jwedgwood

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by jwedgwood 15y ago
Not just beta invites and email promotions, but also emails to advisors and early investors. It's more than just a reminder of what the heck you do, it's also handing them language to talk about your business to other people. For beta users
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by jwedgwood 15y ago
>> Matters of face, allegiances, and frankly who's in a bad mood on what day determine outcomes as often as logic. This is so true. Matters of face can spiral out of control easily. I think you handled this specific one with real de
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by jwedgwood 15y ago
What Dave doesn't mention in this post is the mindset he brings to these meetings. Honest, open, generous, no time wasted, and he's completely direct. Regardless of how you got to the table, you end up having a super high value discussion b
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by jwedgwood 15y ago
Well written automated tests will accrue value over time by saving you manual testing time (and increasing your confidence) with each release. A lot depends on your situation at launch, but I think a lot of teams overestimate how much testi
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by jwedgwood 16y ago
Yeah, we relied on hoptoad as our backstop too. We used CruiseControl.rb running on a cheap low end server with a plugin for doing deployments. https://github.com/thoughtworks/cruisecontrol.rb https://github.com/aentos/ccrb_cap_deployer
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by jwedgwood 16y ago
Great article, and fun to see what is going on inside. We used a similar strategy with great success at my last company (though we were using Passenger). Once you've nailed the zero-downtime deployment, it's a short hop to adding a small bo
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by jwedgwood 16y ago
I'd like to hear your thoughts on how the iPad doesn't lend itself well enough to Enterprise. I have nothing specific in mind that disputes your assertion, but the linked article below says this, which sounds meaningful - "80% of Fortune 10
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by jwedgwood 16y ago
We adopted continuous deployment at my last company, and it was a huge win for us. It resulted in less downtime, reduced the cognitive load on our developers, and let us turn changes and bug fixes faster, which just made everyone happier. H
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by jwedgwood 16y ago
Strongly agree (to both this and webwright). The package that felt strongest for us when hiring was to have amazing talent that other people want to work with, hand over significant responsibilities to new hires, and provide an environment
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by jwedgwood 16y ago
The numbers you quote look in line with what I would expect, especially if you are getting close to a market rate salary. They are profitable and funded, which is a big milestone. It would help to know - Are they paying you a market salary?