bobbonew | 6 years ago | on: Disney+ fans without answers after thousands hacked
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bobbonew | 6 years ago | on: Is “Investing in improving structure” better than “Paying off technical debt”?
For some reason my relationship with the ceo was viewed as trusting whereas their programming team was not. I was able to get the time required (in 9 out of 10 situations) by explaining in detail why it was required.
We actually had a complete rewrite in the pipeline - an architecture written by myself - that was on the table. But they shut down before that was possible.
I don’t regret taking the position despite the frustration and difficult inherent to what I had to tackle. I got a very closeup view on technical debt that has assisted me throughout my entire career.
bobbonew | 6 years ago | on: Show HN: Monitor websites for change and get scraped data in a webhook
Or will my price stay locked in?
Thanks!
bobbonew | 6 years ago | on: AirPods Pro
bobbonew | 6 years ago | on: AirPods Pro
On an active phone call I can carry on a conversation in the room im in 10 feet away from the person. To have that cancelled out would be interesting to try.
bobbonew | 6 years ago | on: Is “Investing in improving structure” better than “Paying off technical debt”?
Every single feature and block of code was written in 30% the time it should have been given. The ceo had no idea the technical debt he was creating until it was too late.
The day I came aboard any new feature or change that could be completed in 100% standard time needed 200%+ the standard time to account for the shortcuts taken over the previous 14 months.
It was a total shit show and a half.
The company shut down 6 months later.
bobbonew | 6 years ago | on: Ask HN: What are your biggest roadblocks when building a new project/SaaS?
I do the same thing and do it for the entire “core”. Templating, session management, database tie in (all for a stateless, cloud app).
I improve it every project and it’s easy to start from there than scratch. I don’t like using available base code due to not needing 90% of features and it always feels like bloat.
bobbonew | 6 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who's Looking for a Co-Founder?
bobbonew | 6 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who's Looking for a Co-Founder?
bobbonew | 6 years ago | on: My boss doesn't want to keep growing the company
It was spoken about between the owner and I for years how we would grow the business and I would eventually become a partner.
We started at 32,000 a year, moved up to 70,000 a year, and moved up to $120,000 a year. When it was time to decide to take a contract worth several hundred thousand dollars… The owner decided not to because she didn’t want to grow the business that large.
I felt as though I wasted three years of my life working for a company that had no intention of actually really furthering my career -and my livelihood.
The following month I quit and left for another business. It sucked. The whole entire process. Leaving and explaining why.
My advice is to move on and try not to focus too much on it. You did as best as you could.
bobbonew | 6 years ago | on: Ask HN: Is there a way to automate the occasional micropayment?
Additionally for mobile apps they support in app purchase subscriptions as well. You could use phonegap to develop current mobile apps with just HTML/css/backend-programming.
bobbonew | 6 years ago | on: The Universe Is Made of Tiny Bubbles Containing Mini-Universes, Scientists Say
bobbonew | 6 years ago | on: Show HN: Passbox – Give access to your data only after you're dead
Good idea thinking out of the box with your SaaS. Good luck!
bobbonew | 6 years ago | on: Show HN: Tool I created to covert tabular data to a 'pretty' table
bobbonew | 6 years ago | on: Ask HN: Successful one-person online businesses?
bobbonew | 6 years ago | on: AWS Customers Rack Up Hefty Bills for Moving Data
bobbonew | 6 years ago | on: Google Announces Nest WiFi