Programming

Programming


No Place for a Perfectionist in a Web Startup

12.27.2007 | Comments Off

10 years ago if you had asked, “If you could only use one word to describe yourself, what would it be?” I would have said, “perfectionist.” Granted, whether I was one or not was debatable. However, if I only had one word and I was trying to sell myself, why not be perfect?

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Changing Programming Languages: Python to PHP

12.20.2007 | Comments Off

Changing languages in mid project is one of those things that’s uncomfortable to do and very uncomfortable to talk about; especially for startups. When things like this change in big organizations, something must have failed or someone must’ve gotten fired. However, neither of that has happened here.

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A Good Night

11.25.2007 | Comments Off

You know you’ve had a good night programming when the screens are glowing in a dark room, to the left I’ve got a half finished can of Red Bull and 3 empty Mountain Dew cans. To the right, I’ve got a mostly eaten Chipotle Burrito bowl. Two or three Python references manuals are on the desk and all sense of time has been lost.

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Let There Be Marketing…

11.18.2007 | Comments Off

The founders met again on Saturday… We were due on the status of the project plus we scheduled a meeting with Bryan who we have been considering for business development / marketing position for the last month.

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So Back to the Startup at Hand…

11.15.2007 | Comments Off

Time seems to be a luxury we don’t have these days. In between the day job, the Startup Weekend and my house falling apart due to a slow leak in a pipe that was finally found and resolved, I feel like we’ve lost a couple of weeks in between where I couldn’t focus on the project at hand.

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