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by tsestrich 10y ago
What you described actually sounds really useful, but probably not for the hobbyist. For people with just hobby projects, yeah, it's probably overkill. I definitely agree, though. My intent is to monitor for if/when we get close t
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Ask HN: How do you monitor multiple cloud infrastructure services?
3 points by tsestrich 10y ago|2 comments
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by tsestrich 10y ago
That's a fair point, but it's so far down the road that for the foreseeable future it won't be a problem (at least for us). We're not under VC-backed pressure to grow at some unsustainable pace, so we can choose to bring
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by tsestrich 10y ago
As the co-founder of an on-demand service company [1], I have to agree partly with the core argument about trust, but disagree with its conclusion about the model's viability. It is definitely hard to ensure trust and satisfaction amon
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by tsestrich 10y ago
Hey, HN! Long-time fan, infrequent contributor here. I posted this a while back, but since I didn't get much traction I believe it's fair game to re-post. My co-founder and I are excited to share with you our startup - Taxaroo. At
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Show HN: Taxaroo, an on-demand platform for tax preparation(taxaroo.com)
4 points by tsestrich 10y ago|1 comments
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by tsestrich 11y ago
Thanks so much for your well thought-out response! I think your perspective is one that many people share, though fortunately for us, not everyone does! My co-founder is a CPA with his own tax firm, and they handle ~1000 clients/year w
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by tsestrich 11y ago
Link for ease of access: https://www.taxaroo.com
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Ask HN: Advice needed on our startup, a professional tax preparation marketplace
2 points by tsestrich 11y ago|3 comments
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by tsestrich 11y ago
Yeah, they actually rebranded it as TurboTax Personal Pro before they discontinued it. It just shut down before this current tax season. We're picking up where they left off, with our company Taxaroo[1]. My understanding from the resea
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by tsestrich 11y ago
That's awesome! We're excited to have you giving it a try. Thanks for the feedback. I absolutely agree regarding the ranking/rating system. We've really just recently launched, so right now we just don't have many r
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by tsestrich 11y ago
I've used TurboTax the past few years, and completely echo the sentiment expressed by others regarding the hidden charges that get tacked on when starting with a "free" return. Turned out that losing money on the stock market
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by tsestrich 11y ago
I'm sorry to come in with a blatant promo, but we've just done exactly what you described! https://www.taxaroo.com . We can match you with a preparer from anywhere in the country, we quote you a hard up-front price, and
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by tsestrich 11y ago
Hey, thanks for the suggestion! Unfortunately, since we're U.S. based we weren't comfortable branching outside the U.S. just yet (since we aren't sure of the laws in other countries in this area). I hope we can support other
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Taxaroo Aims to Be Uber for Tax Preparers(accountingtoday.com)
1 points by tsestrich 11y ago|0 comments
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by tsestrich 11y ago
Hey! We do based on state. When you receive a quote, it includes all states you've lived or work. We then match you with preparers who indicate that they can handle returns for those states. By agreeing to do these states, they are in
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by tsestrich 11y ago
Hey, HN! Long-time fan, infrequent contributor here. My co-founder and I are excited to share with you our startup - Taxaroo. At the risk of sounding cheesy, think of Taxaroo as "Uber", but for tax preparation. Taxaroo is a market
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Show HN: Taxaroo – professional tax preparation without leaving your house(taxaroo.com)
8 points by tsestrich 11y ago|7 comments
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Randi Zuckerberg Quits Job at Facebook(christianpost.com)
1 points by tsestrich 15y ago|0 comments
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by tsestrich 15y ago
I completely agree, and I'm 22. The fact that I check HN several times a day should speak to my interest in technology. I would say this has nothing to do with age, just a certain sense of what's valuable. While time has shown that the aver
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by tsestrich 16y ago
I found that this article could easily have been written about my University, from which I graduated about a year ago. I wanted to do a startup-esque project for my Senior Design capstone project, and I had no end of complications in gettin
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by tsestrich 16y ago
Would be interesting, but "not available in [my] territory" (USA)
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by tsestrich 16y ago
I wouldn't necessarily say that. I find it interesting that some segment of the internet finds this site useful, or it wouldn't have existed for as long as it has. Perhaps a small rural town finds this the easiest way to quickly browse th
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by tsestrich 16y ago
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Beard-second, and other (real) unusual units of measure(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by tsestrich 16y ago|1 comments
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by tsestrich 16y ago
This is a fantastic idea. Maybe not something I'd use personally, but the idea of trying to bring some element of game mechanics into something so menial as washing your dishes is pretty creative thinking. Also +1 for the video, it was pret
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by tsestrich 17y ago
Simply awesome. I must have used every single domain name search app there is and this is by far the best
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by tsestrich 17y ago
This seems to be the same, but at Lowes. Correct me if I'm wrong: http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&prod...
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by tsestrich 17y ago
Not able to find that on the Home Depot website. Do you have a link by any chance?
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by tsestrich 17y ago
Interesting article, particularly in regards to the tax credit for office spaces (I happen to be in Pittsburgh, might be useful knowledge for the future). I guess I don't agree with everyone else here, but I think it all came together well

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