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A Startup CTO’s Take on Early Technology Choices & Tradeoffs

View from Seed

If you want to build a website that, say, keeps track of your favorite restaurants, you might think, “Ruby along with Rails are great choices here, so let’s do that.” Tools, especially broader tools like programming languages, come with a lot of baggage, an attitude or even a philosophy on software development.

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What The Rails Security Issue Means For Your Startup

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Patrick McKenzie (patio11) blogs on software development, marketing, and general business topics. Many startups use Ruby on Rails. I am currently engaged in a Ruby on Rails security safari, and anticipate publishing the results of that in February, after responsible disclosure to the relevant security teams. by Patrick.

Security 101
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The Impact of Community

Duct Tape Marketing

This company is a project management tool that invented Ruby on Rails. Ruby on Rails has spawned thousands upon thousands of startups as a framework, as an infrastructure to build products on. Meaning events, magazines, blogs, they read, so you could distribute your content there. 14:21): So that was the second piece.

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Finding a Technical Partner for Your Startup

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In the process of gathering feedback, you’re beginning to develop a network of advisers and supporters. First Things First: Your Requirements You seem to feel that your project isn’t ready to move forward without a software developer (a “programmer&# , as you say). 10-15/hour.

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How Third-Party Licensing Can Ruin Your Launch

Software By Rob

I contacted the company and it turns out they have a royalty-free version that allows you to “freely distribute your own Applications that use [the component] as a runtime component without payment to [company].&# I don’t see why they would need that restriction AND not allow us to distribute our app’s source code.

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Doubling SaaS Revenue By Changing The Pricing Model

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Kalzumeus Software. Patrick McKenzie (patio11) blogs on software development, marketing, and general business topics. I personally use Scout because of great Ruby integration options. You can assume normality for the probability distribution of the average revenue per customer. Greatest Hits. Standing Invitation.

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Mentoring the mentors: Advice and inspiration for startup mentors

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