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polysaturate

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Wrote [Build A SaaS App in Ruby on Rails 8](https://buildasaasappinrails.com), blogging at https://robrace.dev and building [Catchook](https://catchhook.app).
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polysaturate··on Ask HN: Successful one-person online businesses?
This is really cool. I don't have use for it at this very second, but may in a few months to offload some uploads out of my infrastructure.
polysaturate··on What a Hacker News Hangover Really Feels Like
I'm not the OP of the article, but I enjoy his writing and this is a followup to his article that made the front page a week or so ago.
polysaturate··on Show HN: Hosted, Customizable, Public Roadmap Pages
I built this out my need for a simple to make and deploy public roadmap for products I build. After talking to a few people, it seemed like something others would like as well. I'm here to field any questions!
polysaturate··on Reddit overhauls upvote algorithm to thwart cheaters
Does it really thwart cheaters actions or just stop them from having a clear indication of their efforts?
polysaturate··on GoDaddy Acquires Host Europe Group
I would also like to add, I have seen people report that a domain they searched for, but not bought, was later registered and available for purchase as a 'premium domain'. However, personally, I have not seen any concrete proof of this. With that being said, it have seen this complaint multiple times.
polysaturate··on Technologies in HN “Who is Hiring?” threads
I agree with that sentiment(especially the know it in JS, but WTF in Ember), and I am definitely not shilling Ember or anything, I just figured it was a little more popular in HN/YC.
polysaturate··on Technologies in HN “Who is Hiring?” threads
Wow, really surprised to see Ember so low on the FE framework graph.
polysaturate··on Let's Encrypt root certificate trusted by Mozilla
That's the joke
polysaturate··on Show HN: Bouncy Ball – A TodoMVC for web animation
I am experiencing the same exact combination here. Chrome OSX as well.
polysaturate··on How I built an app with 500,000 users in 5 days on a $100 server
Depending on what kind of app the Rails stack is operating...it would follow the same exact pattern as Chat vs Photo Sharing in nodeJS as in the article. A Rails app running a JSON API server would do pretty well, and basically has the same boilerplate as the node hackathon thingy built in, plus a few extra gems.
polysaturate··on Today I accept that Rails is yesterday’s software
I…don’t understand the point of the article? Ok Ruby is duck typed and has a dynamic runtime. It has for…all of the time since it was created. Rails has magic… since…all of the time since it was created.

I’m not even defending Ruby or Rails here. Use at your own benefit/risk…as with every other programming language and framework.

polysaturate··on Ask HN: What is a good visitor to pre-beta signup rate?
So far, just for proof of random stranger concept, it's just on lower traffic beta listing websites, and a few low traffic websites. So, mostly cold web traffic leads, with a possible slightly higher bias to sign up based on the type of site sending them.

A previous venture, while not measured with the same accuracy, had less than half of the conversion of similar traffic at the same stage.

polysaturate··on Asana
The Chrome React Inspector picked up the React. Which was the basis for my assumption.
polysaturate··on Asana
Yes, I believe Asana could be a strong use case for 'Just because React, doesn't mean it's fast'.
polysaturate··on Asana
I think it feels as though it was created as a very simple task tracker at first, and project/collab features were tacked on later.
polysaturate··on Asana
For myself, using Asana falls into the the don't love, but don't hate, category. The UI is pretty nice, but I always feel it just doesn't have enough teeth for complex project/collaboration. I mean, I see it has a lot of features to facilitate that need(project, hierarchical tasks, attachments, commenting), but it doesn't convey 'serious business'.
polysaturate··on Integrate Stripe Payments with Ease
Honest question(not trolling, I swear):

Is it me, or is dealing with Stripe, or any HTTP API in javascript more of a pain in the ass, with it's asynchronous model and callbacks, than other languages? I much rather deal with and API in say...Ruby, than JS.

polysaturate··on Etsy CTO: We Need Software Engineers, Not Developers
Ah ha!

UofA means University of Arizona around here

polysaturate··on January 28th Incident Report
Pretty sure it's "High Availability" in this instance...
polysaturate··on Rescuing Resque again (2015)
Aw poo...missed the date when I read it, and haven't seen it before. I'll update the title.
polysaturate··on Dear GitHub
...and speed in my experience. Both the web UI and push/pull.
polysaturate··on Angular 2 Beta released
The only thing I haven't really seen on their 'Quick Start' and 'Guides' site is any examples that show retrieving data from an API. Are those out there and I didn't see them?
polysaturate··on Slack is down
IIRC this error message is throw when an AWS ELB is empty(in my experience). I'd imagine it could be thrown if all servers in the ELB are maxed out.
polysaturate··on Use this instead of press releases
I've witnessed some titles being changed to a very simplistic phrase. Perhaps moderation to let the best content rise on its own merits?
polysaturate··on Crystal, iOS ad blocker, to accept money to let ads through
Good ole computer age extortion! I think I may continue to wait out the iOS ad blocking apps, as these things continue to shake out.

I, however, am genuinely interested to see if this generates and revenue or if everyone just disregards the app(consumers and publishers)

polysaturate··on Navigating a Startup as an Introverted Founder
This isn't the first time introverted entrepreneurship has been brought up, but I hope I can add to the discussion. Being introverted can lead to many days being drained doing 'marketing' and others on endless hour coding binges.
polysaturate··on A Guide for the Perfect Daily Standup
I know there is a large sentiment at HN that the Daily Standup is dead, or an anti-pattern. However, the truth is Agile and Scrum are still huge. Plus, most do not have a say in the methodologies they use at their job. Why not try and make the most out of it!
polysaturate··on Show HN: Take Back Control of Your Agile/Scrum Standups
I have been working on solving a problem I have experienced the pain of, with Standups that get drawn out way too long, get off course, or are just unorganized with remote team members. I have virtualized standups to keep everyone up to date and organized with the teams standups. You can discuss particular standups or leave notes for all to see.

Lastly, my favorite feature, is TVMode, which is designed for large screens with high resolution. This read only, auto updating screen is great to show everyone your teams status.

polysaturate··on Show HN: Reinvent your time with Noodoe
I don't think it's harsh, I came here to say this exactly. It seems like it could be cool, but the websites and videos are almost overdone, for the lack of information, and most likely early stage they are probably at.
polysaturate··on Getting Fucked by Stripe
While it isn't necessarily the business of HN readers, I feel there may be a gap on communication between Stripe and the author. Either, it is being left out of the article, or the author just immediately threw their hands up.
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