EamonLeonard

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by EamonLeonard 13y ago
I feel that a vibrant tech industry is often a reflection of a vibrant tech community. Granted, a community is only a small part of an overall industry, but an industry without community is lacking heart and soul. And I can say, with author
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by EamonLeonard 13y ago
"infinitely", cool. We've plenty of customers who migrate to us when they "hit it big". It's no secret that that's where Engine Yard has been positioned for a long time. The point of us dropping prices was
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by EamonLeonard 13y ago
Disclosure: I work for Engine Yard. We've dropped our prices a number of times, the lastest a few months ago: https://blog.engineyard.com/2013/announcing-lower-pricing
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FREE PDF: The New Kingmakers; How Developers Conquered the World.(try.newrelic.com)
1 points by EamonLeonard 14y ago|0 comments
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by EamonLeonard 14y ago
I'm not an expert, but find this fascinating. A somewhat related subject, English as spoken in Ireland is referred to as Hiberno-English: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiberno-English
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by EamonLeonard 14y ago
Typos FTW :)
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by EamonLeonard 14y ago
What doesn't make it infamous? Yeah. Think about that.
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Atari founder, Nolan Bushnell, to keynote Distill(blog.engineyard.com)
12 points by EamonLeonard 14y ago|5 comments
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by EamonLeonard 14y ago
Engine Yard - San Francisco, Portland, Buffalo, Ireland, Remote. Frontend, Security, Systems Engineers; Support, BizDev, Marketing, Sales. https://www.engineyard.com/company/careers/open-positions
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by EamonLeonard 14y ago
Anyone dismissing[1] this as purely a tax-play[2] doesn't do service to the thriving, vibrant and diversive tech community that Dublin has. Anyone based here for even a few weeks would know that. Dublin's #1 strength over places like London
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by EamonLeonard 14y ago
Anyone dismissing this as purely a tax-play doesn't do service to the thriving, vibrant and diversive tech community that Dublin has. Anyone based here for even a few weeks would know that. Dublin's #1 strength over places like London and B
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by EamonLeonard 15y ago
Each year we hear "Aw, didn't know tickets were on sale". Most of our past Funconfers tend to hang out on HN, so I thought it might be worth letting them, and their friends know. If you've not heard about Funconf, this pic is fairly represe
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Funconf III - register to be alerted when tickets go on sale(funconf.com)
1 points by EamonLeonard 15y ago|1 comments
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by EamonLeonard 15y ago
slow start to the day?
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by EamonLeonard 15y ago
The best part was when the ninja's put candy in my pocket. "PHP has curly braces so that servers do not get confused".
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by EamonLeonard 15y ago
Recruitment methods are the key to attracting good talent. My experience is that building a quality network and engaging in the local developer community is by far a more productive way to recruit than by using an agency or more traditional
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by EamonLeonard 15y ago
"I would love to see the tech culture in Ireland experience a revival" Have you visited Ireland recently? Next time you're in Dublin, give me a shout, I'll be happy to show you what's been happening since you left.
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Holding Out For A Hacker(youtube.com)
3 points by EamonLeonard 15y ago|0 comments
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CSI:PHP - Documenting PHP crimes - Yeeeaaaahhhh(csiphp.com)
2 points by EamonLeonard 15y ago|0 comments
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What if Google pitched Google+ to Dave McClure?(dylancollins.com)
1 points by EamonLeonard 15y ago|0 comments
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Show HN: Intercom, get to know your users(contrast.ie)
8 points by EamonLeonard 15y ago|0 comments
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The Hazards of Google+ (img.skitch.com)
9 points by EamonLeonard 15y ago|3 comments
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Calling Bullshit on Unpaid Interships(irishstu.com)
380 points by EamonLeonard 15y ago|202 comments
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by EamonLeonard 15y ago
This is a talk I gave to 1,000 people in Dublin, on Friday 10th June. I draw comparisons between starting up a tech company and starting a rock band. Interested to hear what the good folk of HN think :) Best line I heard after the talk was
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Startups & Rockbands (video)(blog.orchestra.io)
21 points by EamonLeonard 15y ago|1 comments
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by EamonLeonard 15y ago
Agreed, but if you're going to put the energy into picking out what doesn't work, you probably have spent time thinking about how it should be done, so following through is worthwhile for all concerned.
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by EamonLeonard 15y ago
Indeed, one of the downsides of Open Source... politics etc, it doesn't help, but tends to come with the territory.
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by EamonLeonard 15y ago
PHP is Open Source. Compiling a list like this is nice, but contributing something back, and getting involved in making improvements to PHP, would be nicer.
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WhiskeyMarch - A pub crawl for geeks(whiskeymar.ch)
3 points by EamonLeonard 15y ago|0 comments
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CouchDB retrospective(groups.google.com)
16 points by EamonLeonard 15y ago|1 comments

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