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I have, in the past 3 months, been forced to work in a location where the only internet access is on machines with IE8 on them (and no ability to install Chrome Frame). The loss of Trello has absolutely FUCKING sucked. I'm sorry for the profanity, but it is an abysmally awful process to have to STOP using Trello and go back to emailing spreadsheets back and forth or shudder MS Project. I think this huge drop in my pr…
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On the other hand, you have a better argument when the service goes down temporarily. They're more likely to respond quickly if they have paying customers.
http://status.fogcreek.com/2012/10/diesel-bucket-brigade-mai... I came in to work and was shocked that Trello was offline since I use it as my todo list in work. Then I read the stories as to why and was again shocked when it was only offline for a day or so. Fog Creek are awesome.
Does anyone know how many servers it runs on? I'd like to see a physical tech stack description (is it already out there somewhere? If so, my Google-fu failed me)
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Have you considered the Trello apps for smartphones and tablets as an alternative?
The iOS app still requires an internet connection to sync anything.
Fog Creek Employees: can anyone comment on who had this original insight? Was it Joel himself or another employee?
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Well yeah, but if you've got an iPhone, chances are you have a cell connection. If he can't access the internet, even over the cell network, I'd be curious to know what kind of environment he's working in.
IE8 only, no internet / cell access at work... I'm from the DC area and all of my friends that have these issues work for "the government".
One of the things I don't have in my home grown process but wish I did was a way to surface important but not urgent things periodically. Sort of along the memoize theme you need to keep the important things in your head even if you're not currently working on them, and having them surface periodically would assist that. I've had stuff get pushed so far down in the stack that it basically submerges until it becomes an urgent issue.
There's a great description about the tech stack at http://blog.fogcreek.com/the-trello-tech-stack/ Does anyone know how many servers it runs on? I'd like to see a physical tech stack description (is it already out there somewhere? If so, my Google-fu failed me) EDIT: discussion -> description
I don't know how many instances, or what size.