ZiadHilal

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by ZiadHilal 10y ago
https://www.slidingboxes.com/ Saas portfolio site for artists. Launched Jan 2013. 0 Marketing. 5k+ users (not sure where they are coming from, not sure if they are spam accounts) 29 customers, but only 8 are currently acti
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AWS Lambda Update: Python, VPC, Increased Function Duration, Scheduling(aws.amazon.com)
8 points by ZiadHilal 11y ago|3 comments
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by ZiadHilal 13y ago
Incredible! Virtual reality just got that much more serious.
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by ZiadHilal 13y ago
$4,300 apartment lease. $1,000 car lease ($700 lease + $300 car insurance). Huge sum spent on high end restaurants. Taxes Also ended up hiring a few contract workers to take care of misc work such as customer support. $20k was at the peak.
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by ZiadHilal 13y ago
Was a downloadable CMS.
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by ZiadHilal 13y ago
Mine too.
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by ZiadHilal 13y ago
I created a CMS that did user integration with message boards, there were few to none at the time. I made many mistakes, the biggest ones were: 1) Having hit a relatively high success at 21, I felt indestructible. I had no fear of spending
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by ZiadHilal 13y ago
I am a passive income hacker, here are my thoughts: Studied CS at university for 2 years, dropped out to pursue an idea. After a couple years of work, I was bringing in 20k a month. It was the most incredible time of my life. It lasted for
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by ZiadHilal 13y ago
Directly beneath the announcement is a list of the most popular IE downloads: #1 - IE 8 #3 - IE 10 #4 - IE 7... #5 - IE 9
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by ZiadHilal 13y ago
Brilliant, thank you!
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by ZiadHilal 14y ago
In my case, the company I work for is based in California (I started out from there) but I now live in Connecticut. It's been over a year since I last saw them.
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by ZiadHilal 14y ago
I've been working remotely for 1 year and 3 months. The company I'm working for checks in once a week for about 20 minutes, other than that all communication is done through basecamp. I have to admit it's really hard for me and I just hande
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by ZiadHilal 14y ago
In issue 1, in the third code snippet within the for loop. Shouldn't this code: finalParams[key] = defaultParams[key]; be written as finalParams[key] = paramObject[key];
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by ZiadHilal 14y ago
Carbonmade is plain and basic. And while I tend to believe that less is more, the only real customization they offer is allowing their artists to select between 2 different background colors. With Sliding Boxes, my goal is to offer artists
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by ZiadHilal 14y ago
Agreed with everything you mention. I'll update the front page of the website and duplicate the Sliding Boxes effects on the main screenshot. I'll rewrite some of the language to target artists instead of developers. Thanks for this feedbac
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by ZiadHilal 14y ago
I would say my biggest competitor is Carbon Made, they charge $12/per month and also have a free plan which gives 5 projects and 35 images. Being new to the market, I thought it would be a good idea to offer a better looking product for a f
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Ask HN: Please Critique my Startup, Slidingboxes.com
8 points by ZiadHilal 14y ago|11 comments
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by ZiadHilal 14y ago
I was under the impression that GetHacker receives $50, it's the price a client has to pay in order to connect with a developer. Then you the developer would be able to negotiate costs with the client in private.
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by ZiadHilal 14y ago
I've built systems with both Stripe and Braintree. Stripe is so much easier to work with. Braintree's not too bad, but the implementation of Stripe is more straight forward.
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by ZiadHilal 14y ago
Name sounds like testicles, which is fitting since the site looks like balls in chrome.
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by ZiadHilal 14y ago
heh, read all about this dude back when I read Masters of Doom.
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by ZiadHilal 15y ago
Sounds like you really planned it through. I'm sure you'll meet lots of people, good luck!
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by ZiadHilal 15y ago
PayPal is a lot better than the older solutions (think Authorize.net). However, Stripe makes PayPal look just as bad and complicated as Authorize.net. With Stripe, you can seriously setup a site to start taking subscriptions under an hour.
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by ZiadHilal 15y ago
Not exactly. Iframes aren't involved (yuck how ugly!). Javascript is used to catch the form's submit, all the data on the form (credit card info) is sent straight to Stripe's server over https (via AJAX) and then their server sends back a r