lshemesh

Would be great if this were packaged as a Helm chart.

Just turned 33. Was a terrible High School student and a less than stellar college student. I have always been into computers minus a brief stint as a wannabee rockstar. Moved to NYC after a couple of software development jobs in Boston. Got a job for a startup as a Rails developer. Did some freelance. Joined another startup and moved into a Wework coworking building. Then more freelance. Met a guy with this crazy idea to start a company that allowed users to play the lottery on their phones. Became CTO of Jackpocket. It has been an interesting journey.

I recently did a Sidekiq background job in ruby passing messages to a python script using zeromq. It was a blast.

This sounds like a promising idea to me. Transparency into what data you're giving away and a monetary incentive is a win win IMO.

Wow Emacs really can do everything!

shit I need to do this ASAP!

Best moment: Tutorialize getting its first paying customer

Learning: If you're going to use a technology like MongoDB make sure you're using it the way it was intended to be used.

and to help my dad clean up his ridiculous Rails 2 apps

Oops totally replied to the wrong comment! I agree!

I think Lenovo still makes quality products, I'm currently using their x220 (with Mint). I suppose it's possible that their newer models are worse, but I'll give them the benefit of the doubt. The x1 carbon looks like a cool machine to play with.

I wouldn't bet on Dell, and HP ever getting back to their glory days, but I wouldn't count out Lenovo, Samsung, Google, and Asus (Asus zenbook prime, looks amazing).

We'd love to send you to the Play store, but unfortunately the Google Play store is very strict regarding gambling. Interestingly enough, the Apple store isn't as strict. Go figure. Thanks for the comment!

I'll do my best to answer your question. We already have a couple hundred users who are quite comfortable trusting us with their lottery tickets, some have won, but clearly not the millions you're referring to. I would not expect everyone to trust us, especially so early in the game. What we plan on doing is making our legal documents clear and simple, building a recognizable brand that is closely tied with the lottery (state/goverment), and maybe building some more security layers and ways for users to feel comfortable with the process. At the end of the day, earning the trust of the Jemaclus's of the world will be tougher. If all the things I outlined above happen, then it'll likely be much easier. So, yes you should trust us, maybe not now, but someday. Thanks for the feedback.

Many people wouldn't trust themselves with a piece of paper worth that much. At least with Jackpocket the evidence is digitized before the drawing. What's interesting is that currently that piece of paper is the only thing linking lottery players with their numbers. Jackpocket actually creates a layer that makes it more secure.