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by redguava 14y ago
So no-one should share advice or tips they have learnt to help them get by in a field that isn't their primary profession? I like that they are sharing what they have learnt about a field that isn't theirs and doing so in a way that will ap
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by redguava 14y ago
It would be cool if your slogan "Finder for the cloud" was replaced with "Explorer for the cloud" (or whatever windows users call it) if they are on windows. You could detect this pretty easily and it would prevent alienating a large percen
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by redguava 14y ago
There is a lot of room between a 1-man show and Intel/Tesla. People really think it's all or nothing and there is so much room in between. It doesn't mean it's a lifestyle business either, you can have a business earning over $10 million r
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Review: Is Apple's 13-Inch Retina MacBook Pro Worth the Money?(mashable.com)
1 points by redguava 14y ago|0 comments
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by redguava 14y ago
Agreed if I have to start pinching my door handle to lock it then I won't be impressed. Consider me an optimist though, I have faith in our fellow developers... even if there are a few blemishes on their record.
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by redguava 14y ago
"Not every startup should"... complete that sentence with almost anything and it will be true. Rather than a bunch of articles on different topics, I hope we can just agree that there isn't one rule fits all or we would all follow that rul
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by redguava 14y ago
It's up to the developer to make it usable, that doesn't take away from the fact that it's pretty amazing technology and people will find really cool stuff to do with it. I just wouldn't blame the tech for bad implementations.
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by redguava 14y ago
Why are "None" and "Not Applicable" grouped into one answer? Surely they are significantly different responses.
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by redguava 14y ago
Why aren't you a fan of trial periods? I much rather give it a shot before I commit to paying some money. In fact, I pass on many that don't have trials. It's easy to talk the talk on a marketing website, a free trial shows the truth.
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by redguava 14y ago
I don't know about how they do it, but I use both currently. SendGrid for one-off emails (ie. a user signs up for an account, their welcome email). MailChimp for email marketing (we send newsletters via them). MailChimp has since released M
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by redguava 14y ago
Great article but I think it's a fine line. I am so much more productive when I am doing something I enjoy. Let's say I am 5 times faster working on what I love to do, but it's only 50% as effective for my business as what I should do. We
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by redguava 14y ago
I don't see a problem with requiring Rails experience. It depends on the job of course. If I don't mind a slow ramp up and want someone right for the job that might last a few years then I don't care. If I have some complicated technical
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by redguava 14y ago
Put a trial version and change the price to $95. Also I would update the UI to look more modern. At worst take screenshots from a higher resolution screen so it doesn't look so cramped. Good job launching something!
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by redguava 14y ago
Find small businesses in your local area that don't have websites and offer to build them one for $500 (or whatever number you think). You just need a few to make your money and it shouldn't take you long to build a simple site. Use wordp
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by redguava 14y ago
I am really surprised this is getting voted up and is on the front page. What is interesting about this? What am I missing?
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by redguava 14y ago
I think the single best thing you can do is tailor your resume/cover letter for the job you are applying for. Every company wants to think that you really want to work for them and only them. If you send out an obviously standard cover let
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by redguava 14y ago
I believe opinions are welcome here.
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by redguava 14y ago
I prefer a company that admits they aren't giving attention to a product and stops taking signups, than a company that is happy to let people keep signing up even though it's left to quietly die in the background. I would say this is acting
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by redguava 14y ago
Clickable link http://www.redguava.com.au/amazing-developer-job-rails-or-io...
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by redguava 14y ago
There is plenty of merit using a language you enjoy. A certain language might be twice as fast to get work done in, but you can be 10 times as fast if you are enjoying yourself and motivated. I just wouldn't kid yourself that scaling is the
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by redguava 14y ago
The point where you are having scaling issues because of the language then you are really going to be past the worrying about bootstrapping/hiring stage. It sounds like you are spending time/effort worrying about scaling way before needed.
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by redguava 14y ago
If the intended recipient thought it was perfect, then he achieved his goal. We all have different preferences for emails we received, clearly he nailed it for his target.
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AWS Elastic Beanstalk now supports Ruby applications(aws.amazon.com)
2 points by redguava 14y ago|0 comments
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by redguava 14y ago
@jaffathecake I supplied a single example. Also, you might have a very javascripty web application that the users will have had the files cached 99.9% of the time so retrieving the files isn't an issue.
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by redguava 14y ago
Possibly. I am just saying that you might have things that are more important to do before the page loads that might warrant putting it in the head. It's not a set rule that javascript in the head is always bad, you just need to know the
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by redguava 14y ago
What if you are displaying different elements based on the users location/country (eg. currency, contact details), and you use javascript to detect and do this. You wouldn't want the page to load first and then this appear.
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by redguava 14y ago
"External JavaScript files in <head> – All of those JavaScript files nested inside the <head> tag, further delaying the start of page rendering." Sometimes the head is the best place to put the javascript. I didn't look int
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by redguava 14y ago
I meant cheapest. Also, I saw your comment above about once you are out of beta. I wouldn't wait. Set it at $9 or above and see what happens. The longer you leave it at $3, the more expensive it will look when you raise it (and I really
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by redguava 14y ago
$9/month at the cheapest.
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by redguava 14y ago
I think you should code in a language you enjoy. If Python seems fun, then stick with Python. If you become a good programmer, you should be able to find work no matter which language you choose. Also, it's harder to learn to program than

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