joshtronic

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by joshtronic 8mo ago
https://joshtronic.com -- 13+ years of weekly diatribes and other noise
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by joshtronic 7y ago
I'm the solo founder of Holiday API - https://holidayapi.com - a DaaS platform for holiday information. The project was originally started in 2013 as an open source side project, while I running a network of niche social ne
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by joshtronic 9y ago
Profession: Senior Software Developer - full time, in office - <50 employees Also a husband / father and run some revenue generating side projects [08:00ish] Wake up, piss, weigh myself, brush teeth then read [09:00] Shower, get dre
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by joshtronic 10y ago
There are some weird price anomalies at other price points as well for hourly. In my previous posts Lightsail ended up being a fraction of a cent more than the others. As for the 1GB vs 1000MB, I assume it's as another poster mentioned
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by joshtronic 10y ago
yeah, I was speaking more in the context of a out of the box solution like Linode's NodeBalancer and DigitalOcean's recent offering. Nothing stopping ya from spinning up a Lightsail instance and slapping varnish on it though :)
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by joshtronic 10y ago
was a typo ... updating shortly :)
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by joshtronic 10y ago
yeah, since been updated... remnant from a previous post.. i'm only human :)
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by joshtronic 10y ago
Appreciate the link, I have a $5 review up as well now :) Since my posts are straight benchmarks, I don't touch on the support side of things typically (mostly because I only have had support interaction with the companies I use). That
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High-Memory Instances and $5 Linodes(blog.linode.com)
293 points by joshtronic 10y ago|170 comments
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Linode adds $5 plan and new high memory plans(linode.com)
3 points by joshtronic 10y ago|0 comments
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Why We Spent $1.5M to Change Our Name(sumo.com)
2 points by joshtronic 10y ago|0 comments
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The US Government Still Uses Floppy Disks to Manage Its Nuclear Operations(inc.com)
3 points by joshtronic 10y ago|1 comments
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Google in Edge now uses an old style layout(reddit.com)
2 points by joshtronic 11y ago|0 comments
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by joshtronic 11y ago
Expected to see a login with Github (and/or other repo hosting services) button considering the type of user you're attempting to attract.
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by joshtronic 11y ago
+1 for the source code!
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by joshtronic 11y ago
The catch is that you'd probably need everyone to upgrade their hardware and you'd still have to maintain an installable copy for the VM users
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by joshtronic 11y ago
I was on cash payments since they introduced the referral program. There's an button to switch over but (like /r/thebutton) I haven't clicked it. Not entirely sure if they will force me over to credits in the future. It&
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by joshtronic 11y ago
I ended up sticking with the monetary payments on my DO referral account but I also earn credits (they don't offer cash) from Linode. With Linode, I keep a small box there with my smaller sites and just let the credits pile up around i
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by joshtronic 11y ago
from http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/SCSI * Pronounced skuzzy * According to Apple Computer Corporation documentation, pronounced sexy (Only by Apple itself)
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by joshtronic 12y ago
Shot in the dark here, but perhaps it's the fact that consumer demand is (and has been) so high. Unsure how many orders they have backlogged at this point, but they took money for each of those orders. For all we know, they could have
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by joshtronic 12y ago
"There are only two kinds of programming languages: those people always bitch about and those nobody uses." -- Bjarne Stroustrup
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by joshtronic 12y ago
the domain is worthless. if there was a business attached to this that was generating revenue, there'd be value. don't be a troll.
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by joshtronic 12y ago
That was fun!! https://gist.github.com/joshtronic/427d0591379dc4255673
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by joshtronic 12y ago
also because features are complicated -- http://css-tricks.com/features-complicated/
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by joshtronic 12y ago
After seeing the impact that ad blockers have on my revenue, I choose not to use them. Easier to deal with ads than paywalls IMO.
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by joshtronic 12y ago
very insightful, thanks captain obvious
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by joshtronic 12y ago
Titles are pretty meaningless in most startup scenarios. It sounds more like they are looking for a technical co-founder and are using the C-level title as a carrot. If there is not a team already in place, you will most likely be handling
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DirectNIC may have been compromised(joshtronic.com)
10 points by joshtronic 13y ago|0 comments
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Why Limit the Format of a Password?(joshtronic.com)
3 points by joshtronic 13y ago|1 comments
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by joshtronic 13y ago
let me know when i can order one for my car! wait... i only commute by bike now that i'm a lazy PIH ;)

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