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@Oia20 Great stuff! Very complete docs, and I dig the docker based self hosting with SMTP integration.

Stripe is PCI compliant, and Formspree uses your stripe account to complete the charge. No card data is stored in Formspree.

Hi, I work on the Squarespace dev platform.

It's true that certain blocks still use YUI, but this is system functionality that's not part of our public API. In new templates, a Squarespace developer won't see or touch YUI code.

We're no longer creating new features with YUI. We write new frontend editor functionality with modern libraries like React.

Hi, I worked on this at Squarespace.

> Why would a developer want to see a cached version of a page?

Squarespace is a CMS. There's an online content editor where users can add text and images. The content is rendered using a template which contains the HTML/CSS/Template code that defines the layout for the content. The squarespace dev server makes it easier for the developer to work on the template code using content from the live site. I don't think you'd run into a situation where it looked fine locally but broke in production, because the content will be the same.

> why not just make it a portable executable for each platform

NPM has great cross-platform support, and it's used by lots of web developers. That's why we chose NPM. It allowed us to build a cross-platform tool without having to maintain lots of separate installers for various platforms.

Also we wanted to take advantage of the same java based template and less compilers that we use in production (that are open source), which is a large part of why we used java. I'll admit it's not a natural choice for an NPM package, but it's working well for us so far.

Cool tech, fun toy! I hope it is successful. I think Joel should focus on it's toy-like nature, and potential as a learning tool, rather than trying to build this into a production grade tool.

I spent years building tools for this market between professional devs and non-developers. (Backlift.com and then Brace.io) It's really tough. Most people learning to code are trying to gain transferrable skills that can help them land a job. For them, learning git is a fruitful tangent along the path to shipping. Those that aren't interested in building those transferrable skills probably don't self-identify as developers. Making developer tools for non-developers is tough.

Who is asking "Is that company dead yet? It should've never been created in the first place."

If you want to check a company's status, just go to the website. This seems like a cynical tool.

Hi, I'm one of the creators of Brace Forms. I am really happy with the way formspree is working on assembly.

Want to send feedback? There's a form at the bottom of formspree.io and we've got people in the community that are now responding to those customer service inquiries.

Several have asked about the 10m delays. We switched email providers so we could improve our email deliverability and spam filtering. But the new provider is throttling us while they get a sense of our email traffic. I've been told that it should be back to normal soon. These are growing pains.

Frankly I'm pleasantly surprised to see the project gaining momentum. The alternative would have been to shut it down.

No sorting or pagination yet. Thanks for the feature request!

What questions?

Instead of "redirect the root domain to the www subdomain using a DNS CNAME record" it should say "... using domain forwarding".

Most DNS hosts offer some mechanism for forwarding traffic from your apex domain to the www subdomain using a 301 (permanent) redirect. Then the www subdomain can be configured with a CNAME record.

For example, at Brace (http://brace.io) we offer a guide for configuring this if your domain is on godaddy. See step 3 at http://blog.brace.io/2014/01/19/custom-domains-godaddy/. (not an endorsement of godaddy)

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Cole with Brace here (http://brace.io). We recommend redirecting the apex domain to a "www" subdomain. Note that even using apex CNAME records (Alias records) are still a new idea, and depending on the implementation may reduce reliability or performance. (https://iwantmyname.com/blog/2014/01/why-alias-type-records-...)

Here are a few resources from our blog that explain the www redirect approach:

- http://blog.brace.io/2014/01/17/cnames-aliases/#cnameconfig

- http://blog.brace.io/2014/01/19/custom-domains-godaddy/ (step 3)

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Brilliant work guys. Choice of initial features seems right on for a developer focused hosting service. At first I was a bit confused by the SSL offering for custom domains, until I saw that firebase actually acquires the cert and configures it. That's a huge pain point, bravo.

After receiving several emails protesting the removal of the article, I reposted it after editing out the parts that attempted to draw conclusions. There's also a disclaimer at the top that warns about the danger of FMT.

I pulled all the language that attempted to draw conclusions. I had removed the entire article but I received several emails from people who weren't interested in my results, just wanted to know what I did.

OP: I'm not from uBiome. I'm a uBiome customer. I've had little interaction with the uBiome staff to date.

OP: Sorry all. I had hoped to raise awareness and encourage discussion, but I think there's a bigger danger that the way I presented this "experiment" will do more harm than good for the perception of FMT and at home microbiome exploration. I will consider revisiting once I've got my ducks in a row.

OP: Thanks, removed the word "significant". I can't make any claims about the results yet. The donor sample is coming in soon so I will be able to make that comparison.

OP: I agree completely, unscreened "random" FMT would be a very bad idea. The donor in this case was definitely not random.

OP here: It's true I'm not a doctor or scientist. This isn't a rigorously designed experiment. Yes, I am hoping that the results are positive, but I don't have unrealistic expectations. Mostly I'm just interested in seeing what I can learn about myself.

Also not much "shoving" was involved. I'll do another post later that describes the process. It's pretty gross, but mostly due to the preparation. (I had to put shit in a blender and press the button) The actual administration is about as gross as using a suppository.

I agree, and I don't intend to encourage people to be casual about the risks involved. But I'm also concerned about the possibility that this incredible tool will become inaccessible.

Brace.io dev here. We're working on Brace Teams which provides collaboration features (and currently requires full dropbox access). We would be happy to let you try it out. I'll send you an email.

Also you linked to our not-so-secret staging site. We'll be putting up access restriction there soon. Please use http://brace.io.

We totally agree, and use pip and virtual envs for everything.

However we chose python, and easy_install because it's pre-installed all macbooks going back to snow leopard. (specifically python 2.6.1 which comes with distutils needed for our setup.py file) This means for many web designers, brace-tags doesn't require that you update your python install, or really know python at all. It's the simplest command line install experience we could come up with.

Fair point. Python was chosen because it's an accessible language for new programmers. As for template languages, most are very complex. We wanted something minimal.

As for that case, it won't work and we'll try to help you reorganize your content so it does. :)

I don't think it's a two way link. That a pre-occupation with monetary success implies self motivation and entrepreneurship doesn't mean that the reverse is also true.

Also I think it's OK that the American Dream is about individual economic mobility. But I don't think it's about the individual, rather it's about the idea that any individual can achieve their dream. Or perhaps that there aren't a set of people who can and others who cannot.

Whether or not American politics have been faithful to the American Dream is a separate discussion.

First, thanks for your refreshing perspective. I agree that the focus on wealth and growth isn't going to help us create interesting things as a society. However I do think there's a craft to building a business that can stand along side the craft of baking or the pursuit of art.

I could be wrong, but it looks like it requires CGI

Sorry about the hassle. Thanks for the detailed report. The load from this post has revealed some issues on the brace.io account server that we are working hard to correct. Note that production urls for sites created on Brace are hosted separately (S3 and cloudfront), and shouldn't be effected by problems with the brace.io admin / account server.

Any chance you can shoot me a screenshot or some debug info to support@brace.io?

You still need to edit HTML to customize your valentine's site on Brace. We just did most of the work. :)

Sorry about that! I see a few "over quota" errors. Do you have space in your dropbox?