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Bootstrapping is the Rage

Frank Kim — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 14:23:39 +0000

Web startups boot strapping themselves are all the rage. Every few weeks someone approaches me with a new idea. The implementation plans for the venture are almost always identical.

web application
open source framework, usually Ruby on Rails, sometimes PHP
free database, almost always MySQL
cloud hosting
small group of guys, typically people who have made money at a previous venture
no salaries, just equity

Inspirations for these companies are places such 37signals, Wufoo, Plentyoffish and World of Goo.

I enjoy hearing the ideas and almost joined one venture. But in the end none have been compelling enough for me to risk 6 to 12 months of income. Hopefully I’ll think of one on my own.

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Tweets for November, December 2010

Frank Kim — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 09:00:00 +0000

ATG Development

For JBoss ATG standalone applications the CLASSPATH is set in ATG.ear/atg_bootstrap_ejb.jar/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF. #
When setting up your ATG module’s MANIFEST.MF the ATG-Required property should list the modules in the order you would for the CLASSPATH. #
Turning on Secure for ATG Applications « betweenGo. It’s pretty simple, enable the ProtocolSwitchServlet. http://bit.ly/a7DHen #
Load ATG Order « betweenGo. Programmatically do this using the OrderManager. http://bit.ly/load-atg-order #
ATG Confirm Password User Bug in ProfileFormHandler « betweenGo. Talking to ATG Support about it. http://bit.ly/atg-confirm-pwd-bug #
ATG Community: ATG REST Web Services Technical Training Presentation: http://bit.ly/f5ZfhA Pretty cool, useful for mobile applications. #
Turning On Debug in JBoss « betweenGo http://bit.ly/ePcUNV JBoss makes it easy to attach a debugger like Eclipse for happy bug fixing. #

ATG Buys Oracle

Oracle buys ATG for $1 billion | silicon.com. Why didn’t this happen when I worked there? http://bit.ly/9Dh02a #
ATG Swept Up in Oracle Spending Spree. ATG customers nervous. Oracle has bad rep supporting its acquisitions’ customers http://bit.ly/dgUgWT #
ATG’ s official page about its pending acquisition by Oracle. Includes letters from management and an FAQ. http://bit.ly/dkMuMD #

VNC

I tried TigerVNC, @TightVNC, @UltraVNC for connecting to my iMac from my Windows XP laptop. TigerVNC seems the fastest http://bit.ly/9EGUS0 #
Is UltraVNC a virus/adware/malware/spyware? I kept getting a dial-up connection popping up until I removed UltraVNC. #

Miscellaneous

WordPress › WP-reCAPTCHA « WordPress Plugins. Forced to install because of spam that gets past Akismet. http://bit.ly/dCChoh #
Developing and Monetizing a Niche Website » My Money Blog http://bit.ly/fEQizu Big Adsense ads, sell products, Amazon affiliates, direct ads #
The JCP Is Dead – Jim’s Ramblings "Java Community Process" http://bit.ly/fCkISY Apache leaves Java Community Process. Bad bad bad news. #
Why ‘Anonymous’ failed to take down Amazon over WikiLeaks – Dec. 9, 2010 http://bit.ly/i8CE25 #
I just got a $5 credit for movies and TV shows @amazonvideo. Click http://amzn.to/hh8gTP to get yours. #get5 #

Tweets for September, October 2010

Frank Kim — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 21:00:00 +0000

PHP

Disallowed Key Characters – CodeIgniter Error | Snaver.net Blog. Excellent way to debug it, should be part of library. http://bit.ly/bVkRF6 #
Wiki | CodeIgniter – mod rewrite. This article explains how to take away “index.php” from your CI application URLs. http://bit.ly/bpfL8z #

SQL

The Rhodium Toad » Selecting random rows from a table. High performance, very smart. http://bit.ly/cj9b8D #
Multi Column Indices in PostgreSQL. Pretty cool. http://bit.ly/aQ8NOO #

ATG

ATG Log Error from JSP Page « betweenGo. How to log an error to the @ATG server log from a JSP page. http://bit.ly/atg-log-error-jsp #

Unix

.bash_profile vs .bashrc. On the Mac .bash_profile is called for each terminal window so there isn’t a reason for both. http://bit.ly/aWqsW9 #

Java

Write simpler equals & hashCode Java methods using EqualsBuilder & HashCodeBuilder from Apache Commons http://bit.ly/8XiB2j #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-04-04

