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Dolt is Git for data

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peteforde ◴[] No.22734564[source]
Only 39 days since the last "GitHub for data" was announced: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22375774

I'll say what I said in February: I started a company with the same premise 9 years ago, during the prime "big data" hype cycle. We burned through a lot of investor money only to realize that there was not a market opportunity to capture. That is, many people thought it was cool - we even did co-sponsored data contests with The Economist - but at the end of the day, we couldn't find anyone with an urgent problem that they were willing to pay to solve.

I wish these folks luck! Perhaps things have changed; we were part of a flock of 5 or 10 similar projects and I'm pretty sure the only one still around today is Kaggle.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWMjQhhxhQ4

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staflow ◴[] No.22735213[source]
1. Develop a solution with catchy name.

2. ONLY and only after it’s finished, start looking for problem that fits that solution.

3. Realize there is none.

4. ?????

5. Profit!

Gee I wonder why our economy is so ineffective..

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1. chmaynard ◴[] No.22735273[source]
Step 4 is where you create a snazzy website with lots of seductive images, clever animations, and "Free Trial" buttons.