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Ask HN: Solo owner here, how important is automation?
10 points by timmm 12y ago|11 comments
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by timmm 12y ago
> Facebook didn't start as a startup, neither did Google, neither did Craigslist. True, but for those looking to start a company there is very little to glean from these examples as they are massive outliers. These are some of the m
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by timmm 12y ago
Acceptance is typically the answer for ones emotional well being. I find that I can still strive towards what I want but I accept that where I am right now is exactly where I am meant to be on my journey. That it all will serve a larger pur
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by timmm 12y ago
Javascript. Growing use among web apps, growing use on server side. Applications are running more and more on the client. Most popular way to build an API is with Node.js, API's are only growing. MVC frameworks are only growing. Use of
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by timmm 12y ago
> Between enterprise backend web services. For me at least I would not want this sort of job, and I doubt I would be considered qualified. > Android It's unclear to me if native apps won't be usurped by the webview route. &g
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by timmm 12y ago
Javascript is a fine language to learn. It should teach you the basic elements that all languages have. That it is asynchronous is the only major thing that is different than some other languages.
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by timmm 12y ago
> If you are just starting out and would like to work in general web development, committing yourself to JS only would be stupid beyond belief. You're suggesting they focus on SQL instead? Ha. In my opinion, java script is probably
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by timmm 12y ago
Fair point about apps but websites are becoming more and more javascript centric.
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by timmm 12y ago
What flavor of regex are we do making this in?
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by timmm 12y ago
Development Tools 1. An HTML/CSS editor (FireBug for FireFox) 2. Network Traffic Monitor (Foxmeter for Firefox) 3. Cookie Manager (Advanced Cookie Manager) 4. User Agent Switcher (for Firefox) 5. Modify Headers (optional) 6. Javascript
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by timmm 12y ago
Fortunately for your hypothetical "king of php" is still underwhelming in most people's opinion. The other thing is learning the basics of one of these technologies really isn't super hard. It's not that you have to
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by timmm 12y ago
This is HN - we value everything but profits, get with it already!
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by timmm 13y ago
This is a webview app not a native app.
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Unlike Apple, Google does not receive Android App sales commission.
1 points by timmm 13y ago|2 comments
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by timmm 13y ago
Didn't that thread conclude old developers branch out into non-dev avenues?
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by timmm 13y ago
The founder, Dave Asprey, actually could not be more relevant to this community. He was the first person to sell something through the internet, and made 6 million dollars when he was 26 by selling his company Exodus Communications. Since t
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by timmm 13y ago
> people didn't born knowing Javascript. They learnt it. And one could argue that Lisp is just as easy to learn Just about everyone here knows javascript. Almost know one here knows Lisp, make your own conclusions.
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by timmm 13y ago
Jsut one tihgn: 1. Teh iopmtrnace fo godo gammrar. See, it's not that important.
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by timmm 13y ago
Sorry but little tricks and magic bullets like this do nothing in the long term to alleviate the issue. Primarily because you won't stick to the habit. OP you will have to decide whether doing work and being productive is something you
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by timmm 13y ago
> Minimizing pain, maximizing pleasure. Too reductivist, so do I eat the ice cream sundae and get pleasure right now? To the detriment of my long term health or do I eat the kale forfeiting short term pleasure and gaining long term plea
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by timmm 13y ago
Counter-example: Me, I don't work out. I work 9-5 at a tech job and then spend the weekend working on my own products. I don't struggle with motivation as I literally enjoy what I do. Always question advice that people like to rat
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by timmm 13y ago
This. Isn't part of the appeal of starting a web business the low costs required to do so? It sure as hell was for me when I started out. I have an app that I go months without doing anything with (touching the code base, answering cus
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by timmm 13y ago
> If you're anyone else, though, the best advice regarding SillyCon Valley is just to sit this lifetime out Or you can opt out of the silicon valley game of what is essentially arbitrage and instead grow a tech company the proper wa
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by timmm 13y ago
Calories in vs. calories out would assume we all have identical digestive physiologies which we don't. Furthermore there are many practices in cattle raising that allow for more fat and muscle gain without increasing calories but inste
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by timmm 13y ago
Or he wasn't a good fit for a multitude of reasons that could only be known after the work has begun.
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by timmm 13y ago
That makes sense, admittedly I've only had to work with small applications.
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by timmm 13y ago
We are smarter than this. Why do we accept this as a normal part of our industry. There are ways to avoid this, the anxiety, heart ache, and lack of dent in the universe. Let's learn from this.
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by timmm 13y ago
Honest question, what exactly is easier "to use"? Most hosting configs have php installed, to write a program you just code and save it as a .php, basically made for Mysql, and you have more documentation online than probably any
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by timmm 13y ago
Well done.
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by timmm 13y ago
"hiring [...] interns" I think you are confusing some terms there.

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