dsowers

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1. 91.▲
   by dsowers 14y ago

   Re: Image: I agree with you about the image. What I really should have said is a one-man team who is trying to launch something can't always optimize every little thing. There is always one person like ericabiz above who goes through every
2. 92.▲
   by dsowers 14y ago

   Edit: The obvious solution is to buy another dyno. This isn’t the issue, however. I wrote this post to show the unfortunate grey area in their pricing structure. It’s possible for low-traffic customers to pay a lot and still be subject to t
3. 93.▲
   by dsowers 14y ago

   fair point.
4. 94.▲
   by dsowers 14y ago

   To clarify: I understand that getting another dyno would solve this problem. I love heroku but I think that they need to rethink the idle process. Some users only need 1 dyno and a bunch of addons. If we are paying decent money then the idl
5. 95.▲
   by dsowers 14y ago

   Fine-tuning an image like that only matters when your site is getting a ton of traffic. I am only employing these other services for the learning experience.
6. 96.▲
   by dsowers 14y ago

   Thanks! It's not getting much traffic so every word of encouragement helps.
7. 97.▲
   by dsowers 14y ago

   I don't need another dyno. I'm already running way more than this app requires. (with addons, etc..) I think the service would be more fair if the time threshold for being set to idle was governed by the amount you are paying.
8. 98.▲
   by dsowers 14y ago

   The pingdom ping is every minute (http check type with a string match optional setting). The heroku scheduler is running once every ten minutes. I'm not sure how often new relic runs.
9. 99.▲
   by dsowers 14y ago

   Thanks for pointing out these issues. This is a new blog for me.
10. 100.▲
    by dsowers 14y ago

    In my humble opinion, there must be some other process going on in the internals of heroku to keep my app idled. Please explain it to me if I'm wrong.
11. 101.▲
    by dsowers 14y ago

    I don't understand how my app could be set to idle when I have pings hitting it from three separate sources. Also, the pingdom ping is looking for a specific word on one of my pages. It has to find this word to be considered successful.
12. 102.▲
    Heroku shouldn’t be sandbagging paying customers who have low-traffic apps(blog.3solarmasses.com)

    120 points by dsowers 14y ago|86 comments
13. 103.▲
    by dsowers 14y ago

    Out of curiosity, what did you use to make those animations? Cool site, by the way.
14. 104.▲
    by dsowers 14y ago

    Thanks. I figured as much. I was wondering if they were experimenting with a minimalist approach, however.
15. 105.▲
    Facebook just removed the top bar?

    19 points by dsowers 14y ago|14 comments
16. 106.▲
    by dsowers 14y ago

    I just built a new app to satisfy this exact need and launched on monday! http://www.mycelial.com I would love to get feedback about what you think. This app essentially answers "guynamedloren's" comment above. It's a "things I've made k
17. 107.▲
    by dsowers 14y ago

    Thanks. Fair criticism of the name too. It's really hard to settle on a name when you're building things. Especially since it is so hard to find a .com that is a real word these days.
18. 108.▲
    by dsowers 14y ago

    Thanks. I built this for the same reasons. We all have diverse hobbies and resumes can't capture all of the interesting stuff that we do. I also wanted to create a mechanism for better project discovery. Mycelial accomplishes this with tags
19. 109.▲
    by dsowers 14y ago

    Thanks for the feedback! I built this with rails. You can see all of the technologies involved in the tags section here: http://www.mycelial.com/projects/15
20. 110.▲
    by dsowers 14y ago

    A few months ago I became unsatisfied with the existing ways that a programmer had available to show their work and accomplishments online. The resume sites out there use the old fashioned resume format of bulleted lists and text descriptio
21. 111.▲
    A better way for hackers to promote themselves(mycelial.com)

    12 points by dsowers 14y ago|7 comments
22. 112.▲
    by dsowers 14y ago

    Thanks! This is my first big rails application. I'm kind of bummed that my show hn announcement died so quickly.
23. 113.▲
    by dsowers 14y ago

    discussion happening here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5022075
24. 114.▲
    by dsowers 14y ago

    Today I just launched a new app that acts as a portfolio/resume for programmers and other people who build things. If you are unsatisfied with linkedin, maybe it's worth checking out: http://www.mycelial.com
25. 115.▲
    Show HN: A portfolio for a hacker's life(mycelial.com)

    8 points by dsowers 14y ago|2 comments
26. 116.▲
    by dsowers 14y ago

    Your software is really cool. Just wondering why you haven't completed your website yet. The "how it works" just takes you to a google doc. Anyway, best of luck. If you want to venture to Lake Tahoe, I'd be happy to grab a beer.
27. 117.▲
    by dsowers 14y ago

    Thanks for the clear breakdown.
28. 118.▲
    by dsowers 14y ago

    I don't think it's a moot question, in the sense that forcing yourself to think about some of these intangible things is a good exercise in philosophical thought. But I see your point. Probably not wise to spend too much time on a question
29. 119.▲
    by dsowers 14y ago

    I haven't. They look interesting. I'll check them out.
30. 120.▲
    Who here believes the universe is a computer simulation?

    40 points by dsowers 14y ago|54 comments