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alliemobley

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About alliemobley

hacker+hustler

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    Comment #4537260

    While of course I'd like to avoid fraud, the point right now is to make an mvp that people can start using for real. We can iterate on fraud prevention once we have something to de…

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    Comment #4537232

    I agree that building an escrow service to solve a construction problem doesn't make sense. It`s like your car needing a new engine so you build a jet instead. Anyone want to build…

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    Ask HN: How Would You Do Escrow b/t Users in Bootstrap w/o Paypal?

    tl;dr: Need to do escrow between users without paypal, what do? I`m the new CTO, redoing ConnectWithContractors.com(asp.net 2.0 webforms website) in bootstrap and open source techn…

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    Comment #4503350

    We think we have a good idea that seems like a bad idea: http://hometract.blogspot.com/2012/09/connectwithcontractors...

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    Comment #4488365

    Take this with a grain of salt, and some science on the matter. http://www.iijiij.com/2012/09/01/science-shows-that-self-dis...

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    Comment #4478042

    Thank you!

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    Comment #4473251

    Thanks, that's my instinct as well and I'm going for it, looking foward to unveiling it for critique when I have an mvp.

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    Comment #4472851

    Server Side: I plan to copy those that scaled before me, a mixmash of: pinterest http://highscalability.com/blog/2012/5/21/pinterest-architec... , reddit: http://kev.inburke.com/ke…

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    Comment #4472796

    The right way in my mind is to start over with bootstrap and make this something I can grok. 100's of aspx files are not the way to make this app. Too much premature complexity.

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    Comment #4472790

    Asp.net webforms, I ought to have clarified that. The REST API i'll create with javascript, perhaps using this c# to javascript compiler: http://www.erik-kallen.se/blog/saltarelle-…

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    Comment #4472287

    I have a lot of flexibility. I am equally comfortable finishing up in c#/asp.net or starting over with bootstrap. I have a contract for a certain amount of money+equity to deliver …

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    Ask HN: Inheriting a large ASP.NET app, what would you do.

    tl;dr:New CTO, dump asp.net for bootstrap + RESTful API? I'm a consultant, and I'm charged with completing development on a large asp.net web application. It's about 25-50% of the …

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    Comment #4459675

    This is the sweetest story I have ever heard in my life!