> Ansible has a very low barrier to entry in terms of dependencies that need to be installed into the machines you want to manage: they need to have python 2.6+ or python 3.5+, and you need to be able to connect to the machines over ssh.
I understand what you're saying but do understand that to other people these can be concepts that they arn't familiar with or might actively struggle with
That said - were there any obstacles you faced when you started with Ansible?
What could have been better (tooling/docs/training/etc) to get you upto speed better/faster?
> Much of the job that ansible or other config management tools might have done is handled by docker build to bake container images, and k8s to manage custom running services
OK but there has to be something that executes the docker build and then kicks the jobs off - right?
> why go through all the trouble of setting this up instead of just using AWS
1. Have you ever hosted something on AWS, for public consumption by parties not under your control, where you, personally were footing the bill?
2. Have you ever hosted something on AWS where a misconfiguration on your side and/or upset/impatient customer caused a bill so large that you had to shut the company down?
AWS will scale to fill your bank balance, irregardless of whether you can afford to pay for that scale. AWS is great for elasticity when you can afford to pay.
AWS has no functional bill limits, even after 10 years. For those who post a link to the AWS bill limits havn't actually handled any meaningful scale, at which point a set of dedicated servers is great value.
> I meant that now we never hang out, we don’t trust each other any more, and code review has suffered as a result.
> It’s especially hard for new people joining a team where baseline trust is basically equal to that of Internet stranger.
Huh. How's your hiring process like? Do you hire very young people?
The only time I've seen this happen is when the team used to work in a colocated manner, and then some members started to WFH. Eventually some of those people WFH got too tied into the "home" part of WFH and work suffered. Simultaneously other people in the office just started to treat those WFH as second class citizens as well. This really caused a mess.
If this is what you're seeing, the easiest solution is to just move to a remote only team.
If you want to stay, you need to have a good manager in place who understands these dynamics and can mitigate issues.
I am terrified of where we are headed as a society. I get that writing blogs are more time consuming than tweeting but for the consumer - is this content really valuable in the long term?
> I don't have a Twitter account, but I view posts and threads simply by opening Twitter links in a private browser window. Does that not work for you all?
No. After a while there's a huge modal layer asking me to log in
> Well the question is not just for this idea but for any idea, how do you know if a problem is big enough to be solved.
This is premature optimization. How many datapoints do you have so far?
Did you interview 50-60 of one persona yet?
There is no one answer because the detail completely lies in the specifics, which is why I asked you those questions. You seemed to have missed those questions.
> And how do to proceed when there are mixed signals when talking to customers.
There's no mixed signals. You're uncovering personas.
Each persona outputs a different but unique signal.
Segment them. Then try and resonate with 1 to max 3 personas depending on your mental bandwidth and resource ability.
By the way, how did you learn to do market research first before building a product? You're already ahead of the curve and very likely to be successful than most first time founders I've seen
While I am happy to go into TAM and related metrics, I am assuming this is your first successful startup.
In that case, don't worry about the market - infact, having just a few dozen paying customers who can be fit in 1 to max 3 personas but those that you understand very well, can reach well and get immediate feedback from is very important.
> I've conducted a small survey to identify a probable market for a problem before started building anything, and it turned out to have mixed results.
- How exactly did you conduct the small survey?
- What kind of questions did you ask?
- Did you use a form or conducted 1:1 interviews?
- How did you source the participants?
- What was the motivation of the participants?
> Like 55%-45% split
split of what?
Is your solution a whisper idea? Or can you share it?
> Money doesn't just disappear if you don't spend it, you need funds to live, not income.
It does. It's called inflation.
Don't be an asshole on the internet. There are bigger assholes on the internet and they can outwit your smart ass replies trying to belittle someone who hasn't been an asshole to you and was asking a genuine question.
Even more points if it's a centralized blockchain like the ones a16z are funding.