I've been really happy with DuckDB, and I love that fact that it can operate directly on things like JSON an JSONL. It's become my data swiss army knife.
Exactly. I respect their decision to go closed source if that's what they need to do to make it a viable business, but just be honest about it. Don't make up some excuse around security and open source.
This is fair, although I ask for it to be dark themed to match what I think was the style of typing game I remember growing up with (it's been a while). Bumped up the font though.
Perfect example is my local coffee shop that is 100% on Instagram only.
They've done amazingly well on just Instagram with the groups they are targeting. I doubt that a website would have any impact on their business. In fact Instagram gives them something much easier, more visual, and with a built in social feed (no need to setup a mailing list, just use Instagram).
"But it's a walled garden..." - Most people don't really care. And also, it's a coffee shop. If Instagram shutdown, they'd be on the next platform in a week and rebuilding the same following.
It's annoying to people like me, but don't see it changing anytime soon, and I can't really blame the business.
I've had a hard time trying to explain this to non-engineers, but whenever I talk to a fellow developer they're struck by the same feeling. We've lost that magic flow state when your heads down on a problem.
Not to say that it's all bad, there's something quite fun about coding with AI, but I do feel like we're losing something that was fundamentally part of being a developer. I'm late to less meetings though.
We're launching a pre-seed/seed funding program where you can apply directly and get a decision within a week of your first meeting. $1M in funding for 6-10%.
We're 1984 Ventures - we've invested in 100+ companies at the earliest stages, including numerous YC companies (PostHog, Postscript, Shelf Engine, Convex, [Alex.com](http://alex.com/), HyperDX, Tandem, Avallon, OrangeSlice, Terrakotta, Olive, ZeroEmail). This isn't an accelerator or batch program though - no demo day, no 12-week curriculum. Just funding and hands-on help until you raise your Series A.
Why are we doing this? The warm intro system is broken. Good founders without SF networks shouldn't need to spend months working connections just to get a meeting. And you shouldn’t have to go to an accelerator just to raise capital.
We focus on vertical AI, B2B SaaS, healthcare software, infra, and devtools/open source. US-based for now.
Happy to answer questions about the process, what we look for, or early-stage fundraising in general.