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joelm
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About joelm
Previous: Founder and CEO of venture-backed Bigleaf Networks (bigleaf.net), founded and sold CompanyCraft, and worked on Rangair.
email me at techyjoel at Google's mail service
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Comment #49237825
I got sick of being on Zoom calls and having things lag or glitch, and not knowing if the issue was something I'm responsible for or not. Is it my LAN/Wi-Fi, my ISP path, some broa…
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Comment #48888057
I want fast answers to questions like: "Why is Zoom lagging?" "Is the issue my WiFi?" "What's going on with the Internet?" So, I built a local Mac utility that runs in the menubar …
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Comment #44379446
Been using Claude Code (4 Opus) fairly successfully in a large Rust codebase, but sometimes frustrated by it with complex tasks. Tried Gemini CLI today (easy to get working, which …
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Comment #38282666
I don't recall exactly (it's been a while since I was handling the colo contracts directly). I just remember that it was really good value. You're probably going to have to contact…
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Comment #38278009
What are your goals? If budget is a factor, there are local/regional providers you can find good deals with. E.g. I've had good experiences with https://www.opticfusion.com/ in Sea…
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Comment #38206862
This has been an intense journey building CompanyCraft as a solo dev (and I was never a full-time dev by background). Thanks to CoPilot and ChatGPT I was able to learn a decent lev…
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Show HN: CompanyCraft – custom ideas, market research, and business plans
Last fall I stepped away from the scaled startup I had led for 10 years so I could build something new. As I explored options, I got frustrated with how difficult it was to figure …
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Comment #37664986
Congrats on jumping into this adventure! Here are my thoughts on your concerns: 1. If you communicate that you're in the early stages of building an exciting new business and wanti…
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Comment #36097632
Yea, that is probably a better solution. Not an easy one to refactor into at the moment though.
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Comment #36097627
I've seen more errors lately I think, but no the latency has been an issue for months. I think it has grown some over the last few months, but not a dramatic change.
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Comment #36097480
Latency has been the biggest challenge for me. They cite "two to 15+ seconds" in this blog post for responses. Via the OpenAI API I've been seeing more like 45-60 seconds for respo…
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Comment #34072550
I thought this was an interesting thread. I'm curious if folks here agree with his assessment: "predictive AI will seem stuck while generative AI accelerates in 2023. Most high-val…
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Comment #27925772
Shameless plug - if you're using Starlink and want to fix the dropouts, plus get a static public IPv4 address that works over any ISP, get our SD-WAN service: https://www.bigleaf.n…
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Comment #16062823
Bigleaf Networks | Portland, OR area | Full-Time ONSITE | $60k-$150k plus stock options Bigleaf is what we call "Cloud-first SD-WAN" - we use a software-based network to optimize t…
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Comment #13543389
Bigleaf Networks | Beaverton, OR (Portland suburb) | ONSITE | http://www.bigleaf.net Bigleaf is an SD-WAN platform that provides reliability and performance for Cloud applications …
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Comment #11817092
Bigleaf Networks | Beaverton, OR (near Portland) | ONSITE full-time Bigleaf is an SD-WAN provider delivering internet redundancy and optimization, keeping businesses connected to t…
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Comment #11074051
Bigleaf founder and CEO here, glad to answer questions.
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Comment #9642422
Portland, OR - Onsite - Bigleaf Networks Bigleaf provides internet redundancy and optimization, keeping businesses connected to the cloud across multiple ISPs. Bigleaf's cloud-base…
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Comment #9476183
Bigleaf Networks | Portland, OR | Lead Software Engineer We provide internet redundancy and optimization, keeping businesses connected to the cloud across multiple ISP connections.…
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Comment #9308232
Bigleaf Networks, Portland OR - Lead Software Engineer Bigleaf provides internet redundancy and optimization, keeping businesses connected to their internet-based applications by l…