Made this mistake on a few collections on my app. Still regretting to this day.

Was looking for Yoda bit, saw they named him MINCH !

yeah, he was originally designed to look more like something out of Lord of the Rings https://www.starwars.com/news/5-early-star-wars-character-co...

I love these looks at drafts and revisions… I even collect a few, I've got Eliot's The Waste Lands and just found an edition of J.G. Ballard's Crash, all with the typewriter scratches and penciled in notes. Would definitely grab one of these if it got formally published someday.

Christmas the Minch did steal

Also no sign of "I am your father"

Yeah, that came in later drafts. In this draft, Vader and Luke’s father were two different people.

try searching for "soy tu padre, mijo"

"This is not what my mother says"

Yup, they did it again:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WK6m2zuICRE

Any explanations ?

working from France and UK

IE EDGE 12 for Minimum Support ? Thanks but no thanks !

Edge 12 is the first version of Edge. I'm guessing it's due to modern Flexbox support.

Older browsers like IE are supported, just not fully. So they say at least...

Looks good ! However, you could implement infinite scrolling, which is the most lacking feature on HN.

Not being able to use your smartphone during hours is just the worst. constraint. ever.

I suppose you could use it whilst you charge your phone at night?

I like this answer

Wow.. what a post ! Those startup bullies clearly seems like a new breed of people engineers needs to avoid.

Actually, I also had a mixed experience after a Startup Weekend: I went to my first Startup Weekend with hope of networking but it grew quickly in a great opportunity to create my first app startup.

Here’s my story

Someone smart I didn’t know pitched a cool problem with an hint of a solution, and ended up having me on this team. During the 72 hours streak I found the name, created the logo/branding, made iPhone mockups and built UX/UI. The team was very nice and thinking very hard , but was basically gathering around me while I was doing the hard work making this app a reality.

We won the 2d place and 3 months in a French Incubator.

3 days later, the pitcher called me about continuing working on the app. Since he had already a startup going, he promised me shares and a salary so I can work on it alone in the incubator. I was thrilled ! Being paid to create a startup, w/ shares, was the best option for me since I was married and had a little boy.

Working at the incubator on an iPhone app was a blast: I learned a lot of things, met great people, while building a great product from scratch. Sometimes the “co-founder” came-by a few hours to show his face, give me feedback, and reassure me on our first handshake deal.

After Two months I already built an iPhone beta, and was iterating on the UI/UX & design for the app. Around this time, we decided to meet to talk more seriously about the deal.

Here’s how it went

I spoke first, offering him 50/50 with no salary or less shares with a salary to complete for the percentage. This deal was obviously better for him, since he could have me work full-time on the project for free while he will be working half-time on his other project.

He laughed at my face, and told me that I don’t know anything about business by submitting a 50/50 deal…

He then told me that his potential investors (Which was his dad and his previous boss btw) were potentially investing a few hundred K€, so I can trade my salary for the shares, according to that totally fake number.

It made around 0,3% in total

I couldn’t believe he was doing that to me and really felt the pain of betrayal. I know I took risks by giving my total confidence to a stranger, but I was really feeling the bond between our minds, and I really thought he’ll be generous by seeing how much I added to his idea.

About a week later I decided to take my cash and go my own way, seeing that I couldn’t bear working for him under those terms, since I built the entire product.

It was 18 Months ago.

In September, he released the v1.0 of the app (It was in beta for 6 months), which is identical to the product I built almost on my own: branding, design, UI/UX and features. It’s so similar I recognize my code through the buttons animation! And seeing this old, made-in-a-rush design makes me think: I could make this product so much better !

While I was away, he did an impressive PR work, and ended-up raising 800K$ which was quite hard to swallow for me, even though I don’t really mind and run a good freelance business. Fortunately, his success is now bringing me really interesting app projects, and I truly value the time spent at the incubator.

I try very hard to get all the positive lessons from this period while pushing back the hard feelings.

Because I’m no mean guy, I wish him the best.

I guess Karma will do the rest.

I am not a mean guy either, so sorry to be critical, but...

You are exactly the reason why people like Billy exist. They take advantage of creative, perhaps brilliant people who are shockingly (shockingly, given their intelligence) naive from a life/business point of view.

It may be too long of a wait for the Karma to catch up with them :-)

Please don't enable them.

Just remember what truly matters in a successful business venture: language policing.

It was your code. His idea, but your code. Code is the work, not the idea. You cannot let him get away with your code for nothing.

Ask a lawyer what you can charge him to buy your code. 400K might be a lot, but a good starting point for a deal.

Thanks for your answer but:

1 - He payed me for my work as an employee of is company

2 - Don't want to get lost into legal stuff, since I've got so many other things to care for (work + family + enjoying my life :) )

If you got paid as an employee to build the app, his position isn't as weird as it seems (ignoring verbal promises). After all, he had already borne most of the risk at that point.