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mbarlow

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About mbarlow

Bootstrapping www.mistash.com in Santa Monica & love Node.JS, MongoDB, Redis, & Python :)

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    Comment #5288700

    I have used both. I would strongly suggest going with AWS. Reasons: Local development with Appengine is pretty bad. Good luck debugging and profiling production issues. Appengine w…

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    Comment #3612718

    Want, got, had is a part of the concept of Mistash, my startup. http://www.mistash.com

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    Comment #3500707

    IMO it would have been better to create a unique name and then use "The agile planner" as the title attribute for your homepage. Creating a unique name & domain would help you in t…

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    Comment #3476608

    I've been working on my startup fulltime for close to 6 months now. I've been able to do it because of savings.

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    Comment #3475196

    This was my noob submission to HN. I appreciate the helpful feedback on Mistash and have started to make some changes. I think next time I will have to post earlier in the day to H…

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    Comment #3473811

    For staff we are using Google Apps. MailChimp for mailing lists. App testing uses Google Apps. App production (notification emails, etc) uses Amazon SES.

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    Comment #3473776

    Agreed. I switched the tagline to the description from the about page.

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    Comment #3473591

    Does seem that way lately. However, I do think Mistash has a better focus on the social aspects than the others and is also going in the best direction for a product focused system…

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    Comment #3473443

    My wife works in fashion, she thinks it could be a great way for models to share their wardrobe for photoshoots.

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    Comment #3473260

    Yup. For now, it combines a personal inventory, your wishlist , and various social features. The idea being that you can discover new products, share your tastes, and get higher qu…

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    Comment #3473251

    Heh, yeah. We've been struggling with a short tagline that will convey the concept clearly.

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    Comment #3473137

    Throwing this out there with the hopes of getting some valuable feedback. Thanks everyone!

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