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Choosing Technologies for Your Web Startup (Part 2)

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Some of the big guys (notably Google, Facebook, LiveJournal) have embraced open source and the results are trickling out to us. It inevitably involves data and content caching, one of the most difficult aspects, engineering-wise, of web development. Is the technology open sourced?

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Pick the Perfect Name for Your Startup

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He says that intentional Web 2.0 Johnson also says that search engine issues have affected the style of names. Amidst all the search engine and domain name drama, consider that names are memorable when they sound good. A keyword is not a brand, where there’s emotional connection with the words.” Is It Sticky?

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

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You need to hear this from someone who has used.Net extensively, and then happily walked away from it to go open source: You are a wanker. And before you say.net is only for windows, checkout https://github.com/mono , it’s not an open source application. It’s an *freaking open source*.net

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3 Things to Consider When Staffing a Software Development Project

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Brett Miller is the president of Custom Software by Preston (CSP). For more than 10 years CSP has impressed clients with highly effective software solutions and teams of multi-talented software engineers. There are multiple approaches you can take to staffing when it comes to IT projects.

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Essential Startup Funding Tips from 8 Seasoned Investors

mashable.com

On a more serious note, Gordon has a laundry list of founder qualities or experiences that will pique his curiosity: “Have a resume I envy and admire; make a significant contribution at a company I am fascinated by; write a great book or make a great game or TV show; [develop] significant software engineering experience and/or education.&#

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How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen

sivers.org

But what I think was hard, and it was something he couldnt consider was that it would be harder to find a *maintaining* programmer, and how much it would cost to run the software, because of technical details he didnt understand. Would love to hear your insights sometime into how to partner with engineers. to this simple version."

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Build vs. Buy: Which is Right for Your Business?

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Gartner forecasts enterprise software spending will total almost $572 billion worldwide by 2022. Companies are investing in enterprise software not just as a platform to run their business on, but the engine that moves it forward. But no-code software can come with the added cost of technical debt. Integrations.