This Week at YC

November 28, 2022
 

⚠️ Thinking of a new startup idea? Beware of these startup traps.
In the latest episode, Dalton and Michael share their advice on pivoting, and discuss the types of ideas to stay away from—what we commonly refer to as "tarpit ideas."
 

🤖 YC Tech Talks: Machine Learning — Dec 7
What is it like to work at a Machine Learning startup? How is technology development at a startup different from academia and large companies? Sign up to hear YC founders in the ML space give lightning talks on a technical topic of their choice.  

• Photography for geeks  (lcamtuf.coredump.cx)
• Frontend developers: stop moving things that I’m about to click on  (medium.com/@stephenjayakar)
• The Need to Read  (paulgraham.com)
• “You don't have a voltmeter. Do you have a potato?”  (diy.stackexchange.com)
• Introduction to Genomics for Engineers  (learngenomics.dev)
• Why it’s hard to buy deodorant in Manhattan  (economist.com)
• Almost everything on Amazon is becoming an ad  (washingtonpost.com)
• Writing by hand is still the best way to retain information  (stackoverflow.blog)
• Show HN: I made a pretty relaxing puzzle game  (rotaboxes.com)
• Being OK with not being extraordinary (2021)  (tiffanymatthe.com)