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by joelhooks 13y ago
100,000 lines of JS is best divided into smaller parts.
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by joelhooks 13y ago
I'm a member, and I didn't even know there was going to be content, outside of the conversation when I signed up. The value I get out of it is a place I can have candid conversations about the business I am building and get action
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by joelhooks 13y ago
I've definitely leveled up over time, but have always been able to selectively process input :)
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by joelhooks 13y ago
I work from home. We homeschool our 4 kids. My office is in common area in middle of 1700sqft house. I've got level 12 ignoring skills.
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by joelhooks 13y ago
You know what this leads to? Kids never getting anything accomplished . By keeping the scope simple and building with established assets, he was able to actually release something. I encourage my kids to yoink assets for their projects.
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by joelhooks 13y ago
I love the word "blamestorm" when any meeting starts to go that direction. As in "sweet, we're gonna blamestorm?"
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by joelhooks 13y ago
The best is when sales low-balls to score the gig and leaves the development team holding the bag 8 months later when the scope is radically out of whack. /me sheds a sad lonely tear of sorrow
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by joelhooks 13y ago
Right, for instance, if you actually do store all of your customer's data in your apartment on a previous-gen gaming rig...
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by joelhooks 13y ago
I adore the topre keys and small footprint of my HHKB.
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by joelhooks 13y ago
There is a distinct difference between internal milestones/targets and publicly announcing "feature X will be ready by xx/xx/xxxx!"
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by joelhooks 13y ago
An interesting tactic that I see repeated by successful bootstrapped internet businesses is to really dig into the pain of their current audience. You've got this group of thousands that have proven to pay for things on the internet. Y
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by joelhooks 13y ago
They are obviously trying to correct for this by bringing in Rob and Geoffrey via acquisition, no. Two high production value video training sites bought in as many months. You definitely should though. The more the merrier :)
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by joelhooks 13y ago
That's awesome Daniel. I really appreciate what you are doing. When things wind down with my current egghead push, I might see how I can pitch in to help.
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by joelhooks 13y ago
This is true, to some extent. You're directly charging for materials related to the code. I gave you 2x as much $$ as I did Giles. I'm glad to do it, but his stated purpose wasn't to improve RailsApp, it was to take common ge
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by joelhooks 13y ago
I gave recurly a long look. It has some great features (specifically the dunning). In the end, working with Stripe was cheaper and less hassle, though I've just pushed out the dunning hassle. Thanks for the sample app, I'm looking
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How to Build a Subscription Service on Rails: A Noob's Guide(joelhooks.com)
79 points by joelhooks 13y ago|13 comments
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by joelhooks 13y ago
I use Flexget and Transmission. Wondeful combo. Keeps Plex well fed :>
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by joelhooks 13y ago
I used a bit of the RailsApp when I was learning Rails to build a subscription site. Luckily I met Pete and was able to use his book when I actually got to the subscription impl. I KNOW my app as a whole is shitty, so I just bought yours to
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by joelhooks 13y ago
I get NEGATIVE royalty statements from Manning. My experience with OReilly had been much better, but I'll never publish through a traditional publisher again.
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by joelhooks 13y ago
I've had a significantly different experience, and have directly benefited professionally from Nathan's books, a couple in the list, and several others of this nature.
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by joelhooks 13y ago
http://www.bennadel.com/coldfusion/privacy-policy-generator.... is a generator
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by joelhooks 13y ago
There are no AngularJS pieces to the site (outside of the videos themselves, which are almost strictly geared towards Angular)
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by joelhooks 13y ago
This is the approach I'm taking for the Admin, actually. Haven't started yet, but really looking forward to it.
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by joelhooks 13y ago
The biggest hurdle was using Rails 4 and Bootstrap 3 because the gems I was trying to use weren't quite there yet. I'd argue that it is production quality ;) There are no tests, which makes me feel bad about myself, and in the fut
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by joelhooks 13y ago
Thanks again. Got the part yesterday and installed it with ease. This chair has another 12 years in it for sure :)
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Why I Built an AngularJS Training Site on Rails(joelhooks.com)
30 points by joelhooks 13y ago|14 comments
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by joelhooks 13y ago
Nice, ordered the gas cylinder replacement part. Looks super easy. Thanks!
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by joelhooks 13y ago
It would be a lot cooler if this article actually discussed the science of accident reconstruction. I spent 10 years as a forensic animator and was looking forward to a stroll down memory lane. Instead I get a brief dismissal of the "m
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by joelhooks 13y ago
They are comfortable and extremely high quality. Not to mention the aesthetics. Cheap chairs break, and even worse they break "slowly" with weird tilts and whatnot that creep in slowly. My first Aeron lasted 12 years of my use. Th
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by joelhooks 13y ago
I sit on the Embody too, man is it a choice ride. Wife has a Mira and loves it. I had an Aeron for a dozen years prior, and they are OK, but the Mirra is more comfortable. The new one looks fantastic.

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