kellanem

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by kellanem 8y ago
No, Flickr did not deploy base58 encoded URLs before October 31st. 2008 I wrote that code, registered the flic.kr short URLs, and helped draft the initial OAuth spec to facilitate posting photos from Flickr to Twitter (having worked at both
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by kellanem 10y ago
The story isn't _good_, it's just a bit more complicated. The pharma company's trade association published this recently which talks about it in depth: http://www.phrma.org/report/commercially-insured-pat
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by kellanem 10y ago
Two things going on with the rebates. 1. I think the article is a little one sided in their explanation of the rebate system, though it certainly more opaque than it should be. (some of which is just healthtech is stuck in the dark ages) 2.
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by kellanem 10y ago
The article does a good job of starting to explain the forces, but it's actually even more complicated. A number of the PBMs are cross invested in pharmacies and insurance companies, and the incentives of 2-3 large pharmacies that cont
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Silicon Valley’s Scapegoat Complex(medium.com)
8 points by kellanem 10y ago|0 comments
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Sahale: Open Source Tool for Visualizing Cascading Workflows from Etsy(codeascraft.com)
2 points by kellanem 12y ago|0 comments
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by kellanem 12y ago
We actively resist automating this process. Because of the way Etsy development is structured this gap gets fixed periodically and then we have to go back and un-automate it. It's a key part of our 1st day push program: https:/&#
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by kellanem 12y ago
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/waxpancake/kind-of-bloo...
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by kellanem 12y ago
Acquisitions were much much smaller in those days.
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by kellanem 14y ago
Slightly dated, but I recommend Cal's book on the lessons we learned scaling Flickr, http://www.amazon.com/Building-Scalable-Web-Sites-Applicatio... Also remember that premature scaling is one of the leading causes of failure.
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Two Sides For Salvation: MySQL master-master notes on how and why(codeascraft.etsy.com)
3 points by kellanem 14y ago|0 comments
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Etsy Hacker Grants: Supporting Women in Technology(etsy.com)
78 points by kellanem 15y ago|40 comments
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Implementing Google Safe Browsing server-side to sanitize untrusted input(codeascraft.etsy.com)
46 points by kellanem 15y ago|10 comments
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by kellanem 15y ago
As the creator of MagpieRSS I know exactly what you're talking about. And yes, you include it. There are skills demonstrated in a popular open source project which are interesting and relevant, and very very few people are proud of the c
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by kellanem 16y ago
Step 0. in getting started with continuous deployment is having an organization that doesn't lose it's mind every time there's a blip. That often means you need managers who are especially good at (or at least dedicated to) deflecting the f