The Man Who Would Build a Computer the Size of the Entire Internet

Re:The Man Who Would Build a Computer the Size of the Entire... by WestCoastJustin on Monday September 09, 2013 @01:20PM (#6354730)

How do startups cope with pressure to perform? The pressure must be immense on the dotCloud/Docker folks. They have been active on HN responding to questions and comments, but having such publicity, Wired and HN driving traffic and questions, on non-production/beta software (docker) must be hard. I guess you just keep going like you always do.

In several of my personal project, I have noticed that once you have a following, you try to keep the standards up and only release quality, things start to take longer, and longer, because you do not want to let anyone down. I have felt real pressure to perform, and my projects are not anywhere near their level!

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Re:The Man Who Would Build a Computer the Size of the Entire... by nickstinemates on Monday September 09, 2013 @02:52PM (#6355388)

I can only speak for myself, but I feel that if you aren't in a place where there's tremendous pressure to perform your focus should be on getting there as soon as possible. Part of that pressure comes from the vibrant and active user and business community surrounding Docker.

The amount of work ahead of us is minuscule in comparison to the amount of work we'll have ahead of us in a year, and so on. However, scaling appropriately to become an organization that can handle those demands is really, really hard.

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