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by dtran 16y ago
Congrats on the writeup Rahul, Sam, Martin, and team! My favorite part: "They invested over Skype, which was kind of cool, and we all got drunk that evening.”
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by dtran 16y ago
I didn't realize that he had gone incommunicado. Regardless, I would still try to reach him from any possible form of communication and talk to him. If he is clearly avoiding you guys while continuing to misspend company money, then I would
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by dtran 16y ago
If you founded the company with friends, then you should know this person pretty well and just be able to sit down and talk about it right? It sounds like its not quite to the point where it needs to escalate to the steps you're talking abo
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by dtran 16y ago
Even though I haven't heard of it, just from the 439 watchers and 96 forks on Github, I'd probably look to it as an example of at least decent code. This is why I <3 Github - really great way to learn good coding conventions.
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by dtran 16y ago
All of these bad gateways I'm getting from nginx don't give me a whole lot of confidence in this banking website =P I know it's early, but perceptions like that matter.
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by dtran 16y ago
So do you think we'll move away from paper checks completely and just move around echecks from phone to phone? I've never really understood how checks are secure. They just have a routing number, an account number, and your signature right?
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by dtran 16y ago
From their about faq page: How do I deposit checks? Take a photo of the check with your smart phone and send it to us with our app. Pretty simple, right? Is this really secure? I know there are some people doing cardreaders as an attachme
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by dtran 16y ago
Are there certain intangibles that every entrepreneur simply cannot be successful without? PG has cited determination and toughness as two essential traits that YC looks for in entrepreneurs. Vivek seems to argue that there aren't any trait
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by dtran 17y ago
I'm not sure how accurate this is, but someone compiled this for their research paper: http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AkkhSN3vaY4jdF90b1l1...
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by dtran 17y ago
Interesting concept... doesn't have the crazy/high-novelty factor that chatroulette has, but using FBConnect opens a whole different set of possibilities - only connect to people with a certain shared interest, gender/age, or "Looking for"
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by dtran 17y ago
Upvoted for publishing a very well-written self-reflection piece on the process. I feel like most people in the same situation would just write a ranting reaction to disappointing news like this, but this was very well thought-out and as su
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by dtran 17y ago
Overview of Small teams bug tracking software: Unfuddle - Hosted solution, SVN/Git hosting + really clean bug tracking. Free for 2 people, $9/mo for small teams. Has Mylyn support and a OS X dashboard widget Bugzilla - everyone seems to agr
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by dtran 17y ago
Hmm, I hadn't considering wave as a bug tracking system. Our google doc spreadsheet was already too busy, so I can't imagine Wave making that any better. Really interesting idea though - maybe useful to organize team sprints/small projects.
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by dtran 17y ago
I like to think of an idea as a seed or germ of the real idea. It's from the most important part - the founders, their execution, market & product positioning are all much more important, but this also doesn't mean that every idea is a
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by dtran 17y ago
Wow I actually LOVE this hosted solution - minimal setup, easy to customize (can create versions/comps/severities with minimal effort. What really puts it over the top for me is the widget. I'm pretty sure that's going to 1.2x my productivi
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by dtran 17y ago
I don't have any more time for side projects, but lots of students in one of my HCI classes have built software to do stuff like this in a relatively short timespan (~4 weeks): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s5EvhHy7eQ
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by dtran 17y ago
Reminds me a lot of doodle from the screenshot. Will check it out - maybe I'll start using this instead of Google tasks for my own personal to-dos since that usually is such a long list sitting on top of my google calendar that I can't see
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by dtran 17y ago
Hmm I don't like the interface - drag and drop is kind of clunky for these purposes
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by dtran 17y ago
Hmm, thanks thomaspaine, I think we're going to go with Trac since we're currently using SVN... I'm considering a move to git since I've really enjoyed using that for another current project, but it looks like there's hooks for git and trac
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by dtran 17y ago
Thanks for the suggestion. I just had a funny experience - went there to register... said that my email was already registered... turns out I made an account on pivotal a while back but never used it haha. Will give it a shot. Thanks!
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by dtran 17y ago
You probably meant this as a joke, but I have a friend who is hyper-organized with all of her to-dos on a whiteboard... different sections are different things/different priority levels. Maybe we will hack together a Wii whiteboard Johnny C
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Ask HN: Good, lightweight bug tracking system for small team?
39 points by dtran 17y ago|66 comments
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by dtran 17y ago
I think its all about the right environment which puts you in the mindset to get things done. I've noticed that being in my dorm room is usu. not super productive, so my co-founder and I most work in group study rooms in our student union o
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by dtran 17y ago
You didn't take DST into account. The world is going to end =P Nice touch with the twitter hashtag - might be the longest one ever.
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by dtran 17y ago
best domain ever. Can we buy madagascar domains? www.o.mg
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by dtran 17y ago
That was quick =) The throbbing of the clock is a little too much for me... oh the anticipation.
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by dtran 17y ago
I like the generally idea of a positive FML-type site and I love the domain, but really, ads already? Sacrificing user experience for an extra $0.20 this early gives your users serious doubts about your intent in building a great destinatio
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by dtran 17y ago
I love silk icons! Really clean - I think we need to push for better standardization of icons though. There are too many sites where developers put the icons without text labels and I find myself mousing over hoping for a tooltop while tryi
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by dtran 17y ago
"must be based on historical data"... what about crowdsourced predictive analysis? Something like stocktwits for real-time investment ideas - analyze what people think about games for Twitter, although that would only work during each succe
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by dtran 17y ago
Releasing something rough and unpolished can be scary, so everyone feels a need to qualify it with a statement like this. I find myself guilty of this as well... check out what I made... and immediately "I haven't had much time to polish it

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