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Lessons Learned: Just-In-Time Scalability

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You can also download our presentation, " Just-In-Time Scalability: Agile Methods to Support Massive Growth." Labels: agile , continuous deployment 1 comments: timothyfitz said. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Update: PDF version for "lazy linux users" and others who love freedom.

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Lessons Learned: SEM on five dollars a day

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It just answered this question: for any given time range, for the 100% of people who registered in that period, what percentage of them downloaded? chatted five times? Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Its simplicity made it effective - everyone in the company could use and understand it.

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How to get distribution advantage on the iPhone

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I downloaded and tried all four of them (because I had time to kill) - and Im still not sure which one was the best. Nevertheless, we are getting healthy downloads, and anecdotal evidence suggests that its often from people just browsing through apps. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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Lessons Learned: Greasemonkey compiler

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I tried your compiler and it generted the XPI file but when I link to it and click the link it actually downloads the binary into my browser window instead of popping up the Firefox plugin window. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. As I make more, youll find them (with source) at my Greasemonkey Compiler page.

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Lessons Learned: The one line split-test, or how to A/B all the time

Startup Lessons Learned

I usually use a "funnel report" that looks like this: Control Hypothesis A Hypothesis B Registered 1000 (100%) 1000 (100%) 500 (100%) Downloaded 650 (65%) 750 (75%) 200 (40%) Chatted 350 (35%) 350 (35%) 100 (20%) Purchased 100 (10%) 100 (10%) 25 (5%) In this case, you could run the report for any time period.

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Lessons Learned: Why PHP won

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At IMVU, when wed hire a new engineer, we could get them to ship code to production on their first day, even if they had never programmed in PHP before. Which makes them exactly the kind of programmers companies should want to hire. In my role as a CTO, Ive always tried to choose the right tool for the right job.

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Lessons Learned: Lo, my 5 subscribers, who are you?

Startup Lessons Learned

For example, we used to be baffled at IMVU by the significant minority of people who would download the software but never chat with anyone. b) If your product has areas where people read and then different areas where people interact, are there ways to do metrics to determine where people spend their time?