fredsters_s

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by fredsters_s 2mo ago
> You could easily spin up a forum where power users help each other tell me you've never run anything without telling me you've never run anything...
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by fredsters_s 3mo ago
it is very funny that most of the (presumably germans) in the comments are saying "it's not that bad and it's fine because you chose a complicated LLC structure"
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by fredsters_s 3mo ago
you might enjoy cities: skylines
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by fredsters_s 2y ago
Super awesome, love the vision, exciting to try something in this space, and agreed with your core observations and conclusions. My only criticism is that the interior / package needs to look way cooler to tempt people across. Workin
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Building reliable systems out of unreliable agents(rainforestqa.com)
295 points by fredsters_s 2y ago|54 comments
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by fredsters_s 3y ago
the twitter convo is pretty good, but AMA here if you're interested!
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by fredsters_s 4y ago
moving from offense to defense... tends to be a bad sign
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by fredsters_s 4y ago
been using the beta - really love it
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by fredsters_s 5y ago
yes :)
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by fredsters_s 5y ago
Oh good catch Todd, sorry about that - updated. And totally agreed, both products take a slightly different approach and have different strengths and weaknesses, try them both and see which is a better fit!
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by fredsters_s 5y ago
it kinda is :) - 10 years in, we're just getting started!
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by fredsters_s 5y ago
the other major difference is the design principles: our core belief is that everyone owns quality, and so we build for the 'no code' user as well. It's a really hard bar to hit, but I think we've done a good job so far
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by fredsters_s 5y ago
Nowhere do we say that the entire product organization - devs, designers, PMs - should not care about quality. It's a question of ownership and focus.
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by fredsters_s 5y ago
First off, we totally agree on this: "true product Quality is dependent upon an endemic cultural philosophy of an organization." What we're asking you to consider is how much of that is because the tooling is shutting out th
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by fredsters_s 5y ago
We have a free trial - you should try it instead of criticizing theory, I would love to get your feedback on the actual product, here or directly (I'm fred@rainforestqa.com). Regarding DOM interaction, you're missing the point. Al
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by fredsters_s 5y ago
> to say developers should not be interest or responsible for quality is most certainly a cop out Read the piece - it says no such thing. It's talking about 'ownership', which is distinct from participation and most certai
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by fredsters_s 5y ago
I totally see your point here - it's frustrating that how I presented it undermined the impact of the core point, which is that siloed ownership of quality is an anti-pattern, and an anti-pattern which is often a response to the limita
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by fredsters_s 5y ago
[author here] You are absolutely right: the optimal setup is a cross-functional team of domain experts collaborating on solving the customer's problem. The article is meant to point out that siloing QA to either just dev or just QA is
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by fredsters_s 5y ago
I think the ideal team setup is one you allude to: a cross-functional team with experts from each domain collaborating together. My intent was not to say that can't happen - but that it typically doesn't, because of specialization
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by fredsters_s 5y ago
[author here] Both are solid points! Regarding the incentive structure, I think you're right - there's no way to eliminate the friction that comes from competing incentives. Our experience has been that empowering the product orga
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by fredsters_s 5y ago
this has been our experience as well - sadly, however, most (all?) teams specialize and silo as they scale, and so you don't tend to see this setup beyond the very early stage
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by fredsters_s 5y ago
There are obviously substantive issues with the messaging - however, the piece reads like a hand-wavey bad-faith attempt at creating controversy for internet hype, for an upcoming book. Silicon Valley is literally built on 'paying it f
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Ending Covid-19 via herd immunity is 'a dangerous fallacy'(theguardian.com)
2 points by fredsters_s 6y ago|2 comments
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by fredsters_s 6y ago
I don't disagree, but not sure how you can make that claim given that you didn't ever experience your idealized version (which never existed after the 70s)
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by fredsters_s 6y ago
it's too bad really, the long-haul price competition they created on their routes was fantastic
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by fredsters_s 6y ago
on further investigation this is not true - they applied with a bitcoin wallet. Thanks for the fact check!
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by fredsters_s 6y ago
HN used to rewrite clickbait headlines...
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by fredsters_s 6y ago
> YC once tried an experiment of funding seemingly good founders with no ideas. I think every company in this no-idea track failed ...coinbase was a 'no idea' startup
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by fredsters_s 8y ago
Jeff works at Rainforest QA (we're YCS12) doing QA stuff for our customers. He's happy to answer any beef you have with his hot takes right here :)
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How Bad QA Killed 2.2M Imperials: A Death Star Post-Mortem(rainforestqa.com)
26 points by fredsters_s 8y ago|5 comments

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