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by nwp 7y ago
I’ve never understood this kind of thinking. If you want to give your money away you are absolutely free to do so. The Gates Foundation does wonderful things. If you want to fund government, pretty much every public school system of any rea
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by nwp 8y ago
I have worked in software for 20 years with numerous being very early stage ventures. I would say that most of the problems I’ve faced in software venture is with non-technical founders who, generally speaking, provide minimal value until p
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by nwp 10y ago
FYI: Truther article
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by nwp 13y ago
As a guy coming up on 40 this is my number one concern.
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by nwp 14y ago
This is a nice presentation about URL best practices, but it doesn't really get into the most relevant or interesting topic of RESTful API design which is resource design representation. I'd love to see more in these specific areas with con
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by nwp 14y ago
My issue with this has less to do with the rate and more to do with the overall tone of it. Sam has done some excellent work, no doubt, and should charge whatever rate he finds appropriate. However, the presentation of this is likened to a
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by nwp 15y ago
For the first six months or so of a startup's lifecycle, it's all about building a product. If you can't build a product, you're overhead at best and a distraction at worse.
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by nwp 15y ago
I was with a startup and was the only technical member of the founding team. While the two other members personally bootstrapped the venture, I have to admit that outside of the funding, they were of very limited value during the first 6-9
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by nwp 15y ago
I agree. There is absolutely no excuse for not having some sort of source control and deployment system in place at an organization with a commercially deployed solution. Why would anyone regard such a system as optional? It is irresponsibl
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by nwp 15y ago
Indeed, the over the top gags have grown tiresome.
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by nwp 15y ago
I frequently fork projects on Github, add features/fix bugs, send a pull request and then delete my fork after my changes have been integrated. I've started to consider keeping my forks around for this reason alone but that strikes me as a
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by nwp 15y ago
Why not just use JRuby?
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by nwp 15y ago
I'm of the opinion that co-founders should split the equity as evenly as possible.
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by nwp 15y ago
You can obviously build a very successful company outside "The Valley." However, I view being in the entrepreneurial "hot spots" like having multiple founder with a technical background--it just increases your odds of success.
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by nwp 16y ago
I had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Yunus in Dhaka and touring a village bank back in 2008. His personal office was simple and sparse (and not air conditioned) and he was very kind and down to earth considering his accomplishments. It is sad
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by nwp 16y ago
I have only recently discovered HN, and it has quickly become the most useful site I frequent. Up to now, however, I have not yet commented.