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Sticker Mule built a social network from scratch https://www.stimulus.com/stickermule

Good feedback, agree completely :)

We use Split: https://github.com/splitrb/split

Most managers decide things without tests. Doing this well is easier said than done, but it's the reality of why some companies outperform others. Exceptional growth doesn't happen…

Thanks for commenting on the post. :) To take another contrasting opinion. Who cares if you know exactly why you're going. We know in a general sense why we're growing: we constant…

It's unfortunate to dismiss another view point as you're frustrated or inexperienced while ignoring the actual points made. The biggest point being #1: Resources are finite. Time s…

Agree completely. :)

Disagree. The main reason we abandoned a/b testing is it's a major resource drain. Getting better at a/b testing would be another resource drain. Time is finite & how you use it de…

The post wasn't about the "futility" of a/b testing. It's about the costs of a/b testing that are rarely considered. There's plenty of "pro" a/b testing advice in the world that le…

At least Google Reader still works :-)

My point was, 5 years ago no one imagined a concept like Square would exist. Just because you can't imagine a nongovernmental organization that serves the same purpose as local hea…

You did strawman. I never said capitalism should be unconstrained. I said a lot of things but nothing to that extent. Instead of responding to what I said, you created a straw man.…

Ah, sorry I was actually confusing 2 separate comment threads. :-/ I see your point.

I never said that. Please read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man What's the point of commenting if you're just going to name call and divert attention from the original conve…

Seriously? You don't think it's possible for 3rd party accreditation firms to exist in the physical world? Have a look at: http://www.bbb.org/

He explained this pretty well. How come most ecommerce websites have "trust badges"? The government didn't need to create an agency to rate web site security, but yet such a thing …

What about smaller, privately owned businesses? For example, if you own a company worth $5,000,000 and die than your estate needs to come up with $2,500,000 in taxes. The problem i…

There are poorer countries than China that are not growing at their pace. Your claim implies all developing economies should be growing because of the "gap" between them and develo…

What does AIDS & malaria have to do with food inspectors in the US? In China, far more people die from a lot of things because the majority of the country still lives in poverty. L…

I was in china for a month and had a great time eating at local restaurants that weren't monitored by health inspectors. Most of the developing world does not have health inspector…