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 Every dev has experienced this:

Friend: "hey, wanted to ask you about an app  business idea"

Dev: "(sigh) ok what's the idea?"

Friend: "ok hear me out, it's basically like the Google of toilets... If you build it, you can have part of the company"

I imagine this is how hot girls feel having to reject sad men all the time 
 Hear me out, it's basically a nothing burger served in a cool box.

Any drag and drop solutions for building things on nostr yet for idiots like me? 😅 
 Poe.com

But nostr bots and zaps? 
 The chatgpt of nostr? 
 My thought was everyone could make their own version of nostr:nprofile1qqsghy5t7a0dknwllc5qq4tllel9u2c8ch23qtuh6x24lys4skfcyqgpr9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuumwdae8gtnnda3kjctv9uf09da0 
 Mayne even their own personal nostr assistant?  
 Just nor enough people here to make any reasonable amount of money with such an app  
 Everyone does podcasts.

Who's doing their general research and guest research?  
 Hahaha also as I designer I can very much relate to this situation.

Seeing the ego death after asking a few questions about the plan is also great. 
 this happened to me today 
 its worse. 

when it happens repeatedly, I say, "Hey's cool if you have an idea, but here's my calendar, book a slot and pay me for the time to consult on your great idea. "

Don't do it for free anymore, your time is worth too much for stupidity. 
 The gambler in me always wants to believe there's a chance their idea is good  
 Out here seeking opportunity. 

Like Pokémon,  but gotta try em all, only some you clearly wouldn't waste time on. Lol 
 Been dealing with this for 15 years. I’ve come to realize that a lot of the ideas are actually good because they came from a need or problem. But instead of thinking critically about the problem and who might pay for a solution, non technical people jump straight to the first solution that looks like something they’ve seen before. Then they often can’t let go of their original idea that they’ve visualized in their head.