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Yup. We use a lot of Let's Encrypt certs with domain validation via http-01 where our internal API can handle all the requests and validation without the end user requiring any technical knowledge.

It seems they will evaluate other options, but it's hard to imagine they would use something as convenient as http-01 for wildcards as then it opens up the platform to major abuse.

Definitely not meant to be interpreted as a practical question. Just a theoretical "what if" kind of question.

Echo the same thoughts myself.

Like they say, the best time to start a startup was in 2014. The second best time is now.

For me, there was also some fear as the revenue was quite new. Although it was significant, the thought has never and still hasn't left my mind that one day it could be gone.

It's also made me quite conservative in how I use the cash flow to grow the company. I'm not of the camp where I pour every dollar back into the company but rather I should take it out and invest in other things.

A lot of Shopify groups.

Search up anything Shopify or ecommerce mastermind.

Be aware that a lot of them are set up as groups that simply try to sell you stuff.

The best ecommerce folks are basically the best marketers.

Anyone who hangs out on Facebook group e-commerce forums basically have seen the outrageous claims the authors of this paper alludes to.

Nice to see an analysis like this for a change.

What I find disturbing about the verdict is this: If the person found guilty of manslaughter then goes and commits suicide citing, in a suicide letter, that the words of the judge made her do it, would the judge be guilty?

Now, I know that lawyers protect their own and the judge might make the defence that the above argument is too far of a leap, but one could have argued the same for the initial verdict that just by the mere suggestion and lack of action one should be responsive for someone else's action.

Definitely not.

Find your niche and solve the problem the other company isn't solving or solving well.

Over time your product will differentiate where your customers tell you to go.

There's good debt and then there's bad debt.

Good debt is one where you use other people's money to build your own wealth in appreciating assets.

Bad debt is where you borrow on credit to buy yourself a momentary satisfaction, like a trinket.

Most people think they're richer than they actually are. Which is why it's so common for people to "spoil" themselves. Learning to live cheaply is a skill and takes a bit of pride swallowing as the people around you live more lavishly on less income.

Unfortunately there a lot of people who are quite a bit overconfident about their financial state due to swollen housing prices.

It's suffice to say that the cloud providers have a different set of customers in mind. I have servers on both OVH/Linode variety of service providers as well as one single app running on AWS. For the products I run on OVH/Linode, I sell the service at less than $20/month. The one on AWS sells for $200+ per month. Again, it's because of the requirements/SLAs. Based on experience, AWS is a lot more robust for what I'm using it for.

The hardest work -- my opinion, of course -- is those that deals with front line customers. The irrational and angry customer who you can't reason with because they want to be angry for angry's sake. It's hard because it is incredibly dissatisfying and a "win" doesn't carry over to the next interaction.

Wow! Blown away by your side projects. Great work.

The service is cute. No doubt about it.

All the best to the team to find a way to monetize, however. Seems like the advertising route may be the most promising.