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His solution for a small government is to hand-roll a qr code system with integration into several payment gateways instead of going with any number of availabl

His solution for a small government is to hand-roll a qr code system with integration into several payment gateways instead of going with any number of available pre-built solutions? From someone that works with government payment systems, he has no idea how software, governments, or payments systems work.

ftxbro 4y ago
The post is from a marketing blog where he writes a blogpost every day. Probably he had to park at a parking meter that day and it prompted him to use parking meters as his blogpost subject for that day, and he just made up some words about them.
- ChrisMarshallNY 4y ago
  > he just made up some words about them I’m not so sure about that. His blog is one of the most well-respected blogs out there. Interesting chap. https://seths.blog/about/ https://seths.blog/about/
  - ftxbro 4y ago
    OK so you are using the guy's own blog, where he brags about being a hall-of-fame guerilla marketer, as evidence that his own blog is one of the most-respected blogs out there.
    - ChrisMarshallNY 4y ago
      It's also possible that I've been reading his stuff for many years, and seen it referenced from a lot of different venues. I'm not a marketer. His take on things isn't that big a deal to me, but he has come up with a lot of really good insights, over the years. People on HN have been posting his stuff for at least five years: https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=seths.blog https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=seths.blog
pookha 4y ago
I agree with the blooger in theory but you are correct...In practice it's never going to be an option. My wife works for a large city on the east coast. They spend outrageous amounts on (pre-built) solutions. Made me want to start building appraisal software and golf with city-managers when I found out the annual license fee's city governments shill out for these boring app's.

ftxbro 4y ago

The post is from a marketing blog where he writes a blogpost every day. Probably he had to park at a parking meter that day and it prompted him to use parking meters as his blogpost subject for that day, and he just made up some words about them.

ChrisMarshallNY 4y ago
> he just made up some words about them I’m not so sure about that. His blog is one of the most well-respected blogs out there. Interesting chap. https://seths.blog/about/ https://seths.blog/about/
- ftxbro 4y ago
  OK so you are using the guy's own blog, where he brags about being a hall-of-fame guerilla marketer, as evidence that his own blog is one of the most-respected blogs out there.
  - ChrisMarshallNY 4y ago
    It's also possible that I've been reading his stuff for many years, and seen it referenced from a lot of different venues. I'm not a marketer. His take on things isn't that big a deal to me, but he has come up with a lot of really good insights, over the years. People on HN have been posting his stuff for at least five years: https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=seths.blog https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=seths.blog

pookha 4y ago

I agree with the blooger in theory but you are correct...In practice it's never going to be an option. My wife works for a large city on the east coast. They spend outrageous amounts on (pre-built) solutions. Made me want to start building appraisal software and golf with city-managers when I found out the annual license fee's city governments shill out for these boring app's.