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Framework Benchmarks Round 7

TechEmpower

Happy Halloween fans of web development frameworks! After a several-month hiatus, Round 7 of our project measuring the performance of web application frameworks and platforms is available! We have several enhancements we''d like to make to the benchmark tool set (Python scripts), time permitting.

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FreedomSpeaks.com Targets Developers With API

socalTECH

The firm--which is currently trying to raise its first round of funding from investors--is providing a REST API which allows any web developer to retrieve information about which Senators, Representatives, and other politicians represent a specific area, and also pulls other information about those elected officials.

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Hacking Hacker News – How Wily Startups Leverage Social News Sites

InfoChachkie

Divshot's Founders conceived of their innovative web development solution, which automatically generates professional-grade code during the wire framing process, during a Startup Weekend event in Kansas City. We’re a tool for hackers, designers, and entrepreneurs - effectively everyone who reads Hacker News. Hacker Downside.

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Finding a Technical Cofounder for Your Startup

SoCal CTO

I promised I would write this post with some thoughts and ideas on the topic. "I'm looking for a partner / cofounder who can not only head the technical aspects and build a working model of the site, but someone with the connections to put a great development team together when we need it. Here's an example of that kind of email.

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How to Find and Hire a Developer

Tech Zulu Event

Not just URLs that the developer created, but snippets of their source code that show how they write (comments, formatting, etc). ? Even if you can’t read the code, if it looks organized, and you see a mix of English words (comments) around code that looks like it has structure, then you can get an idea of how they organize things.

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Web Second, Mobile First

Both Sides of the Table

People forgot that Fred also wrote “Web Second.” ” So I’ve had to encourage an entire cohort of startups that I’ve met not to ignore the power of the web. I’ve wanted to write a blog post called “Mobile Second” for a long time to make this point more forcefully. They do both well.

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Why The Growth Of The Internet Is Driving EdgeCast's Revenues

socalTECH

Software-as-a-service companies write good software, and network companies build good networks, but rarely do you find both that do that well as the same time. There's no need for professional services, you can just log in and user our automatic tools and controls, and you can enable highly functional features with just a click of the button.

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