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by redguava 14y ago
You realise that's an opinion piece written by one person right? PG has a very specific angle on the start-up world.
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by redguava 14y ago
It sounds like your process isn't handling them well, or you just aren't making them a real part of your team. At my company, we have half our staff in Melbourne, Australia... and half spread out globally around many different time zones. T
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by redguava 14y ago
I don't get why context relevant ads are bad. If I am going to see ads, I would rather they be ads that might be useful. As long as they aren't releasing my mail for all to see, and it's an automated thing... so what.
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by redguava 14y ago
Thanks.
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Ask HN: Where should I advertise to find a great DevOps person?
6 points by redguava 14y ago|9 comments
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by redguava 14y ago
I think so.
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by redguava 14y ago
I agree they should be transparent about how it works, no argument there.
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by redguava 14y ago
I think it's much fairer that you can choose what you pay for. If you don't want it to idle, pay $35 and get a dyno. I wouldn't want to have to pay $100+ (or some other amount) before it stops idling.
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by redguava 14y ago
They have an "addon" called a dyno for $35 p/month that stops the idling. He didn't choose that one. He has purchased other addons and is complaining he isn't getting the benefit from this one. Of course not.
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by redguava 14y ago
They are trying to "cheat" the system by setting up automated pings to keep it alive. Do you really think that's in the spirit of the offering from Heroku? I don't know why it isn't working but I hope Heroku just "handles" that scenario.
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by redguava 14y ago
Why do you need to know how to setup and manage your own services. If it's not your expertise, spend your time where you can add the most value. I think Heroku is a perfectly fine option until you reach the point where you could hire a fu
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by redguava 14y ago
Apparently you did need more than one, because that's what stops your app idling. I see no problem with their support response, it was accurate.
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by redguava 14y ago
Heroku don't hide this, it's in their documentation https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/dynos#dyno-idling . Imagine how many free apps are created that are never used again. Should Heroku really devote resources to these apps? I think
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by redguava 14y ago
"Raganwald poses an interesting question. Why do some of the best minds in our industry spend time figuring out how to make people click more on ads?" Your answer is: "One simple answer to the question is Geography." There are two problems
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by redguava 14y ago
It sounds to me like your experience in a remote team was sub-par, but that doesn't make remote teams bad... just that one. Culture, chatter, gossip, staying up all night to get a release done... all of this can be done with remote teams if
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by redguava 14y ago
Getting a successful web app is tough, why add unnecessary constraints to make it harder? One example is "I can only spend $5,000 of my own money in this entire process". If you could get an awesome programmer for $6,000 to build the whole
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by redguava 14y ago
That would never work for a competent interviewer. Sure if they just downloaded a checklist off the web, but is that really the kind of place you want a job at?
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by redguava 14y ago
My experience has been that I interview worse for having "researched" interviewing. It gets me trying to answer what they want to hear rather than what I actually would normally say. That is a bad way to interview. Also as an interviewer,
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by redguava 14y ago
Following guides on how to answer interview questions does more harm than good. Just be honest and be yourself.
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by redguava 14y ago
I am not sure, my planning is for optimal circumstances and so far that's working out for me. Trusting your staff will do well by you does amazing things.
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by redguava 14y ago
I like the idea of regularly evaluating what you would do to keep someone, and then just doing it. Perhaps make it a six monthly thing. I think I came across this idea in a Netflix culture slide deck first and it stuck with me.
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by redguava 14y ago
What services are safe? Companies that haven't taken funding and are profitable. If they have taken funding then they are forced to look for an exit (acquisition, IPO, etc.). It's a ticking time bomb.
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by redguava 14y ago
Really nice to read an article like this that actually goes into detail and gives you some things you can take away and apply right away. Thanks for sharing and great job on the website, loads super fast for me.
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by redguava 14y ago
Your messaging isn't clear to me. I have read both: "Notify friends with your game plans and keep up with theirs." and "GameCall makes it simple to notify your friends with your game plans, and keep up with theirs." Neither of those make i
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by redguava 14y ago
Clickable link https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/gamecall-social-sports/id521...
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by redguava 14y ago
I love the discount for them embedding your advertising on their site. Great idea. Good luck with it all.
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by redguava 14y ago
@roel_v yes. Also a very relevant one to the conversation. See my profile.
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by redguava 14y ago
I'm really not. I understand the context.
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by redguava 14y ago
I disagree. Building software does mean something, it is what you are doing every day. If I am building software, I am writing code, testing, deploying and designing user experience workflows. All of that is the same no matter which indu
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by redguava 14y ago
I don't think you are making a correct analogy here. If you build software and that's what you enjoy, then build software, don't build audio systems or design furniture. The actual industry you build software for... well not as important,

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