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by aytekin 12y ago
"they're bad for consumers and the economy as a whole." I read the book. He argues monopolies are good for consumers and economy as well. When companies have so much returns that they don't know what to do with it, the g
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by aytekin 12y ago
CloudFlare has solved the DDos problem for us. Because we constantly fight with phishers, before we switched to CloudFlare, we would get hit by massive DDos attacks at least once a year, and that would result in downtime and in getting kick
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by aytekin 12y ago
Read the book instead. It is really, really good: http://www.amazon.com/Things-Little-Bird-Told-Me-ebook/dp/B0...
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by aytekin 12y ago
There is a short paragraph that's actually quite good: "Slow readers list numerous benefits to a regular reading habit, saying it improves their ability to concentrate, reduces stress levels and deepens their ability to think, lis
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by aytekin 12y ago
For me, reading is about thinking, enjoying what I read and learning. That's why it has never made sense why some people are so obsessed with speed reading.
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by aytekin 12y ago
I love this: “Working my way through a giant bag of Doritos,” Costolo tweeted in an exchange with early Twitter employee Jason Goldman. “I’ll catch up with you later.” PepsiCo Inc., whose Frito-Lay division sells Doritos, declined to commen
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by aytekin 12y ago
Reminds me of the book "Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal" http://www.amazon.com/Hatching-Twitter-Story-Friendship-Betr...
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by aytekin 12y ago
I don't know why I typed kidney. Obviously, I meant liver. There is no edit link so I can't fix it. Make fat feel guilty about their weight and get them to continue eating sugar and corn syrup has only made the epidemic bigger in
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by aytekin 12y ago
Most of the population is carb intolerant. Unable to process sugar, their kidney turns it into fat and makes them feel starved at the same time. When they try to follow a balanced diet with lots of carbs, they get fatter and fatter. They tr
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Gabriel Weinberg's Traction Book Is Out(amazon.com)
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The Art and Science of a Mac Menubar App(medium.com)
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by aytekin 12y ago
Scope: The larger the project, the harder it gets to release. Tools: The longer it takes to release, the less it will be done. Culture: The harsher the response to failure, the less risk shall be taken.
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User Communities for Web Apps: 15 Amazing Examples(medium.com)
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by aytekin 12y ago
Those domains are more popular in countries where fraud is higher.
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by aytekin 12y ago
I thought it was an informative post. Most people upvoting this thread is probably doing so because this is really a great/unique/useful product idea. Finding out there are other products in the same space is useful.
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Peek: A Free Usability Testing Service(peek.usertesting.com)
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Simple Things You Can Do To Be Happy (2014)(blog.bufferapp.com)
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by aytekin 12y ago
Here is a more actionable list: http://blog.bufferapp.com/10-scientifically-proven-ways-to-m...
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by aytekin 12y ago
Don't agree. Except unit tests, the automated testing should be done on the very final version of the app/site/software, so that you can also catch integration/optimization related problems.
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by aytekin 12y ago
Just looked up what kinds of things we do on our CI & CD: - Run unit and casperjs/selenium UI tests - Minimize and optimize JS and CSS files if necessary - Add revision numbers to prevent caching on highly cached files - Processing
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by aytekin 12y ago
You guys are right. I was stuck on thinking how to keep a consistent 2.5%/week. But at the end, when you average numbers out, you might find the 2.5%/week number. So, it is not impossible, but it is certainly hard. :)
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by aytekin 12y ago
The biggest problem with this chart is that for most startups keeping a 2.5% weekly growth for years is impossible. Only a tiny percentage with viral products can accomplish it. For the rest of us, the growth percentage gets smaller as the
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Form Widgets(widgets.jotform.com)
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by aytekin 12y ago
This method worked really well for me: https://medium.com/jotform-form-builder/today-i-hired-6-deve... The developer I hired worked out well and he is still employed.
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by aytekin 12y ago
Filepicker is a much better name. I am glad they are pivoting back to the product people wanted.
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by aytekin 12y ago
JotForm http://www.jotform.com -- San Francisco -- Technical Support JotForm is an online form builder. We help 1.5 million web sites with their online forms. Be one of the first employees of our new San Francisco office. Do you
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by aytekin 12y ago
We are hosting JotForm mostly on Incero. We have 16 dedicated servers there. http://incero.com Fast personal support, reliable service and good prices.
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by aytekin 12y ago
tl;dr - Don't call your writing "blog". Call it essay, guide or article. - Don't put a date on your writing. - Show your best writing up front. - Collect email addresses, send your writing by email, track conversations.
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by aytekin 12y ago
Unless your blog has some good traffic, it will probably take long time to reach 50 subscribers. It makes sense to spend your time writing more/better blog posts instead of engineering your blog. Also, not all blogs are wordpress. I ha
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by aytekin 12y ago
Congratulations! This is the best implementation of narrative form builder I have seen. And, it is admirable that you are releasing the code for your service with Apache license. We (JotForm) tried to do one on an internal hackathon ( http

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