JonM
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Comment · 4 years ago
Comment · 5 years ago
This certainly wins on convenience and accessibility for non-developers.
I was working on a similar concept, but it still required some dev skills (use curl or github actions) - https://www.gostaticapp.com/
Comment · 11 years ago
Hey,
I've been tinkering with this concept recently, it's not quite ready for beta testing, but I'd be happy to take feedback on what I've got so far: http://croncloud.io/
Comment · 11 years ago
It's also important to note that these new rules cover the sale of digital goods to CONSUMERS only, if you are (for example) a registered business in the UK and selling to a registered business in Germany, German VAT is not applied, and you do not have to pass it on (via VATMOSS) to the German government.
Comment · 11 years ago
A couple of useful resources if you need to calculate VAT rates across Europe and Stripe's fees in each country:
http://jsonvat.com/,
https://stripefees.com/
Comment · 12 years ago
Perhaps consider an enterprise agreement with AWS? We've saved $large without needing to switch providers just by committing to a minimum monthly volume of data transfer.
Worth seeing the numbers before you invest in dev & operations.
Comment · 13 years ago
On that point (needing a sys admin for say 10 hours a week), where should a currently devs only team be looking?
Remote freelancer? Dev with ops / sys admin experience?
Comment · 13 years ago
* Don't push new code to production while operational problem is ongoing (unless it addresses the operational problem)
^^ absolutely!
Comment · 14 years ago
Awesome, this was the missing piece of the puzzle for me, thanks for getting it out so quick.
Comment · 14 years ago
Xeround looks really interesting (http://xeround.com/).
Seems to do everything in RAM and takes care of any replication / backup & scailing for you. Looks like it would get expensive with large amounts of data though... anyone using this in production?
Comment · 14 years ago
Agree. If growth is (reasonably) predictable I think dedicated is a great way to go. Surely if you are aiming for an MVP, you don't want to be worrying about managing multiple boxes and adjusting the amount of RAM, CPU and diskspace they have access to. Better to slightly over provision with a cheap dedicated server then expand when you have a feel for the requirements of the project.
Comment · 14 years ago
Great idea and implementation.
I've just coded up a custom "gadget" for our internal admin panel. No more copying & pasting the email address on the ticket into our internal system.
Comment · 14 years ago
Looks fantastic! I just wish you guys had launched 12 months ago; we've had a pretty tough time integrating with another partner due to their limited API. What is the timetable for international role out?
Comment · 14 years ago
We've recently launched an Direct Debit facility and faced these exact problems. Luckily our DD provider works with some huge companies and so is already insured against any "indemnity claims". This insurance is reflected in our transaction fees though.
You can use it via cURL or github actions (https://github.com/marketplace/actions/gostatic-deploy), and there's a node-based CLI coming soon
e.g. curl https://www.gostaticapp.com/api/deploy/artifact \ -X POST \ -H "Accept: application/json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer your-api-token" \ -F "[email protected]"