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Lessons Learned: Great open source scalability tools from Danga

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, September 5, 2008 Great open source scalability tools from Danga If you are trying to build a scalable LAMP service, its always best to start with the original and still quite relevant presentation, from Brad Fitzpatrick when he was at LiveJournal. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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Waves of technology platforms

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, September 8, 2008 Waves of technology platforms I still remember the first time I switched to LAMP. That startup didnt turn out so well, but not for lack of technology. Our open source counterparts who did solve the scale problem, had some serious hardware costs to deal with.

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Lessons Learned: The lean startup

Startup Lessons Learned

But by taking advantage of open source, agile software, and iterative development, lean startups can operate with much less waste. One that is powered by three drivers, each of which is a part of a major trend: The use of platforms enabled by open source and free software. What are the characteristics of a lean startup?

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Lessons Learned: What does a startup CTO actually do?

Startup Lessons Learned

What does your Chief Technology Officer do all day? When Ive asked mentors of mine who have worked in big companies about the role of the CTO, they usually talk about the importance of being the external face of the companys technology platform; an evangelist to developers, customers, and employees. Just what is the CTO supposed to do?

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Case Study: Rapid iteration with hardware

Startup Lessons Learned

I found the perfect person at the department of Industrial Design Engineering of the Delft University of Technology. version of the product, but the toy manufacturer we licensed the toy to, wasn't interested in a new version, as the original version continues to sell well to this day. The first hire The first hire was critical.

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8 Must Have Tools For Your Next App Build

YoungUpstarts

There are plenty of open source software and commercial software solutions that DevOps teams are using to accelerate app development. Open source solutions will be free or inexpensive but may take more time on the front end to configure and customize. Time, as they say, is money. Kubernetes.

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The free software hiring advantage

Startup Lessons Learned

Yes, you may be more familiar with the term open source, but lets give credit where credit is due , at least for today). Ignore the famous people who are busy giving lots of speeches about how technology X will change the world. Definitely interested in the perspective of the open-source contributor solicited with a job offer.