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Re:Zenefits (YC W13) Just Raised $500M at a $4.5B Valuation by ddispaltro on Wednesday May 06, 2015 @12:40PM (#9499912)
I don't think so, basically the HN crew wants to see the nuts and bolts, and he's giving a real reason why problems happen on the platform. I personally find it refreshing when someone from a B2B company helps me understand their internals, it helps me trust them more because either their sound or not.
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Re:Zenefits (YC W13) Just Raised $500M at a $4.5B Valuation by colbyh on Wednesday May 06, 2015 @12:59PM (#9500061)
Sure, it's interesting to know (even if there's no way to verify what he's saying is correct), but it starts to come off as passing the buck. I think your perspective on the HN crowd might have been more valid 3-4 years ago but let's not pretend like it's still the same group of people.

We use Zenefits and (AFAIK) have no issues with the service. Just throwing it out there that a little reassurance goes a long way.

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Re:Zenefits (YC W13) Just Raised $500M at a $4.5B Valuation by ddispaltro on Wednesday May 06, 2015 @01:17PM (#9500207)
Yeah I agree on both points. Nothing really substitutes knowing (and hearing) someone is in your corner.
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Re:Zenefits (YC W13) Just Raised $500M at a $4.5B Valuation by 7Figures2Commas on Wednesday May 06, 2015 @01:05PM (#9500095)
The notion that "APIs == zero errors" is absolutely not sound.
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