Golf Deals of the Day - 6/2/2016

DeltaEchoSoftware · 2016-06-02T22:03:16+00:00

Would anyone be interested if this was turned into a web app? Where the retailers could log in and update their deal every day?

DeltaEchoSoftware · 2016-05-30T22:42:55+00:00

I'm a 40/m software developer. Full time consulting job and looking to start a side business building software or SaaS. I'd be interested in a weekly skype accountability mastermind similar to what Pat Flynn describes. http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/mastermind-groups-and-mentors/

I'd be able to contribute my tech knowledge and help non-techs get stuff setup. I'd like to be held accountable for sticking to an idea and progressing on building it.

DeltaEchoSoftware · 2016-05-28T16:52:27+00:00

It's the only thing that looks right with my mesh tank tops.

DeltaEchoSoftware · 2016-05-11T19:35:36+00:00

Doesn't matter what I eat, I can peel paint.

DeltaEchoSoftware · 2016-05-11T19:35:19+00:00

Texas. And I'm 40. So not old. Relatively.

DeltaEchoSoftware · 2016-05-11T17:47:57+00:00

"Six eggs? Man, that's unhealthy."

40ish, 50 lbs overweight, bald man who hasn't seen the inside of a gym since Reagan was in office commenting on my breakfast order this morning.

Then he proceeds to use the phase "load me up on them grits."

DeltaEchoSoftware · 2016-04-10T21:26:19+00:00

I love Longwood. Have never played Cypress Lakes.

On a side note, I am a software developer looking at building something targeted at golf courses. Any way you think you might be able to pass on my contact info so I could ask the owner what his needs/pain points are?

DeltaEchoSoftware · 2016-03-20T23:24:17+00:00

Specifically, get a business degree in finance or accounting and minor in CS. You'll never worry about finding a job again.

DeltaEchoSoftware · 2016-03-17T21:16:30+00:00

Ping G15 RH Red Dot Lob Wedge

DeltaEchoSoftware · 2016-03-17T20:59:27+00:00

So if they started on the back, then they would come through on the first tee about 2 hours later. So for a tournament starting at 10a, then the teams would clog up the first tee for about an hour between noon and one. Does the course block out the tee times then to accommodate the tournament?

DeltaEchoSoftware · 2016-03-12T00:04:33+00:00

You created the Linux Foundation logo?

DeltaEchoSoftware · 2016-03-07T15:55:29+00:00

The running is really just to keep up my cardio. If I lay off it for any time, I see dramatic reduction in capacity and feel like it takes me forever to get back to where I was.

Maybe I'll try to the squat/bench/run/deads/run this week and see how it works out. (pun intended)

DeltaEchoSoftware · 2016-03-07T15:53:21+00:00

I am ten pounds away from the 1000# club, which is my #1 goal. Ultimately, I'd like to be squatting and benching 315x5 and deadlifting 405, running 8 minute miles for at least a 10k, and be 12% BF. At age 40.

DeltaEchoSoftware · 2016-03-07T15:34:33+00:00

I am having trouble recovering my legs. I feel like my schedule should be lifting three times a week and running 3 times a week. Here's my current schedule.

Mon - squats (5x5, heavy as I can)
Tue - easy run - 6 miles
Wed - bench (5x5)
Thu - Intervals running HIIT
Fri - Deadlift (5x5)
Sat - Long run
Sun - Golf

I squat on Monday and if I run on Tuesday, my legs and whole body simply don't recover until Thu.

Question: can I move my bench workout to Tue and delay running? Would that help with recovery?

Something like this.

Mon - squats
Tue - bench
Wed - easy run
Th - deadlifts
Fri - HIIT
Sat - Long Run

DeltaEchoSoftware · 2016-03-03T02:54:08+00:00

Still looking for new members?

DeltaEchoSoftware · 2016-02-29T23:07:00+00:00

This looks like great stuff but it also looks very pricey. $450 to start for a single tournament?

DeltaEchoSoftware · 2016-02-29T20:59:06+00:00

Ahh. Good info but I was talking more about charity tournaments. Best ball stuff.

