powdahound

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HipChat + AgileZen + TeamCity + github = Remote Team Collaboration(3weekstolive.wordpress.com)
5 points by powdahound 16y ago|0 comments
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by powdahound 16y ago
Well said. Reminds me of the "1.0 Is the Loneliest Number" [1] post by Matt Mullenweg. A balanced mix of compromise, iteration, and vision is a healthy thing to strive for. By the way, we use and love Redis. :) 1. http://ma.tt/2010/11/one-
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by powdahound 16y ago
No worries. Totally agree with your message, just don't think "mediocre" is the right word for it. Every decision in a company is about compromise. If you can't compromise intelligently you're screwed.
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by powdahound 16y ago
Garret from HipChat here. The way we decided on AIR is close to what you guessed but we had one major requirement: the app can not suck. That means it can't feel like a wrapped up web app, it can't use unnecessary CPU and memory, and it mus
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by powdahound 16y ago
You should try our app. AIR is kind of crappy by default but we've put a lot of work into making it feel native. Lots of people love it: http://twitter.com/#!/mtamizi/status/24547982921703424 http://twitter.com/#!/ochekurishvili/status/2
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by powdahound 16y ago
Keep in mind that although 60% of our AIR client users are on Windows, 0% of the teams use Windows exclusively. Targeting a single OS would be a fatal decision for us.
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by powdahound 16y ago
Very well said, dools. I'm a co-founder of the app in question, which is HipChat ( http://www.hipchat.com ). If we'd started out making native apps for every platform we wouldn't be where we are today. Sure AIR isn't perfect but it's allowe
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HipChat adds basic Campfire API compatibility(blog.hipchat.com)
1 points by powdahound 16y ago|0 comments
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by powdahound 16y ago
The real lesson here is "balance". You won't be successful if you have a kickass architecture and no users. You also won't be successful if you have users that are always frustrated because your site is slow or unavailable.
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Capistrano notifications in HipChat(blog.hipchat.com)
3 points by powdahound 16y ago|0 comments
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by powdahound 16y ago
I think the the Command-T plugin for vim is one of the most helpful things when switching from TextMate: https://wincent.com/products/command-t
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XCode tips for TextMate users(blog.hipchat.com)
2 points by powdahound 16y ago|0 comments
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by powdahound 16y ago
Other reasons to ship early: - Users love to see products continuously improving. They'll often think more highly of you for adding requested features if you already had them in development. - You can use releases to generate buzz. - It's e
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1.0 Is The Loneliest Number(ma.tt)
142 points by powdahound 16y ago|27 comments
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by powdahound 16y ago
Make sure you explore the limits of EBS before assuming it's a perfect solution. We've found it to have incredibly slow throughput at times. Some reference links: - http://orion.heroku.com/past/2009/7/29/io_performance_on_ebs - http:/
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by powdahound 16y ago
Goodbye code.mixpanel.com too? Page won't load. :(
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by powdahound 16y ago
The reason none of these new chat systems have wide protocol support is because they're really trying to improve the user experience with features like inline image previews, drag + drop file upload, archived history on the server, accessib
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by powdahound 16y ago
You're definitely not alone in feeling that way. I'm sure someone will try to create some sort of 'Diaspora for GitHub' project at some point.
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by powdahound 16y ago
Why not post on stackoverflow.com?
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by powdahound 16y ago
If only GitHub could solve OSS politics too. :) This 6 year old ticket asking for better logging support in Twisted is just scary: http://twistedmatrix.com/trac/ticket/638
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by powdahound 16y ago
Have you seen 'Calendar About Nothing'? It's a fun way to keep your contribution streak going. Link: http://calendaraboutnothing.com
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GitHub is making me lazy but I like it(blog.hipchat.com)
53 points by powdahound 16y ago|28 comments
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by powdahound 16y ago
Good stuff! I need to find time to make the switch to MixPanel.
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Scaling and high availability at a startup -- The Way Things Don't Work(blog.hipchat.com)
4 points by powdahound 16y ago|0 comments
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by powdahound 16y ago
Well said. I think something can also be 'difficult' for someone because it's not worth their time, even if it's not technically challenging.
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Hey smart guy - stop trying to do it yourself(blog.hipchat.com)
5 points by powdahound 16y ago|3 comments
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by powdahound 16y ago
Screen sharing would be an awesome addition to the video chat.
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by powdahound 16y ago
Fluid ( http://fluidapp.com , Mac only) is a tool that lets you run web apps in their own desktop app wrapper. This can help with notifications but can't overcome the drag+drop or performance issues. Plus, it takes a much more advanced user
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by powdahound 16y ago
ack ( http://betterthangrep.com ) is a great alternative to grep, although certainly slower as its written in Perl. Great for working with smaller files such as source code though.
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5 tips for running a company blog using WordPress(blog.hipchat.com)
4 points by powdahound 16y ago|0 comments

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