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Rapid MVP Standards – Tips to accelerate your startup hacking

16 points by niftylettuce 11y ago

dang 11y ago
This is not a Show HN. Please read the rules: https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html
- niftylettuce 11y ago
  Oh, I didn't know "Show HN"'s had to be "demo-able". Can you please just remove title and not remove from front page?
- spinlock 11y ago
  I'm a bit confused. I would characterize this as documentation which can't really be "tried out". From the rules: > For example, blog posts, sign-up pages, and fundraisers can't be tried out, so they don't count as Show HNs. It's hosted on Github but I don't think that in and of itself should put it in the Show HN category. Do you think it belongs in Show HN because it's self promotional? Thoughts?
  - niftylettuce 11y ago
    I had posted stuff in the past that got to the front page and it was pretty much the same sort of thing - hosted on GitHub, forkable, starrable. I don't see what the rule is behind not being able to prefix something you made that you want to show HN as a Show HN. Oh well.
    - spinlock 11y ago
      Yeah. Doesn't bother me one way or the other. I was just confused. Great list btw.
    - pvg 11y ago
      Because otherwise the category would be too broad to be interesting. You and I just made comments but they're obviously not 'Show HN'. It has to be something people can try that has (figurative) moving parts.
Ao7bei3s 11y ago
- "SSL": use lets-encrypt, save 11$/yr. (there were other gratis CAs before that). - "must use Mac or Ubuntu": what? - "must use vim (with as many plugins as possibly)": what? Try a good IDE, like the ones from JetBrains, and you'll be amazed how much it does for you. Aren't you tired of doing refactorings like renaming variables with search/replace? (It even has an excellent VIM emulation, and I'm a heavy vim (real vim) user.) - EV SSL cert: dubious advantages - fail2ban, non-standard SSH port: Just disable password logins instead. fail2ban isn't all that useful for SSH. Non-standard SSH ports will keep your logs clean, but thats it. - root login: just use "PermitRootLogin without-password" (prevents password login, allows ssh key login) and you're good. A modern Debian does this by default. "SSH access only"? What the hell are you talking about? I stopped reading shortly after (80% due to lack of time, 20% lack of interest).
chrisrickard 11y ago
I like the idea, but a little over perscriptive :p "Developers must use vim (with as many plugins as possible) - no other IDE's should be allowed (a developer's finger muscle memory is critical to fast-paced coding – point-and-click is simply wrong and not optimal for productivity). Atom may be used, however plugins are necessity."

16 points by niftylettuce 11y ago

dang 11y ago

This is not a Show HN. Please read the rules: https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html

niftylettuce 11y ago
Oh, I didn't know "Show HN"'s had to be "demo-able". Can you please just remove title and not remove from front page?
spinlock 11y ago
I'm a bit confused. I would characterize this as documentation which can't really be "tried out". From the rules: > For example, blog posts, sign-up pages, and fundraisers can't be tried out, so they don't count as Show HNs. It's hosted on Github but I don't think that in and of itself should put it in the Show HN category. Do you think it belongs in Show HN because it's self promotional? Thoughts?
- niftylettuce 11y ago
  I had posted stuff in the past that got to the front page and it was pretty much the same sort of thing - hosted on GitHub, forkable, starrable. I don't see what the rule is behind not being able to prefix something you made that you want to show HN as a Show HN. Oh well.
  - spinlock 11y ago
    Yeah. Doesn't bother me one way or the other. I was just confused. Great list btw.
  - pvg 11y ago
    Because otherwise the category would be too broad to be interesting. You and I just made comments but they're obviously not 'Show HN'. It has to be something people can try that has (figurative) moving parts.

Ao7bei3s 11y ago

- "SSL": use lets-encrypt, save 11$/yr. (there were other gratis CAs before that). - "must use Mac or Ubuntu": what? - "must use vim (with as many plugins as possibly)": what? Try a good IDE, like the ones from JetBrains, and you'll be amazed how much it does for you. Aren't you tired of doing refactorings like renaming variables with search/replace? (It even has an excellent VIM emulation, and I'm a heavy vim (real vim) user.) - EV SSL cert: dubious advantages - fail2ban, non-standard SSH port: Just disable password logins instead. fail2ban isn't all that useful for SSH. Non-standard SSH ports will keep your logs clean, but thats it. - root login: just use "PermitRootLogin without-password" (prevents password login, allows ssh key login) and you're good. A modern Debian does this by default. "SSH access only"? What the hell are you talking about? I stopped reading shortly after (80% due to lack of time, 20% lack of interest).

chrisrickard 11y ago

I like the idea, but a little over perscriptive :p "Developers must use vim (with as many plugins as possible) - no other IDE's should be allowed (a developer's finger muscle memory is critical to fast-paced coding – point-and-click is simply wrong and not optimal for productivity). Atom may be used, however plugins are necessity."