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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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How much does it cost to build the world’s hottest startups?

The Next Web

“The short answer is that it will take 10 hours,” answers Werdelin, who built a Twitter clone in a one-day Ruby on Rails course. Assume $160 for a Ruby on Rails course plus free Heroku, a cloud platform as a service that allows you to instantly deploy an app. But a good developer could make it quicker.”.

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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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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Boston Tech Community (Fall 2013 Edition)

Rob Go

Ruby specialists. Terrible Labs – Ruby on Rails, Web and Mobile. Extension Engine - Software engineering and design. Gridco Systems – Power Distribution Systems (backed by General Catalyst and Northbridge). Thoughtbot - Web application development and design. FreshTilledSoil - User Interface Design. Places to Hang.

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Finding a Technical Cofounder

bizthoughts.mikelee.org

Active software engineers probably get two offers a month or more. I was able to hire phenomenal software engineers and grow a strong team culture. From Codecademy and Try Ruby , to free programming books and free online courses. Farmville & neighbors #distribution # 19 hours ago Copywrite © 2012 MikeLee.org.

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How to Build a Startup Team

techcocktail.com

If your developer knows ruby-on-rails but doesn’t care about the application you are creating, then there is no guarantee that their work will be as precise or consistent as you need – or that they will go the extra mile. Software Engineer—PHP—Energy Software for the Smart Grid @ Agentis Energy (Elmhurst, IL) Sr.

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Finding a Technical Cofounder

startupbaltimore.org

Finding a Technical Cofounder by Mike Subelsky on September 17, 2010 Advice View Comments Over the past 18 months I’ve had the same conversation with about ten entrepreneurs looking to start a software-based business. Go where the software people are. Sounds obvious, right? Get involved in social media.