May
27
Memo #5 – Don’t start by needing users
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If the utility of your new startup is directly related to the number of users using the service, find a different hook to get people actively using it. Unless you’re amazingly good at managing the customer lifecycle, I won’t come back after checking it out once and getting bored. Find a way to for me to get value out of it as an individual first.
May
22
So do you not want my business or what?
Oh, and obviously, Java totally sucks.
Update: Apparently in Lenovo-speak “Save Cart” means “Empty Cart.” Jerks.
Apr
23
Memo #3 – rsyncd can’t talk
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Welcome to the unix ghetto. This is the place where ubiquitous and yet oddly crappy programs like rsync live. A program that, when operating as an rsync daemon, and despite have a way to run in the foreground (–no-detach), has no way to log to standard out or standard error.
Hey guys, if I’m running this shit in the foreground I probably want to see the output on my console.
I mean, is that really such a surprising request? (Answer: No and no)
Maybe I’ll send over a simple patch to fix the non-sensical logic in clientserver.c since they did indicate that they might accept a short patch for log = -.
Apr
23
Memo #2 – The new BSOD
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Web applications with downtime are like the new BSOD. Mind-numingly frustrating and totally hopeless. If I am paying you $50/month, you’d have better be reliable.
I’m talking to you DabbleDB.
Apr
23
Memo #1 – Rick Rolling has been retired
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We get it. It was funny. It’s over now. You can stop.