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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 25 May 2019

    One thing Viaweb and Y Combinator had in common was that there was no name for what they were when we started them. A small sample size, I know, but if there's no name for what you're building, that may be a good sign rather than a bad one.

    5:17 AM - 25 May 2019
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    • Duecode.io Peter Brack Dante O. Cuales, Jr. Abhinay Jain Satwik Gupta 丸丸丸丸丸丸子🍡 Sai Deuan Dmitriy rube heretic
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      2. Pye Waw‏ @pyewaw 25 May 2019
        Replying to @paulg

        You never sleep Paul?

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      3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 25 May 2019
        Replying to @pyewaw

        I live in England.

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      1. cocomiel‏ @ngfkhads 25 May 2019
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        Good Naming is the art of programming, I really enjoyed “Hackers & Painters”

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      2. Katelyn Gleason‏ @katgleason 25 May 2019
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        market category creation

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      3. Moritz‏ @mxmoritz 25 May 2019
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        On my tongue, but didn't dare to 😁

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      2. autonomyEV‏ @autonomyEV 25 May 2019
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        Paul did you have a backup plan if Viaweb didn't work out of other companies to start at that time?

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      3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 25 May 2019
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        I must have had more than one idea, considering what a huge range of possibilities there were then and how squarely I was in the middle of everything, but I don't remember what any of the others were.

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      1. Danny Iskandar‏ @diskandarcrypto 25 May 2019
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        Good insights Paul

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      2. Marc  🎗 #Freedom‏ @Marc_Pou 25 May 2019
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        In these cases, what do you think about taking a neighbour name? "This is like.... But not exactly that.." Trying to explain something in the marquet with out name required more effort (money) than with a name. The name is a "shortcut" that aligns people quick

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      3. Sansan Fibri‏ @sansan_fibri 26 May 2019
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        Right. But distilling this to 1-3 words takes a whiiiiiiile.

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