I think there is a group composed of Hispanic Pyladies. Not sure if its active. Go to their site (pyladies site) and check.
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orangethirty commented on Ask HN: Should equity be traded for advice and connections? · Posted by u/wf
Put a price on their advice and connections. Don't hand out 5% just because. They could end up owning your company over the long term. Don't be so quick to hand out equity. Ever.
orangethirty commented on How Gmail’s New Inbox Is Affecting Open Rates blog.mailchimp.com/how-gm... · Posted by u/duck
There is one point to understand. This greatly benefits Google as it allows to reduce the response rate of competing marketing products, and increase the response of their own. Not that they should care about being fair. Gmail is theirs. They can do as they please. People should understand that they will simply optimize for their benefit, not for the benefit of some other platform (in this case Mailchimp.
Want to increase your rates? Send your email to the user's facebook account. Those get read almost instantly.
orangethirty commented on Ask HN: Is it safe to (temporarily) ignore efficiency in your product? · Posted by u/jfasi
As someone who mostly works with user facing web applications:
1. You will always be playing catch up if your growth takes off. Not an excuse to write your system in BASIC, but enough of a reason to forgo efficiency a little bit. Shipping something that is 90% efficient is better than not shipping something that is 100% efficient. I have lost almost one year on the latter.
2. The importance in a web application project (if you are aiming to use it as a business) is your ability to adapt to what the market wants. If you cannot push out features (inefficient ones), then somebody else who can will swoop in.
3. In terms of numbers: I have built systems that handle 10K/requests per second without a sweat. Using standard boxes and Go. Note that as nice a Go is, its still a young language. A typical python/ruby/php system can be made to handle that, but requires a bit more work. Now, what I tell people is build something safe (as in no SQL injections, XSS, etc) first, then focus on growing it. Picking a good stack early on helps, but don't pick a stack you don't know. Someone who is proficient in PHP should not use Rails (example).
4. The key to web services is to find and build things that people want. How do you that? Pay attention to people on social networks.
If you have a background in C, Go and Python feel the most familiar. Some prefer Ruby, which is another fine language. Be aware of the current trend of everything being written in Javascript. Learn to use the language as you move along. You will need it.
tl;dr
Don't think about business-oriented web apps in terms of efficiency from the start. Use what you know to build something secure and stable, and then if it catches on, scale it.
Like PG said, do things that don't scale.
orangethirty commented on Show HN: Just launched new version of Hypejar. Looking for feedback · Posted by u/gqgy
Hey buddy,
Thanks for the feedback. We've gotten a lot of the feedback. What we did was make the frontpage more clearer. It used to be images/videos on the frontpage, but they were now replaced by Product Boxes.
Pre-ordering is currently being contemplating. What do you think?
I do think it is much more readable. I bookmarked it, and showed it to the SO. She liked the site, too (which tells me it is good).
orangethirty commented on Why do we waste our lives as servants? maladroit4u.neocities.org... · Posted by u/j7
We all have to answer to somebody. The lucky ones, answer to other men. The unlucky ones, answer to their conscience.
orangethirty commented on Show HN: Just launched new version of Hypejar. Looking for feedback · Posted by u/gqgy
Hi, thanks so much for the feedback.
We're not trying to be Pinterest for men. While the frontpage may seem similar to them, our content really centers around future products. In the process, what we're trying to do is to get a good sense of how much others are anticipating the products. (for example, what is the lineup for the next iPhone gonna look like)
I do understand that it is slightly confusing. It's a quiet launch so that we can tweak it and make it as best as possible. What part of the navigation more specifically do you find is a bit confusing?
It just looks like a bunch of stuff cobbled up together. Reminds me of my socks drawer. Its interesting the fact that you are focusing on future products. Will people be able to pre-order them right there?
orangethirty commented on Show HN: Serial communication using the WebAudio API github.com/cteubank/Audio... · Posted by u/ecubed
I'm in the process of building a more general purpose dev board using the same processor I used for the class, so once I've got that up and running I'll try and post more "How to" related stuff on the github.
Do you think there might be a way to receive data? Maybe measure the voltage drop from a normally high circuit?
Edit: Awesome project. (:
Edit:
16 clicks on 2 minutes. This sort of technique works on everybody, including smart hackers. Its mostly about talking about what you want. Some people want to lose weight, others control their diabetes. Apparently, lots of people want to learn of a little known advertising secrets for startups. I should make a Copy as a Service startup. (:
See how many are suckered into clicking: http://bit.ly/13wOrj2+