JChauncey's Comments

Feld Thoughts : What Should You Do When Your Web Service Blows Up?

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:33:04 +0000

you should always have a disaster recovery plan in place no matter how big you are. At first it maybe just taking regular backups of your database to insure integrity and making sure they are pushed to another server. Then maybe you get a bit more sophisticated and have multiple servers running clustered so if one dies you get session replication and you keep on trucking. Then eventually you run passive nodes located in another data center that you can bring online at will. Eventually you do full data replication to another site with a full set of prod hardware and if your system goes down you point your dns entry to your backup cluster and go to town. However, all of this hinges on the fact that you REGULARLY test these systems. I have heard far too many stories of people who have disaster recovery systems in place only to not test them regularly to find their backup takes just as long to bring up than it would to completely rebuild from scratch. It also helps to have some type of automated build system that stores all your production builds as backups. That way when you do have failure that maybe code related you roll back the database and grab the last good prod build and bring your systems back up.

Feld Thoughts : A Month of Mac

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 01:13:18 +0000

quick question about you dumping outlook, are you still using it to manage your contact lists for your phone(s)? (Your iphone and your evo?)

Feld Thoughts : Two Weeks Later, Iâm Loving The HTC EVO

Fri, 4 Jun 2010 21:33:20 +0000

on my droid eris i try and keep the wifi and bluetooth off and i definitely turn off the gps (it drains a ton of battery life). I also constantly keep tasks killed when the phone is just lying around. so my battery life is around 48 hours or so.

TechCrunch : Is an MBA a Plus or a Minus in the Startup World?

Sat, 8 May 2010 17:56:44 +0000

I wonder though if the MBA program you attend is more important than the actual degree itself.

TechCrunch : Google Responds to Joe Hewitt: Your Argument Is Two Years Old

Thu, 6 May 2010 16:44:30 +0000

Fast adoption really? I still have customers on IE6... And no I cant force them to upgrade....

Feld Thoughts : What Software Was Used To Create Everlater?

Thu, 29 Apr 2010 19:33:00 +0000

Yeah scala is a great language for highly distributed applications and it runs on the JVM which means enterprise support is easy to come by. here is a list of 50 ror sites -http://storecrowd.com/blog/top-50-ruby-on-rails-w...

Feld Thoughts : What Software Was Used To Create Everlater?

Thu, 29 Apr 2010 12:25:53 +0000

Twitters front end is still a rails app but their back end processing was moved from ruby to scala (which they chose because of its multi-threading architecture). http://www.artima.com/scalazine/articles/twitter_...

Feld Thoughts : What Software Was Used To Create Everlater?

Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:47:06 +0000

There really is no difference in programming languages they all do the same thing. Most of the time it just comes down to cost. How much does the developer environment cost to get up and running? In .NET it could be expensive if you have to license Visual Studio. In java there are pleanty of free IDEs, same with Ruby, Python, and PHP. Then you have to figure in the container that your application is going to run in. JBOSS vs tomcat, commercial support or not etc... Ruby is a fairly cheap way to get going considering its highly active community. Then with cloud based services like Heroku it makes it really easy to scale. Java is cheap to start with but can get expensive very fast if you dive into the EE side of things.

Feld Thoughts : Web Sites and Books for Novice Programmers

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 18:48:53 +0000

Pickup a good beginners book to learn the syntax and then find a simple problem to solve and go to town. Because, the API is king when learning a new language. Learning the ins and out of the API will help you learn how the language functions internally and will help you write better code - for example what algorithm does Arrays.sort implement in the java API. After that IRC > *. If you ask intelligent questions there are pleanty of people on servers like freenode who can help you find what you need or even just answer the question straight up. Channels like ##java have people who work for companies like JBOSS and deal with the internals of the language on a daily basis. Just idling in the channel is a good way to pickup information as well.

Feld Thoughts : Confused Boulder Weather

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 18:39:36 +0000

Well yesterday was 80 degrees here with like 70% humidity - in other words it was miserable. Luckily my wife and I will be in Broomfield in about 3 weeks. Getting out just in time! But that's amazing that it snowed last night.

Feld Thoughts : Some Thoughts On TechStars and Advice for Young Entrepreneurs

Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:56:33 +0000

firefox on windows is having issues as well..

