samirageb

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by samirageb 4y ago
Experience w/Chargebee and it's quite robust. You'll still need a payment gateway Stripe/Braintree/Paypal as they don't do CC processing (CB does integrate with them), but if you need subscription management, c
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by samirageb 10y ago
See the official statement here: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/dotnet/2016/05/23/changes-t...
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by samirageb 11y ago
+1. To my knowledge Discord is and will always be intended for gamers for the forseeable future. They don't have the infrastructure to support enterprise expectations like LDAP/SSO, dedicated account managers, support hotlines, gu
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by samirageb 11y ago
1pw user here and long time AD architect. If you have any questions around AD/LDAP, I'd be happy to answer what is 'common' when dealing with AD-integrated solutions.
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by samirageb 11y ago
Um, Xamarin?
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by samirageb 12y ago
I think this has potential, but there are so many usability issues that it's quite difficult to use effectively. A few examples (only talking about laptops): -Labels on the sliders are unclear. If I select 4GB of RAM, are the results
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by samirageb 12y ago
The stats that would be hit the most obviously would be bandwidth, followed by RAM. Storage requirements would change of course, but bandwidth would be absorbed by whatever CDN they're using, so traffic quantity stat would be differen
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by samirageb 12y ago
Thanks for the reply Brent, a few points I should clarify. > Luckily they were able to get the Microsoft SQL team engaged to get them through this. Looking at this statement now, I see that it might have appeared that Microsoft 'cam
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by samirageb 12y ago
It's probably worth noting a few things about StackExchange's uniqueness for those that may not know. StackExchange runs on physical hardware and they have spent a considerable amount of time optimizing for bare metal performance.
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by samirageb 14y ago
This article was pretty interesting to read, but unfortunately drew one incorrect conclusion... "I guess my point is, that if you want to become a programmer, you have to be comfortable with having to learn new things constantly for the res
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by samirageb 15y ago
As a Chicagoan trying to build a social network, I can say that this article hits a little too close to home; our ecosystem is completely dysfunctional. Go to a start-up event, and you'll see mostly service providers and FTEs that aren't w
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by samirageb 15y ago
As someone that's bootstrapped for 3 years, I can say that working hard is imperative, but can also be incredibly detrimental to your business. I believe in the spirit of the blog post, as long as you don't get caught up in absolutes, beca
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by samirageb 15y ago
"My job impacts the bottom line more than yours." That couldn't be further from the truth. If I make mistakes, websites, phone systems, <insert service name here> become inaccessible for an unknown duration. That's best case. Wor
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by samirageb 15y ago
CS/CE offer no discernable value to the IT scene, unfortunately. Define 'take care'. Not install spyware knowingly? Ok great. How about making sure that software you install don't conflict with regular updates that are made to all syste
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by samirageb 15y ago
As someone that programs as well, giving admin access to programmers generally makes sense. In a perfect world however, I'd rather give you your own sandbox to mess up and not your desktop so that when the next wave of patches get pushed o
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by samirageb 15y ago
I think you would find that to be simply not true depending on the nature of the organization. Work for the government, or any security conscious organization, and you'll see how little control you have (for good reason).
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by samirageb 15y ago
There are terrible IT people out there, that's for sure. Many don't go beyond the knowledge of someone from the Geek Squad. But then again, that goes for every profession. Many times the nicest IT staff are those that are the most clueles
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by samirageb 15y ago
Some excellent points I hadn't mentioned in my reply in this thread. People often forget that keeping things up is a constant battle. Your opening paragraph says it all though. When developers talk about how difficult programming is, I al
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by samirageb 15y ago
I agree 100% with this statement, but as someone that's lived in IT all of my career, I believe there is one more point: education. The most successful organizations have an executive team that embraces IT as a necessary component of succe
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by samirageb 15y ago
It's interesting how the criticism of supporting those that serve usually come from people that have never enlisted. Anyone that has served in a war deserves total respect for the sacrifices & suffering they endured every day, regardles
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by samirageb 15y ago
Might try http://techcofounder.com
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by samirageb 15y ago
Very interesting post. If a VC stepping in to save the ship is what's needed, I'd be all for it. I wonder how many Fred Wilsons there are out there though...
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by samirageb 15y ago
Cloudkick, New Relic, Nagios, Nimsoft Pingdom is pretty fail and unrealiable tbh. Hopefully this helps a bit.
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by samirageb 15y ago
Apple is a significant player in the market today, but they have a glass ceiling. Yes the iPhone has a lead on the mobile market today, but when they lose that lead what then? Apple's OS has never been a gaming platform, apple's ability
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by samirageb 15y ago
I never really post on HN (even though I should) and saw this post and had to respond. First, if you ARE VERY SERIOUS about suicide, please seek help as others have mentioned. I suspect you're simply very sad and venting, but please don't d
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Startup competition lessons from the Gamers Portal team(blog.gamersportal.com)
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