alliemobley

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   by alliemobley 14y ago

   While of course I'd like to avoid fraud, the point right now is to make an mvp that people can start using for real. We can iterate on fraud prevention once we have something to defraud, and ideally build toward a system that degrades grac
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   by alliemobley 14y ago

   I agree that building an escrow service to solve a construction problem doesn't make sense. It`s like your car needing a new engine so you build a jet instead. Anyone want to build an escrow startup with a garunteed customer lined up?
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   Ask HN: How Would You Do Escrow b/t Users in Bootstrap w/o Paypal?

   3 points by alliemobley 14y ago|6 comments
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   by alliemobley 14y ago

   We think we have a good idea that seems like a bad idea: http://hometract.blogspot.com/2012/09/connectwithcontractors...
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   Seems like a bad idea but is a good idea. (hometract.blogspot.com)

   2 points by alliemobley 14y ago|0 comments
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   by alliemobley 14y ago

   Take this with a grain of salt, and some science on the matter. http://www.iijiij.com/2012/09/01/science-shows-that-self-dis...
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   by alliemobley 14y ago

   Thank you!
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   by alliemobley 14y ago

   Thanks!
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   by alliemobley 14y ago

   Thanks, that's my instinct as well and I'm going for it, looking foward to unveiling it for critique when I have an mvp.
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    by alliemobley 14y ago

    Server Side: I plan to copy those that scaled before me, a mixmash of: pinterest http://highscalability.com/blog/2012/5/21/pinterest-architec... , reddit: http://kev.inburke.com/kevin/reddits-database-has-two-tables... , and instagram:
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    by alliemobley 14y ago

    The right way in my mind is to start over with bootstrap and make this something I can grok. 100's of aspx files are not the way to make this app. Too much premature complexity.
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    by alliemobley 14y ago

    Asp.net webforms, I ought to have clarified that. The REST API i'll create with javascript, perhaps using this c# to javascript compiler: http://www.erik-kallen.se/blog/saltarelle-open-source-c-to-j... to reuse some of the c# once I decou
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    by alliemobley 14y ago

    I have a lot of flexibility. I am equally comfortable finishing up in c#/asp.net or starting over with bootstrap.  I have a contract for a certain amount of money+equity to deliver a working web app, and then we are back to the negotions ta
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    Ask HN: Inheriting a large ASP.NET app, what would you do.

    2 points by alliemobley 14y ago|14 comments
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    by alliemobley 14y ago

    This is the sweetest story I have ever heard in my life!