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The most invasive popup I have ever encountered. Also the three points made in the article are, shall we say, dubious advice. I wanted to use more extreme lan

by hoodoof 10y ago

The most invasive popup I have ever encountered. Also the three points made in the article are, shall we say, dubious advice. I wanted to use more extreme language but I think it's frowned on at HN. Here's a sample: "If you discovered the tool on Hacker News and it's less than 18 months old — 'Danger, Will Robinson!'" Ugh - that what you get for reading advice from venture capitalists. Don't read this post.

ryhamz 10y ago
That made me want to disable javascript.
- NickBusey 10y ago
  ScriptSafe for Chrome. I don't leave my home network without it.
csydas 10y ago
Try it on mobile. Doubly worse on an iPhone 4s screen when you have the top and bottom fifths covered with an ad. I also agree the warnings were apt but the accompanying advice didn't really address the issue well. I deal with other people's infrastructure issues every day, startup and old business alike, and rapid adoption isn't the problem the article makes it out to be. My experience is that you can barely get most people to apply a simple critical update to a storage device much less major infrastructure changes without the person getting an official guarantee from every vendor in their infrastructure that the change won't disrupt their workflow. And the advice on cloud jail just seems premature for most start ups. It's talking about the owners answering to boards when it seems unlikely to me that most people needing this advice would even be so far along as to have a board to answer to. The advice of "don't put all your eggs in one basket" is great, but that second basket costs money. If anything, I'd imagine a board concerned about costs would want to consolidate costs not spend more. Boards tend to make irrationally fiscally conservative choices.
- avifreedman 10y ago
  I agree it's not something people are likely to hit int heir first year, but I do think some sensitivity to trade-offs at the beginning is good. Re: board dynamic - the interview was about things to watch for for people thinking they might get into decent growth. At those stages, especially in 2016, many boards are watching gross margin and unit economics. But ours has been very supportive from day 1 of having SaaS offerings be HA and DR.
executesorder66 10y ago
I didn't encounter any annoying popup. I don't have JS disabled but I do use uBlock Origin.
mastazi 10y ago
If you are on Firefox, you may want to try NoScript https://noscript.net/ https://noscript.net/

by hoodoof 10y ago

ryhamz 10y ago

That made me want to disable javascript.

NickBusey 10y ago
ScriptSafe for Chrome. I don't leave my home network without it.

csydas 10y ago

Try it on mobile. Doubly worse on an iPhone 4s screen when you have the top and bottom fifths covered with an ad. I also agree the warnings were apt but the accompanying advice didn't really address the issue well. I deal with other people's infrastructure issues every day, startup and old business alike, and rapid adoption isn't the problem the article makes it out to be. My experience is that you can barely get most people to apply a simple critical update to a storage device much less major infrastructure changes without the person getting an official guarantee from every vendor in their infrastructure that the change won't disrupt their workflow. And the advice on cloud jail just seems premature for most start ups. It's talking about the owners answering to boards when it seems unlikely to me that most people needing this advice would even be so far along as to have a board to answer to. The advice of "don't put all your eggs in one basket" is great, but that second basket costs money. If anything, I'd imagine a board concerned about costs would want to consolidate costs not spend more. Boards tend to make irrationally fiscally conservative choices.

avifreedman 10y ago
I agree it's not something people are likely to hit int heir first year, but I do think some sensitivity to trade-offs at the beginning is good. Re: board dynamic - the interview was about things to watch for for people thinking they might get into decent growth. At those stages, especially in 2016, many boards are watching gross margin and unit economics. But ours has been very supportive from day 1 of having SaaS offerings be HA and DR.

executesorder66 10y ago

I didn't encounter any annoying popup. I don't have JS disabled but I do use uBlock Origin.

mastazi 10y ago

If you are on Firefox, you may want to try NoScript https://noscript.net/ https://noscript.net/