jozi9

I did Java for 5 years and left right before Generics was introduced, things were mainly JBoss, J2EE, Struts. Spring started gaining momentum. Since then I did 7 years of project management, and 3 years of python/django lately.

Basically I want to get back in the game and be able to jump in a mid level Java position and work effectively. I'm interested in language recap and top 5 current frameworks used, etc. Preferred format is books, maybe moocs, and of course I want to spend the least amount of time for the optimal result.

I really appreciate it, thanks!

I'm doing a side project which purpose is to experiment if I can build a SaaS product and maybe earn some dollars. The app is a web-based REST api monitoring/tester tool, and I've been struggling with splitting features into packages that actually makes sense. The core features are like having API calls defined with parameters and assertions as cases, and then you can run them in every 1/5/15/60 minutes and get a report in email/slack if something went wrong. I have no experience on what works in real life so I'd appreciate any feedback from similar people who has done A/B testing or has any experience regarding this. My current idea is:

- Basic: max 1 user / max 5 case / 60 mins frequency

- Startup: max 5 users / max 100 case/ 5 minutes frequency

- Enterprise: unlimited users / unlimited case / 1 minutes frequency

And the main selling point for the most expensive plan would be an ability to run collections through an API so that it can be wired into CI build.

Any thougths? Thanks!

I'm about to build a raspberry based robot for fun. It will have camera, microphone, distance sensor, wheels, etc.

I'm thinking about having features like face recognition with opencv so he will be able move around the house and greet family members for example :) Or receive basic commands via voice recognition.

What kind of fun features would you put in?

On what areas is it used? What can I learn from it as a language?

DHH once said in his speech that there are many Italian restaurants out there and they are doing ok. You don't need to purse the startup lottery, just do something that other companies are already doing, but a bit better.

Any SaaS pet project you can think of, from this point of view?

I have just started off django professionally and would like to do some networking, etc. Catch me on twitter (@zoliday5) or say hello here!

In Phaser.io/JS.

We're planning to release a product for Agile/Scrum professionals, magnetic, erasable story cards that you can use on your Kanban whiteboards. They can be easily wiped off and you can move them around without dealing with pins, magnets or sticky notes.

Here's a product video we have made: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kN-c189bd_w

You can still opt-in here if interested: http://www.storycards.co

Due to the high production costs on lower volumes, we set the price at $35/15 pieces (1 pack), to be able to handle the (hopefully growing) low number of orders at the beginning.

Although it's a pretty quality and durable product, the price may seem unreasonable, so we're wondering how to make the price better fit our bootstrapping plans and the customers as well:

1, Offer only 1 color at the beginning instead of 4 so we can reach discount production costs earlier (different colors are different "production line")?

2, Wait until we have for e.g. 50 orders? Early birds may be pissed off by waiting too much.

3, Make it crowd-sourced somehow? We're soo old-fashioned:)

4, Test the price somehow on our mailing list?

Any feedback is appreciated, either on the questions or the product. Thanks!

Like in Brackets, or LightTable? Is there any?