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obihill

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About obihill

Founder of Restive

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    Comment #33305503

    This has a very straightforward and straight-to-the-point proposition: Forms for your website for $15/year. No pricing page, just a single, simple offer. I much prefer this [with p…

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    Ask HN: Should I build an affordable tech toolkit for Startups?

    I'm looking to build an affordable [open-core] tech toolkit for Startups and I'd appreciate any feedback you can give on the idea and the execution strategy. The toolkit will conta…

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    Comment #33203369

    It appears that you already have some tech skills [in C/C++]. This is more than a lot of people can say. What you should consider doing is finding some meaningful work around that …

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    Comment #32495209

    Thanks so much for your detailed response. And thanks for your contribution to the space with VirtualMin. It appears it would be unwise to just build a direct competitor to CPanel,…

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    Comment #32480279

    Note that I mentioned that I used to be in the business; just have a few clients I'm working with now. 7 to 10 months seems doable for an MVP, but we'll see. I'm looking to have so…

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    Comment #32466173

    Thanks for the feedback. Could you share what it was in the four you looked at that didn't meet your expectations? What were you looking for specifically?

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    Comment #32466142

    Thanks for the feedback. 'Had this same problem [not with Hostinger]. It stopped when I started registering domains with privacy. Looks like spammers pull the email address from WH…

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    Comment #32466125

    Thanks. It looks like I have to buy into a Hostinger plan to use the panel? If so, then that's what I'm trying to avoid. Also, the problem with this is that it's going to be a mass…

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    Ask HN: Is there still an opportunity for an affordable CPanel alternative?

    'Asking because I'm considering building one. I used to run a small Web hosting business and still manage a few client accounts. I moved these accounts [from a Web hosting reseller…

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    Comment #14537598

    This has a simpler interface, yes. But, it took me a while to get comfortable with regular expressions, so the explanations of what was going on was like a built-in tutor, and apps…

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    Comment #14530497

    I use regex101.com, which has a really great explanation feature, but it's not really built for 'search and replace'. You might want to take a look at it and see how you match up a…

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    Comment #12610152

    I guess it would depend on what you're using it to build. If you're using it via Ionic framework to build an appstore-bound app, then maybe not so much. However, if your focus is a…

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    Comment #12604693

    @rosiesherry Thanks for this, and congrats on the business. I wish you all the best going forward in your industry (which I had never heard much of before now). It's incredible loo…

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    Comment #12417117

    Author here. We just redesigned the restive.js website. We've built a new toolkit called rScript to replace restive.js in the coming months, but we felt a change was in order. Comm…

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    Comment #12416854

    "Built to Last", by James Collins and Jerry Porras. Great book that goes into the principles of how to build enduring businesses.

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    Comment #12416814

    How is this different from using an Array.filter method?!

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    Comment #12416782

    Never liked Samsung phones (Google Nexus 5 user still), but this is really annoying for their customers. I'm even sadder for those who buy these expensive phones unsubsidized.

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    Comment #12414105

    Looks interesting. How does it compare to a tool like Ansible?

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    Comment #12382022

    Great! Another thing to worry about. So happy I don't use them. I'm hoping we [as in the Web community] finds a better way to make mobile-friendly/responsive happen, and soon, beca…

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    Comment #12381709

    Thanks for the feedback. I think the safe answer is that your website is considered mobile-friendly if it passes Google's mobile-friendly test. Regarding popups, I guess most of th…

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    Comment #12381524

    Author here: We did some research on enterprise websites, using the Fortune 1000 as our main cohort, and we found that only 13% of them were mobile-friendly and fast. This is in st…