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If I died tomorrow, how long would my webapp keep running?

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Re: If I died tomorrow, how long would my webapp keep running?

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Post by Brian_K_White »

rpigab wrote: post #18

This may be out of topic, but it seems that user reviews for https://keepthescore.com/ use "thispersondoesnotexist" profile pics (or similar service). Even without knowing of these, they seem off. I'm not sure they are a benefit to illustrate actual human reviews, it makes these reviews feel off too, when you're aware of their source. This might be a very personal thing, but I'd feel better reading reviews with just…

Agreed. What is the ultimate purpose of a review and an assosciated pic? To tell me that another user had this to say, which is more trustworthy than anything the seller has to say.

But if any part of that review is fabricated or deceptive, then you have done 2 things, you've successfully duped some people, and proven to other people that nothing on your site should be believed. The reviews can only be considered pure fiction.

If you don't want to show someone's real face for privacy or permission reasons, then don't show anything at all, or use some kind of graphic that makes no attempt to appear like a real person.

Same goes for the names. I have no reason to believe these are anyone's real names, and if they're not the reviewers real name, then why put any name at all?

There is no answer to that question that actually holds water. You can't say "because a name is more appealing because it looks more authentic"

Re: If I died tomorrow, how long would my webapp keep running?

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Post by ccvannorman »

I built startupgrid.net in 2011 using PHP to scrape CrunchBase website; it was simply a front-end search and filter for Crunchbase.

It worked perfectly up until 2019 or 2020; Crunchbase didn't change their HTML and the server would run the scrape on user load (no db/caching). I don't know what the billing situation was, maybe Dreamhost, and I had moved on to other projects and left the renewal to auto.

Finally, it died because of some required manual updates to server/PHP version for security or something.

Re: If I died tomorrow, how long would my webapp keep running?

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Post by nrb »

Brian_K_White wrote: post #31
rpigab wrote: post #18

This may be out of topic, but it seems that user reviews for https://keepthescore.com/ use "thispersondoesnotexist" profile pics (or similar service). Even without knowing of these, they seem off. I'm not sure they are a benefit to illustrate actual human reviews, it makes these reviews feel off too, when you're aware of their source. This might be a very personal thing, but I'd feel better reading reviews with just…

Agreed. What is the ultimate purpose of a review and an assosciated pic? To tell me that another user had this to say, which is more trustworthy than anything the seller has to say. But if any part of that review is fabricated or deceptive, then you have done 2 things, you've successfully duped some people, and proven to other people that nothing on your site should be believed. The reviews can only be considered pur…

> What is the ultimate purpose of a review and an assosciated pic?

If I had to guess, it’s a subtle manipulation with the idea that we more heavily weigh the statements and opinions of those who resemble us or are appealing to us

Re: If I died tomorrow, how long would my webapp keep running?

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Post by Brian_K_White »

nrb wrote: post #33
Brian_K_White wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Agreed. What is the ultimate purpose of a review and an assosciated pic? To tell me that another user had this to say, which is more trustworthy than anything the seller has to say. But if any part of that review is fabricated or deceptive, then you have done 2 things, you've successfully duped some people, and proven to other people that nothing on your site should be believed. The reviews can only be considered pur…

> What is the ultimate purpose of a review and an assosciated pic? If I had to guess, it’s a subtle manipulation with the idea that we more heavily weigh the statements and opinions of those who resemble us or are appealing to us

sigh ok, the nominal or supposed purpose.

Re: If I died tomorrow, how long would my webapp keep running?

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Post by kyleyeats »

kashnote wrote: post #29
kyleyeats wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's six faces and two seeds. It's hard to describe, but if you bring them up in an image viewer and cycle through the directory you'll see it right away.

Also, all of the eyes are in the same exact position in all of the pics.

I guess it's not hard to explain.

Re: If I died tomorrow, how long would my webapp keep running?

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Post by grepfru_it »

DeathArrow wrote: post #22
grepfru_it wrote: post #19

I ran infra to power a vps hosting solution where I was the solo admin for 6 years. A hard drive crash took out a critical database and that spelled the end of my cash cow. I now keep websites on cloud servers and autopay, however most terms of service gives the provider the right to discontinue service after your death. Best to keep a will and a reputable steward to maintain your systems posthumously

You didn't have backups of that critical database? You didn't use at least RAID on the machine that hosted the database? No need to use cloud if you are careful.

Yes and yes. When is the last time you tested your bare metal restores?
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