Zenefits Was the Perfect Startup, Then It Self-Disrupted
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Re: Zenefits Was the Perfect Startup, Then It Self-Disrupted
#2Having just read The Website Obesity Crisis[0] I was instantly intrigued by the video loop at the top of this article, so fired up Chrome's network inspector.
Not only is it 6.7Mb, but it's sent using streaming (Status: 206 Partial Content), and for me at least, every time the video reaches the end, it's loaded again, and not from cache.
I didn't actually read the article, but according to Read-o-meter[1] it would take around 18 min, during which time the 15 second video would play 72 times, consuming 482MB of data!
0 - http://idlewords.com/talks/website_obesity.htm#crisis
Edit: Ha, caught out by my own dev setup, ie: disable cache when dev tools is open. My bad, feel free to ignore everything I said :)
Re: Zenefits Was the Perfect Startup, Then It Self-Disrupted
#3So a company that blatantly cheated will pay some fines and still be worth billions. The founders and early employees will all be rich, or richer than they were when they started. The investors will get a very healthy return.
The lesson: break the rules and grow so fast that by the time regulators catch up, you can put on a show of reforming and still keep most of the value that you created.
Admirable disruption or horrible cheating? I don't know how to feel about it.
Re: Zenefits Was the Perfect Startup, Then It Self-Disrupted
#4Having just read The Website Obesity Crisis[0] I was instantly intrigued by the video loop at the top of this article, so fired up Chrome's network inspector. Not only is it 6.7Mb, but it's sent using streaming (Status: 206 Partial Content), and for me at least, every time the video reaches the end, it's loaded again, and not from cache. I didn't actually read the article, but according to Read-o-meter[1] it would ta…
did you have caching disabled in your dev tools?
Re: Zenefits Was the Perfect Startup, Then It Self-Disrupted
#5Having just read The Website Obesity Crisis[0] I was instantly intrigued by the video loop at the top of this article, so fired up Chrome's network inspector. Not only is it 6.7Mb, but it's sent using streaming (Status: 206 Partial Content), and for me at least, every time the video reaches the end, it's loaded again, and not from cache. I didn't actually read the article, but according to Read-o-meter[1] it would ta…
Perhaps HN and reddit should block every website with an average page size larger than 1-2 MB? That would give those sites some incentive to optimize their pages.
Re: Zenefits Was the Perfect Startup, Then It Self-Disrupted
#6Having just read The Website Obesity Crisis[0] I was instantly intrigued by the video loop at the top of this article, so fired up Chrome's network inspector. Not only is it 6.7Mb, but it's sent using streaming (Status: 206 Partial Content), and for me at least, every time the video reaches the end, it's loaded again, and not from cache. I didn't actually read the article, but according to Read-o-meter[1] it would ta…
Seems to be loading from cache for me (chrome 50).
Did you leave "disable cache" active in network inspector?
Re: Zenefits Was the Perfect Startup, Then It Self-Disrupted
#7Having just read The Website Obesity Crisis[0] I was instantly intrigued by the video loop at the top of this article, so fired up Chrome's network inspector. Not only is it 6.7Mb, but it's sent using streaming (Status: 206 Partial Content), and for me at least, every time the video reaches the end, it's loaded again, and not from cache. I didn't actually read the article, but according to Read-o-meter[1] it would ta…
How many HN threads get derailed by people complaining about the web site's css, etc? It's practically a trope by now.
Re: Zenefits Was the Perfect Startup, Then It Self-Disrupted
#8So a company that blatantly cheated will pay some fines and still be worth billions. The founders and early employees will all be rich, or richer than they were when they started. The investors will get a very healthy return. The lesson: break the rules and grow so fast that by the time regulators catch up, you can put on a show of reforming and still keep most of the value that you created. Admirable disruption or h…
I suppose it depends on the context. Considering America's oppressive regulatory environment, and that occupational licensing is bad, I'm usually inclined to call it 'admirable disruption'.
Re: Zenefits Was the Perfect Startup, Then It Self-Disrupted
#9So a company that blatantly cheated will pay some fines and still be worth billions. The founders and early employees will all be rich, or richer than they were when they started. The investors will get a very healthy return. The lesson: break the rules and grow so fast that by the time regulators catch up, you can put on a show of reforming and still keep most of the value that you created. Admirable disruption or h…
According to my brother in law who lived there for 10 years this is how nearly all business is done in China. The variation is that you hope to get big enough to bribe or otherwise purchase influence.
Re: Zenefits Was the Perfect Startup, Then It Self-Disrupted
#10Having just read The Website Obesity Crisis[0] I was instantly intrigued by the video loop at the top of this article, so fired up Chrome's network inspector. Not only is it 6.7Mb, but it's sent using streaming (Status: 206 Partial Content), and for me at least, every time the video reaches the end, it's loaded again, and not from cache. I didn't actually read the article, but according to Read-o-meter[1] it would ta…
How many HN threads get derailed by people complaining about the web site's css, etc? It's practically a trope by now.
If it was a "this site is 1.8MB and only a few paragraphs" comment then I'd agree - but if OP is correct (haven't personally verified) then that's a pretty valid and worthy comment IMO.