Polymath
> A polymath is an individual whose knowledge spans a substantial number of subjects, known to draw on complex bodies of knowledge to solve specific problems.
If that's who you are, there's no shame in identifying as so. Don't let hacker news comments gatekeep you.
I agree and would posit they already are facing a lot of turbulence.
As an aside it seems like Amazon is a bit of a sacred cow on hn. It's assumed it is some exceptionally well run company with an extremely promising investment future - but the reality of the past few years has exposed that hypothesis a bit. It is the first company to lose over a trillion dollars in shareholder value.
Further, much of their business strategy was copied by other .com companies during the dot com boom, and they pretty much all failed spectacularly. Pets.com is the notable example, which had investment from Amazon itself, the same "get big fast" mindset, and spectacularly collapsed.
It seems a lot of "what works for Amazon" doesn't actually work anywhere else for some reason. If you've had ex-Amazon managers enter your organization you've probably seen this first hand.
I was also practically laughed out of the room for suggesting that Walmart is many times a better e-commerce experience these days compared to Amazon, as if comparing Walmart to Amazon is a laughable proposition which only a fool would make. Well, I would challenge anyone reading this to actually use Walmart and come to your own conclusion. It's cheaper. Shipping is frequently faster. They have more selection in stock sold by Walmart. And frankly I don't see any reason to go back to Amazon after using Walmart for several months.
Amazon is going to lose it's shine more and more, and I think the turbulence they are already facing is just the beginning.
My current side project (neighborhud.app) is an iPhone 6 in every room displaying a HUD (heads up display) of recurring things i need to do in that area, inventory, events, and requests. Iphone 6's are fairly advanced devices that are only ~$35 on ebay. This allows for recycling of tech that would otherwise become trash, because it just renders a webpage that's been added to the home screen (so it looks like an app). This bypasses any app store requirements so as long as it can keep running safari it's still of use. I just leave them plugged in with low screen brightness.
For "inventory", it's just a custom state machine that can be scheduled in the past or future. And requests are things an area needs - which can be associated with an inventory item, or free text. This lets me pull up all requests when I'm at the store and see the kitchen needs apples, and the bathroom needs soap, etc.
Right now, I have a HUD for my front door (to remind me of things before i leave) a HUD for my phone/car (when I'm out) and then one for my kitchen, bathroom and hallway. I have the one in my kitchen magnetically on my fridge, so i can pull it off and take picture of food I'm adding. Will probably add one for my office next.
The difficult thing for me has been being the user more than being the builder and just focusing on the real MVP and then picking at it over time.
Working on cleaning it up and then maybe allowing others to give it a go - i feel like there could be some value in connecting people with spaces.
I didn't think Mastodon would make sense for me as any kind of twiter alternative, but then I found someone created ruby.social and now it actually makes sense for me, and offers something twitter doesn't.
seems more outline than database. I also find the colors to be overwhelming. The sidebar ToC feels novel but that is not a huge value add for me. The UX is woefully lacking in expressiveness, and there are no notable gains from not using files/folders/tags. Plus cue all the portability / dependence issues.
So... a miss for me on this helping with abstract thinking.
That said - keep iterating and challenging what is possible, and start talking to "customers".
