delano

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Don't waste time writing tests(solutious.com)
1 points by delano 16y ago|0 comments
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by delano 16y ago
Of course, those are the outliers. And that's the point. Few people are willing and able to do that.
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by delano 16y ago
Do you really use SFDC as shorthand for SalesForce.com or was that a riff?
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by delano 16y ago
most true competitive advantages are operational and cultural ones, contrary to popular thinking That's true. Technology people tend to focus on the development-side. That is, creating something new and novel rather than running and maint
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by delano 16y ago
Whatever you do, don't reinvent the wheel. Build on top of a service like http://superfeedr.com/ or http://www.postrank.com/
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by delano 16y ago
I might be misunderstanding you, but surely there must be a line between encouraging people and telling them to go to other sites.
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by delano 16y ago
Coding music is a common theme on HN. Most recently 48 days ago (which has links to many others): http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1525445
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by delano 16y ago
That's great. Best of luck!
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by delano 16y ago
This was the URI in question: http://tweetagewasteland.com/2010/08/ive-seen-your-future-an... There's nothing obviously wrong with the content and the host isn't in the (outdated) list of banend sites ( http://news.ycombinator.com/item?i
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by delano 16y ago
Do what you need to do, just don't burn your bridges.
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by delano 16y ago
"Makers" is a reference to this essay by pg: http://www.paulgraham.com/makersschedule.html
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Ask HN: Is your site fast? (Stella beta launch)
2 points by delano 16y ago|2 comments
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by delano 16y ago
That's an interesting take coming from you.
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by delano 16y ago
The pricing for geolocation and faceting is bad. What's the value there? I feel like I'd be paying for the privilege of paying for more expensive add-ons.
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by delano 16y ago
It's an interesting story, but it's not news: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/14/technology/start-ups/14sta... http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=515526
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by delano 16y ago
Very cool! What will be behind the resources tab?
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by delano 16y ago
Redis.
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by delano 16y ago
You'll be fine so long as you keep pushing yourself a little bit every day. That is a great quote.
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by delano 16y ago
How does the product make you feel when it works well? And how about when it breaks or wastes your time?
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by delano 16y ago
People will always need to learn on their own time and in their own way. The best thing you can do for someone is give them a safe environment to make mistakes.
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by delano 16y ago
You could put the blinking caret in price field.
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by delano 16y ago
We're not machines.
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by delano 16y ago
The "click here if you want to sue us" gag on the legal page is cute, but now I'm thinking about all the possible reasons someone would want to sue you.
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by delano 16y ago
Among other things, the personality bundles up the intangible aspects of the product in a way that helps potential customers figure out whether they love it or hate it.
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by delano 16y ago
I like that everything is on the first page. Is it going to stay that way?
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by delano 16y ago
Giving your product a personality is more important than the medium and tools you choose to promote it.
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by delano 16y ago
On average we get attacked between 7000 and 9000 times per second at Microsoft.com I would like to know what his definition of attacked is.
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by delano 16y ago
It got a bit sexist there in the end.
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by delano 16y ago
There is no killer feature with download music. Not true. The killer feature for downloads is that you get the content immediately. The difference is that the photography industry didn't deem their loss of control illegal.
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by delano 16y ago
Previous discussion, 6 days ago: http://news.ycombinator.net/item?id=1604148

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