JonM

This service takes a cURL request and outputs an https URL: https://www.gostaticapp.com/

You can use it via cURL or github actions (https://github.com/marketplace/actions/gostatic-deploy), and there's a node-based CLI coming soon

e.g. curl https://www.gostaticapp.com/api/deploy/artifact \ -X POST \ -H "Accept: application/json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer your-api-token" \ -F "file=@file.zip"

This certainly wins on convenience and accessibility for non-developers.

I was working on a similar concept, but it still required some dev skills (use curl or github actions) - https://www.gostaticapp.com/

Hey,

I've been tinkering with this concept recently, it's not quite ready for beta testing, but I'd be happy to take feedback on what I've got so far: http://croncloud.io/

It's also important to note that these new rules cover the sale of digital goods to CONSUMERS only, if you are (for example) a registered business in the UK and selling to a registered business in Germany, German VAT is not applied, and you do not have to pass it on (via VATMOSS) to the German government.

A couple of useful resources if you need to calculate VAT rates across Europe and Stripe's fees in each country: http://jsonvat.com/, https://stripefees.com/

Perhaps consider an enterprise agreement with AWS? We've saved $large without needing to switch providers just by committing to a minimum monthly volume of data transfer.

Worth seeing the numbers before you invest in dev & operations.

On that point (needing a sys admin for say 10 hours a week), where should a currently devs only team be looking? Remote freelancer? Dev with ops / sys admin experience?

* Don't push new code to production while operational problem is ongoing (unless it addresses the operational problem) ^^ absolutely!

Awesome, this was the missing piece of the puzzle for me, thanks for getting it out so quick.

Xeround looks really interesting (http://xeround.com/). Seems to do everything in RAM and takes care of any replication / backup & scailing for you. Looks like it would get expensive with large amounts of data though... anyone using this in production?

Agree. If growth is (reasonably) predictable I think dedicated is a great way to go. Surely if you are aiming for an MVP, you don't want to be worrying about managing multiple boxes and adjusting the amount of RAM, CPU and diskspace they have access to. Better to slightly over provision with a cheap dedicated server then expand when you have a feel for the requirements of the project.

Great idea and implementation.

I've just coded up a custom "gadget" for our internal admin panel. No more copying & pasting the email address on the ticket into our internal system.

Looks fantastic! I just wish you guys had launched 12 months ago; we've had a pretty tough time integrating with another partner due to their limited API. What is the timetable for international role out?

We've recently launched an Direct Debit facility and faced these exact problems. Luckily our DD provider works with some huge companies and so is already insured against any "indemnity claims". This insurance is reflected in our transaction fees though.

Leeds, UK (no remote) - Pitch Hero Limited

Sports website with 2MM+ UVs/month, looking for frontend and mobile developers. Competitive salary and possible stock options.

Already profitable, doubled website traffic in the last 12 months.

http://www.pitchero.com/jobs/

Where can I get info on the MySQL 5.5 issues? I'm considering upgrading from 5.1 to get the new InnoDB plugin...

Leeds, UK (no remote) - Pitch Hero Limited

Sports website with 1.5MM+ UVs/month, looking for Developer (Frontend & OO PHP) & Mobile Developer (iPhone / Android / Mobile Web). £Competative salary and possible stock options. Small team, big opportunity.

Interns and University placement students also considered for the mobile role.

http://www.pitchero.com/jobs/

Count me in... How should we go about organising it? Email or setup some kind of group?

Leeds (if that counts!)

Suboptimal from what perspective? Server processing time & data transfer - maybe, user experience - not necessarily.

Ajax calls aren't by more optimal by definition, it depends on the context.

Agree that worse UX will frustrate users making them less likely to spend time on the site and have less interaction.

For the advertising that is sold on my site, the CPM is determined by the number and quality of Unique Visitors and volume is determined by Page Impressions.

So it's good to have a large number of page impressions, but actually I need to build my audience (UVs) which is more difficult (to a point).

The "industry standard" will vary vastly with the vertical you operate in (sports, technology, barbie dolls) and quality of your site and audience

Good point, I think there is a balance though....

For example, on a site with only one advert per page, I don't think there is any harm in having a new page load rather than an ajax call (which arguably would be the better "user experience").

What shouldn't be encouraged is sending users "around the houses" to get an extra couple of advertising impressions.... which if we were honest is likely to floor the CTR anyway.

The key in most instances is making sure your page loads fast, and let your users get to what they want quickly.

Leeds, UK (no remote) - Pitch Hero Limited

Sports website with 1MM+ UVs/month, looking for frontend designer / developer. £30k+ and possible stock options.

http://www.pitchero.com/jobs/

Pitchero ("Pitch Hero") - Leeds, UK

Sports startup looking for Senior Frontend Developer / Engineer (Fulltime; onsite only)

- ~1 Million monthly UVs - 45% of English Rugby Union clubs use our platform - Football clubs all the way up to Blue Square - Small startup where you can make a big impact - possible share options - Current dev team is 1 person (i.e. me!)

http://www.pitchero.com/jobs/

Agree. I'm surprised this article hasn't been more popular or at least prompted more dicussion.

The point about moving away from doing everything from scratch to outsourcing via APIs is interesting from a business perspective as well as programming.

There a number of startups appearing that are nothing more than a mashup of existing technologies that can be harnessed via API.

I posted this a while back: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1136710

We were doing £0.20 ($0.31 US), more recently it's been closer to £0.30.

We did have a period over summer of £0.50+, but this was after a phone call from Google..... I think we jumped "on their radar" at this point and they had some campaigns specific campaigns.

We only run adsense on our backfill, after premium and Adjug.

ditto.... I also do the "trick yourself into doing things" technique.

Good to hear that other people go through the exact same thought process.

I don't know how you manage working from home though... going to the office in a morning works wonders for me. I tend to regress over the weekend; I'm at my peak on Wednesday and Thursday.

This looks brilliant, you just need to nail your pricing structure.. perhaps consider per test or limit the number of tests and variations? Either way, congratulations, some serious skills on show form your engineer(s)!

Good point, I'm currently testing their system but can walk away. I'd be seriously pissed if I was locked in.

Nope. All approximations, but it doesn't sound crazy; considering that someone has inputted a search term and the link will be related to that term. Obviously there are loads of variables but it's probably of the right order (single percentages)....

I've inserted all my company data into the "Social Network" model to see why we aren't netting $10MM yet.

Our main discrepency is Pageviews per UV and sell through rate.

I've got plenty of ideas on how to improve the Pageviews per UV. Sell through rate and CPM are more of a challenge.