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by jbaker 15y ago
There has been a lot of confusion and complaining about the price increases, and this is understandable given the way it has come about. This is one of those oh so obvious things, but you just have to look at it and evaluate. Besides scala
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by jbaker 15y ago
I will third and fourth Flask for App Engine. For me, it strikes exactly the right balance between light-weight, flexible, and powerful.
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by jbaker 15y ago
Just out of curiosity, how would you describe what you are currently doing? Can you elaborate on why it might not be a good fit? I'm honestly just trying to learn from your experience, not disputing anything.
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by jbaker 15y ago
I use App Engine a ton. I won't try to list all the positives. Of course "is it flexible enough to run big, serious projects" depends on the requirements of your big serious projects. Feel free to get more specific here, or (better yet) in
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by jbaker 15y ago
This is so true. Doesn't mean the idea is not important, just that, like everything, there are compromises. More generally, I find that an uncharacteristic proportion of blog entries are written from the perspective of "change the world" e
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by jbaker 15y ago
This is so true. Taking the second point first ... I keep thinking that -eventually- the market will find it's equilibrium with regards to price/quality for serious projects. Budding entrepreneurs get on these sites, post something, and get
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by jbaker 15y ago
That's right. In flat rate contracts, the client is paying for the value being delivered, not time.
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by jbaker 15y ago
One problem I have had with BI suites (specifically JasperSoft but it applies elsewhere) is the bolt-on nature of the solution. I found security integration, with a web app, to be a major pain. But the worst part was the UI and feature set.
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by jbaker 15y ago
SEEKING WORK: Dallas or Remote I can do a variety of development. Web apps / other. Python, Java, JavaScript (server or browser). Google App Engine expert. Particularly good at helping startups get off the ground. LinkedIn: http://www.lin
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by jbaker 15y ago
SEEKING WORK I'm late to this party but posting anyway. I'm in Dallas. Local or remote is fine. Development background - Java and Python primarily. I'm also really good with JavaScript, server or client. I'm an expert with Google App Engine
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by jbaker 15y ago
Cool. Can you get an image out of it ?
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by jbaker 16y ago
My experience agrees with this. It should be noted that this is largely due to cold start time.
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by jbaker 16y ago
Yeah, this doesn't smell right. There are two posts on the blog as of my reading. Neither has much content and they do not sound like someone who has actually been through this. This does not sound like someone who is really looking to sha
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by jbaker 16y ago
Thanks for the article. I have a question. What kind of latency do you experience using MongoHQ? And maybe you could discuss this part of the system a little more?
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AWS API - how would you make it better?
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by jbaker 16y ago
I like that. I think that is a good approach. However, this seems to me more of a business strategy than an answer to "what is the No. 1 thing you need to do to succeed". One could argue that the question is somewhat pointless. And I think