yixiang

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   by yixiang 7y ago

   I suggest remove "GFW" from the name. It's not funny if your site was blocked for the name when you promise to make clients' websites work in China. I also wonder if there's really a market for such a tool? Who need
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   by yixiang 7y ago

   > I spent the next six weeks building. By that point, my customers were loving the product – even my largest customer that started out highly skeptical of the paradigm. Everyone who had converted so far applauded the user experience and
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   by yixiang 8y ago

   I honestly don't notice a big difference, plus my self-hosted VPN still works as fast. So I guess a reliable VPN is the answer.
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   by yixiang 8y ago

   CN2 is basically a fast lane to China that you can buy from one of China's biggest internet providers (China Telecom). It has two flavors, CN2GT[0] and CN2GIA[1], CN2GIA is said to be faster. Some vps providers buy these fast lanes, ma
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   by yixiang 8y ago

   As far as I know, you can't do that, since your ICP license is tied to a host provider (like Aliyun), if you host your site somewhere else, you risk having your license revoked.
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   by yixiang 8y ago

   > If I host in Europe or US would the speed of traffic going into China be very slow? I'm not sure, but I guess it should be nowhere near 1Gbps. You'll have to test it to find out. > How can startups in China handle that kin
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   by yixiang 8y ago

   I'm Chinese. It's not that bad. * I've been hosting my Chinese blog in US vps since 2009 and it works fine. * I have Gitea hosted in US vps and it works fine too. * GoDaddy has Alipay (sort of China's PayPal) up for a lo
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   by yixiang 8y ago

   It could be, if you do it right. As a former freelancer and now consultancy owner, I suggest you to: 1. Avoid cheap freelancers. 2. Always start with small tasks to test a freelancer. Assume a freelancer is unreliable until proven otherwise
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   by yixiang 8y ago

   I was in a similar situation in a kind of reversed way several years ago. I was good at coding, but had no interest in it, since I had started learning it around 8 years before. The passion just wasn't there any more. But I was struggl
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    by yixiang 8y ago

    I've heard many companies say they can't hire a single developer, and then pass on good candidates. It's easier to blame the market than admit "we are terrible at recruiting."
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    by yixiang 8y ago

    After reading your comment about more context. I honestly feel you should seriously consider learning how to manage people/projects. Or, how to bring in help without bringing in problems. Ask yourself is this increase of work temporary
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    by yixiang 8y ago

    You have three options. 1. Learn management. If you want people to do things to your satisfaction, you have to be explicit about your expectations, communicate it, monitor progress, and review results. Even if you get a talented coder to he
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    by yixiang 8y ago

    I started with no connections too. I've been a freelancer since 2015 and I recently started my own consulting firm. Here's how I got clients. 1. I contacted someone on a PHP forum looking for coders, we chatted and he turned out t
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    by yixiang 8y ago

    I'm a Chinese, and I'm a gamer, I can help. I'm mainly a developer so I can take this gig if it doesn't take too much time. Or I can ask around for you. You can send me an email (see my profile) about the details.
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    by yixiang 8y ago

    I used to do English to Chinese translation jobs on Upwork, the pay was reasonable (translators are very under-paid in China) so there were some good translators. Nowadays Upwork are much more hostile to freelancers (or just Chinese freelan
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    by yixiang 8y ago

    As a freelancer from China who is starting my own agency, I've developed many outsourced projects for my clients, or my clients' clients. Here's my advice. 0. Sometimes it takes MORE time and effort if you outsource it. It mi
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    by yixiang 9y ago

    Sorry to AskewEgret for "borrowing" reply space. Location: Chengdu, China (UTC + 8) Remote: Yes, remote only Willing to relocate: No Technologies: PHP, Laravel, Vanilla JavaScript, Git, Mithril.js, Cordova, Vue.js, Angular, Ionic,