ThanksBudRJ

Re:Super last minute advice for startups applying for Y Combinator on Tuesday March 17, 2009 @08:40AM (#519783)

Great post Gary! My favorite is #5 "A little help from friends." It took me a long time to realize the value of letting everyone know what you're doing and what you need. I use to try to keep everything secret until launch. Now I realize that if you tell people what you're doing and what you, they're much more likely to HELP you.

The Original Magento Amazon AMI (EC2)

Posted by ThanksBudRJ on Tuesday March 10, 2009 @08:57PM
from the rjmartino.com dept.

http://www.rjmartino.com/2009/03/08/the-original-magento-amazon-ami-ec2/

I wanted to setup a magento store and compare it to a number of competitors. But, to get the thing launched, you need to customize your server.I didn’t want to modify our server because I had concerns: security concerns, resource concerns, more-crap-installed-on-server installed.I started working with Amazon's EC2 network and created a Magento Amazon AMI. At the time there wasn't a single AMI...

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