grantlmiller

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   by grantlmiller 10y ago

   SPAs = Single Page Apps (not that everyone here wouldn't know that definition...but acronyms seriously suck ;). They create miscommunication and people who haven't been initiated yet are afraid to ask what it means. This one in pa
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   by grantlmiller 10y ago

   This law does not seek to keep people from being on-call 24/7... it aims to provide a new "right" to workers where they can expect to go home after 7 hours and if they miss something important after hours (even if it hurts th
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   by grantlmiller 10y ago

   This comment illustrates an important socialist fallacy... employees are not the biggest part of the economy, consumers are! Consumers win when the products and services they buy are less expensive & better (ie the people who produce th
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   by grantlmiller 10y ago

   Making it harder to fire employees for another reason might protect the existing jobs, but it lacks the foresight to understand that these practices simply disincentivize employers from making future hires in the country. As a result, this
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   by grantlmiller 10y ago

   A few other solid online resources for SaaS founders (hard to really call these "online communities", though most do have vibrant community events tied to them): http://www.saastr.com https://hitenism.com
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   by grantlmiller 10y ago

   Ha, makes sense... I didn't really take any offense.
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   by grantlmiller 10y ago

   I appreciate your level response. You're correct that these features are not absolutely, always necessary for success. I would caution that even with a an incredibly compelling core feature set, you still have to negotiate yourself out
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   by grantlmiller 10y ago

   I love this conversation. @ohstopitu thanks for asking great questions & @NeutronBoy thanks for providing great answers.
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   by grantlmiller 10y ago

   Custom fields makes sense... do you think those are part of making integrating with other apps easier? https://www.enterpriseready.io/features/integrations/ As for easy branding, do you think that only applies a &
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    by grantlmiller 10y ago

    Thanks for clarifying. Text-replacement makes sense in that context, definitely related to both white label & internationalization. RTL... most browsers have some sort of RTL support, correct? `dir="rtl"` (I'm not an expe
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    by grantlmiller 10y ago

    Agree, I moved away from consumer stuff primarily because I think that enterprise buyers are more rational & logical (not completely... but more than consumers). If you're looking to create an enterprise installable version (a la S
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    by grantlmiller 10y ago

    Thanks & you're right these are all the things that are easy to overlook when eyeing up an incumbent. Accessibility - great call - did this at our last SaaS company (for mobile too!). A few questions... I'm unfamiliar with RTL
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    by grantlmiller 10y ago

    Totally agree on that being super important and often overlooked. We tried to cover that in the section about audit logs being accessible from an API: https://preview.enterpriseready.io/features/audit-log/#key-f...
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    by grantlmiller 10y ago

    A few great resources for SaaS founders (particularly those targeting enterprise buyers): http://www.saastr.com https://hitenism.com http://www.enterprisesales.nyc http://www.heavybit.com/
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    by grantlmiller 10y ago

    I can't say enough great things about the lectures on cs50.tv & cs75.tv. The prof (David Malan) is engaging, all the materials are available (homework, TA sessions, notes, slides, videos... everything). cs50 is particularly great f
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    by grantlmiller 10y ago

    This seems shortsighted. We're on the verge of changing the car ownership model with driverless cars & legislators are stuck creating laws that will create an unnecessary burden in 5-8 years (yet they'll likely stay on the boo
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    by grantlmiller 10y ago

    We do what we can to ease the pain of going on-prem for modern SaaS companies :)
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    by grantlmiller 11y ago

    we open-sourced www.fromlatest.io as a way to share docker best practices in a really easy to use way
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    by grantlmiller 11y ago

    the team from Waffle.io made a similar choice with Docker for on-prem http://blog.waffle.io/how-to-build-for-github-enterprise/
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    How to Build for GitHub Enterprise with Docker(blog.waffle.io)

    33 points by grantlmiller 11y ago|1 comments
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    by grantlmiller 11y ago

    There are also many cloud-hosted SaaS companies that offer an installable version of their products: GitHub: https://enterprise.github.com/home NPM: https://www.npmjs.com/onsite Travis CI: https:/&#x2
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    by grantlmiller 11y ago

    I’m not sure how the gravitaional guys are doing it, but we launched a related company a few months ago. We basically leverage the portability of Docker containers so that SaaS vendors (like NPM, Code Climate, Travis CI) can use the same pr
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    by grantlmiller 11y ago

    We don't provide drop-in replacements for these services, however most have open source compatible alternatives. These are similar changes you would need to make if you were to switch IaaS providers & remove vendor lock-in.
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    by grantlmiller 11y ago

    Yea, so... before we had customers we had to show that important companies value on-prem as a deployment method. We're currently working with Code Climate, NPM, Travis CI to power their enterprise versions. This recent post from Travis
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    by grantlmiller 11y ago

    I'm one of the founders of Replicated, would love your thoughts on what we're building.
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    Show HN: Replicated – Deploy your SaaS app on-prem using Docker(replicated.com)

    46 points by grantlmiller 11y ago|8 comments
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    by grantlmiller 11y ago

    Sure, high-speed trains were great. So was the Edge Network at one point. The point is that we shouldn't spend time planning for the future with yesterday's technology. The CA high speed rail isn't scheduled for completion un
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    by grantlmiller 11y ago

    This brings up a few questions: 1) Does Google not use the same publicly hosted version of Google Apps that we all use? 2) Does this only work with privately hosted versions of applications? 3) Are they using the publicly hosted version of
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    by grantlmiller 12y ago

    I've recommended this book to sooo many people, I think it is one of the best ways to introduce rational thinking & understanding to people (well... at least to Harry Potter fans).
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    by grantlmiller 12y ago

    A few months ago, I was thinking about the opportunity to use 3d printing/imaging to drastically lower the cost of these types of devices. Ultimately the biggest hurdle is going to be getting an extremely accurate scan (not sure if you