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by pjackson 18y ago
I like the new features, but I also don't understand the Erlang connection. I think the sentiment is right that it's "cool and new" and should therefore be embraced by geeks. If it helps them distribute their application more in a more scal
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GitHub implementing Erlang git-daemon(github.com)
33 points by pjackson 18y ago|16 comments
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by pjackson 18y ago
I have had some success with: ScrumWorks (there is a free and pro version) VersionOne (paid only) Jira (paid only, needs plugins) Banana Scrum is free and looks good. It was talked about on HackerNews awhile back. After experimenting with l
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by pjackson 18y ago
Disqus is great. I switched blogging software so that I could have out of the box Disqus integration. I hope they take their competitive advantage (they're just a little bit better than the alternatives) and sustain it. FriendFeed and oth
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by pjackson 18y ago
I use BackgrounDRb in a couple of apps because it's easy and quick to set up. When I need to scale it up or route jobs to systems that may not be Ruby based, I go with ActiveMessaging connected to ActiveMQ. ActiveMessaging supports a lot of
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by pjackson 18y ago
Ah. In that case, buy them up. I've seen planned increases to market rate go awry, but if you're comfortable that it'll be delivered, it can't hurt to forgo 8 months for another .15%.
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by pjackson 18y ago
It's fairly typical, but I'm used to seeing at least a 401K with no match. Most startups I have worked for at this stage started exploring HR Benefits companies and generally the benefits improve slightly. My advice is not to buy up the sto
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by pjackson 18y ago
"number of people allowed to follow = people following me * N" Makes it tough to get started on Twitter. If I sign up, I want to find my 10 closest friends and follow them right away. It'd be good to introduce a formula, but that one isn't
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by pjackson 18y ago
"Resource" is never the purpose for which you are interacting with someone. I'd never even dream of calling the barista "The Resource Who is Making Me Coffee." While it may not be a straightforward leap from "Resource" to "Code Monkey," bot
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by pjackson 18y ago
I want my vendors to think of me in their customer-specific mindset, too. But I do not want my boss thinking about me as just another "resource" without unique skills and contributions. I had a boss years ago who called us all "code monkeys
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by pjackson 18y ago
I'm not a fan of the "Project Management" discipline as described in this article. But neither am I a fan of design-by-prototyping. I believe that Agile methods are the way to get things done faster with just the right amount of process. Ag
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by pjackson 18y ago
I have found the "Motion" advice to be very impactful, and easy to do. Not only do I do it with charts, but if I present an architecture diagram, I use the technique over several slides to show transitioning from the "old" architecture to t
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Twitter saga ends in jailed translator going free (cnn.com)
2 points by pjackson 18y ago|0 comments
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by pjackson 18y ago
Guh. It doesn't even send your private key back to you using SSL. Not that it would matter much. I don't want my keys escrowed!
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by pjackson 18y ago
I think that answer is generally a good one. But when you're simply doing development and haven't launched yet, a hosted developer account can take a lot of headache out of hosting. I don't want to be the UNIX admin for my VPS when I'm fo
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by pjackson 18y ago
RailsPlayground, though many of my friends swear by SliceHost. I used this resource when choosing a hosting provider: http://www.railshosting.org/
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by pjackson 18y ago
This may be a little nit-pick, because the data are certainly interesting, but the graph is a shining example of how you can use graphics to exaggerate your story. The drop-off at Q307 looks really really drastic because the x-axis is pinne
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Software's Classic Mistakes -- 2008(blogs.construx.com)
3 points by pjackson 18y ago|0 comments
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by pjackson 18y ago
Wow. I forgot to mention Code Complete by Steve McConnell. Don't miss it.
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by pjackson 18y ago
I recently read Simple Heuristics That Make Us Smart by Gerd Gigerenzer, Peter M. Todd, and the ABC Research Group and The Nothing That Is: A Natural History Of Zero by Robert Kaplan. Both were great reads and left me energized. Neither
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by pjackson 18y ago
I can't remember who said it, but the quote "Fail early and often so you can succeed sooner" comes to mind.
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by pjackson 18y ago
If you're talking about coding projects, then I like one at a time. Sometimes I split that to be one at work, one at home. I find that when I flight a lot of other ideas when I already have a major project in the works, I end up with a lot
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by pjackson 18y ago
I know some people who have had success with odesk.com and elance.com. It looks like a bidding war on those sites, though, so you have to build some reputation before you can command higher rates. For my money, the best people to talk to ab
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by pjackson 18y ago
I think it's a good idea. However, as with any venture, do your homework. Research the market size, the barriers to entry, the competition, how you might differentiate yourself, the threat of a disruptive technology making you obsolete, etc
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by pjackson 18y ago
The improvement is noticeable. As a paying user, I appreciate it. I also appreciate that R1.0 was out the door so fast. So no demerits for the shell calls. :) Glad they're gone though. When I am hacking something together and can't find a l
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by pjackson 18y ago
I know nothing at all about the "bug" being discussed, but it seems to me that the attitude displayed by the initial two commenters is poor form. I'm not sure what the guy from RedHat has against the guy from SuSE, but it seems like a priva
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by pjackson 18y ago
Without knowing much about your particular business, I'd say you should expect to yield 2 percent of the equity and hold out for a proven rock star. I'd avoid any instant-vesting grants if it comes up unless that employee is bringing you cu
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by pjackson 18y ago
The CPA in my industry is on the order of $300+ and the lifetime value of a customer in wireless isn't much more than 2-3 times that. Lawyers are getting off cheap for these qualified leads. (But then, their business scales with how many ho
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by pjackson 18y ago
I think the key is "eventually" consistent. As long as you can determine when the data are consistent, I think it bears some consideration. I don't generally care about today's sales in real time. But tomorrow, I want all the data to be c
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by pjackson 18y ago
As with most things: it depends. How much risk have you taken out of your business? What is the market size and upside potential? What is employee #1's contribution expected to be? Is employee #1 your chief technologist, your CMO, or someth

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