amzans

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   by amzans 6y ago

   In short, it’s painful :) Looking into a Stripe plugin like https://www.quaderno.io/ I really enjoy using Stripe, and their support is great, but sales tax compliance makes me a bit jealous of those using Paddle.
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   by amzans 6y ago

   I use AWS RDS for the production DB :) The in-cluster Postgres is mainly for experiments or staging.
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   by amzans 6y ago

   Hey no worries :) I think my reply came off differently than I meant it. I just wanted to complement your sentiment.
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   by amzans 6y ago

   I agree with you in terms of using what you already know best. > If you're not already familiar with these tools consider using a managed platform first, for example Render or DigitalOcean's App Platform (not affiliated, just h
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   by amzans 6y ago

   Nothing like bringing down the entire production cluster and all services with it on a Friday afternoon due to a seemingly innocent "hotfix". Big learnings at the time, but now these make for good stories. I learned most of these
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   by amzans 6y ago

   Thank you! I appreciate it. Glad you found it helpful.
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   The Reports of DevOps's death are greatly exaggerated(adnaan.badr.in)

   3 points by amzans 6y ago|0 comments
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   by amzans 6y ago

   As someone with a graveyard of failed projects and a few with moderate success, I agree with this advice. I have a day job, and run my SaaS as a side-business, so maybe not the OP’s aspirations. However, I want to add one point: > “...h
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   Price, wants, needs and the perils of urgent(seths.blog)

   1 points by amzans 6y ago|1 comments
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    by amzans 6y ago

    The scope of this breach is frightening. Would be great to better understand how the Lastpass credentials got leaked in the first place. Anyone found any comment on that?
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    Why I Didn't Open-Source My Second SaaS(panelbear.com)

    193 points by amzans 6y ago|96 comments
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    The World’s Computer(abra.com)

    1 points by amzans 6y ago|0 comments
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    by amzans 6y ago

    Hey it's nice you're offering this! I'd just be careful with ultra-low prices, specially if you plan on having backups and multiple months/years of data retention. Infrastructure costs alone can add up really fast, and d
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    by amzans 6y ago

    Hey I'm happy you gave Panelbear a try! It's always nice to hear someone is using what I've built. Regarding the free tier, I decided to offer it after hearing many people saying "I wish there was a free alternative for
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    by amzans 6y ago

    I believe the key is to solve the problems that are getting between you and your goals, not potential issues you think one day will be yours. You can use boring tech to solve exciting problems, or use exciting tech to solve boring problems.
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    Powerful earthquake hits Japan near Fukushima(edition.cnn.com)

    2 points by amzans 6y ago|0 comments
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    by amzans 6y ago

    Yes, I moved my comment right after posting as there were two alternative discussions going on, and I wasn't certain on which one to post. > If you didn't act bad in the past I would trust you, but this is not the case. I apolo
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    The Kubernetes Aquarium(medium.com)

    4 points by amzans 6y ago|0 comments
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    Ask HN: What is your biggest struggle right now?

    7 points by amzans 6y ago|20 comments
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    by amzans 6y ago

    Congrats on the launch! It’s always nice to see alternatives in this space. I just have a couple of observations: > Industry trusted Kafka & Druid to handle enterprise scale. No scaling pains. Ever. From my (limited) experience, Kafk
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    by amzans 6y ago

    Thanks for sharing! Will consider it for future projects. It’s nice to see that there’s an MFA option, and login notifications coming soon. I build this into my small projects too - even if unconventional - because I like to be warned about
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    by amzans 6y ago

    Thanks, that’s helpful advice.
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    by amzans 6y ago

    I have offered a free plan for my SaaS from day one, with quite generous limits, on a niche with mostly paid-only alternatives. I think it comes down to tradeoffs. As a self-funded solo founder, this has helped me gain many users since laun
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    by amzans 6y ago

    That's great to hear! Thanks for the nice words. In case it's useful, I'm slowly releasing the next set of features related to Performance Monitoring, including alerts and integrations (e.g. Slack). The reason being: it'
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    by amzans 6y ago

    Thanks for the input!
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    by amzans 6y ago

    I am getting an “ Oops, an error occurred!” message. Update: I opened it with Chrome and it works fine. It’s not a “hug of death” as I initially thought. It’s on Safari (iPhone 12 Pro iOS 14.4) that it’s always leading to the error above. I
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    by amzans 6y ago

    Thanks for sharing! The blog post has a many helpful lessons learned on open source.
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    by amzans 6y ago

    Mine is a side business: https://panelbear.com/ I started building it for myself at first, scratching my own itch. I don’t feel the same pressure as I had with my open source projects. I’ve been adding features when I feel
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    by amzans 6y ago

    The full title is: > Apple’s Tim Cook warns of adtech fuelling a “social catastrophe” as he defends app tracker opt-in. But it was too long for the form on HN. If someone could suggest a better alternative please let me know.
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    Tim Cook warns of adtech fuelling a “social catastrophe”(techcrunch.com)

    60 points by amzans 6y ago|2 comments