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sberenslast Sunday at 8:02 PM9 repliesview on HN

Author here, happy to answer any questions about the journey!


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dickficklingyesterday at 10:57 PM

Got a discount code for the HN family? ;-)

Congrats on shipping. I'm living in the EU working California hours (4pm-1am) and will definitely be buying one.

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fxtentaclelast Monday at 12:11 AM

Do you have any recommendations for FCC/CE testing providers?

necovektoday at 12:15 AM

Being 6'5" myself, I am worried I'd be blinded by the lamp when I stand up: to avoid adding a base under (an already bulky) base, is there a way to separate the lamp itself and have it wall/ceiling mounted (still pointing upwards)?

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ishyfishyyyesterday at 10:44 PM

What was your marketing strategy once you had the $10 deposit landing page setup?

technothrasheryesterday at 10:56 PM

I definitely feel your pain. I own a company that makes custom process controls for industrial and commercial clients, and while we work from a large library of hardware and software designs from past jobs, every job has a lot of the same "start from the beginning" feel as what you went through. Especially, the one thing you didn't check is always the thing that is somehow screwed up, and the sleepless nights wondering halfway into the project if you're in deep trouble.

niobeyesterday at 11:05 PM

Hello, nice write up. I'm curious about your deal with the factory and downstream suppliers.. did all these iterations and fixes cost more every time? Or it was a fixed contract? How does that all work

stbtraxtoday at 12:20 AM

How did you figure out how to price your product?

srtwyesterday at 11:05 PM

Just curious about the frequency of the diodes and do they pulse simultaneously? Quite often I can perceive flicker in moving objects indoors.

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Neywinylast Sunday at 10:58 PM

So just to confirm, the actual cause for the controls not working is still unknown to the reader but the reason the measurements didn't make sense was swapped labels?

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