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by zapnap 15y ago
It's too bad that government / regulatory boundaries can't be overcome as easily :(. But when they can be overcome, the solutions are all that much more valuable and defensible.
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by zapnap 15y ago
Stripe is an awesome example of a company that addressed a tangible frustration / real need instead of a desire or a higher-level "want". I've noticed that companies that provide "Internet plumbing" often fall into this category: * SendGrid
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by zapnap 15y ago
Surprised that it's taken this long for the accelerator / incubator model to be adapted to hardware developers and makers. Makes a ton of sense. Really looking forward to seeing this first batch. The dual china-us angle makes it interesting
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by zapnap 15y ago
Yes, as mentioned on the site, the whole idea behind this is to publish the results. Otherwise there's no value! Can't blame you one bit :).
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by zapnap 15y ago
Another option is http://github.com/jeffrafter/simple_admin Was originally a modified (ahem, simplified) version of ActiveAdmin, but has grown quite a bit since then.
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Geeks on a Train: Startups in China(chinaccelerator.com)
1 points by zapnap 15y ago|0 comments
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by zapnap 15y ago
When assembling the data set, anything that was clearly 404'ing or unresponsive was pruned out (one or two might have slipped by, do let us know if that's the case). Fresh data is of course harder to gauge. Frankly, I was surprised -- and i
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Rails Rumble Alumni: Over 80 entries online from 2007-2010(archive.railsrumble.com)
10 points by zapnap 15y ago|6 comments
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by zapnap 15y ago
Loren created YARD, which is easily the best Ruby documentation generator out there. His attention to detail and concern for release management is pretty much unparalleled within this community. He's also a recipient of a Ruby Hero award. F
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Easy Rails OAuth integration testing with Omniauth and Capybara(blog.zerosum.org)
29 points by zapnap 16y ago|10 comments
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Better AWS Access Control with IAM and Fog(blog.zerosum.org)
25 points by zapnap 16y ago|0 comments
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Stomp.io for social adventures (launch conference)(stomp.io)
59 points by zapnap 16y ago|9 comments
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by zapnap 16y ago
<insert joke about natural selection>
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by zapnap 16y ago
A few that I swear by: github http://github.com for source control and wikis sendgrid http://sendgrid.com or Amazon SES for email mogotest http://mogotest.com for browser testing recurly http://recurly.com for managing recurring pay
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by zapnap 16y ago
I bought my wife an Optimus-T for Christmas and, though it may not be as fast as my Nexus-S, it's a solid, well-built little phone that does everything she needs and a lot more. In fact, I tend to think the build quality is higher than the
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by zapnap 16y ago
Agree. I thought the exact same thing when I read the article. And then proceeded to be voted down in the comments for posting about it. It's a conspiracy! :)
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by zapnap 16y ago
neuro___...
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by zapnap 16y ago
and we'll be glad to have you :)
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by zapnap 16y ago
Hey, I'm one of the RR organizers. We've been toying with the idea of running a language/framework-agnostic competition too, but in the meantime RR itself allows use of any Rack-based Ruby web framework.
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RubyDoc.info: Auto-generated RubyGems and GitHub library docs(rubydoc.info)
45 points by zapnap 16y ago|3 comments
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Performing Basic Auth in Selenium(mogotest.com)
1 points by zapnap 16y ago|0 comments
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Taking full page (or canvas) screenshots in Windows(nirvdrum.com)
1 points by zapnap 17y ago|0 comments
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On Amazon EC2 Spot Instances(nirvdrum.com)
6 points by zapnap 17y ago|0 comments
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About Open Source Stewardship(blog.zerosum.org)
1 points by zapnap 17y ago|0 comments
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Notes from MIT Startup Bootcamp(blog.zerosum.org)
3 points by zapnap 17y ago|0 comments
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Remote Pair Programming Resources(dobbscodetalk.com)
3 points by zapnap 17y ago|1 comments
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by zapnap 17y ago
You really want to make judging code a part of an innovation competition? I know some have gone that route. But personally, I can't think of a more subjective thing. Most commercially viable web applications find their success through execu
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by zapnap 17y ago
That's a great question. Up to this point we've really assumed that most people come to the table with a team or potential teammates already in mind. One thing we could certainly do better in the future is providing mechanisms through which
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by zapnap 17y ago
Here are a few more: * http://prioritizd.com * http://bidbuildbill.com * http://jot.ly * http://imatightwad.com * http://qflip.net * http://trackclass.com * http://whatdoesthiserrormean.com * http://remindr.info * http://ww
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by zapnap 17y ago
Here are a couple previous winners: http://tastyplanner.com http://meetinbetween.us Both are still running and doing quite well. Although no one has made a million dollars on a Rumble exit quite yet, we're looking forward to the first o

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