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Well, look, I already told you. I deal with the goddamn customers so the engineers don't have to!! I have people skills!! I am good at dealing with people!!! Can't you understand t…

I love the smell of satire in the morning. Especially Fridays.

That SMS authentication flow is slick!

The headline is inflammatory linkbait. The article context is thoughtful, introspective, and focused mainly on what India could change internally to be more inclusive and help give…

I wouldn't say I've been missing it, Bob

Refunded license for Ignition Deck: $299 Transaction fees associated with refund: a few dollars Making an ass of yourself in public? Priceless!

NOTE: I am not connected to this firm, just thought the model was interesting.

Even engineers need a bit of the Steve Jobs mojo: "People think focus means saying yes to the thing you've got to focus on. But that's not what it means at all. It means saying no …

Why do I have to be an EU Citizen to use snooze? I tried to sign up for a trial account, but was blockaded. :( Value Prop: Your value prop is clean and simple and I think you do a …

Saying that Github's switching costs are zero ignores the vibrant community that is in place. It is in effect like saying that Facebook's users have zero switching costs to jump ov…

I picked up an MBA in 2001-2003 and I couldn't agree more. Did I learn a lot? Absolutely. Did I meet some great people? Sure. Worth the expense? Hell no. I could have plowed that m…

I was really disappointed when they bought Mint.com. Now they will have solid gold toilets too? Inconceivable!

I currently use oh-my-zsh on a daily basis, but recently I've been thinking about switching back to the plain old bash shell. I have been frequently stung when new libraries come o…

Heroku is a great way to get your app up and out there quickly. Get in front of users and then iterate on your product. The perceived cost of Heroku won't turn out to be an issue u…

Another important factor here is the amount of reserves that are held back from each $1 of premiums input into the system. For a single payer system, the idea of reserves is non-se…

or you could just use HAML (or NHaml, GHRML, etc.)