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Re: Thanks to Hacker News for helping us debug our site

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I am sure we can debate all day the merits of different styles of testing, but Ryan (the blogger and co-founder, for those who don't want to read the article), really should think about adding some testing for features like this. To say things like "this [bug] was embarrassing, especially when that [user] was a potential investor" and then also make comments like "we had just redone our website, and hadn't done too much testing" or "I could have written a script for this [testing], but that itself would have taken up precious time", is, frankly, silly. I'm glad actual users were able to give you the data to debug and have a potentially mediocre experience in the mean time. If you are a start up and expect potential investors to give you their money to fund your dream a) don't come off sounding lazy about quality, and b) make a well tested, high quality product. Testing will make your product better, waste a lot less of your own time as a developer, and win you investors for your idea.

Re: Thanks to Hacker News for helping us debug our site

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Glad to see that y'all have removed the Kate Upton photo, I can see that it was just a mistake :)

Mmm, the new Jesse Swanson, "My Dedicated Lawn Genius" is a screenshot from a Stock Video (not sure which one, she has many videos that are very similar):

http://www.pond5.com/stock-footage/33665071/smiling-woman-ta...

http://footage.shutterstock.com/clip-5295113-stock-footage-s...

Re: Thanks to Hacker News for helping us debug our site

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Glad to see that y'all have removed the Kate Upton photo, I can see that it was just a mistake :)

Mmm, the new Jesse Swanson, "My Dedicated Lawn Genius" is a screenshot from a Stock Video (not sure which one, she has many videos that are very similar): http://www.pond5.com/stock-footage/33665071/smiling-woman-ta... http://footage.shutterstock.com/clip-5295113-stock-footage-s...

Ugh, I was afraid of that. It looked very much like a stock photo. They really, really don't need a picture there to begin with.
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