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I'll take some of that, please! 'thrashr888'

I created something similar once S3 started allowing browser-based uploads. It's hosted in S3 and uses S3's rules to expire the files. The code's on Github so you can easily host your own copy.

http://s3upper.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/

We totally had link-bait articles. :)

Thanks for responding!

Looks like the ads aren't showing up for you. I see the same thing with Flashblock on. We're also still working on properly targeting ads.

Yeah, no problem. :)

It't not really a single-page-app, we just load the next article via ajax. First page loads normally. I prototyped that out but quickly realized it was totally overkill for a publication like this.

This particular issue is actually related to migrating comments to the new domain & urls. We actually have to provide Disqus with legacy urls for old articles. A few got mixed up. The reloading is actually working just fine.

Thanks for the feedback. We've been using the technique on a few other sites with mostly positive response. We're tweaking it as we go.

On article pages, the left-side article list is actually pretty similar to something like a "See Also" box that would just show a few articles. Add a few extras and make it infinitely scrollable, and that's what we've got here. The main benefit is to not have to do a full page-load when skimming a series of articles. You also get the google reader-like J/K key navigation. Otherwise you'll be clicking the Back button and going back and forth.

Having the right sidebar scroll separately helps with ad exposure and keeps it from showing just whitespace. Some people like it.

Dev here. They actually launched a new feature to reload comments for us. We're still working on the comment thread bugs. Using the new api and changing the domain + urls made migration complicated. It was working just fine pre-launch, of course.

Thanks for the feedback, sorry you're having issues. How is it reloading? Have an example url? Which browser? (dev here)

Go

I can't think of any other languages that let you do `echo 'Hello World' > /Library/WebServer/Documents/index.php` and you already see that in the browser because it comes with your OS. It's hard to beat that for normal folks just starting out making web pages.

I think you still didn't directly answer the question. I'll assume (just a guess from your comment) he increased his rates?

cool

I may have this opportunity as early as January and would like to be smart about it. I can leverage existing property equity at ~3% APR and I'm sure I can use it wisely to pull in much better than that. Any example ideas? I'm just now starting to look into this.

I got stuck with a large, unexpected bill at my auto dealer. They comped the next large bill. They're awesome and I'll be a customer for life. They're also the highest (Yelp) rated shop in the area so I bet I'm not the only one.

I suppose it depends on what sort of shop Heroku wants to run. It just seems like customer service is not a big deal to them.