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yourabi

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April 10, 2008 (18y ago)
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http://yousefourabi.com

Just an engineer building things.

Snitch: SSL auditing and alerting - https://snitch.io

  1. Ask HN: Selling a modestly profitable SaaS

    What are the best options for selling a SaaS app that brings in (a few) hundred in profit each month? Most brokerages are only interested in businesses that generate significant cash flow.

    7 points 7
  2. Netflix Fenzo: OSS Scheduler for Apache Mesos Frameworks (techblog.netflix.com)
    10 points 3
  3. YC is now a FreeBSD donor (FreeBSD powers HN) (twitter.com)
    6 points 1
  4. Show HN: Snitch.io – SSL auditing and alerting (snitch.io)
    37 points 48
  5. New AWS EC2 instances (aws.amazon.com)

    Spotted new instance types on the pricing page: t2.micro, t2.small, t2.medium

    74 points 33
  6. Facebook open sources the Open Compute Project (github.com)
    3 points 0
  7. Ask HN: Slicehost vs Mosso Cloud Server?

    Now that Slicehost is owned by Rackspace the pricing situation seems a little weird. The cheapest slicehost slice is ~20 per month(1) while the cheapest mosso cloud server is ~10(2) -- this seems cannibalistic to…

    4 points 7
  8. Ask HN: How do you manage mailing list subscriptions and mitigate spam?

    I subscribe to a bunch of mailing lists (as I'm sure many do) and I of course get inundated with spam. What I've typically done is either created new email accounts once things got unbearable or recently just relied on…

    5 points 4
  9. Ask HN: How would you teach Python?

    If you had the chance to teach a sequence of Python courses (intro, inter, advanced) to a reasonably savvy audience (PHP/Java devs) in a business setting and one non-technical geared towards business folk what topics…

    6 points 3
  10. Ask HN: Who do you use for stock market data?

    A couple of months ago I posted asking about what the preferred source for streaming stock market data was. I was pointed to open tick, which looked really promising but looks like it has gone into zombie mode (not…

    18 points 21
  11. Ask HN: Where do you turn for graphics/design work?

    I'm trying to find someone for some graphic design work -- where should I look? I've had bad luck previously via craigslist. I'm looking to find with whom I can build a long term relationship and hopefully work on a few…

    28 points 27
  12. Ask HN: Fink or Macports?

    I've been using Ubuntu for several years (2006) and have grown really accustomed to having all my favorite (open source) software easily installable (django, mysql...etc) I've recently started playing around with a Mac…

    15 points 37
  13. Canonical Redirects with Google App Engine (yousefourabi.com)

    It is currently possible to associate multiple URLs with your App Engine instance. However, the administration interface doesn't permit configuring any redirects. The burden is thus on the app engine developer. This…

    4 points 0
  14. Ask HN: Streaming stock market data?

    I've got a pet project in mind and I would like access to stock, futures and options data. I'm willing to pay a small amount, maybe up to $30 per month (but free is also ok). Are there any API friendly stock market data…

    1 points 2
  15. Intro Article on FreeBSD kernel modules (freesoftwaremagazine.com)
    4 points 0
  16. Notes from SF Google App Engine Hackathon (yousefourabi.com)

    My attempt at live blogging the SF Google App Engine Hackathon --

    2 points 0
  17. Ask YC: Google Code or Sourceforge

    I'm starting a new project (GPL apache module)... What do you prefer Google Code or SF.net... reasons?

    11 points 22