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by penguin_gab 11y ago
For those of you who answered yes - could you elaborate more? And also shed some light to new founders on what to look out for, questions to ask, red flags to look out for, and advice in general when choosing investors?
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by penguin_gab 12y ago
how do I integrate your service into my app? do I have to use API calls & is there an admin panel that's exposed?
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by penguin_gab 12y ago
OP what is your startup? curious!
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by penguin_gab 12y ago
do you have examples?
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by penguin_gab 12y ago
where did you get your stats from?
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by penguin_gab 12y ago
Wow! Your app looks impressive.. I think your team stands a good chance of being invited for an interview. How long have you been hacking on it?
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by penguin_gab 12y ago
that's a good suggestion.. will look into it. am just worried that it won't give me a deep enough understanding/customisation compared to Opsworks..
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by penguin_gab 12y ago
thanks! it looks like a good guide to getting started with Opsworks and Chef
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Ask HN: I'm a Rails dev who wants to learn to comfortably deploy apps to AWS
8 points by penguin_gab 12y ago|4 comments
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by penguin_gab 13y ago
We are trying to create a mobile-first (tablet and iPhone) solution to managing sales pipelines for small/medium companies. This is because we personally found salesforce too bloated for our needs. I would love to chat more with you ab
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Developers - Working in consultancy vs pdt-based company?
1 points by penguin_gab 13y ago|1 comments
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by penguin_gab 13y ago
Startups are overrated. Start a service-based business. Start alone. For the first 3 - 6 months, focus on building a portfolio of good work and references. For the next 6 - 12 months, focus on steadily increasing your rates/prices and
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by penguin_gab 13y ago
What is your company called? Have a URL? Just curious..
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by penguin_gab 13y ago
And come back as interim CEO?
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by penguin_gab 13y ago
nice to hear that rdouble! how did you get hired, and were you hacking on your own projects/code before that?
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by penguin_gab 13y ago
Hey tptacek, I read some of your previous posts regarding consulting and I must say they were very useful. Do you have any tips for myself who is running a 18-month old consulting firm that does mobile development work for businesses, and u
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How to Implement A Binary Search Algorithm in iOS(getappninja.com)
1 points by penguin_gab 13y ago|0 comments
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by penguin_gab 13y ago
We didn't really manage it well, and it was not sustainable beyond a year. I remember feeling stressed out and exhausted all the time, having to manage client expectations and still keep working on my product. What I would do is that I woul
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by penguin_gab 13y ago
Yes, totally agree with this. Consulting kinda softens the blow of your product taking time to gain traction. For startups, there is calendar time and labor time. Certain things, like SEO, marketing, email lists and credibility take time to
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by penguin_gab 13y ago
My team and I also tried this same approach for my mobile education startup - but differently. The issue with working one week on, and three weeks off is that the client is willing to accommodate you flying off the radar for three weeks, an
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A story of Facebook, Parse, Apple, Google and the modern gold rush(getappninja.com)
1 points by penguin_gab 13y ago|0 comments
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by penguin_gab 13y ago
Check out http://www.getappninja.com/ which currently features an iOS for Absolute Beginners video screencast series that takes you from zero knowledge to building a Zombie Pet game from scratch. Also Ray Wenderlich resources are great IM
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by penguin_gab 14y ago
Very nice. I totally agree. The reason why I picked up programming in the first place is not to become an 'uber geek', but simply to build cool things. Apparently this same sentiment is held by Zuckerberg as well in his code.org video. "It
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by penguin_gab 14y ago
"This force field deflects solar winds and all kinds of other space radiation away from the Earth. Without it, our atmosphere would slowly be blown away, turning our environment cold and dead, like Mars."
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Depletion of Earth's Magnetic Field and Why It Could Mean The End Of Humanity(icr.org)
1 points by penguin_gab 14y ago|3 comments
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by penguin_gab 14y ago
The source code for the script for infected drones is at Github, it should be easy to identify a hacked drone - function () { up(Math.random() * 2 - 1) }, function () { left(Math.random() * 2 - 1) }, function () { turn(Math.random() * 2 - 1
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by penguin_gab 14y ago
I run an iOS development company that does exactly what you describe. Our clients range from large corporations to scrappy startups. But I can attest to one thing, the only people who are making STEADY PROFITS are developers like myself. It
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by penguin_gab 14y ago
This is very inspiring. One of the better replies to encourage OP to continue on his current path
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by penguin_gab 14y ago
Learn about HTML5, CSS3 and a little bit of Javascript, enough to understand and utilize jQuery like what bartonfink said. This is as front-end as front-end gets for web development. Do not worry about design or templating, knowing a bit of