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Re:Ask HN: Advice for proxy while in China? on Friday February 21, 2014 @07:27PM (#7280396)
Can you access psiphone? https://s3.amazonaws.com/0ubz-2q11-gi9y/en.html https://s3.amazonaws.com/e8uh-puy4-4hx1/en/download.html https://s3.amazonaws.com/0ubz-2q11-gi9y/zh.html‎

Show HN: A free web scheduling solution for Ruby, ASP.Net, PHP

Posted by jimmmylost on Sunday August 25, 2013 @09:13PM
from the show-hn dept.

Hi HN,Handling the scheduled tasks was always a headache for us in our startups. There are problems in calculating months, years, minutes, etc. and on the other hand, the web is not made to handle scheduled tasks. Using programming hacks is not the appropriate method to do scheduled tasks. MySql Cron, Windows Scheduled Tasks and .VB files, uptime checkers, on expired events on caching objects,...

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Re:Ask HN: Why don't companies open-source the source code of their ol... on Sunday July 07, 2013 @11:37AM (#6002262)
This is the exactly the point why we are not publishing our source codes.
Re:MailChimp Annual Report on Wednesday January 16, 2013 @04:56AM (#5066127)
Agree with you, That's a negative point.
Re:Ask HN: Where they/you spend $1m for a startup? on Tuesday January 15, 2013 @04:09AM (#5059387)
[Repeat] We assume that your are a web developer, you have an idea and have it implemented. you sell or are not! do you really need hundreds of thousands of dollars?
Re:Ask HN: Where they/you spend $1m for a startup? on Tuesday January 15, 2013 @04:04AM (#5059375)
We assume that your are a web developer, you have an idea and have it implemented. you sell or are not! I really need hundreds of thousands of dollars?
Re:MouseStats - Record website visitor activities and generate website... on Monday January 14, 2013 @06:59PM (#5057520)
In normal conditions, I agree with you. but if you see this tool as an ability to improve the UX, it's a miracle. I can't imagine a better way to find out design problems.
Re:Ask HN: What is your project/MVP that NEARLY made it? on Monday January 14, 2013 @08:13AM (#5054471)
"An Unsuccessful Web Entrepreneur" was my title! I've been working since 8 years ago, and I'm busy now too! Among all my 10 startups there are only two successful and the rest is completely defeated. Just wanted to say: do not despair!

Because of the problems with funding and lack of promotion strategy all start-ups failed!

1. Founder of Onlines.ir (2005) — my first startup,with 300,000hits in first 48 hours / Dead — http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://onlines.ir

2. Founder of Zaxino(2006) — miniblog service / Dead — http://www.killerstartups.com/Web20/zaxino-com-get-a-mini-bl...

3. Founder of LandZo(2007) — a photosharing network / Dead

4. Founder of HostFinder.ir(2008) — the first hosting directory in Iran / Dead

5. Founder of Zajet(2009) — a social network to share anything / Dead — http://www.killerstartups.com/Web20/zajet-com-sharing-made-s... — http://www.startupwizz.com/2009/06/zajet-what-are-you-sharin... — http://www.webdevtwopointzero.com/sites/zajetcom/ — http://www.listio.com/web20/app/Zajet-1/

6. Founder of LifeDesktop(2010) — the first web-based life organizer — http://www.lifedesktop.com — http://www.killerstartups.com/Web-App-Tools/lifedesktop-com-... — http://www.webdevtwopointzero.com/sites/lifedesktop/ — http://sigalonwebapps.soup.io/post/116420479/LifeDesktop-com... — http://slydnet.com/web/lifedesktop-organiser-sa-vie-en-ligne...

7. Founder of Noolt(2012) — the mix of DMoz, Stackoverflow, Wiki and Digg / Dead

Re:Ask HN: Are desktop apps dead? on Sunday January 13, 2013 @02:09PM (#5051501)
We prefer SaaS because of: 1. Data Safety (and sometimes for high risk information companies prefer a desktop app for privacy) 2. Multi-Platform 3. Access from everywhere 4. A better UX (in most cases) 5. Maintenance,Maintenance and Maintenance (a bug in your desktop app is terrible, but SaaS? you can solve in for all customers in a second) 6. Prevent hack and cracks! (That's really a huge money-loss)

Really these are very serious problems. But there are some cases you should use desktop apps.

Re:Ask HN: Require a sign-up or allow anonymous/guest users? on Saturday January 12, 2013 @05:35PM (#5049154)
You should provide a good reason for visitor to become a user. never block everything for guests(like many websites out there), you should provide a great demo or any strong reason for people to become a user. That's clear nobody will fill forms and do activation process for just a sentence that you wrote on your home page. "Find Friends" - Signup "Live Chat" - Signup