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Man, there is a LOT of expertise over there at Rap Genius just to have a website where you can figure out what "hollatickin" means.

jmduke 14y ago
"Man, there is a LOT of expertise over there at AirBNB just to have a website where you can stay at a bad hotel."
jdavis703 14y ago
It's not just about rap: http://rapgenius.com/Marc-andreessen-why-andreessen-horowitz-is-investing-in-rap-genius-lyrics http://rapgenius.com/Marc-andreessen-why-andreessen-horowitz...
- civilian 14y ago
  WOAH okay that's legitimately awesome.
- gburt 14y ago
  The tech. isn't exactly crazy though. A JavaScript popup over some text.
  - homosaur 14y ago
    The implementation is very good though. It's clean, easy to use, and very useful. I could imagine it being very useful on something like Wikipedia. I don't always need to go to an entire article, maybe I only need to see the first paragraph on hover.
    - gburt 14y ago
      Don't get me wrong, I think they've done an awesome job and I can see the use in other fields, absolutely. I'm just not sure this is one of those "we need top talent" type businesses... I'm not even really sure software is their real value add.
    - itafroma 14y ago
      Wikipedia actually already has this in the form of Navigation Popups: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tools/Navigation_popups http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tools/Navigation_popu...
      - homosaur 14y ago
        hey, you're right! I usually surf with JS off and never noticed!
- homosaur 14y ago
  I know dude, it was just a joke. RG is cool tech. I don't need some VC to tell me that.
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oh_sigh 14y ago
Really? Their tone is entirely wrong in my opinion. They sound like children who have never worked in the real world before. The issue they are facing is certainly a real issue, but they are handling it completely inappropriately.
- citizens 14y ago
  > Really? Their tone is entirely wrong in my opinion That's just how they roll. > The issue they are facing is certainly a real issue, but they are handling it completely inappropriately. They've managed to start a huge discussion around Heroku's infrastructure while showing off the broader applications of their own annotation technology. I think they're doing just fine.
- omfg 14y ago
  Heroku is a bit of a black hole with this kind of stuff. They shrugged off the legitimate concerns of a 20k/month customer. I certainly appreciate them publicizing the issue and starting a conversation.
busterarm 14y ago
I worked in the same department as Tom Lehman/Lemon @ D. E. Shaw in 2007...the guy is wicked sharp. So were most of the folks there.

jmduke 14y ago

"Man, there is a LOT of expertise over there at AirBNB just to have a website where you can stay at a bad hotel."

jdavis703 14y ago

It's not just about rap: http://rapgenius.com/Marc-andreessen-why-andreessen-horowitz-is-investing-in-rap-genius-lyrics http://rapgenius.com/Marc-andreessen-why-andreessen-horowitz...

civilian 14y ago
WOAH okay that's legitimately awesome.
gburt 14y ago
The tech. isn't exactly crazy though. A JavaScript popup over some text.
- homosaur 14y ago
  The implementation is very good though. It's clean, easy to use, and very useful. I could imagine it being very useful on something like Wikipedia. I don't always need to go to an entire article, maybe I only need to see the first paragraph on hover.
  - gburt 14y ago
    Don't get me wrong, I think they've done an awesome job and I can see the use in other fields, absolutely. I'm just not sure this is one of those "we need top talent" type businesses... I'm not even really sure software is their real value add.
  - itafroma 14y ago
    Wikipedia actually already has this in the form of Navigation Popups: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tools/Navigation_popups http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tools/Navigation_popu...
    - homosaur 14y ago
      hey, you're right! I usually surf with JS off and never noticed!
homosaur 14y ago
I know dude, it was just a joke. RG is cool tech. I don't need some VC to tell me that.

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oh_sigh 14y ago

Really? Their tone is entirely wrong in my opinion. They sound like children who have never worked in the real world before. The issue they are facing is certainly a real issue, but they are handling it completely inappropriately.

citizens 14y ago
> Really? Their tone is entirely wrong in my opinion That's just how they roll. > The issue they are facing is certainly a real issue, but they are handling it completely inappropriately. They've managed to start a huge discussion around Heroku's infrastructure while showing off the broader applications of their own annotation technology. I think they're doing just fine.
omfg 14y ago
Heroku is a bit of a black hole with this kind of stuff. They shrugged off the legitimate concerns of a 20k/month customer. I certainly appreciate them publicizing the issue and starting a conversation.

busterarm 14y ago

I worked in the same department as Tom Lehman/Lemon @ D. E. Shaw in 2007...the guy is wicked sharp. So were most of the folks there.