ericingram

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by ericingram 13y ago
> Stop working for 3 years or so, enjoy that 3 years of freedom. Build something, maybe it will take off. The more cash and runway you have to build something, the more cash and runway you'll use. This is not necessarily a good thin
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by ericingram 13y ago
I've been watching nudge evolve for a while and must say I'm really impressed by the overall design, performance and ease of use. There are plenty of tools for rapid prototyping these days, but nudge just gets out of your way and
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by ericingram 13y ago
No. In a competitive marketplace (not saying Comcast is operating in a highly competitive marketplace in Seattle particularly) the corporation is incentivized to do what is most pleasing for its customers. And that's a good thing. Unio
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by ericingram 13y ago
Free does not mean that you are uninhibited by circumstances. The free in free market means you are not coerced into action by other actors. You are free to act by your own will as long as you do not attempt to coerce others. Safety net for
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by ericingram 13y ago
What was the hardest part about getting this off the ground, and how did you get passed it?
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by ericingram 13y ago
I agree. TokuMX has filled many holes in Mongo and (at least in my experience so far) performs very well. It's got great documentation, backed by a brilliant team. As a drop in replacement for mongo binaries, it's really easy to i
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by ericingram 13y ago
Is anyone still convinced that prohibition is the best way to reduce drug abuse?
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by ericingram 13y ago
Quite the opposite, in my experience.
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by ericingram 13y ago
I checked this out a while ago but found it only works (out of the box) on EC2. Eagerly awaiting support for other environments.
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by ericingram 13y ago
I'm the founder of Forward Commerce ( http://getfwd.com ), a new platform focused on giving developers more template control without all the pain. One of our early adopters was a very notable/early Shopify customer who e
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by ericingram 13y ago
It is rare for an engineering founder to assert leadership for an extended period of time, but when it happens, amazing things can follow. Microsoft, Oracle, Facebook, Github, SAP all come to mind.
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by ericingram 13y ago
Why did you build Bitsy in the first place? I've seen a number of beautifully designed apps in this space, so I wonder what pain point sparked the initial development?
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by ericingram 13y ago
Question: Does FDB have any sort of "find" method in its API? As a key/value store I understand that I can set/get keys, but is there any way to find keys based on nested values? I.e. fbd.find({someproperty: "123"})...
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by ericingram 13y ago
What a great demo! We're currently building a critical service on MongoDB and feel a bit leery about some of the issues others have expressed at scale. Would be interested in testing FoundationDB for our purpose in the near future.
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by ericingram 13y ago
Looks interesting, are there any serious drawbacks from JSON?
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Creating Alpha, Part 1: Template Structure(getfwd.com)
1 points by ericingram 14y ago|0 comments
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by ericingram 14y ago
You said it better than I could have. Forcing template developers to maintain separate controller code prevents a lot of good work from getting done in my experience. If the project expands and the combined templates become a problem (usual
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by ericingram 14y ago
It can be abused, but I've seen controller heavy systems abused the same way. It depends on your goals. Some people prefer to write controllers, and the framework also contains a controller pattern for those cases. For example, you could wr
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by ericingram 14y ago
Forward (a new e-commerce platform) uses a template engine and routing layer that might be something like what you describe. It works with MongoDB, has a REST-like model system, plugin system similar to WordPress, and you can do stuff like
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Show HN: Forward Commerce Alpha v0.1 Released(getfwd.com)
2 points by ericingram 14y ago|0 comments
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by ericingram 14y ago
As I understand it, the word "regulate" had a different meaning at the time the commerce clause was written. It generally meant "to make regular", as in, prevent states from taxing imports from one state higher than another. Now it essentia
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by ericingram 14y ago
I really like what they've built here, but... > DSLs (Domain Specific Languages) such as <%=foo%> or {{foo}} reduce portability I would argue, well documented template DSLs increase portability among developers, which is often m
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by ericingram 14y ago
It was fun! Seems that higher priced items should bid more than $1 per click, or last longer.
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by ericingram 14y ago
Do as Dropbox does, build a feature request forum so that customers have visibility on what is important to others and what is being worked on. Transparency is powerful this way. When a feature is declined by your team, describe why in that
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by ericingram 14y ago
I think the big difference between private and public is that the public authority uses force against the property of others to exclude speech, supposedly deemed as disgusting to a particular group, but you have to recognize as history show
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by ericingram 14y ago
I consider myself a Libertarian also. The problem with government funded health care is what you can't see. True market based competition leads to lower prices and greater innovation in all observable areas over time. That would mean more a
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Forward Q&A on PHP Framework Design with MongoDB(getfwd.com)
1 points by ericingram 14y ago|0 comments
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by ericingram 14y ago
We are in alpha stage with Forward, which we call "the open source platform for custom e-commerce" -- but it's not just about online stores. It has components for building communities, blogs, user management, roles, login, etc. We are using
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by ericingram 14y ago
We might need some of that, email eric at getfwd.com
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by ericingram 14y ago
I agree with going versionless (though I can see the case for it also depending on how the API is intended to be used). Get rid of .json? Make it optional sure, but allow it if the client wants to be specific. Seems like a good feature in t

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