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drpancake

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About drpancake

https://jamespotter.dev

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    I can relate to a lot of this. The customer emails in particular. I was experiencing flashbacks while reading the article. Back in 2014-2015 I created a platform for building crypt…

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    They're in the business of encouraging users to post content to get more eyeballs and therefore more ad revenue. So commoditising a way of generating a lot more content is in their…

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    Comment #35515493

    I commented on this above but I think this is because ASV users need to be screened for heart issues first!

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    Comment #35515253

    While I agree in general, people who are candidates for ASV have to be screened first by a cardiologist. Certain traits can lead to a much higher risk of death while using one.

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    Comment #35082606

    Hi there. The app surfaces dates in various ways. In the search results there's an "Active" column that indicates whether a newsletter has published an issue within the last 45 day…

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    Comment #35081783

    Hi there. It's all publicly available data.

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    Right now, no, but you can claim* your newsletter and soon I'll add the ability to edit your listing. The current pricing is the cheapest it will ever be! I'm aiming this at busine…

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    Sure, it's Elasticsearch.

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    It's 54GB on disk.

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    Comment #35080149

    Hey there. Yes the search isn't perfect yet for certain terms but I'm working on improving it. Did you use the topic search for Javascript? I get quite a lot of relevant results. N…

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    Comment #34104509

    When you know you know. It's like the difference between pushing a boulder uphill and downhill. Very hard to predict ahead of time - you just have to keep shipping stuff.

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    Sorry to hear that. How long were you trying for? A lot of these guys were at it for years and years before they found success. It can be brutal in the beginning. I think it's unfa…

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    Feel free to email me. Details in my bio.

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    Comment #33944448

    I built very simple tool in an industry that I wanted to be part of and was surprised to find that a few people wanted to pay for it. I mean very basic - done in three days. A few …

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    A few people have tried that e.g. https://web.stanford.edu/class/archive/cs/cs224n/cs224n.1184...

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    Thanks! I wasn't aware of django-db-queue . As far as I can tell it runs in a single process so I guess running tasks will block any others from running. That's probably acceptable…