Feld Thoughts : Platforms vs. Developers

Mon, 12 Apr 2010 13:53:23 +0000

I think apple is crossing the line and may be making a huge mistake. I know they want control and want every developer to write in obj c but i think in the end its really going to shut down developers who have to learn yet another language to support another platform. I already know java so instead of writing my app for the iphone first i am working on an android client. if i was apple i would want as many apps as possible on my store so I could get a cut of the money regardless of what language they were written in. Gee do I see the whole Mac vs PC debate cropping up again? signed mac fanboi...

Feld Thoughts : Shifting to Twitter for Deal Evaluation

Thu, 1 Apr 2010 17:26:49 +0000

you know it actually makes sense. I cant remember if it was here or not that I read - If you cant fit your idea on the back of a business card then you have thought your idea through or something like that. That should be 140 or so characters. And yeah I fell for this april fools joke, along with the crunchpad kit (I would seriously buy one along with a refurb macbook pro (17inch) so I could have the most bad ass ipad ever in the world).

Feld Thoughts : TechStars Seattle Applications Are Now Open

Sun, 28 Mar 2010 13:48:29 +0000

Have you guys noticed people submitting to multiple techstars for the same year?

one : Get A Job! At Walmart.

Thu, 25 Mar 2010 14:23:50 +0000

The problem is that for a section of people, who especially in this economy are barely making ends meet, walmart is the best choice for buying the goods they need. Wal-mart provides a cheap alternative to things like canned goods, produce, and even meats. These people dont care for buying higher end products and even if they did more than likely cant afford them. One thing taht may help would be if wal-mart bought the produce they sell in a particular store locally (or at least a portion of it). I just wonder if the local farmer can sell it to wal-mart cheap enough to make a decent profit and wal-mart keep the prices competitive with big agri-business farms.

Feld Thoughts : The Awesomeness of a Hackathon

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:41:05 +0000

Also noticed rally is having a CodeRetreat at the end of march - http://www.rallydev.com/engblog/2010/03/09/rally-... That will be a lot of fun as well.

Feld Thoughts : The Doubly-Linked List Appears to Have Been Patented

Thu, 4 Mar 2010 13:36:37 +0000

heh patent the in place merge sort and then sue oracle for infringement... they have enough money i may never have to work again =)

Feld Thoughts : Software Beats Network In My Book

Wed, 3 Mar 2010 13:45:30 +0000

software is what makes the internet... dns? software. router firmware? software. tcp/ip protocol? software. web servers? software. without software we would not have the internet.

Feld Thoughts : When I Decided Not To Become A Doctor

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:57:28 +0000

First I am forwarding your fathers blog to everyone I know... Second, I had the exact opposite problem growing up. My father told me in high school that I was going to college to get an education and do something other than taking over the family business (which they started in 1960). I actually enjoy doing what he does (they plant pine trees for paper companies) but I also enjoy being a programmer. So on days when its gorgeous outside and he's in the woods planting I wish I was right there beside him, instead of being stuck inside of a cube with no view of the outdoors. =\\

Online Aspect : How to find angel investors

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:04:17 +0000

great advice

JChauncey's Comments

Feld Thoughts : What Should You Do When Your Web Service Blows Up?

Feld Thoughts : A Month of Mac

Feld Thoughts : Two Weeks Later, Iâm Loving The HTC EVO

TechCrunch : Is an MBA a Plus or a Minus in the Startup World?

TechCrunch : Google Responds to Joe Hewitt: Your Argument Is Two Years Old

Feld Thoughts : What Software Was Used To Create Everlater?

Feld Thoughts : What Software Was Used To Create Everlater?

Feld Thoughts : What Software Was Used To Create Everlater?

Feld Thoughts : Web Sites and Books for Novice Programmers

Feld Thoughts : Confused Boulder Weather

Feld Thoughts : Some Thoughts On TechStars and Advice for Young Entrepreneurs

Feld Thoughts : Platforms vs. Developers

Feld Thoughts : Shifting to Twitter for Deal Evaluation

Feld Thoughts : TechStars Seattle Applications Are Now Open

one : Get A Job! At Walmart.

Feld Thoughts : The Awesomeness of a Hackathon

Feld Thoughts : The Doubly-Linked List Appears to Have Been Patented

Feld Thoughts : Software Beats Network In My Book

Feld Thoughts : When I Decided Not To Become A Doctor

Online Aspect : How to find angel investors

Feld Thoughts : Two Weeks Later, Iâm Loving The HTC EVO