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Pulse Path – a browser puzzle where placement is the only decision
2 months ago
- You have two rounds with the same six links; only their placement changes.
- Pulse DMG starts at 10 and each placed link drains 7% (after max cut).
- Each path has a Max Pulse DMG; any pulse above it is discarded.
- Paths can split, loop, and recombine; balanced splits yield bonus.
- Special nodes: Twin boosts adjacent same links, Overhead removes split loss, Amplifier doubles pulse (watch max), Bypass removes link drain after it.
- Goal: maximize pulse DMG reaching the TARGET at the bottom.
Graph Search Algorithm: The Game
2 months ago
- The game has 10 remaining moves and 0 moves taken, aiming for optimal play.
- Mouseover a puck to select it, then click a direction to slide it.
- Pucks stop when they hit walls or other pucks.
- Goal is to get the matching puck to the colored X.
- Game is inspired by Ricochet Robots, praised as a great nerd party game.
Steve Blank It only took 20 years, but the Strategic Management Society now Believes the Lean Startup is a Strategy
2 months ago
- Steve Blank, a practitioner, received the Strategy Leadership Impact Award from the Strategic Management Society, recognizing his role as the Father of Modern Entrepreneurship.
- He contrasts practitioners and strategists, using an analogy of language barriers, and traces Silicon Valley's innovation roots to WWII/Cold War under uncertainty, highlighting Fred Terman's model at Stanford.
- He identifies a gap: startups are not smaller versions of large companies but are searching for business models, while large companies execute known models. This led him to create Customer Development, Agile Engineering, and the Business Model Canvas, forming the Lean Startup methodology.
- Lean Startup codifies strategy formation under uncertainty, turning entrepreneurship into a discipline of strategic learning through hypothesis testing, MVPs, and pivots.
- He looks to the future where AI, synthetic biology, and capital collapse exploration/exploitation, making strategy a dynamic capability—a process of learning faster than the environment.
Be Good
2 months ago
- Combining 'make something people want' with downplaying business models initially describes a charity, yet many successful startups start this way.
- Benevolence helps startups in three ways: improves morale, attracts help, and serves as a decision-making compass.
- The 'tamagotchi effect' shows that user dependence motivates founders to persist through difficult times.
- Being good attracts idealistic top talent and investors, as people rally around benevolent missions.
- Adopting 'Don't be evil' as a corporate policy can prevent laziness and ensure long-term success.
Can AI Run a Food Truck Business?
2 months ago
- Operate a 30-day food truck simulation with 34 tools and a 12-factor demand model.
- Customize menu from over 20 recipes and set prices.
- Manage ingredient orders with real shelf life and spoilage.
- Select optimal location based on daily weather and events.
- Hire or fire staff like cooks, cashiers, and all-rounders.
- Upgrade food truck for increased capacity.
- Take loans and repay before default to manage capital.
- Negotiate with premium suppliers for better ingredients.
The Pillars of an API Platform
2 months ago
- API pillars are guiding principles that define the foundation and direction of an API platform, aligning organizational goals with technical execution.
- They are grouped into three foundational areas: API Strategy and Governance, API Management, and API Operations.
- Eight specific pillars are identified: Strategy & Business Alignment, Governance & Enablement, Portfolio & Domain Ownership, Discovery & Documentation, Design & Delivery, Consumer Onboarding & Adoption, Security & Operations, and Runtime Management & Monitoring.
- Clear pillars enable teams to make quick decisions, prioritize work, and ensure consistency and efficiency across the platform.
- Organizations should tailor pillars to their unique needs, starting from a decade of proven frameworks and adjusting for industry specifics.
Show HN: Machinations – a multiplayer strategy game where LLM is the game master
2 months ago
- Send agents to watch rivals, claim seats, or stand near trouble on a living map.
- Run schemes by committing plots and deciding resource allocation, which resolve automatically.
- Return to a changed world where time passes and rivals act, facing consequences.

strategy

Pulse Path – a browser puzzle where placement is the only decision

Graph Search Algorithm: The Game

Steve Blank It only took 20 years, but the Strategic Management Society now Believes the Lean Startup is a Strategy

Be Good

Can AI Run a Food Truck Business?

The Pillars of an API Platform

Show HN: Machinations – a multiplayer strategy game where LLM is the game master