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13y ago
It's slow to start, but fast to run (usually). Just want to make sure everyone understands that. So for a continuously running flask app, I think you could make a good case for it.
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If it makes you feel better, I found his comment as strange as [i'm guessing] you found it
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13y ago
So... what is the solution? There are times where a legacy technology has limitations that ultimately prevent progress and create maintenance nightmares. A good example is some of the older database technologies where a 1TB database machine
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I would say it's time to get confrontational. One thing that separates a start-up from a regular company is that you shouldn't have normal office politics. You both (probably) have equalish equity so the only things preventing y
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Ask HN: What's your preferred web application structure?
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13y ago
Few companies actually use growth hacking as I understand it: taking advantage of [social] networks to grow exposure exponentially It's not SEO, and it's not SEM. It's making your product interesting and accessible to social
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13y ago
I think you know your family and friends better than anyone else. He's not the exception, he just knew enough to trust his mom.
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13y ago
Fair enough. I think it's a solid idea, and really useful for every company. I also think there's money in serving investors.
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Things change. Neighborhoods get gentrified. Neighborhoods get bombed. You adapt, or you die. Protesting progressive change is futile. You're not homeless because rents went up in your little neighborhood in Oakland. You're homele
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This could be valuable, especially for VC firms, and for startups who are looking to pitch themselves. That said, I'm a data scientist, and if your startup ranks poorly, there's no way for big data to estimate your ingenuity and a
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13y ago
I guess I consider those traits to be one and the same at their root, one just has a negative tone. In my mind, everyone who is devious is creative, but not the other way around.
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13y ago
Many of the best venture capitalists and entrepreneurs have psycopath-like tendencies. Think about the similarities. A good entrepreneur/venture capitalist should be: -Ruthless, selfish, unsympathetic -Capable of manipulating, good at
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13y ago
What I'm trying to say is that these cracking contests offer great PR, and you don't actually need to worry about the security of your site. So it's great for companies who are trying to instill investor/consumer confide
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13y ago
Yeah. While it sucks that HN has been commandeered for coinbase support issues, at the same multiple people seem to have lost 10k+, and if this is what it takes for them to get their funds back I fully support their posts. But damn, wouldn&
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On the flipside, it sounds like every company looking to prove their security should offer a cracking contest for the very reasons described in this article, because: 1) Investors will love it 2) No one in their right mind will attempt to
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13y ago
nice pun: "song and dance with Composer"
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13y ago
Wow. Awesome site, and it's incredible that you've proven to be so disruptive in just a year. I've already told my friends who might be graduating and moving soon to check you guys out before trying the traditional big-margin
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13y ago
Who uses :wq when you can use :x?