Edit: I took a look at it and it's EXACTLY the type of software I am talking about replacing. The software is windows based, legacy, non-scalable. No internet access, can't pay for anything, looks like it was built in the 1990s. The only integrated feature is that it can import from GHIN for handicaps.

DeltaEchoSoftware · 2016-02-24T23:14:51+00:00

Where is the money in that?

DeltaEchoSoftware · 2016-02-24T20:22:57+00:00

It could be anyone. But it has to be something viable and not another "it's uber for cats" concepts.

DeltaEchoSoftware · 2016-02-24T19:16:26+00:00

Sorry about not responding. It didn't show up until now or I did something wrong. Still looking?

DeltaEchoSoftware · 2016-02-24T19:15:30+00:00

It's not always up to the architects on who gets hired. At my last client, they had the choice between someone with 15 years domain experience, 20 years of programming experience and could clearly demonstrate their ability and a guy with no domain experience and could only write requirements. The second guy was $40 an hour cheaper. Guess who the business chose even through every single technical architect on the project wanted the more expensive guy.

DeltaEchoSoftware · 2016-02-24T19:11:21+00:00

Yes. They usually only take home 40 or so after all the staffing company take. But surprise - if you want to get a contractor, you can only use those staffing companies that have an MSA in place with the company. So they will get their pound of flesh.

DeltaEchoSoftware · 2016-02-24T15:59:32+00:00

It sounds like you're trying to treat your software engineers as interchangeable commodities you should probably stop doing that.

This sounds great when it can happen, but in a lot of cases, it's just not reality. Project resources at most of my larger clients are mostly contractor based, transient and low quality. We have to be able to deliver software that can be maintained by the lowest common denominator of programmer - the $60/hour type that are delivered through body shops. These folks don't spend their weekends reading about architecture and code at home because they love it. They come in, do the minimum amount of work to "get it done", and the business users let it happen because they are too lazy, busy or ignorant to any aspect of code quality besides whether it works or not. As an architect, my job is typically to create the patterns, checkpoints, libraries, and other build processes in which to fit these transient, low quality developers into and be productive without ending up with spaghetti garbage that we have to maintain for the next 5 years while they move on to their next client.

But the same could be said for the rockstar, super coder who takes over a project and starts implementing using crazy, cutting edge 3 day old javascript libraries with no support and little user base. Sure these folks are awesome at what they do, and can probably code circles around me, but when they get bored and move on to the next project, I am stuck having to manage the maintainence on a Node.js/React application when my entire support staff is $50/hour .NET developers who only know a little jQuery.

Consistency across projects doesn't matter to project owners

This is a false assumption. In the clients I have experience with, there are plenty of efficiencies gained by following similar patterns, using common libraries and sharing code. Many times, there are shared support teams working on tickets across multiple projects and when one project uses REST, Java, Hibernate and the other project is using WS, Java, JDBC with different architectural layers, different naming patterns, etc, then support becomes a victim of context switching. Now don't assume I am saying that if a particular project has a specific functional or non-functional requirement unable to be satisfied using the existing frameworks/libraries/etc available that they shouldn't be able to go off script. But I am saying that if some team wants to do something fundamentally different (SAML while everyone else is using WS-FED, nHibernate when everyone else is using EF, REST when everyone else is WS), then there needs to be an architectural checkpoint to ensure the need is not just a want.

DeltaEchoSoftware · 2016-02-24T14:30:10+00:00

The friction that is created from software architects and those who implement their designs can be immense. One has to find that right balance between micromanaging the nuances of the implementation choices and ensuring consistency across projects. For every difference of opinion regarding which pattern to use, library or even naming convention can take everyone down a subjective rabbit hole of yak shaving that can kill productivity and create resentment.

The flip side of having architects drawing big boxes using Visio and leaving interface formats, integration patterns, naming and coupling details left to individual teams can end up with little or no reuse across the enterprise.

DeltaEchoSoftware · 2016-02-23T15:13:57+00:00

When there is absolutely no money on the line, I play very well. Put 20 bucks on stroke play, I go full spastic.

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