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MaddieM4MaddieM4@raphus.social
Nov 2, 2026, 3:30 PM
@isaaclyman @jcoglan So true. It's no different, really, than ten years ago when we were all rolling our eyes at "I have a brilliant mobile app idea! But I don't know how to program. I can't tell you what it is or you might steal my precious idea, but if I can contract you under an NDA to write the code, I'll give you 10% of the profits."
What's really novel is hearing that line of thinking from people who have historically *known how to write code* and have commensurate ego about it.
We know the idea is worth nothing without execution, but now we also know that execution is worth nothing without time investment. I wonder what we'll be figuring out in ten years.
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Giant Aquatic Brazilian Centipedepikesley@mastodon.me.uk
Nov 2, 2026, 4:27 PM
@MaddieM4 @isaaclyman @jcoglan
"I'm seeking a technical co-founder" (a phrase with which I have been propositioned at Shoreditch meetups way back when) is basically "I wanna start a band but I can't sing or play anything and I haven't written any songs"
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MaddieM4MaddieM4@raphus.social
Nov 2, 2026, 4:30 PM
@pikesley @isaaclyman @jcoglan What's grim is how much more respectful this is than some of the propositions I've been given before. Co-founder? Equals? Be still, my beating heart!
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Isaac Lymanisaaclyman@toot.cafe
Nov 2, 2026, 4:40 PM
@MaddieM4 @pikesley @jcoglan The only version of this I've ever found appealing: I do sometimes dream of making apps for a wealthy patron who calls them "my little diversions" and doesn't know what MAUs or KPIs are
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JoelJoelparsons@techhub.social
Nov 2, 2026, 4:46 PM
@isaaclyman @MaddieM4 @pikesley @jcoglan As the person that wrote the app for a famous architect to manage her wardrobe (a wardrobe distributed across 3 continents and multiple sites with literal rolling library stacks for the clothes) that ain’t all flowers and roses either haha
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MaddieM4MaddieM4@raphus.social
Nov 2, 2026, 4:48 PM
@Joelparsons @isaaclyman @pikesley @jcoglan It's like the old saying goes: "Grassiness is next to greenliness." Or something like that, I forget.
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Isaac Lymanisaaclyman@toot.cafe
Nov 2, 2026, 4:49 PM
@Joelparsons @MaddieM4 @pikesley @jcoglan Whoa, whoa, the wealthy patron isn't supposed to *rely* on the app. They're supposed to open it occasionally, look at all the little animations, and say "Oh my! How amusing"
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Fazal Majidfazalmajid@vivaldi.net
Nov 2, 2026, 5:41 PM
@pikesley @MaddieM4 @isaaclyman @jcoglan followed by “I’m the ideas man” (because of course it’s a man).
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