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alexpete
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About alexpete
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Comment #15854263
I'm most interested in the built-in schema validation and join capabilities. Has anyone tried them out yet?
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Comment #13778104
I'd be interested in that as well. Trying to build something that's geared heavily toward developmental/structural editing, and connecting freelancers with writers. Could I send yo…
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Ask HN: How do you address users in website copy (and does it matter)?
"View your posts." "Go to my profile." "Login to your account." "See my stats." Et cetera. Is there an unspoken rule on being consistent when addressing website users in either the…
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Comment #13509976
What sort of traffic (ballpark numbers) do you get there?
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Comment #13502649
And a follow-up to that: have you ever, or would you ever consider, paying for feedback/editing services on a post you write? Would the ROI be worth it for you (in particular, for …
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Ask HN: Bloggers or content marketers, how do you get feedback?
Do you have a process for getting feedback for new posts you write, either for personal blogs or for content marketing posts? If so, what is it? Personal friends, professional deve…
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Comment #13498626
"Gödel, Escher, Bach" was my highschool sweetheart, although I probably wouldn't spend another 800 pages on it again. But the overarching concept of "emergence" (of formal systems)…
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Comment #13479008
That's cool, thanks! I was more asking in terms of case studies and information-sharing. Trevor Blackwell's tool seems like it's more for the idealist/planning stage.
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Ask HN: What numbers/metrics are most interesting to you for new startups?
When you read startups' blog posts, launch announcements, monthly checkins, funding announcements, postmortems, etc., in which they share their numbers, which metrics do you find m…
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Comment #13457077
This is way more enjoyable (plus has more information) to poke around than autopsy.io. Thanks for the share!
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Comment #13402458
Something else to add, a Data URI can do this: https://twitter.com/tomscott/status/812268998742118400
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Ask HN: How much of a concern are bots for a smallish community app?
I'm building a small app with community and social features. Most of the features require an email/password signin, and I'm wondering how much of an issue bots are? It'd be easy fo…
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Comment #13334880
I'm working on a Node.js app, which'll be hosted on http://xervo.io -- formerly modulus.io Not as over-engineered as Heroku for small projects, but you still get free LetsEncrypt S…
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Comment #13202870
Yep, I'll be enforcing a max file size (it's only for text-based documents). I guess my bigger concern is spam. Allowing a user to upload an "unlimited" amount of data is a DOS vec…
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Ask HN: How to best handle “unlimited” use tiers in a SaaS?
Of course, "unlimited" doesn't mean "infinite". Say I have an app that lets users upload their own documents. I don't want to cap their uploads -- although perhaps, starting out, t…