jsatok | 11 months ago | on: Show HN: LocalScore – Local LLM Benchmark
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jsatok | 13 years ago | on: Ask HN: Office tournaments, what do you use to track them?
We just put our ping pong scores on the whiteboard at AppHero, but I think Wattpad built an app that publishes their scores to their website for one of their Hack Fridays: http://www.wattpad.com/life
jsatok | 13 years ago | on: AWS: the good, the bad and the ugly
I haven't done a ton of work with 100tb.com, just a couple servers with them a few years back. It's great bandwidth. They're a SoftLayer reseller, so the nextwork blend is pretty good. I never got close to the 100tb cap, so am not sure if they'd impose some metering if you're doing it on a recurring basis. I feel like most of the people I've talked to about 100tb.com have gone in with the mentality that it's nearly unlimited, but end up using less than 1tb. If you aggregate across a ton of resold servers, I bet it's possible to make the model work pretty well.
jsatok | 13 years ago | on: Show HN: Hacker News Toronto Meetup
I'm in! Looking forward to it.
jsatok | 13 years ago | on: New Apple Developer Guideline Bans Apps That Promote Other Apps
Agreed, SKStoreProductViewController is a great addition in iOS 6. Very powerful tool for developers.
jsatok | 13 years ago | on: New Apple Developer Guideline Bans Apps That Promote Other Apps
Totally agreed. I tried to get that across in the interview for the article. It's pretty hard to say that the pay-for-ranking firms help users, and I think Apple's just taking a first stab at combatting them. I think there's a lot more they can do to improve the ranking algorithm in helping to combat these firms.
As a user and as a developer, I really hope these changes help move some of the blatant junk off the Top Lists.
jsatok | 13 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who Is Hiring? (October 2012)
AppHero, Toronto:
We're looking for an iOS Developer and a Machine Learning Engineer to join our team at AppHero.
AppHero helps consumers discover the most relevant and engaging apps based on personalized recommendations. We learn about users' interests and preferences from Facebook and by detecting the apps installed on their device, then recommend apps they'll love.
We've raised capital from some of the top investors here in Toronto, but are still a small team (4) and can offer generous equity (along with competitive salary).
We're looking for an iOS developer excited about building native apps on iOS using Objective-C and the iPhone SDK.
We're looking for an engineer with experience with natural language processing to join our team and help enhance our recommendations.
Please reach out to me directly if you're interesting in learning more about AppHero! jordan {at} apphero {dot} com
jsatok | 13 years ago | on: Improving HTTPS Performance with Early SSL Termination
That's a great idea. We're hosting with SoftLayer and have been considering doing something similar. They offer free bandwidth on the private network between data centers (and have pretty good pings between them). With a cloud server in each data center, you could achieve a similar thing while avoiding the need for VPN and not paying for extra bandwidth.
jsatok | 13 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who Is Hiring? (July 2012)
Toronto, Canada - AppHero (http://apphero.com)
AppHero is looking for engineers to join our team.
About you:
- Passionate about building disruptive products that solve big problems
- Excited by the opportunity to learn new things and question norms
- Self starter who enjoys thinking outside the box
- Entrepreneurial spirit and are interesting in taking an active role in growing AppHero
- Experience using Java to build applications
- Interested in working on the backend for web and mobile apps
About us:
- VC funded by top investors from Toronto and New York
- Building a product to help people discover the best apps by providing personalized recommendations
- Small team with diverse experience
- Work from a bright, modern, open concept office at Yonge and Eglinton in Toronto
Feel free to reach out if you're interested: jordan (at) apphero (dot) com
More info: http://apphero.com/careers
jsatok | 13 years ago | on: Ebook Community Wattpad Raises $17.3M, Claims Higher Engagement Than Pinterest
Congrats to Allen, Ivan and the team at Wattpad!
jsatok | 14 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who Is Hiring? (May 2012)
Toronto, Canada - AppHero (http://apphero.com)
AppHero is looking for engineers to join our team.
About you:
- Passionate about building disruptive products that solve big problems
- Excited by the opportunity to learn new things and question norms
- Self starter who enjoys thinking outside the box
- Entrepreneurial spirit and are interesting in taking an active role in growing AppHero
- Experience using Java to build applications
- Interested in working on the backend for web and mobile apps
About us:
- VC funded by top investors from Toronto and New York
- Building a product to help people discover the best apps by providing personalized recommendations
- Small team with diverse experience
- Work from a bright, modern, open concept office at Yonge and Eglinton in Toronto
Feel free to reach out if you're interested: jordan (at) apphero (dot) com
More info: http://apphero.com/careers
jsatok | 14 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who is Hiring? (April 2012)
AppHero (apphero.com) - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
AppHero is looking for an engineer to join our team and help us revolutionize the way people discover mobile apps.
