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159 points heyarviind2 | 1 comments | 25 Nov 24 17:56 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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IgorPartola ◴[25 Nov 24 22:41 UTC] No.42240883[source]▶
What problem does PH solve/what problem would this solve?

Honestly PH always felt to me like a time waster. “Oh look at this idea. Neat. Next.”

Now, a website where I can type in the problem I am having and it suggests solutions (with a mix of self hosted vs commercial products depending on my settings) would be super useful. For example: “I want to organize a library full of old photos that don’t have metadata” or “I want a cheap online backup solution with support for Linux servers” or “I want to automate sending personalized-feeling birthday cards to people I know professionally”.

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breadwinner ◴[26 Nov 24 00:18 UTC] No.42241447[source]▶
PH is a website that program managers from big companies such as Microsoft and Google go to get ideas for new features.

I recommend against post anything to PH unless you have patents, or a big marketing budget, if not your idea will just be copied by big companies before you can get the word out about your product.

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1. bootstrpppin ◴[26 Nov 24 15:28 UTC] No.42246580[source]▶
That's a pretty cynical view....besides, big companies would take months/years to to copy an idea - even if it's a good one - and by then the market has moved.