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Ask HN: Resources on how to build internal/enterprise tools?

Posted by internal_tools on Saturday September 10, 2016 @12:01PM
from the ask-hn dept.

There is a lot of attention given to consumer facing tools and how to build an MVP for that market segment. But what if your customer is internal (or a known enterprise)? Are there any good resources that discuss strategies on building these tools?It seems like there is a lot of knowledge out there, as every company I have worked for has teams for internal tooling -- but very little public or...

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Re:Google to acquire Apigee on Thursday September 08, 2016 @02:23PM (#12455712)

I wish. Can I get stock options for being optimistic?

Re:Google to acquire Apigee on Thursday September 08, 2016 @11:41AM (#12454039)

I think this is an excellent acquisition by Google, specifically for their cloud platform. It provides an excellent solution to the problem of managing apis and a tight integration with cloud platform will really make it stand out.

Re:Dell Closes $60B Merger with EMC on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @05:16PM (#12447789)

The Dell-EMC merger itself is fascinating, but really stands above it is all the other company's that EMC owns: VMWare, Spring, Pivotal, RSA Security, and a whole stable of backup/recovery companies.

All of these have deep inroads in the enterprise and really makes working on Dell-owned products opaque to the user. It's like Dell has become, or will soon become, the Koch Industries of the computing world.

Re:iPhone 7 on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @04:28PM (#12447277)

The water resistant argument is weak at best. I've had water resistant android phones for years without extra bulk. The problem is solved, all Apple had to do is look.

With that said, I don't actually disagree with taking the headphone jack out. I do think there needs to be a more universal replacement than what they are suggesting though.

Re:Y Combinator Companies on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @03:31PM (#12446558)

I didn't think there was a requirement to move to SV? Only that it was strongly encouraged.

Re:Goldman Sachs Has Started Giving Away Its Most Valuable Software on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @11:36AM (#12444256)

I would assume because this space is becoming more of a commodity and their tool is no longer unique -- on it's face. So by making it available to customers they can garner goodwill and entrench themselves.