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Gravatar is used all over the place and is almost always hotlinked. Download if you want and you know the set of types you need icons for. Otherwise, it's just easier to blindly hotlink.

You'd all dig the Dojo.

I think it's great this idea is gaining mindshare. However it seems like most people miss the point... even after me telling them they are.

I think Joshua Schachter told me something like 40% of hits on delicious return Not Modified. Because of polling.

Despite the introduction, this is not really about the controversy around the word "hacker" ... it's about hacker culture and making it more explicit. Perhaps I'm preaching to the choir here, and I'm sure you're sick of the semantics discussion ... but my point is that I'm sure some of us self-identify as hackers. Why not make it more explicit? Why don't we encourage the values of this culture more?

Very cool, simple implementation of pubsub with webhooks. The DoS issue is something to consider, but keep in mind there are plenty of other ways to DoS, probably more efficient ways. Auth is a big topic in webhooks right now.

The allow file idea is interesting, but we've been talking about it on the webhooks list (as well as the GetPingd list). The pubsubhubbub guys are also thinking about it (since they haven't addressed it either yet).

Don't forget protocol-droid, SuperHappyDevHouse, Hacker Dojo, TIGdb, working at NASA, etc etc

I'm actually very surprised at the number of people happy with DevjaVu as a service since after the first year or so I spent very little time working on it. Except when something went wrong and then I spent a lot of time to plug the hole (and not properly fix the problem like I should have--that would require even more time).

Yeah, I thought I could make more of a premium product to compete with the more commodity hosted project solutions ... but then you start competing with larger companies with more time in the market, existing product(s), and more resources.

I think we did okay for what was ultimately a one-man show. But I'd much rather put the kind of investment required for running a business into something more innovative.

We did have a deal with Engine Yard. We were one of their first partnerships. It was initial a verbal agreement for exchange of services, which meant free hosting! Eventually when they got big and wanted to formalize the agreement to a cash exchange, they had less use for us and so while getting a major discount, we still started losing money.

Ultimately it was time that was the reason I decided to wind down. I barely had time to keep it running, let alone all the cool stuff I wanted to do with it. If I had the time to switch hosting providers, I would have.

Of course you will, cause I totally bombed it. ;)

It's a very open event.

SHDH usually has free beer. We'll try to have enough.