Frank Kim — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 14:00:00 +0000

Clear Text On Input Field On Click | ErumMunir.com. Sometimes JavaScript is just fun. http://bit.ly/c6D7cR #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-28

Frank Kim — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 14:00:00 +0000

Set ATG Property And Popup Window After Clicking on Link. There's the wrong way, the brute force way and the right way. http://bit.ly/9H6P0p #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-07

Frank Kim — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 13:00:00 +0000

Ignore Files and Directories in Subversion. A little bit of a pain but it works. http://bit.ly/99GLxk #
How to Achieve Painless Registration. Getting people to register is always bedeviling for web application developers. http://bit.ly/9AJqmg #

Tweets for 2010-01 and 2010-02

Frank Kim — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:00:00 +0000

Ruby on Rails

Numeric data types and zerofill. Explains what all those int(11) columns are in your Ruby on Rails tables. http://bit.ly/9Tcf7q #
undefined local variable or method "acts_as_list"? – Ruby Forum. Do ruby script/plugin install acts_as_list http://bit.ly/9kFWbG #
ruby on rails : adding child records to an existing parent without visiting the parent – Stack Overflow http://bit.ly/cQiGSP #
Multi-Table Inheritance in Rails – When two tables are one… This is not easy and I wish it was. http://bit.ly/9fbzgk #
has_many :through – count vs length vs size. Use count if u don’t want to load the contents of association into memory. http://bit.ly/dtqXe1 #
A gentle reminder about pluralizations. config/initializers/inflections.rb to customize pluralizations in Ruby on Rails http://bit.ly/bN9GO5 #
Ruby on Rails – Rails Migrations Cheatsheet – Dizzy. Pretty helpful. http://bit.ly/9wNvRx #
RailsGuides Migrations. Nice guide, especially about explaining the naming convention which I don’t like. http://bit.ly/cjZ7aB #

ATG

Configuring ATG to Send Email via Comcast SMTP – betweenGo. Configuring your ATG app to use your ISP’s SMTP server. http://bit.ly/7M5bhx #
Enabling non-XA Resources in JBoss 4.2 with ATG – betweenGo. http://bit.ly/aDN3Po #
Combining XML in ATG – betweenGo. Combining XML files not as straight-forward as w/ properties files but more flexible. http://bit.ly/8kVwvA Jan 12 12:00 PM

Eclipse

Debugging Applications in IBM Rational Application Developer. Page 12 for how to set up server for debugging. http://bit.ly/aaYUHb #

JavaScript

How can I submit a form along with some parameters using JavaScript? (JSF forum at JavaRanch). Answer #3 was helpful. http://bit.ly/b17ymm #

JSP

Testing Which Page Loaded your JSP Page Fragment – betweenGo. Simple enough to do w/ JSTL but I always forget how. http://bit.ly/cEh7IZ #

Miscellaneous

Cygwin 1.7.x, mounts and /etc/fstab – betweenGo. Mounts are no longer saved from session to session in Cygwin 1.7. http://bit.ly/bmaYEu #
Git in 5 Minutes http://bit.ly/bSt3dd and Git for the lazy – Spheriki http://bit.ly/aefD17 #
The Thing About Git. Nice article describing how flexible Git is, especially compared to SVN. I may never use SVN again http://bit.ly/bD0tuS #
I use DreamHost and am shamelessly plugging them both for a referral and to try to win an iPad. Honestly they’re great. http://bit.ly/ctYv3Z #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-12-20

Frank Kim — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 12:00:00 +0000

Undefined – betweenGo. Turns out there are at least two ways to determine if something is undefined in JavaScript. http://bit.ly/4Q98X5 #
NullPointerException in ATG OrderDiscountCalculator – betweenGo. Fortunately fix was simple. Notifying @atg_support. http://bit.ly/84iTKB #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-29

Frank Kim — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:00:00 +0000

ATG Date Tag Converter is Buggy because Java’s DateFormat are inherently unsafe for multithreaded use. http://bit.ly/4VmN3l #
Covariant Return Types in Java – betweenGo. It is nice to be able to override the return type. http://bit.ly/51JpAt #
JavaServer Pages (JSP) and JSTL – attribute items does not accept any expressions. I was getting this because wrong URI http://bit.ly/5j5b3I #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-10-25

Frank Kim — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:00:00 +0000

Seth’s Blog: “What do you need me to do?” Seth says it’s not good to ask that, better instead to describe solutions. http://bit.ly/34q59p #
Version Control with Subversion. Undoing changes or rolling back to a previous version. Very simple. http://bit.ly/h0iOD #