wdewind

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by wdewind 12y ago
You're talking about an organization that has an existing infrastructure that is bad. This thread is about an organization that has an existing infrastructure that is good but not 100% optimal for NewProjectX, and whether or not it ma
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by wdewind 12y ago
> When you work hard on a product it's easy to become emotionally invested. Know that feeling :)
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by wdewind 12y ago
> Features that used to take months to push out in complex releases using a convoluted process of branching, meetings and tons of arguments are now delivered continually using the Github flow with little-to-no drama and far fewer product
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by wdewind 12y ago
It definitely sounds awesome. We've got a pretty simple deployment system at the moment and so it's a solved problem for us, but when it starts to breakdown we'll definitely take a look at CF.
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by wdewind 12y ago
That's really cool, I did not know about that. You were talking about PaaS and Heroku, which I don't think is the same as forking an OS project and owning it yourself, which is fine for what I was talking about. I don't thi
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by wdewind 12y ago
> The point is, if you're doing this all by hand, you're doing it wrong. You should rent or install a PaaS and move along to the part where you create value instead of inventing a cool-sounding wheel. That makes a lot of sense
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by wdewind 12y ago
> This is, in theory, why microservices with APIs mean that it really doesn't matter. No it still really does matter, because if your company needs to deploy those microservices in different ways then you need more people to support
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by wdewind 12y ago
> For these teams, choosing Node certainly wouldn't cost an innovation token, while deciding to build some service in Python, Ruby or PHP (if we take at face value that this is more "boring") may end up being more costly.
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by wdewind 12y ago
It's not only that, it's also that if you have two languages in your codebase you now need two ways to deploy, two types of application servers, two types of testing frameworks/QA setups etc. If having the two languages mean
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by wdewind 12y ago
I totally agree, that's why I said medium to large. My main point is that you are solving radically different problems with even 20+ engineers than you are with only 5 or so.
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by wdewind 12y ago
Ha, fair point, I guess I take that part back! (And sorry, Rasmus, I still think you're awesome)
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by wdewind 12y ago
Having come from Etsy and witnessed the success of this type of thinking first hand, I think you missed the point of the article and I think you are using a tiny engineering organization (4 people) in your thinking, instead of a medium to l
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by wdewind 12y ago
New York City, NYC NY Justworks - http://www.justworks.com We are building a platform for people to administer every part of their business, starting with payroll, benefits, compliance and tax filing. We've also built out P
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by wdewind 12y ago
Wouldn't the game stop working as soon as the moisture evaporated if that was true?
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by wdewind 12y ago
Nope, I'm saying in a normally functioning human being caloric surplus period is what causes gaining weight. The insulin response is something that has gained a lot of popularity recently because people like complex explanations, but
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by wdewind 12y ago
The insulin response absolutely does not cause excess weight gain by itself. Many people are confused about how it contributes to weight gain. The only significant effect it has is behavioral: for some people it can cause you to feel like
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by wdewind 12y ago
Describing calories as "empty" is not really a useful way to think about nutrition. Carbs are not "empty," they are your primary energy source. In fact, as you point out, Jared lost weight primarily by removing fats f
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by wdewind 12y ago
Rat park is an interesting idea that is certainly compelling but in no way concrete. Follow up studies have failed to replicate the results, which doesn't mean it's wrong, but does mean it warrants a lot more work before deciding
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by wdewind 12y ago
I agree with your overall point, but keep in mind how much low hanging fruit there is to truly improve people's lives here. Here's a story: I had a small mix up in my taxes that caused the government to think I owed them over $10,
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by wdewind 12y ago
New York City, NYC NY Justworks - http://www.justworks.com We are building a platform for people to administer every part of their business, starting with payroll, benefits, compliance and tax filing. We've also built out P
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by wdewind 12y ago
That's interesting. The Germans surrendered as well, but they may have done so with the intent of actually surrendering, and upon seeing the weakness of the people holding them realized they could probably break free, making it not pe
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by wdewind 12y ago
Look at the arguments PG makes for MSFT being dead: because he doesn't invite them to demo days (seriously, afaict that's 100% of the evidence he presents). Look at the arguments you make (it will be hard to reverse death, it wil
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by wdewind 12y ago
This is exactly what I'm complaining about. Completely anecdotal measures of stuff that truly doesn't matter, while ignoring actual data that shows the company being wildly successful.
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by wdewind 12y ago
> Microsoft's revenues had stopped growing. This is completely false. Microsoft's revenue has grown every year for the last 10 years except for one. I'm not really sure how to respond to the rest of your comment based on
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by wdewind 12y ago
The only part of Microsoft that was ever dying was their reputation in a very small circle of programmers (ie: us). It's a little frustrating to read such myopic views of MS (especially from PG) on an entrepreneurial website because t
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by wdewind 12y ago
> This means that you don’t have to touch the accelerator during stop and go traffic because it will do it for you. Soon Model S owners will be able to change lanes by only tapping on the turn signal stalks. No, they do not have to buy a
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by wdewind 12y ago
In the history of humanity the "build it and they will come" method of creating cities has not yielded great results. Take a look at Brasilia, or China's ghost cities.
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by wdewind 12y ago
> There are several types of proof. Nick Ashford and I observed the same patterns of inexplicable new-onset intolerances across very different toxic exposures in over a dozen countries. Sheep dippers using organophosphate pesticides in r
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by wdewind 12y ago
Because what you're talking about is a much, much smaller business.
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by wdewind 12y ago
No because it will be extremely difficult for you to fit within your caloric balance and still get all the micronutrients you need. But the issue here is that the carbs are paired with something that doesn't also give you those micron

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