About you:
- Passionate about building disruptive products that solve big problems
- Excited by the opportunity to learn new things and question norms
- Self starter who enjoys thinking outside the box
- Entrepreneurial spirit and are interesting in taking an active role in growing AppHero
- Experience using Java to build applications
- Interested in working on the backend for web and mobile apps
More info here: http://apphero.com/careers
jsatok | 14 years ago | on: Poll: Would your start-up bootstrap instead of raising money?
Agreed, and chances are that you won't create a $10M company on your own. Include a reasonable ESOP, a chunk for investors, etc., you're at a lot less than $10M.
Also, building a $10M startup isn't exactly guaranteed. When you factor in the future value, expected exit, dilution and the risk, I think it'll work out to a lot less than $1000/hour. But I don't think that's such a bad thing. I'd bet if you talk to most founders, they'd tell you that they didn't start their company with a big number in their head - they started it because of passion, drive and the desire to make a difference. $1000/hour consulting doesn't equal that sort of lifestyle.
jsatok | 14 years ago | on: Poll: Would your start-up bootstrap instead of raising money?
Raising a small ($25k-100k) friends and family round shouldn't take you more than a couple weeks. I guess it depends on your startup, team and financial situation, but I feel it makes sense to take the dilution, and get going with your startup rather than putting it off while doing consulting.
jsatok | 14 years ago | on: Poll: Would your start-up bootstrap instead of raising money?
I'd rather raise money. For me, startups are all or nothing. I believe focus is critically important to an early stage startup. While splitting time between consulting and your startup gives you a broader view of the world, it spreads you thiner, and means you make less progress with your startup.
I always remember that 100% of nothing is nothing. If you really believe in an idea - enough to spend time on it - raise some money, don't worry that you now own a smaller part of it, and change the world.
jsatok | 14 years ago | on: Ask HN: What is your primary development machine?
15" Early 2011 MBP, 8GB Ram, SSD, 27" Apple LED. I also have an 8-core Mac Pro, but find myself rarely using since getting the latest MBP (which is crazy fast, and with the SSD, feels faster than the Mac Pro in daily use)
jsatok | 14 years ago | on: Instapaper Server Update
The server that was taken from Marco was a blade server, and he just rented a single node in the blade. Locking the single blade he was on wouldn't have prevented the situation that occurred, as the FBI seized a number of enclosures, rather than servers. Most likely, the agents who took the servers didn't understand a blade server, and took the entire enclosure, rather than pulling a couple nodes out of the blade.
jsatok | 15 years ago | on: Ask HN: How can companies charge a CC with only card number and expiry?
It depends on your merchant account. I recently opened an Authorize.net account, and they gave me a couple different options, though it was suggested to me to collect the full name, address, zip and CVV, it's a matter of balancing risk on your end as well. With my Authorize.net account, the fees remain the same regardless of which pieces of information I collect, but if there begins to be a bunch of fraudulent transactions, my processing account will come under question, and it's possible I won't be able to continue processing until it's cleared up.
I ended up deciding to collect full name, zip and CVV, but not address. It's a matter of balancing UX and fraud. Recurly does a pretty good job explaining Address Verification and Credit Card Verification in their documentation: http://docs.recurly.com/payment-gateways/authorize-net#avs
jsatok | 15 years ago | on: Ask HN: Rackspace versus EC2, is it worth it for support?
I've tested both Rackspace Cloud Servers and Amazon EC2, and am currently using Rackspace Cloud Servers in production for my site. There are a number of factors that influenced this decision:
- Support is definitely a factor. I've found the support reps at Rackspace to be really helpful, and in cases, depending who you speak to there, they sometimes go above the call of duty. I had a rep help me setup configure haproxy for load balancing while on their standard support (not managed).
- I've found setup to be simpler. I feel this is an entirely subjective area, but in setting up a new server, I typically just want a clean Ubuntu box. Having community made instances are nice, but not something I need or use, so selecting an AMI just seems to make it more confusing.
Overall, I'd say it's very much based on what you're doing. My site is quite simple, so the additional services Amazon offers just complicate the setup, and Rackspace wins in ease of use. If you're startup requires high amounts of memory, cpu or disk space, then Amazon's the winner. I've found scaling Rackspace also to be a lot simpler. When my site's been featured on Mashable, Fast Company, GigaOm, etc., in a couple clicks (even from my iPhone), I can scale to a bigger box.
jsatok | 15 years ago | on: Show HN: I'll help you name your next startup/product for $50
Just signed up for a project of mine, excited to see what you come up with.
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Happy to test larger models that utilize the memory capacity if helpful.