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by matrix 10y ago
Thanks for alerting me to that possibility. If that's the case (can anyone confirm for sure?) then switching is probably not worth the switching costs for me right now.
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by matrix 10y ago
There are lots of reasons to prefer Google, but ultimately there is one, single reason I want to switch: The ability to cap costs. With AWS, by the time you get a billing alarm, you could be thousands of dollars in the hole and there's
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by matrix 10y ago
If she is pursuing a demanding specialty, consider having your kids while she's a resident; I've known a few people that did it and while it's hard, it can be the lesser of evils. Fellowship is just as hard - maybe even harde
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by matrix 10y ago
Steve Blank's Udacity course is a great starting point: https://www.udacity.com/course/how-to-build-a-startup--ep245
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by matrix 10y ago
To be fair, he has a point. The indyhackers Submit hub article is sub-titled: "Jason Grishkoff built a $55,000/mo SaaS business helping musicians promote their music, and he did it in under a year. Here's how."
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by matrix 10y ago
The whole series is painfully accurate; glad to see someone telling it like it is. That aside, article is actually not as anti-establishment as the author makes out -- unless your source of prevailing wisdom is from click-baity 4 Hour Work
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by matrix 10y ago
While these would be welcome improvements to Java, the future of Java is not about these sorts of tweaks. What Java really needs to revitalize their ecosystem is a sustained focus on improving developer experience with modern applications.
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by matrix 10y ago
While the author does quote the very low odds of success, I think he does readers a disservice by minimizing that risk. Very few people have the right disposition, the right partners, the right idea, and the right skill set to launch a star
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Lessons learned from a failed sharing economy startup(medium.com)
2 points by matrix 10y ago|0 comments
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by matrix 10y ago
I totally get where you are coming from. I really do. Some software is just complex, and it feels impossible to ship anything without all those parts in place. Regardless. You must find a way to ship early and often. You will go under if yo
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by matrix 10y ago
Ditto. If Google offered an equivalent of RDS PostgreSQL, I'd switch tomorrow.
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by matrix 10y ago
Squarespace is awesome, but until they offer SSL certificates I can't recommend it to anyone. This is very unfortunate because it's a great product otherwise.
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by matrix 10y ago
Now, if only Hubspot took their own advice... They say the reason people block ads is because they are annoying, and yet Hubspot has one of the most annoying marketing teams I've encountered. They probably think deluging my inbox with
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by matrix 10y ago
The concept of good/bad market is attractive, but I'm wondering is this is really a good model. How do you account for innovations that require a market to learn its benefits before they want it? In the beginning, a market for a i
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by matrix 10y ago
Having been on both sides of the hiring process many times, there's some useful tactical ideas in this podcast, but in my experience tactics should only play a small role. As a candidate for a job, before you go to any interview (even
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A Surge of Startups Is Changing Life in Utah(buzzfeed.com)
2 points by matrix 10y ago|0 comments
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by matrix 10y ago
I'm tackling a very similar issue right now and it's a maddeningly difficult problem to solve. It would be incredibly helpful to bounce some ideas off someone who has been there if its no imposition? My email address in in my prof
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by matrix 10y ago
Agreed. The code I write with JOOQ is so much leaner, and easier to reason about than any ORM I've used. To me, JOOQ is a great example of what modern Java should look like. My only complaint about JOOQ is that there isn't a .NET
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by matrix 10y ago
This is interesting to me more because it's rare to see a story about someone building products for the Indonesian market, which is very large. To the author: I'd love to see an article with more about some of the challenges and o
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by matrix 11y ago
Conceptually, I love this idea. A few questions: 1) How do you ensure that the work is valued fairly and that realistic expectations are set for scope, etc? When working for cash, these questions are resolved by market forces, but getting p
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by matrix 11y ago
Yes. I'm told that some people who bought property in Vancouver the early 80's were upside down on their properties for 15 years. That said, I'm not predicting that outcome myself -- at this point, I would not want to place a
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by matrix 11y ago
And to think that I thought the Vancouver real estate market was crazy back in 2005... This story is very relevant to tech. As much as I would love to, I wouldn't even think about locating a new business or office in BC today. And I&#x
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by matrix 11y ago
Most lists of this type are silly, but for those of you looking for business ideas, this one is actually pretty interesting. But caveat: make sure you get out of the building and talk to potential customers first. Usually there's a ver
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by matrix 11y ago
Sure; I don't see a way to contact you in your profile. There is an email address in my profile.
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by matrix 11y ago
Generally, what do you find to be the break-even point for owning hardware, for small shops without dedicated sys admin/devops on staff? Obviously this is highly variable with respect to what the business is doing, but I'd love to
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by matrix 11y ago
I agree with you. A product manager doesn't need to be a great developer - they just need sufficient experience with development to assess the impact and complexity of changes, and to better understand where there might be opportunitie
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by matrix 11y ago
It is; this is a not-so-subtle feature request on my part to Google.
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by matrix 11y ago
Anyone have any idea when we're likely to see this on RDS (or Google SQL, for that matter)?
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by matrix 11y ago
The core point of the essay, that product design is a different skill to software development, is obviously true, but to me this feels a bit like the title "Software Architect" was 10 years ago; i.e. people who want to design soft
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by matrix 11y ago
Mind expanding on how one might find such an investor? I agree that the ideal scenario would be for investors to take the same risk (and reward) as other shareholders, but I have no idea how to find investors receptive to that idea.

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