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by modoc 18y ago
Raise the barrier to entry as high as you reasonably can. If you aren't securing your servers, running a good firewall, logging a solid audit trail remotely, sanitizing your inputs, parameterizing your sql, encrypting your credit cards, and
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by modoc 18y ago
Absolutely. I'm pretty shocked by the amount of downtime they've been having. I've been hosting with various providers for almost 10 years. I'm now with SoftLayer and VERY happy. In those 10 years, I think I've had less combined downtime
843.
by modoc 18y ago
I can't tell you why they SHOULD, but I can tell you why some might want to: Personal OS/Interface preference. I've used Windows 2k and XP for years. I find the OS X interface to be cleaner, easier, and faster to use. I just prefer it.
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by modoc 18y ago
Don't knock the pettable, portable, ice cream dispensers...
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by modoc 18y ago
When both sides of the dev team BOTH want Macs, and can provide both technical reasons (which you skipped there) and have a personal preference for it, then it seems silly for the department supervisor to NOT go along with it. Plus, the cor
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by modoc 18y ago
shrug Every design team I've worked with, startup or Fortune 500, has been on Macs. Yes, that's just more anecdotal "evidence" but I've been a consultant in several companies over the last ten years. One Fortune 100 company I worked at h
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by modoc 18y ago
Ditto. I handled hitting the front page of /., digg, and yahoo tech on the same day on a single dual core server. The site slowed down a little during the worst of it, but page load times were always reasonable. Unless your app is a tota
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by modoc 18y ago
| I update my blog and I want it to be known instantly. Google does not provide it yet.| If your blog supports providing a dynamic sitemap, and notifying google that the sitemap has been updated, it basically does. Check out: http://wordpr
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by modoc 18y ago
Localizing that sort of things is super tricky as many languages use different words for if there is one, versus 2, versus 3-5, versus 5+, so you really have to localized 3 or 4 Strings, even though in English there's only two options. I f
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by modoc 18y ago
I'd rather work with a smart, well read person who likes to think than someone who hasn't read much. Sure asking about Ayn Rand isn't really an intelligence test, but it's not a bad start. Smart people can learn about data structures and a
851.
by modoc 18y ago
1) Hacker News, Slashdot, BBC 2) Friends, Books, Google 3) OverheardInNewYork, CNN.com, Tivo Desktop(watching tv) 4) Google, Friends, seamframework.org
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by modoc 18y ago
I wouldn't let it stop you. I've applied for and been offered numerous jobs which listed a college degree as a requirement (I don't have one). It helps to have a good resume. And by that I mean one that not only has lots of strong releva
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by modoc 18y ago
I suspect the point is that having heard of and bothered to read one of her books, whether you liked or agreed with it or not, probably implies various things about you. A) You socialize(d) with people who read things that aren't sold in th
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by modoc 18y ago
I know. I just worry that people will gravitate toward using more and more dynamic language code in their applications/platforms/frameworks because it's "easier". And then I'll end up needing to use some library that has a truckload of py
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by modoc 18y ago
Strong typing is one of the reasons that I LIKE Java. Especially on large projects it's nice knowing exactly what a variable is, and what data elements and methods are available. I hope this doesn't lead to people using sloppy typing in Ja
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by modoc 18y ago
It's pretty confirmed:) The folks that run AT&T's websites are being told to prepare for the 9th. I personally can't wait.
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by modoc 18y ago
What if they're locked up for a safe breeding of more of a threatened or endangered species, or for the purpose of education and awareness of the threats facing wildlife around the world? I've been to some zoos that just make you want to cr
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by modoc 18y ago
The whole point of statistical trends is that they ARE generalizations. Yes, you can find individual cases which buck the trend, but across a large sample group, these are the tendencies... How could you talk about gender roles and differe
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by modoc 18y ago
Because Softlayer (as much as they rock) don't have failover for those load balancers. You may not need it, but after we had our site downed due to hardware failure of one of their load balancers, we moved to a redundant software based set
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by modoc 19y ago
They probably pay them. Or they have a longer term strategy that's known within the company, but frankly I like the idea of just running it like a business and paying the employees. I really agree with DHH's talk this past weekend (even th
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by modoc 19y ago
Thank you YC! And thank you everyone I met there! You were all great! So much talent and potential in one room was very humbling. Great speakers and great topics. I learned a lot, met a lot of folks, and had fun. Thanks again!
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by modoc 19y ago
I'd argue that "the very best hackers" can pick and choose. "Up-and-coming" != "the very best". Maybe they'll get to be the some of the very best with some experience (work or project) under their belt, and at that point, if it's great code
863.
by modoc 19y ago
Don't try to fight the stuff head on. Recognize when you aren't going to be productive in front of the computer, and walk away. Figure out something else to do, ideally something that gets you in a better mood, or feeling more productive,
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by modoc 19y ago
I second this. Great options, great coating, I also opted for rounded corners. Way better color representation than the last place I ordered from. Can't go wrong here.
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by modoc 19y ago
Another vote for Debian. I've been using it for years, so I know how to secure it really well, it's solid, easy to use, all that jazz. I run OS X for my local development machine, but in production I use Debian everywhere.
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by modoc 19y ago
I totally agree! Defining what the client wants and exactly how it will be delivered is crucial.
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by modoc 19y ago
Thanks for your insight. We'd probably have one team per project, with hopefully the right number of people on each team, staffed based on the LOEs we build during the architecture design phase. Dev team size would probably be 3-6, plus c
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Ask YC: best development/project process?
2 points by modoc 19y ago|5 comments
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by modoc 19y ago
I can't believe no one has mentioned Jira. It beats the tar out of bugzilla, trac, and mantis. It's not free, but it's by far the best product I've used, with the largest plugin development community, and a great list of sibling applicati
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by modoc 19y ago
General Advice Needed: This will be my first startupschool and I am quite excited. I'm flying in the night before, but how long after the 5:30 event end do people hang out? I'm trying to figure out when I should book my return flight (wh

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