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Ask HN: How would you make ops decisions, if you could do it again?
1 points by mh44 6y ago|1 comments
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by mh44 6y ago
We looked into these, but they honestly seemed like a pain to integrate + getting ops to learn a new DSL would need org changes I can't really influence. Have you used these? Would love to hear more! I'd much rather not build it m
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by mh44 6y ago
Thanks! This feels like a Zapier/IFTT? What I've found with those tools is that they help me set up the connections, but I often find myself still unable to pass the "data" responsibility over to the business user. What
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by mh44 6y ago
Thanks for sharing your story. Oh man, that sucks! Yeah, it's funny there's things I don't want to build in the first place. And then the moment you build them, you are responsible for making sure they work for the rest of yo
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by mh44 6y ago
Makes sense. Thanks for the tip on linking Excel!
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by mh44 6y ago
Wish you'd made this two months ago - had to build a lot of this from scratch at my startup and would've totally used something like this! I tried looking on the internet, and found basically nothing.
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by mh44 6y ago
Oh interesting, will look into that! Excel works for one-offs, but with repeated queries, or if they're exploring data that they don't know exactly how they'd use, or if they want to affect changes in a system ("send ema
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by mh44 6y ago
Makes sense, that's what I've seen other folks do. I'm curious if you've seen them ask for more features over time, more actions, ability to manage the rules they write - and whether the full blown version of what they n
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Ask HN: How do I spend less time updating “business logic”?
6 points by mh44 6y ago|14 comments
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by mh44 6y ago
something I wish existed. Operations teams have business context, but no direct control over even simple workflows. Engineers are overwhelmed updating rules logic, there’s no visibility/auditability and customer experience tanks. I’m b
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by mh44 6y ago
This. Nothing wrong with looking at the bright side, but like with everything, there’s a balance. When confiding in Pollyanna friends, you walk away either feeling not understood, or worse, thinking they’re liars, even to themselves.
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by mh44 6y ago
The most important consideration here is whether you want to take VC funding at all, or bootstrap as much as possible. There are many fine businesses that fall into the VC game, have undue pressure to hit hockey stick growth and hire too fa
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by mh44 6y ago
Please tell me you’re at least if donating the $ to charity!