Questions tagged [startup]
A new business just starting up.
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Am I right that switching programming languages will have little impact on the scalability of a CRUD API?
An external consultant to our team advised us to rewrite our SaaS offering (essentially a CRUD API) in .NET because this is more "scalable" than using Node.js (or Ruby on Rails, Flask, etc.)....
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Two types of problems? [closed]
According to my experience, there are two types of problems:
For some problems I have been able to use some quick/dirty workarounds. Users are happy. Since the outcome quality has been acceptable for ...
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Perfect product vs progressive releases
There can be some approaches regarding releasing a software product:
Perfection before launch to generate a technical gap with rivals
Progressive frequent releases and getting user feedback
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How to deliver fast and avoid growth challenges with a codebase?
Startup Context
A friend of mine recently asked me to be a part time software engineer for her startup which has yet to write any code. She is fairly serious and has already raised a fair bit of ...
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Why it is the good to use WordPress instead of creating one from scratch? [closed]
why every startup and every big company uses #wordpress ? what is the benefit of using it ? fast management , easy to use , customization instead of creating one with html , css , js and back-end (...
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Code review reasonable for on-spec project?
I’ve been interacting with a very early stage startup founder (no funding, just a simple site w/some visitors) and have offered to build out a microservice that helps automate some currently-manual ...
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Do I need requirement analysis if there's no client?
I think it happened to everyone, having side projects, trying to do something new and big in their spare time, or maybe having a little startup where everyone has clear in their mind what the software ...
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How do I handle disagreement in a code review regarding an unlikely edge case?
I am working at a robotics startup on a path coverage team and after submitting a pull request, my code gets reviewed.
My teammate, who has been on the team for more than a year, has made some ...
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Should the developer help customer to write the user stories? [duplicate]
Recently, two guys contacted me and asked me to build their mobile app.
They have a brand new concept and want an app quickly.
I told them that I need some user stories and some specifications by ...
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How significant is node's advantage of training developers in only one language and putting them on tasks across the tech-stack? [closed]
I have recently joined a startup as CTO/co-founder. The startup and I have been thinking about moving the existing codebase (which is in PHP5.5, laravel framework) to node.js .
Main reason for this ...
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Is it common for the founder of a web app to lack technical expertise to scale it? [closed]
When I look at things like Twitter, it seems like the idea is so simple to implement initially that the founder does not have to be very technically talented. Basically it's just a guy with a good ...
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Lean Startup MVP: Quality Code or Quick and Dirty [duplicate]
Hello some programmers might know about the lean philosophy,
building a minimal viable product Lean Startup MVP.
I ask myself (when building Webapps):
"Should I put effort into writing good ...
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How to integrate a second programmer to a startup [duplicate]
I'm the technical founder of a startup and I'm currently looking to hire a second developer for our product.
Since I've been the sole developer, there is no formal organization for the project and I ...
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Selecting the (right?) application design [closed]
While working to build software products for early stage startups, I have seen two very common schools of thought that define an approach to application design.
Those 2 paradigms typically include ...
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Creating a custom GUI. App/DE/WM?
I am starting with this project of mine of writing a custom UI for linux. What would happen is:
The computer would boot into this UI which would not be the typical taskbar/icons/startbutton kind of ...
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How to Protect Intellectual property violations from one's own team [duplicate]
I have an android app idea, I want to make the app along with a few batch-mates in my collage.
(1) How do I make sure that these guys will not compromise the intellectual properties involved? In the ...
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Building a tool to fix compiler errors automagically [closed]
When a program doesn't compile, error messages are sometimes esoteric. Often a simple Google search leading to a site like stack exchange solves the problem. Now why can't we automate this?
How about ...
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Must-have tools and practices for an agile start-up [closed]
I've been working in the software industry for a few years now. I've seen Waterfall in practice, and I've seen several projects attempt Agile with varying degrees of success... which got me thinking.
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What are some important guidelines when starting a software cooperative? [closed]
We are a group of people who are about to start a software cooperative, which means all of us (and other future workers) will be the owners of the 'company' rather than having bosses and employees. We ...
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What are the methods to estimate source code value?
I've been working on some project on my free time for the past few months. Recently I've been approached by friends to build a startup, and this source code would be very valuable to us.
As a co-...
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How to learn & introduce scrum in small startup? [closed]
In a few months, a friend will establish his startup software company, and I will be the software architect with one additional developer. Though we have no real day-to-day experience with agile ...
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Under which circumstances (if any) does it make sense to work for a startup, for free? [closed]
I've been bumping around the startup world for a while, and most startups I've seen seem to have (amongst other things) two things in common:
A lack of money
An inability to, reliably, hire good ...
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How can we unify business goals and technical goals? [duplicate]
Some background
I work at a small startup: 4 devs, 1 designer, and 2 non-technical co-founders, one who provides funding, and the other who handles day-to-day management and sales. Our company ...
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Is it worth moving from Microsoft tech to Linux, NodeJS & other open source frameworks to save money for a start-up? [closed]
I am currently getting involved in a startup, I am the only developer involved at the moment, and the other guys are leaving all the tech decisions up to me at the moment.
For my day job I work at a ...
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What does this software do when it says "white labeled routing"?
