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GotToStartup

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    Comment #11472811

    Love this. Interested to hear about the underlying technology used. Sounds like building this might be a bit of a nightmare.

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    Comment #9946709

    "Trying to use all the features of a language and thinking a one liner is cool even when a five liner and a one liner is same when compiled into machine code" Thing is, it's pretty…

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    Comment #7988634

    This is awesome! What made you build this, I would have thought the market were too saturated? Have you considered blogging about your process? Would love to hear about what market…

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    Comment #4240923

    While I agree that pg's example is a bit extreme, the point still stands. At the beginning stages, great design won't determine the success of the product. Having customers will. S…

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    Comment #4234630

    I highly recommend the book "Making Software: What Really Works, and Why We Believe It". It's a collection of essays showing statistical studies on certain software techniques.

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    Comment #3475216

    Interesting, not to get too off topic here but is there a reason you didn't use a 3rd party service for billing like Paypal or something? Sounds like you went 90% of the way and st…

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    Comment #3449954

    But if companies want to see actual code in a language they use, then learning python to use simply for interviewing wouldn't really work either right? So your only options would b…

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    Comment #3449011

    Great article with lots of valuable info in there. The part about the actual whiteboard is almost irrelevant. Most of the comments here are getting too worked up about that. "Learn…

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    Comment #3246551

    I had a different take on the article than most of the comments I've read. It's about keeping your word. If You say you're going to do something then DO IT. If you don't want to be…

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