mattwritescode

Whats your thoughts on base camp?

As a CTO I would guess something from 4% - 6% some will get more depending on a number of factors. The thing is a CTO could get 10%, but if it is a bad idea or mismanaged then that 10% might be worth $0 after 4 years. A well managed, great idea might still get you $0 but it might also get you $1,000,000. You never know. You have to way up if you think this idea is something which will be viable.

Flask or Django would be good options.

Django is very modular so you can pull out or change the bits you do not like (templating you can use jinja, orm you can exchange for sqlalchmey).

Flask, you build what you want (enough said).

The django project is a good example of a large opensource project which has aged well. http://github.com/django/django

This usually happens when they are doing infrastructure or software updates to the site.

It will be back online soon.

You can also check there operations page

https://twitter.com/sfnet_ops

I managed to solve the travelling sales man problem in `P` time but lost the commit.

Before I get trolled that was a joke

Another one of these posts. Seriously!

Nice idea, you should certainly keep working on it.

Surely you should know the problems if you are working for an anti-scraping company.... Anyway...

Most people who own small website dont necessarily know there website is being scrapped on a daily basis (talking sole traders, tiny businesses). If they are paying for adwords or local advertising through parish or county community websites then they may think they are getting bang for the buck than they actually think. If they get 10 visitors a day and 8 of those are scrapers what does this really mean for there advertising revenue. Obviously they should be basing there return on investment against revenue but still a website is seen as a big thing for most small businesses.

Thats a really constructive comment.

For a lot of people paypal is just fine and does the job they need it to do.

Its like the mac fan boys who comment on windows being crap. But for 90% of joe public it works and works well allowing them to edit word documents and browse the interweb. Its just the loud mouthed 10% who like to cry their balls off and tell people what they are using is wrong.

How about something like:

Instead of having an about page why not just remove it and make your contact page a little more personal than just an email link?

After looking over it I really dont think the about page is really going to offer much value to your service. But a more personal contact page would be where I would spend the time. On the contact page explain that saasymetrics is a startup and that you are trying to solve X problem and you encourage people to get in contact with you.

Nice idea.

Constructive criticism:

* You need to make the signup stand out more. Even put it at the top of the page.

* Some top nav links to items further down the page are required. Looks like they have just got lost somewhere.

* Offer more features under the payment plans. Things like ssl by default, Real time metrics, 30 day rolling contract. Any thing that explains what you get for your money.

* About page. Include more images, make it a little less corporate and wordy.

* About page: without sounding racist some people will be put off you are based in india might be worth just stating your a startup and you noticed X problem.

+1 agreed

Yes learning is good but if her/him is looking to build something fast and get the job done learning a new language whilst doing this is not really very feasible.

There is the time for development and the time for learning.

This question is asked a lot. Basically choose the language first then worry about the framework.

There is no magic bullet so use the programming language which you can code the best, faster, easiest in. Framework is second.

Django, Rails, <insert php framework here> all do the same thing. 90% of the time you are going to be fighting fires, so develop in the language you like.

* You are a java developer why not use a java framework?

Or cats

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Dont worry, whats done is done. You now need to move on. You should use your remaining time to document your work to make your leave as trouble free as possible and reduce the chance of the company trying to contact you in the future.

You are allowed to change your mind just make sure you are doing it for yourself and not looking through recruiters tinted glasses.

You should also have some affiliate links on there.

Just a FYI:

The text on the splash image looks blurred because of the background shadow. Had me thinking I needed glasses. (Chrome 38, ubuntu 14.04)

The best way I have dealt with these in the past is to tell recruiters and companies that you can only do one date for phone interviews. That way you can plan 4-5 calls in one day.

Far from what recruiters and companies say if they are serious in hiring you they will respect this. They understand you have a job and that whilst you are working for them it is inappropriate for you to be on the phone. (Doing this is a good way to see if a company really wants you. If you are their ideal candidate they will wait for you to become free).

Failing that you can either arrange first thing in the morning or last thing in the work day. That way you can start a little early or later without causing too much hassle for the recruiter.

Failing that, you need to try and arrange on your lunch breaks (guessing you get an hour or so).

My vote also. If used with dropbox you can also sync it with all devices.

A paper version of a sat nav. Essentially its a book with a picture of all the roads. A reader will be able to use it on the go to see where they are trying to get to.

Are they bringing back the 3310?

You should turn this into a start up idea. I think it will work. I think you should call it......

StartupNameGenerator

Depends on two things. What you think of it, and what you make of it. If you go in there demanding 5% equity talking about what you can bring the team then think of yourself as a CTO. If you get there write some code employ another developer then think of yourself as a senior developer.

You lot in the US have it hard. 28days standard + 7/8 days bank holidays + sick leave on top.

You all need to be moving to Europe.

Personally I would not be posting things like this one the internet. The reason being if you sue them and in fact they aren't in the wrong they might decide to sue you back. Your making some very big claims.

You could be sued for liable or malicious falsehood.

There should be no reason to use python2 over python3. Your argument:

> I've been avoiding Python 3 in production out of concern for poor library support

Is the exact problem the python community has at the moment. If everyone takes this stance then the projects will never be move forward.

Why not make the point of using python3 and porting or fixing code where it is broken. Tools like py2to3 make moving from python2 to python3 so much easier.

Your question:

> but what scenarios is Python 3 inappropriate for?

Python3 is inappropriate for the situations where python as a language is an inappropriate solution.