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MenuDrew Blas Director of Operations at Chargify.com
DevOps, System Architecture, and Security Consultant. Specializing in AWS, infrastructure management, & scalability.
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DB$5/min per minute(13)- Software as a ServiceDrew Blas • Topeka, Kansas AreaCreated 12 years ago in Technology / Software DevelopmentI've been developing & deploying SaaS websites for many years. I focus heavily on fixing common problems that SaaS sites can experience, such as: architectural bottlenecks, bad code, scalability problems, and infrastructure issues.Drew Blas Topeka, Kansas Area(13)
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DB$5/min per minute(13)Software EngineeringDrew Blas • Topeka, Kansas AreaCreated 12 years ago in Technology / RubyRuby on Rails, Node.js, MySQL, Postegres, MongoDB, RedisDrew Blas Topeka, Kansas Area(13)
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DB$5/min per minute(13)DevOpsDrew Blas • Topeka, Kansas AreaCreated 12 years ago in Technology / OtherAnsible, Chef, deployment automation, & continuous integrationDrew Blas Topeka, Kansas Area(13)
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DB$5/min per minute(13)the Real ChallengeDrew Blas • Topeka, Kansas AreaCreated 12 years ago in OtherThe holy grail: Performance, High Availability, and Fault Tolerance.Drew Blas Topeka, Kansas Area(13)
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It was a pleasure to speak to Drew. He was extremely knowledgeable about PCI compliance and audits. I will definitely contact him again if I have additional questions.
Source: Clarity Denise Dallas Jul 23, 2018Very knowledgeable.
Source: Clarity Charles Vsllid Feb 20, 2015Drew was very helpful, he answered all my questions and concerns within 10 minutes. Thanks again Drew! :)
Source: Clarity Henry Paala Jan 28, 2015Excellent guidance on basic service architecture with just a bit of background info to go on. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction, Drew!
Source: Clarity Daniel McQuillen Mar 31, 2014Drew is extremely knowledgeable and personable. Super specific advice to my issues and excellent recommendations.
Source: Clarity Wes Garrison Oct 1, 2013Drew immediately understood the issues at hand and was able to provide some good advice in a previously unconsidered direction. Thanks again!
Source: Clarity Joshua Majonis Jul 9, 2013Drew was knowledgable and provided very helpful guidance comparing cloud providers, and their suitability for non-technical users and for setting up a cloud-based development environment for a PHP app.
Source: Clarity Alexis Gallagher May 31, 2013Drew was so incredibly helpful. He probably saved me 8 hours of work from the 40min or so we spoke. Very easy to talk to. There wasn't a single question I asked him that he didn't have a quick answer for.
Source: Clarity Stephen Rhyne May 7, 2013If you want a system that doesn't require any hardware or infrastructure, then a virtual PBX is the best bet. These systems just use your existing phone numbers (cell phones or whatever) and routes the calls among them.
The big player in this space is http://grasshopper.com/ They have been around for quite awhile and have a lot of features for managing calls. They're well known for their reliability and customer service.
I've also used http://www.ringcentral.com/ and they are very good as well. Never had any issues and they support various softphones and hardware phones as well.
I've also heard about a new up-and-comer https://aircall.io/ - But I know very little about them and they look to still be in beta. But you should definitely try it for comparison.
Most likely yes. GitHub is the de-facto standard for git hosting (public or private). There are very good competitors like BitBucket. But unless you can justify why you need to use a different provider, GitHub is a good choice because everyone you work with will already know how to use it.
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