 4 by petebay | 2 comments on Hacker News. With the recent surge in AI-generated content, I built a website called Voloshow that generates images and videos using AI. However, it has been live for almost a month and still hasn’t attracted a single user. I’m not sure what I did wrong. website is called Voloshow (https://voloshow.com/).

New ask Hacker News story: Laid off. Broke. Depressed. & idk how to market my SaaS

Laid off. Broke. Depressed. & idk how to market my SaaS 7 by touseefbuilds | 13 comments on Hacker News. I live in a third-world country with a family who's dependent on me. I used to work as a Software Engineer specializing in MERN Stack. I was laid off a month ago, didn't have any saving cos I was already hand-to-mouth, supporting a family of 5 with funding my brother's University fee. I am really depressed and have done nearly everything I knew to market my SaaS products but nothing's working. Tried: 1. Submitting my product on SaaS directories + on LTD ones (got rejections & some didn't respond), 2. Built in Public (no response), 3. Got Permanently Banned from Reddit (cos I did self-promotion as I wasn't aware - my mistake, i accept), 4. Wrote Articles & submitted on GSC, almost a month has passed & still not indexed, 5. Cold outreach (0 response rate, did personalized outreach, researched about each person + their products & menti...

New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Why Ask HN has only 14 questions now?

Ask HN: Why Ask HN has only 14 questions now? 7 by throwaw12 | 2 comments on Hacker News.

New ask Hacker News story: Is it possible to send a message in Morse code by un-following someone on x.com?

Is it possible to send a message in Morse code by un-following someone on x.com? 3 by savhascelik | 6 comments on Hacker News. Do you think that’s possible? I’m really curious about this. Has anyone ever received a message like that? Come on, science must be able to figure this out

New ask Hacker News story: Life saving / first aid posters

Life saving / first aid posters 2 by cpu_ | 0 comments on Hacker News. Hi, While visiting someone, I observed a first aid poster on their fridge (I forgot to ask for the source from the host at that time). Similar to https://lifesavingfirstaid.com.au/posters/ Do you have any other references or similar resources, please?

New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: A Brief History of LLMs

Ask HN: A Brief History of LLMs 3 by menomatter | 1 comments on Hacker News. Does anyone have suggestions for a book or an article that goes over the modern history of ML/LLM and how the field reached the inflection point that paved the path to the current state.

New ask Hacker News story: Why Fossil DVCS is so awesome for the lone developer; A podcast

Why Fossil DVCS is so awesome for the lone developer; A podcast 2 by techman001 | 0 comments on Hacker News. See my youtube video at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGYWkJUAl8E