LogicX

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by LogicX 15y ago
See my other threads for my touting of Incero.com's WHT deals which get close IMHO.
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by LogicX 15y ago
The awesome article "The Five Stages of Hosting" http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3526767 from yesterday should be mentioned. I brought some price-point discussions in the comments. Some good rebuttals lower down regarding EC2's commi
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by LogicX 15y ago
My issue with Hetzner is that by the time you add in management options necessary for a remote dedicated server, your monthly cost isn't that much better than other options. Example: To have remote KVM/IP you'd need to first pay 15EUR for t
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by LogicX 15y ago
If I could downvote I would. Author clearly hasn't ever used twitter bootstrap in some of its most amazing use-cases: Hackathons & Startup Weekends. We used twitter bootstrap for http://hipay.me to be designed in less than 12 hours -
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by LogicX 15y ago
That implies your users are uploading files. Certainly not the case for all startups, but yes, this could certainly be an additional overhead. Still, compared to running and configuring a VPS, thats nothing.
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by LogicX 15y ago
FWIW - you can run command-line SQL for all heroku instances: https://github.com/ddollar/heroku-sql-console
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by LogicX 15y ago
Yes -- I should've prefaced that this is a combination performance test, staging server, hot failover and evaluation of the company. They appear to have been in business for about 3 years (whois info + archive.org), and have positive review
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by LogicX 15y ago
Reddit and Netflix have entirely different models at their 'web-scale' They actually DO need to be able to scale servers up and down based on demand-usage, time of day, growth patterns, etc. For them, the extra EC2 cost is negated by being
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by LogicX 15y ago
So Amazon uses some of the same technology (Xen); but their packaging, support infrastructure, and pricing model make it very different than a VPS offering. VPS you typically get bandwidth, storage, etc. included - and its 'uncomplicated' -
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by LogicX 15y ago
You can find the full voxel SLA here: http://voxel.net/sla The nice thing about going with a larger dedicated host like Voxel is that they have extra hardware & servers on hand. In fact, they even have instant-provisioning of dedicate
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by LogicX 15y ago
This is an amazing article. I intended to write such a blog article myself. One aspect I intended to cover (and will now do so here) is that of cost. I get very frustrated by cash-strapped startups which from day one are expecting to be 'w
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by LogicX 15y ago
I have that exact setup with Voxel.net for $180/mo. Just bought a 8core 16GB, 120GB SSD & 1TB HDD /w 1gbit/sec connection for $141/mo from Incero.com
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by LogicX 15y ago
Thanks for the thoughtful and thorough reply. I only recently started using Jekyll/Octopress, had I known or yours I would've checked it out at the time; but yea - I think I'll stick with Octopress for now. I do hear you though on the preco
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by LogicX 15y ago
Can you give us a breakdown/comparison to Octopress ( http://www.octopress.org )? Which I use for http://www.MikeSchroll.com and seems to have many similar goals (and also can be easily deployed to github pages, which is where I host mine
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by LogicX 15y ago
I'm really curious what about elasticmail strikes your fancy over mailjet or sendgrid? I've visited their site before and saw little reason to get excited about their service.
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by LogicX 15y ago
Very subtle presentation that MegaUpload accounts for .0019% of corporate bandwidth usage (20.4GB of 10.9 Petabytes). Instead they prominently throw around the MegaUpload traffic was on 57% of corporate networks -- whoopee! Pick any random
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by LogicX 15y ago
There's an excellent comparison of transactional email providers which can be of help: http://socialcompare.com/en/comparison/transactional-emailin... On another front, we use to use mailchimp - great product, but can start to get expensi
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by LogicX 15y ago
Wow - didn't realize this thread would turn into a dissection of my use of 'Wallah' -- which I didn't even consciously realize I use (nor what it really meant to the degree analyzed here). You learn something new every day. Thanks HN!
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by LogicX 15y ago
One could argue that someone who succeeds using a service like this is better prepared for the 'real world' where a large portion of those in business outsource or hire consultants to accomplish anything they can't figure out, hire for, or
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by LogicX 15y ago
When your flight is booked, the airlines are required to check it against the copy of the no fly list they're given. So typically you do this online, well before you visit the airport. (Former employee of ITA Software - does airline flight
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by LogicX 15y ago
I'm a very tall man (6'4") and always have trouble with a lack of legroom on flights (even JetBlue). A few years ago I was adventurous, and frustrated -- there were no seats left on the flight that it would let me reserve online. Yet for th
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by LogicX 15y ago
Agreed - I loved the concept, but couldn't get it to work the way I needed it to, even with the main dev's help. (It took weeks to sync a 50GB folder over a gigabit lan, it wouldn't properly recognize the folder if I rsync'd it first - it d
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by LogicX 15y ago
They spent on a large center code test - multiple recruitings over many months - of which myself and some coworkers participated. Not sure that I can say much more about it due to NDAs.
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by LogicX 15y ago
My apologies - I glossed over your explanation of trace, as I've used it for years for other purposes, without the primary intention being this. expunging my other resolver rants from my OP
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by LogicX 15y ago
TL;DR: You have a fine point to test a new domain's resolving status using dig +trace to not poison your cache. Existing domains need not apply. You may need to explain your theory on your own website, to bring it back up under this load e
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by LogicX 15y ago
Its wildly popular in the Boston area -- I use it many times a day. Works nice to meet up with friends when they're in the area, to learn tips about locations (i.e. recommended dishes at restaurants, info about Gluten Free offerings).
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by LogicX 15y ago
Surprised no-one brought it up yet: What I'd like to know is if anyone involved with the class is getting a referral bonus for bringing candidates to companies... Follow up is how we feel about that...
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by LogicX 15y ago
This: http://bit.ly/PuRFj is the referenced work which leads to google spreadsheets with the data... Spreadsheet link: http://goo.gl/fDZB
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by LogicX 15y ago
Seems they've recently gone in a new direction in these regards: You can now make purchases yourself using your iphone and the app store app: "Apple Store" - where you can check yourself out with a purchase and walk out of the store. http:
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by LogicX 15y ago
I was intrigued -- until I tried to send one - and paypal auth page showed a higher amount than my gift card amount -- FAQ says $1 + 5%. Get real. They're absolutely right: CASH gets you more!

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