omouse

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by omouse 7y ago
Go simpler and go cheaper . Why not do real-time processing for all of 2 minutes. That's about the length of an elevator pitch and shouldn't cost so much. Or limit the number of beta users there can be. Or work some freelance j
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by omouse 7y ago
The best part is the "simplest thing possible". They actually didn't do that at all. I hate to dog-pile on this team, but damn , 100k spend in a month isn't simple at all!
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by omouse 7y ago
Ha, I'm re-reading The Lean Startup and this paragraph seems like a contradiction in terms of what an MVP is: We decided to build an MVP based on our best estimates and test the market that way. The goal was to launch something in 6 m
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by omouse 7y ago
The conclusion is sound, the assignments reinforce learning through multiple and repeated usage of the various skills needed to complete them. The lectures and notes and readings are there to give a foundation and to be a reference to some
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by omouse 7y ago
>Canadian tech is catching up in compensation terms, and the dominoes are going to start following as demand picks up Slowly changing. The US companies are going to pick up all the talent here.
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by omouse 7y ago
>And when you start contracting as an independent , you will make a whole lot more. This is true and more true if you're freelancing for US dollars. That sweet sweet conversion rate from USD to CAD works very well. But again this is
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by omouse 7y ago
>high taxes, housing bubble, stagnant salaries Salary ranges are still the same since a decade ago even though cost of living has gone up. My first job as a full-time dev was $65k rent was $1500 or thereabouts, I'm sure there are fi
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by omouse 7y ago
Yeah this is the way to go. European internet/cellphone plans are also cheaper than in Canada. So for freelancing or working at a company, it's worthwhile. Plus you can travel more easily around Europe when you're within an E
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by omouse 7y ago
>tech companies in Canada pay peanuts This is because: - Canadians are happy to accept whatever wages they are given (the "smart" Canadians move to the US to get higher salaries) - immigrants to Canada are happy to accept whate
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by omouse 7y ago
Fuzzed? That's a rarity in tests, that's awesome!
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by omouse 7y ago
Reflection isn't required; keys in JSON are strings, and there are basic data types that are supported (strings, numbers, booleans, arrays, and dictionaries which are more of the same). What's wrong with writing "initializers
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by omouse 7y ago
Yep this is why I like JSON Cpp, there's a single-file build and I've had success using it with Repl.it: https://neverfriday.com/2013/07/26/learning-jsoncpp/ Since JSON only has basic data type
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by omouse 7y ago
I'm wondering what the difference between this and json-cpp https://github.com/open-source-parsers/jsoncpp is. They look like they provide the same functionality, albeit this looks more "modern C++ style&quo
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by omouse 7y ago
not a ripoff, they just are using the codebase and have forgotten to remove all instances of the "Lobsters" name (along with having what looks like one user at the moment?) I mean, I hope they succeed as a different type of site o
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by omouse 7y ago
That's fair, the UX for Woocommerce does need a bit of technical hand-holding. Could be improved on, though it seems like the pressure from Shopify will force some improvement on that front.
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by omouse 7y ago
some open source people Hey now, stop with the name-calling :P I work on and use proprietary end to end solutions for ecommerce (but not Shopify). Woocommerce wins for me because it lowers development costs and costs are lower overall. My
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by omouse 7y ago
I don't know, these options look just as much as "swipe credit card, get started" as Shopify's options: https://www.siteground.com/woocommerce-hosting.htm?afcode=d5... * Until then, Shopify earns their k
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by omouse 7y ago
I've set up ecommerce sites quite a few times and it was honestly 1 to 2 days of "work", install + configure and then the rest was customization which clients pay for and are patient for. We were ready to sell product within
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by omouse 7y ago
They're beating earning expectations consistently: https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/SHOP/ They're also growing and hiring more which always looks good in the books. Unfortunately, while their revenue is g
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by omouse 7y ago
Regulated meaning a tightly controlled and closed "market"? Number of plugins isn't the greatest metric but it's a good leading indicator. It's kinda hard to estimate how many merchants and customers and volume of t
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by omouse 8y ago
I'm sure that China and the US are certainly not on some ethical high ground such that considering funding companies in different [insert authoritarian governments here] is questionable. Why not YC North Korea then? I cannot believe in
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by omouse 8y ago
You aren't keeping the count somewhere else, in a cache, let's say?
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by omouse 8y ago
Interesting! Also, is this free/open source?
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by omouse 8y ago
It's because the whole app ecosystem is proprietary and the open source packages aren't as polished. I remember when it was a huge pain to use Bonjour. It seems like this should be a solved problem but maybe it takes a Mozilla or
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by omouse 8y ago
The eternal problem of uploading and sharing massive files seems to always have new solutions.
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by omouse 8y ago
Same here, there's a huge difference between YC in the early days and now. the Series A program, which coaches seed-stage alums on how to nab follow-on funding Pushing startups further into the hands of VCs who'll get rich whene
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by omouse 8y ago
If this happens often, perhaps the user interface for npm publish needs to change? I mean, that's the only thing I can see mitigating this, with like a nice dialog that says "hey, are you REALLY REALLY sure and have you consulted
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by omouse 8y ago
It's obvious from that structure that Microsoft realizes they are part of a larger ecosystem and that they aren't a dominant channel. > if you rely mostly on your own marketing methods, then it should get less That's usu
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by omouse 8y ago
The best offense is a good defense, so the sooner they start patching software, the better. The sooner they get developers to use safer languages, the better. But that's not gonna happen, it's apparently too costly to develop safe
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by omouse 8y ago
I think this is the $137 million dollar question.

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