ianlotinsky

Like right to repair, wouldn’t it be great if web-connected product companies were required to make it easier to extend use of their products?

I simply want to save my Ring Doorbell camera photo to cloud storage when someone presses the doorbell so that I can show it on a digital picture frame inside.

It can’t easily be done because Ring has no public API that IFTTT can use.

Of course, legislation would have to trigger only when a company reached a certain level of revenue maturity, much like CCPA, so as not to stifle an up-and-coming product company.

What do you think?

10-15 years ago, I worked a corporate job, which I genuinely enjoyed for many reasons. While there, my imagination and energy exploded as I discovered and drank up all that Joel Spolsky, Paul Graham, Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson, Jeff Atwood, and Michael Lopp had to write. It was a renaissance for the industry and for me personally. Their thoughts introduced and propelled me into the software startup world, made me a valuable asset to my employers, and led to me being in leadership positions. I'm looking for that sort of learning and insight again but not really finding it organically. These greats certainly haven't lost their mojo. They weren't a fad like most thinkers and writers online are or have been. I'm simply wondering if there are additional folks I should be following this decade because they're building the next renaissance.

Please list any up-and-coming changemakers you follow below.

Thanks!