retard, autist, esports & nuclear energy lover 14x hackathon winner
San Francisco, CA
Joined September 2024
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If you haven't try, you should really use @bot
I use it to find partners, contact them through the email IT FINDS, manage the replies and send follow ups, all of that automatically
It's really amazing and allows me to do outreach completely passively, and I can keep autisticly ship features in the meantime
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“Unlike regular hackathons, everyone participates from home”
LOL
Every major hackathon is online (@ETHGlobal @colosseum)
You don't need to justify anything. It's great that you're organizing a hackathon. But it should have been free from the start, like every hackathon.
Participants don't pay to join a hackathon. If anything, they get paid: organizers provide API credits, mentorship, food, sometimes even travel.
If the goal is to make money, just say it.
This was never about cheating. You’re either a liar or profoundly ignorant about hackathons.
You made it for profit. Nothing wrong with wanting to make money, but charging participants isn't correct. Sponsors pay, hackers build.
Learn to give back to those who allow you to live the life you live today, instead of milking them to their very last cent.
I made a mistake.
When Jack and I decided to organize this $100K Hackathon, my biggest concern was cheating.
Unlike a regular hackathon, everyone participates from home. And because the winner is whoever makes the most PROFIT (not revenue), there are so many ways to manipulate the numbers.
So I added a $99 entry fee.
One thing I’ve learned from building businesses is that people tend to be more committed when they pay for something.
I thought it would filter out spam, attract serious builders, and make the competition fairer for everyone.
But I completely missed the other side.
3 years ago, I was a living with my apps. Today, I’m financially free. My life changed so much that somewhere along the way, I lost perspective on what $99 means to someone else.
For someone in India, someone struggling to pay their bills, or someone trying to make their first dollar online, $99 can be a lot of money.
And those are exactly the people I want to help!
I’ve spent years sharing what I’ve learned, reviewing random people’s landing pages, and organizing free meetups around the world. Not because there’s money to make, but because I genuinely love seeing people build things and succeed.
And somehow, I was so focused on keeping cheaters out that I didn’t realize I was also keeping genuine builders out.
That’s my mistake.
So I’ve decided to make the $100K Hackathon completely FREE :)
Everyone who already paid got a full refund.
I’m still worried about cheating. That problem hasn’t disappeared, and Jack and I will have to figure out better ways to verify profits and keep the leaderboard fair.
But that’s our problem to solve.
Thank you to everyone who shared their thoughts. Sometimes you need people to remind you of things you’ve forgotten.
I genuinely hope this hackathon changes someone’s life.
❤️
it's becoming increasingly clear that the bottleneck is not information output for humans but input. Reading artifacts, PRs, text answers... is the new real bottleneck, and we will need to find a way to digest information in more efficient way
Text is not the most optimal solution
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Tom "Plaetorius" Gernez retweeted
We are live.
beta on mainnet.
No token.
🪦 @Verdictrip is live in beta on mainnet!
First market created, first limit order placed. The order book is 100% onchain, no backend, no AMM: just 64 slots, with a formula to replace less competitive orders. Works perfectly.
Up until 4am shipping it. Some minor UX/UI bugs, but it works end to end. Anyone can launch a market in 1 minute: moderation, delegated resolution, AI resolution.
Can’t wait to polish everything tomorrow 👇
Tom "Plaetorius" Gernez retweeted
🪦 @Verdictrip is live in beta on mainnet!
First market created, first limit order placed. The order book is 100% onchain, no backend, no AMM: just 64 slots, with a formula to replace less competitive orders. Works perfectly.
Up until 4am shipping it. Some minor UX/UI bugs, but it works end to end. Anyone can launch a market in 1 minute: moderation, delegated resolution, AI resolution.
Can’t wait to polish everything tomorrow 👇
Tom "Plaetorius" Gernez retweeted
Most job searches:
50–300+ portal apps → a few interviews → silence.
Someone else emails one hiring manager and takes that interview.
Announcing the Reply Challenge 📨: Nov 6 → 13. Free.
Starting today, 7 days of real outreach with poerAI.
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→ We track emails, replies, reply rate, interviews.
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→ Best reply rates: get credits + launch spotlight on my socials.
This week = head start. I'd love to see you in it.
Join us!
Everything about it in the first comment👇
Prediction Live now supports 3 games ✨
- League Of Legends
- Counter Strike 2
- Valorant
All markets are free and automated. Let me know what you think!
@LeagueOfLegends @CounterStrike @VALORANT
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Gave Claude access to my email + a product to sell before sleeping, we'll see how things turn out tomorrow 👀
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just got suspended
ouch @discord
can't we do something about that, to let users programmatically configure servers using Claude without getting banned?
since you're rewriting the app, it could be great time @svishnevskiy 👀
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local and private memory handling 🙂↕️
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Tom "Plaetorius" Gernez retweeted
Annoyed with having to re-explain things to your agents across platforms and sessions?
I’m working on a private, local first alternative for handling memory that includes all your favorite sources: from Claude chats to your saved X posts, YouTube history, chrome bookmarks and even WhatsApp chats.
It’s multimodal too, so your agents can remember things in pictures, videos, audio and text.
Tom "Plaetorius" Gernez retweeted
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Nov 7 · 7pm CET