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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 17 Nov 2013

    Static sites are the fixies of the Internet.

    2:45 PM - 17 Nov 2013
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    • Anthony McGinty Frank Taillandier budparr, enthusiast Donghee Kim sya. Y Greg Liburd Mike Carper -✁-- ɥsoɾǝlqnop ---
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      1. Adam Haney‏ @AdamHaney 17 Nov 2013
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        @paulg simple and practical, I can dig that.

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      1. Matthew Hayden‏ @MatthewREHayden 17 Nov 2013
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        @paulg @hipsterhacker You two should talk.

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      1. Bernat Fages‏ @brnt 17 Nov 2013
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        @paulg yeah but remember to ride it with a helmet on (AWS S3 or similar) otherwise you're still in danger

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      1. Max Woolf‏Verified account @minimaxir 17 Nov 2013
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        @paulg that's what happens when you use the internet while wearing a coat.

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      1. Adrian Bye‏ @adrianbye 17 Nov 2013
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        @paulg you speak like the martha stewart of the internet

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      2. Andrew Lee‏ @startupandrew 17 Nov 2013
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        @paulg With a service like @Firebase or @ParseIt powering it, a static site can do amazing things. They're the future; I'd put money on it.

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      3. Ari‏ @auser 17 Nov 2013
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        @startupandrew @paulg @Firebase @ParseIt distributed backends

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      1. Thomas Walter‏ @balu 17 Nov 2013
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        @paulg @moeffju Only Hipsters have one? #Static #Fixies

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      1. Abe Han‏ @abethehan 17 Nov 2013
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        @paulg yes, tricycles

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      1. Brad Gessler‏ @bradgessler 17 Nov 2013
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        @paulg @polleverywhere is a bunch of static sites hooked up to an API and @firehoseio. Its fast, highly cacheable, and deployable via rsync.

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