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    ironyuppie avatar ironyuppie 5 years ago | link | on: Random Ruby Tricks: Struct.new

    I am very excited about this – especially around the clarity for tests. That birthday example was beautiful.

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      ironyuppie avatar ironyuppie 5 years ago | link | on: Random Ruby Tricks: Struct.new

      I am oddly very excited about this – especially around the clarity for tests. That birthday example was beautiful.

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        ironyuppie avatar ironyuppie 5 years ago | link | on: Does Lobsters have a monetization strategy?

        I like Lobsters a lot, but (unlike HN) does need a monetization strategy. Metafilter is phenomenal, but, to me, the ads really get intrusive – i assume that’s because the $5 i paid to join doesn’t keep it going.

        https://skitch.com/aronchick/etjwr/canadian-have-the-day-off-thank-some-toronto-typographers-metafilter

        I hope there’s a way to balance, maybe find a larger partner to do (tasteful) ad sales? Reddit/Conde Nast?

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          jcs avatar jcs 5 years ago | link

          Why does it need to be monetized?

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            dan avatar dan 5 years ago | link

            To make it worth your time to continue working on it, I’d guess. Or at least to keep the servers running.

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              ivan avatar ivan 5 years ago | link

              If hosting costs every get in the way of keeping Lobsters online my company will happily donate some of our excess compute capacity. I really like the way this is developing I will continue to be part of it.

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              ironyuppie avatar ironyuppie 5 years ago | link

              +1 for Dan. This is really cool, but I can’t see a way it could be totally free – bandwidth, your time, etc is going to cost something.