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ACSparks

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ACSparks··on Best service for printing postage?
Is Endicia capable of accessing a sales database on a remote MySQL server?
ACSparks··on Ask YC: Your bug tracker
I submitted a similar idea as a last second YC application.

Basic points of differentiation were that it would be fully extensible (add/remove any input fields), and that it would have a killer API.

The API would allow you to submit issues from anywhere you please: you could write a plugin for Eclipse (or favorite IDE) or you could widgetize it into a js include file so people could submit issues directly from your web page (think beta testers).

ACSparks··on Chicago Hackers & Entrepreneurs
I live in the city north side - Lincoln Square. What are you guys working on? Web apps I presume?
ACSparks··on Amazon S3 and offline development
Nevermind, I can just use htaccess to redirect image paths when I am developing on my local computer.
ACSparks··on Where is your startup? (for me Atlanta)
Chicago, IL
ACSparks··on 2 weeks after launch, and no real traffic. What should I do?
I think menuism.com is doing something similar. They are based in Chicago and are targeting only select cities at first.
ACSparks··on What is the best way to manage database/table changes across multiple developers?
We use Subversion, so each developer has a local copy of the code on their machine. They also each have a copy of the database and table structure. What is the best way to manage changes in the database/table structure so that each developer is using the latest db version?
ACSparks··on What is the best book/resource for CSS? (more than the basics)
I am looking for something like the quality equivalent of Agile Web Development with Rails, but for CSS.
ACSparks··on What is your stimulant of choice to keep you working through the night?
I enjoy a nice mix a Vault energy soda while listening to the Chemical Brothers - Come With Us album.
ACSparks··on What exactly do you dislike about PHP? and Why is your web language of choice better?
Have you checked out Code Igniter? It is a php framework that implements the MVC design pattern. Forcing the seperation of the different layers makes things much "prettier" in my opinion.

http://www.codeigniter.com/

ACSparks··on What exactly do you dislike about PHP? and Why is your web language of choice better?
There seems to be much talk thrashing the web language incumbent PHP. What exactly bums you out? and why is your language better?
ACSparks··on What is the best credit card processing setup for startups?
Are there any limitations with Google Checkout? Such as accepting credit cards only in US? Heard a rumor about that...
ACSparks··on What is the best credit card processing setup for startups?
I have been researching this for a while, and have been mostly confused. The obvious answers I have seen are authorize.net or paypal's services. But what is the ideal setup for a new company with not too much money in the bank?