YC Remix

Productivity

idea generator

SHOW HN2017

132points
40comments
#309of 2,242 in 2017
Top 14%of 2017 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

16 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 4 critical, out of 28 comments about the project. Thread score +0.42.

Idea: 14 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 2 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 against

The thread, comment by comment

Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.

positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker

What HN said

What people liked

  • Funny and clever satire of startup culture

    From 3 comments
    • This is brilliant and hilarious.
      jonplackett on HN
    • This is awesome. It's like Mad Libs for the 21st Century! It does generate some decent ideas, too. PagerDuty for food and farming.
      SmellTheGlove on HN
    • I dunno if this is satire but it's pretty great. I for one, am ready to invest in DoorDash for prosthetics and Greenshoe (cash for your every day needs) for commercial banks.
      SandersAK on HN
  • Generates some decent-sounding ideas

    From 2 comments
    • This is awesome. It's like Mad Libs for the 21st Century! It does generate some decent ideas, too. PagerDuty for food and farming.
      SmellTheGlove on HN
    • Self-driving nuclear reactors and currated wine deliveries for developing countries. Those are definitely ideas.
      Govindae on HN

Objections

  • Site has no back button

    From 1 comment
  • Exposes a data dump of YC startup weights in a JS file

    From 2 comments
    • http://ycremix.com/js/define_data.js
      netvarun on HN
    • I was going to post this too but feel bad pointing this data dump out since this is a cool web app; it just needs better security :) Interesting getscale, sanrights and…
      hbcondo714 on HN

Requests

  • Add a back button

    From 1 comment

Questions

  • Whether the weights reflect startup success ranking

    From 3 comments
    • I was going to post this too but feel bad pointing this data dump out since this is a cool web app; it just needs better security :) Interesting getscale, sanrights and…
      hbcondo714 on HN
    • > Interesting getscale, sanrights and spinalsingularity all have much higher weights than everyone else. Much lower actually. They have e-05, e-06 and e-11 at the end. I think…
      TimJRobinson on HN
    • Weights are inversely proportional to the Alexa rank for each startup's website.
      jtraffic on HN

Alternatives named

  • Mad Libs

    From 1 comment
    • This is awesome. It's like Mad Libs for the 21st Century! It does generate some decent ideas, too. PagerDuty for food and farming.
      SmellTheGlove on HN
  • Algolia

    From 1 comment
    • Algolia for search Algolia: Build Realtime Search. A powerful API built for developers, Algolia delivers relevant results in your apps and websites from the first keystroke.
      kamphey on HN

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