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Experience w/Chargebee and it's quite robust. You'll still need a payment gateway Stripe/Braintree/Paypal as they don't do CC processing (CB does integrate with them), but if you n…

See the official statement here: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/dotnet/2016/05/23/changes-t...

+1. To my knowledge Discord is and will always be intended for gamers for the forseeable future. They don't have the infrastructure to support enterprise expectations like LDAP/SSO…

1pw user here and long time AD architect. If you have any questions around AD/LDAP, I'd be happy to answer what is 'common' when dealing with AD-integrated solutions.

Um, Xamarin?

I think this has potential, but there are so many usability issues that it's quite difficult to use effectively. A few examples (only talking about laptops): -Labels on the sliders…

The stats that would be hit the most obviously would be bandwidth, followed by RAM. Storage requirements would change of course, but bandwidth would be absorbed by whatever CDN the…

Thanks for the reply Brent, a few points I should clarify. > Luckily they were able to get the Microsoft SQL team engaged to get them through this. Looking at this statement now, I…

It's probably worth noting a few things about StackExchange's uniqueness for those that may not know. StackExchange runs on physical hardware and they have spent a considerable amo…

This article was pretty interesting to read, but unfortunately drew one incorrect conclusion... "I guess my point is, that if you want to become a programmer, you have to be comfor…

As a Chicagoan trying to build a social network, I can say that this article hits a little too close to home; our ecosystem is completely dysfunctional. Go to a start-up event, and…

As someone that's bootstrapped for 3 years, I can say that working hard is imperative, but can also be incredibly detrimental to your business. I believe in the spirit of the blog …

"My job impacts the bottom line more than yours." That couldn't be further from the truth. If I make mistakes, websites, phone systems, become inaccessible for an unknown duration.…

CS/CE offer no discernable value to the IT scene, unfortunately. Define 'take care'. Not install spyware knowingly? Ok great. How about making sure that software you install don't …

As someone that programs as well, giving admin access to programmers generally makes sense. In a perfect world however, I'd rather give you your own sandbox to mess up and not your…

I think you would find that to be simply not true depending on the nature of the organization. Work for the government, or any security conscious organization, and you'll see how l…

There are terrible IT people out there, that's for sure. Many don't go beyond the knowledge of someone from the Geek Squad. But then again, that goes for every profession. Many tim…

Some excellent points I hadn't mentioned in my reply in this thread. People often forget that keeping things up is a constant battle. Your opening paragraph says it all though. Whe…

I agree 100% with this statement, but as someone that's lived in IT all of my career, I believe there is one more point: education. The most successful organizations have an execut…

It's interesting how the criticism of supporting those that serve usually come from people that have never enlisted. Anyone that has served in a war deserves total respect for the …

Might try http://techcofounder.com

Very interesting post. If a VC stepping in to save the ship is what's needed, I'd be all for it. I wonder how many Fred Wilsons there are out there though...

Cloudkick, New Relic, Nagios, Nimsoft Pingdom is pretty fail and unrealiable tbh. Hopefully this helps a bit.

Apple is a significant player in the market today, but they have a glass ceiling. Yes the iPhone has a lead on the mobile market today, but when they lose that lead what then? Appl…

I never really post on HN (even though I should) and saw this post and had to respond. First, if you ARE VERY SERIOUS about suicide, please seek help as others have mentioned. I su…