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Re:Ask HN: Good email host? on Monday October 31, 2016 @12:15PM (#12838194)
You should not have any problems until you start having problems and then you will deeply regret thinking that running your own mail server was a neat idea. My advice: don't host your own email server unless it's your core business or you're big company, your sanity is worth more than that.
This sounds familiar. Exactly like neo-liberalism. Privatizing profits while communizing loss.
Re:Ask HN: What are good reads for designing APIs? on Wednesday August 10, 2016 @12:45PM (#12263101)
This is my goto resource when the team starts bike-shedding on implementation details. http://jsonapi.org/
Ever had to deal with email deliverability issues? This alone is a very good reason to go with a hosted service. The self-hosted software looks good but I'd never touch that with a stick. There might be cases where regulation/privacy rules makes the self-hosted system useful/required but in all other cases, do yourself a favor and use a hosted service.
Re:Why is Canadian English unique? on Wednesday August 26, 2015 @01:17PM (#10124509)
The Canadian Constitution is a huge pandora box no one wants to open.
Re:Fallout 4 on Wednesday June 03, 2015 @11:08AM (#9653106)
There is no way to easily change the (location based) automatically selected language. Right, I might be in Spain right now, but I want the english trailer...
Re:Show HN: Dofsome.com - Chrome-less photo hosting on Saturday November 10, 2012 @11:09AM (#4766958)
Nice interface.

When you click on a picture, the slideshow should be paused by default. I found it annoying when the picture I was checking changed automatically.

I did not see the pause button at first sight, you should make it bigger and put it bottom center, and by default it should be a "play slideshow" button.

At first, I thought that the guy was using KS as an exit strategy from his current startup, Maptimize. Then I realized that he was creating a new, open-source JS client-side library, which is a real need. Kudos to that!

What strikes me is how one could use KS to "sell" useful code/assets from a failed startup. Or, to an extend, use KS as an exit strategy - going open source instead of going public.

Re:Ask HN: What music do you like to listen to while you program? on Wednesday December 28, 2011 @11:04AM (#3400172)
Awesome, Groovesalad ! I had forgotten this one since a while, definitely tuning in right now !
Re:Poll: Your preferred music for working? on Thursday October 27, 2011 @01:39PM (#3164387)
post-dubstep, UK-funky and some synthpop ( Don't ask me why but I love Freezepop)