neodude

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by neodude 10y ago
A lot of YC non-profits produce "actual software". I know Watsi does, because I run the product and engineering team there.
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by neodude 11y ago
Watsi (YCW13) / SF / Full-stack engineers (onsite) Watsi is a global crowdfunding platform that enables anyone to directly fund healthcare for people around the world. “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.
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How Watsi Built a Site That Saves Lives(stackshare.io)
44 points by neodude 12y ago|0 comments
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by neodude 12y ago
Hey there, Thomas from Watsi here. We actually used to have a "Donate monthly" checkout during the one-time donation flow, but in the several months that the checkbox was live, I think exactly one person ever checked it. We also h
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Premal Shah joined our board(blog.watsi.org)
4 points by neodude 12y ago|0 comments
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by neodude 12y ago
No worries - I'll fix that for you right now! Look for an email in your inbox shortly.
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by neodude 12y ago
Running out of money is the most common way for a startup to die, so successfully living in SF on the cheap certainly mitigates that.
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by neodude 12y ago
A quick clarification here: joining the Universal Fund doesn't mean that we charge your credit card an amount every month and you have no idea where or who your donation is going towards. Every month, we automatically pick a patient yo
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by neodude 12y ago
Thomas from Watsi here! When we were initially building the recurring donation feature, we experimented with using Stripe's recurring billing functionality, but we ended up building our own monthly charging (still through Stripe's
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by neodude 12y ago
Where do you draw the line between "creating new software" and a "large scale project"? Every large scale project starts as a small project, so at some point you must decide to start writing tests; and then you have the
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by neodude 12y ago
Watsi – http://watsi.org – San Francisco, CA; FULLTIME, possible VISA Watsi is a global crowdfunding platform that enables anyone to directly fund healthcare for people around the world. ~~~~~~~~~~ “How we spend our days is, of
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by neodude 12y ago
Mike, I'm curious if you think Sidekiq suffers from a similar issue on Heroku, and what the solutions - ideas or already implemented - look like?
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My Social Media Fairy Tale(linkedin.com)
2 points by neodude 13y ago|0 comments
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Being alone(jessepollak.me)
177 points by neodude 13y ago|160 comments
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by neodude 15y ago
San Francisco, CA Pivotal Labs - FULLTIME, REMOTE, H1B. We're one of the best agile development consultancies around. We're looking for sharp, empathetic software developers, mainly working on web (Rails, JS) and mobile (iPhone, Android) pr
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by neodude 15y ago
The company is doing great, has a solid growth strategy and headed for an IPO. Why wouldn't you invest in a company like that? Not all VCs are early-stage, high-risk investors.
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by neodude 15y ago
San Francisco, CA Pivotal Labs - FULLTIME, INTERN, REMOTE, H1B. We're one of the best agile development consultancies around. We're looking for sharp, empathetic software developers, mainly working in web (Rails) and mobile (iPhone, Android
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by neodude 15y ago
From the author's about page, he says he went to Southern Illinois University.
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by neodude 15y ago
Just because you pre-install something on my phone doesn't mean I'm going to use it. Think pre-installing AOL on those Dell laptops..
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by neodude 16y ago
A short list from wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_who_have_been_ca...
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The Smartphone Bicycle(yankodesign.com)
2 points by neodude 16y ago|0 comments
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by neodude 16y ago
If you're only developing one application, I believe you can just buy the $80 license. That's amazingly inexpensive for such a stellar piece of software.
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Om Malik: Silicon Valley's Talent Crunch(gigaom.com)
19 points by neodude 16y ago|12 comments
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by neodude 16y ago
The challenge for Orbs is to come up with a way to be profitable without make it too expensive for casual use.
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by neodude 16y ago
Counter-anecdote: I just got rejected from a startup because I was too inexperienced, despite having 4+ years of professional experience under my belt. They said there's no reason why I wouldn't be awesome, but I've just done too little for
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by neodude 16y ago
Quora's job postings set a very high bar for applicants: http://www.quora.com/jobs
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by neodude 16y ago
If SMrF cares to share, I'd be curious to hear how his compulsion affected his relationship with his wife. Did she agree with the crazy hours? What did she do when you were crying yourself to sleep? It sounds like a horrible experience to w
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by neodude 16y ago
It's nice to see so many gay geeks 'come out' on this thread. I had assumed I was the only one. Sexuality is such an infrequent topic on HN.
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by neodude 16y ago
@asym - are you in San Francisco? I've gone (and am still going) through some similar issues. I see you rock climb too, we should hit the gym together sometime and chat face-to-face.
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by neodude 17y ago
windsurfer, are you trying to find startup ideas? ;)

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