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Writing [Build A SaaS App in Ruby on Rails 6](https://buildasaasappinrails.com), blogging at https://robrace.dev and building [Inbound](https://inbound.to).

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status.grammarly.com 1y ago

Grammarly has been [nearly completely] down for hours

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www.platformer.news 5y ago

Basecamp Blew Up

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multithreaded.stitchfix.com 5y ago

Rails, React, Microservices and Micro-FrontEnds

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multithreaded.stitchfix.com 5y ago

A Better React/Rails Architecture

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buildasaasappinrails.com 5y ago

Show HN: Build A SaaS App in Rails 6 – book

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www.ruby-lang.org 5y ago

Ruby 3.0 Preview 1

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buildasaasappinrails.com 6y ago

Show HN: Build A SaaS App in Rails 6 – book

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buildasaasappinrails.com 6y ago

Show HN: Build A SaaS App in Rails 6 – book

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gist.github.com 6y ago

Hey.com's Slim Gemfile from DHH

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news.ycombinator.com 6y ago

Ask HN: Who is Hiring” still has a bunch of “ONSITE” positions; Why?

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robrace.dev 6y ago

Integrating Bootstrap 4 into Rails 6

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robrace.dev 6y ago

Must-Have [Ruby] Gems for 2020 I use in almost every SaaS project

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robrace.dev 6y ago

19 Must-Have [Ruby] Gems for 2020 I use in almost every SaaS project

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dev.to 6y ago

How to Build a Twitter Clone with Rails, ActionCable and React

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dev.to 6y ago

How to Build a Twitter Clone with Rails, ActionCable and React

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robrace.dev 6y ago

How to Build a Twitter Clone with Rails, ActionCable and React

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robrace.dev 6y ago

How to Build a Twitter Clone with Rails, ActionCable and React

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news.ycombinator.com 7y ago

Ask HN: Are Beta Lists Still Valuable?

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news.ycombinator.com 7y ago

Ask HN: Do Beta lists still work?

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open.buffer.com 8y ago

New Remote-First Formula and Updated Salary Calculator

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hackernoon.com 8y ago

25 Ruby Gems I use in almost every SaaS project

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hackernoon.com 8y ago

Practical Guide to Using ActionCable(in Rails)

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www.youtube.com 8y ago

Effective Microservices in a Data-Centric World(Talk from GOTO 2017)

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medium.com 9y ago

Rails “Web Scale” Is Expensive

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www.siliconhillsnews.com 9y ago

Harland Clarke Acquires RetailMeNot for $630M

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hackernoon.com 9y ago

Using Bootstrap in a Rails 5 App(Including Using a Bootstrap Theme)

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hackernoon.com 9y ago

Your Guide to Testing in Ruby on Rails 5

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hackernoon.com 9y ago

Going Further with Service Objects in Ruby on Rails

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hackernoon.com 9y ago

Service Objects in Ruby on Rails…and You

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hackernoon.com 9y ago

How to Use Hash ID’s in Your URL in Ruby on Rails 5

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AWS Copilot 6 years ago

That’d be nice. It was a good concept but I really didn’t like how it handled some of the application commands with yaml files.

Never said it was easy, but if it's bad enough to make a post about how "painful" it is and "losing revenue" it should be a consideration? Yeah?

Losing a ton of revenue and it is completely out of my hands.

That may be a bit exaggerated. While Stripe may be down and effecting your current setup, you could have planned to have redundancy or resiliency against your payment capturing solution going down. No technology never breaks.

I feel like this is the same general pricing experiments/info we have seen synthesized for the past few years in giant articles. I was hoping there were some new juicy SaaS pricing experiences to be shared.

Not that the information in this article is bad if you haven't seen it before or haven't fiddled with pricing in a while

Turbolinks is plenty fast enough and simple enough for most Rails projects. Maybe sure you're relying on the correct Turbolink events and there's pretty much not anything else you need to change to have Rails automatically load server rendered markup through PJAX.

On PS Vue it depends on the method to watch the show. If it's a "favorited show" in the 28(I think) day DVR, you can fast forward at any point. If you watch "catch up"(shows that PS Vue has decided to store in the cloud but not one of your 'favorites) or "on demand" shows, most time FF will be turned off or limited.

An actual serious answer:

It's a line chart that shows story points starting at the top left in the beginning of the sprint. Which shows all points to be done, trending towards 0 points with 0 days left in the sprint, in the lower right.

Linear means that the same points are done each day to allow the line to be perfectly linear between the top left and bottom right.

For anyone on the fence about using Heroku, this is a great value to those who know how to deal with certs but wouldn't mind them automated and free for the rest of the premium at Heroku.

I think for those writing a technical book, myself included, just don't know if it's worth going self-publish with a minimal cut from payment providers and such. Or getting on board with PragProg who would help with marketing, editing, etc and still get a decent royalty.

I understand there are no clear-cut rules to go by, but even a generic "If you don't have 10k email list, 50% of PragProgs sales will most likely be higher" might helper writers understand when to get help.

I can attest to this strategy working, albeit on a much smaller scale with my presale right now. Smaller price point, assuming much less traffic on the medium posts.

Hell, I have more revenue in presales in a little over 6 weeks than 18 months of trying to build SaaS apps.

Everything is a skill. Writing is a skill. Marketing is a skill. Some people will pay to read a book about the skill. Said writers would like to make money from writing said books.

I would think it would be fairly known if someone's books are snake oil. Just my opinion, though. Scumbag seems like a harsh judgement.