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joelm

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About joelm

Entrepreneur, networking/connectivity geek, Jesus follower.

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

Recent public activity

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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…