I am reading about a start-up company that works with online surveys:
Fulcrum is the world’s first complete project management suite to give
clients the power to seamlessly integrate multiple ...
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How to work on my personal ideas during the weekend? [closed]
I'm working full time 5 days a week, mostly between 10 and 14 hours a day.
In the end of the day I'm very tired and just wanna take a shower, hang out and go to sleep.
I have a lot of ideas that I ...
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Is a company order to switch to a certain IDE a red flag? [closed]
I recently joined a rapidly growing startup. In the past 3 months the development team has grown from 4 to 12. Until now they were very laissez-faire about what developers used to do their work. In ...
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If competition is using 'lingua obscura' for development (why) should I be worried? [closed]
I was reading Paul Graham's essay - Beating The Averages (2003) and here's what he had to say:
The more of an IT flavor the job descriptions had, the less dangerous
the company was. The safest ...
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Do you need to meet personally to collaborate effectively?
If you are starting up a web, mobile, or standalone application, how well must you know the rest of your collaboration team? Would it be a bad idea to ever work with someone unless I've met him ...
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How viable is it to switch stacks for setting up a startup [closed]
I am currently employed with a company for 2.5 years and I have been working with the .net stack for the entire duration mainly on the MVC framework. I believe I have some cool ideas for a startup but ...
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What programmers should do if there are no tasks in hand for few days? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to productively spend “free time” at the office
Sometimes, especially at the end of the year in software companies, there is less work for the team, which happens in my ...
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How are software tests done at tech startups?
I've seen a lot research articles and tech blogs that boast the benefits of software testing. I've convinced on that. But since all the software testing research are conducted by large software ...
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migrating product and team from startup race to quality development [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
A simple ways to improve the release quality in RAD environment
This is year 3 and product is selling good enough. Now we need to enforce good software development practices. ...
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Starting a new startup/web application, how to choose a hosting provider? [closed]
When creating a new startup related to a web application, how to choose a hosting provider ?
Assuming the code of the web application is oriented DDDD (Distributed Domain Driven Development) to ...
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Is web application startup time really that important?
Had a conversation with someone about adding some initialization code on application startup and he complained about that causing an increasing in the startup time. He couldn't really state a reason (...
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How to deal with potential enterpreneur developer in a IT startup [closed]
In a software startup, how can we deal with the main developers/programmers of the company who are good at design and communication, and also have entrepreneurial skills?
How do we get them work for ...
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Small companies and software licensing
Small companies with small budgets may not have have the money to invest in expensive software licenses that they may need for a given development project. This is even more so if the project was a ...
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Starting up in a basement and scaling
So I have this 'great' idea in my head that I want to start working on and build a company around it. Been working on desktop development for 5+ years and the idea revolves around the web. My exposure ...
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How would one start a website with robust and scaleable hosting?
This question is about hardware and hosting, and how to "bootstrap" them.
If you built a really great website, how could you have it hosted at low cost but so that it reassures customers that their ...
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One-time income with recurring costs: how to mantain an app in the cloud
You have an idea of a software/app/webapp/website that you would like to spend some effort and implement. Your idea uses a cloud system to keep things up and you think you could earn some money by ...
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What's the best approach to Facebook integration?
I have a new site/app going live next week (or somewhere close). I know there will be a relatively small (15,000?) very dedicated group of people on Facebook who will be very likely to be interested ...
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Quitting a small start-up where you are a primary developer? [closed]
Just curious to hear from other people who may have been in similar situations. I work for a small startup (very small) where I am the main developer for a major part of the app they are building, the ...
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Are IT and software industry getting more and more litigious?
The last couple of years I've been observing an exponential growth in the news related IT companies and individuals taking their cases to court, on one side, and the questions concerning legal matters ...
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Good questions to ask the CEO and CTO of a start-up during an interview [closed]
There are numerous questions on this site regarding questions to ask a potential employer during an interview. However, I was wondering if there were specific questions that should be asked when ...
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Is it possible for a one-man start-up to follow agile methods like Scrum? [duplicate]
For a small start-up with only one or two programmers, is it possible to implement agile methods like Scrum? If NO, what is the minimum team size required?
I guess Scrum needs few programmers to be ...
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Steps in creating a Complex Web Application
Hey guys I have this great idea for a web application, but I am unsure on how to develop it.
I know I need a team of people to make it, Developers and Designers, but where do I start?
Eventually I ...
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What is the most productive way to start and manage the development of a large web application?
I've searched high and low for a good answer to this question, and as far as I can gather it's just a combination of standard organization tools (keeping a routine, good folder structure, extensive ...
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In reference to .NET development and startups [closed]
Not posting a question of my own per se, but I am a ".NET developer". I read the following article about one startup CEO's opinion of hiring .NET experienced developers. He has some comments on the ...
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How to start a Software Company [closed]
I've always been interested in wondering how software companies happen. I find it extremely difficult once you're tied down with car, house, life etc. Funding is always the biggest concern.
To make ...
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place to propose a open source project and collaborate on software requirements before start to coding
I'm searching for a web site to start a new open source project.
I want to start the developing of a "SPORT training log".
I have some developing skill but not all I need (I dont know web coding).
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