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FinTech Startup – Pros and Cons of Tech Stack?

Posted by virtualjj on Wednesday June 10, 2015 @02:52AM
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I recently moved from a fortune 100 company to a FinTech startup. My background is mainly in infrastructure & security. However, I will be working very close to the development side.I know this will be an open ended-question with a lot of answers around "it depends" but this is what I would like to know:In the context of FinTech and startups, currently three people team (yours truly, one...

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Re:Free Kindle EBook – DIY VPN and Smart DNS on Monday May 11, 2015 @10:45AM (#9525108)

Yeah...I've been feeling the same and will definitely invest more on the cover. I paid a whole whopping five bucks at fiverr.com and got exactly what I paid for. :(

Free Kindle EBook – DIY VPN and Smart DNS

Posted by virtualjj on Monday May 11, 2015 @09:59AM
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I put together an ebook using stuff scattered from the web and my own personal experience with modifying home routers and setting up VPN servers with Amazon AWS for streaming geo-blocked content from overseas.It is free for the next 24 hours on Amazon:http://www.amazon.com/DIY-OVERSEAS-ONLINE-STREAMING-BOOK-ebook/dp/B00TPRSKBAI'd like to get some feedback on how to improve it for the next...

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Re:How to set up your own free VPN server on AWS on Tuesday March 24, 2015 @11:14PM (#9261062)

I like the CloudFormation bit - I think I'll give that a try. I wrote a book on how to setup your own VPN in AWS for overseas streaming (step-by-step) but using the OpenVPN AS appliance.

Everyone's mileage and needs are different but OpenVPN is probably a better choice over PPTP & L2TP for security and speed - at least in my experience. www.virtualjj.com if you want to take a peak of what I did.