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carimura

1,646karma·538submissions·December 7, 2011
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Former founder/CEO of Iron.io

Former VP DevRel, Java Platform Group, Oracle

What's next? TBD!

https://chad.cm

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Thanks for using us! We ended up selling the service to private equity, hence the slowdown in features and support. Was an awesome and fun business to build but running a 24/7/365 service ju…
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clicks skepticATX, clicks.
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When we started Iron.io in 2010, there were basically 3 companies at every developer event driving the API-first message: Heroku, Sendgrid, and Twilio. Back then, most thought Heroku (as the Platform)…
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Yes I came away with the same thing. It's The Register's modus operandi to use cheeky clickbait titles.
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he roundhoused the acceptance letter.
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anybody else have issues with archive.is lately? Tried two computers multiple browsers and all I get is a never-ending security check, sometimes with a captcha to really laugh at me.
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Specific examples just incite a never-ending low-fidelity Internet debate that I'd really prefer not to get into, but despite my hesitation, I'll risk suggesting that you search for blog pos…
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> Wikipedia is like academia it's a closed system where a small group get to decide what opinions are correct, what facts get a mention and what are worth looking at with a feedback loop to it…
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Ya. At a certain point it's pretty much how it works. Relationships have been the difference maker in my life at almost every point. Something that does require some intention.
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There are a handful of things I can point to that likely inspired my career in computers... Second Reality was one of them. (Probably Leisure Suit Larry behind that. :)
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sure but the senate doesn't just legislate for registered voters. my point is how out of touch congress potentially is based on age (and from other comments, net worth).
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it's incredible isn't it? Even beyond cognitive inabilities, average age is like 64 and the median net worth of congress is $1M (probably much higher for senate given cost of campaign). Comp…
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I find it fascinating that the average age of the senate is 64.
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canary in the coal mine for the economy?
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and for those coming from an earlier release, he does one every 6 months: https://seanjmullan.org/blog/ …
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Ya LLMs intend to keep us just impressed enough to keep going until they intend to destroy us because they'll never intend to close the laptop and do other stuff. :)
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Second sentence mentions an API, but then, no API docs anywhere...?
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rave massage circles?
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2 in the placebo group.
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exactly. what a weird PR campaign.
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Read some of the post and some of the comments here and a thought crossed my mind. Technical people like order, systems, rules, processes. As managers, they try and apply those things to managing peop…
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Check out "Project Amber in Action" [1], String templates [2], Unnamed Classes [3], etc etc. Even considering the critical importance of compatibility, the language has come a long ways and …
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