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Vince Dasta

Personal blog · vincedasta.com/psecuritysystems

Vince Dasta's personal blog at vincedasta.com covers security and systems. Since 2014, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 8 times, most often “Why I went with Plivo, not Twilio”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.

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8mentions?
3HN people?
2014–2016first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 5 in 2016

Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

HN readers link this blog's post explaining why the author chose Plivo, an SMS provider, over alternatives. One commenter pointed to it for more detail on that choice and on short-code pricing.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

Personal site of Vince Dasta featuring cybersecurity publications, videos, and contact details.

Most-linked posts?

  1. Why I went with Plivo, not Twilio
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2014-01-25

What Hacker News says?

  1. dhfromkorea · 2014-02-26
    1.tl;dr For short codes, our pricing is better. Tech-wise, honestly SMS short codes do not have much room for any difference. 2. long versions (if you're curious, in general, why someone would choose plivo over others) http://vincedasta.com/p/why-i-went-with-plivo/ http://clintberry.com/2012/why-plivo-cloud-is-better-than-tw... happy to answer follow-up questions.

    Comment linking /p/why-i-went-with-plivo/

    on “SMS Short codes – Broadcast your message in bulk”
  2. SVTyler · 2016-02-11

    Submitted Intro to Basic SIP Architecture as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  3. VinceD01 · 2014-01-25

    Submitted Why I went with Plivo, not Twilio as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  4. SVTyler · 2016-02-24

    Submitted Pitfalls on the road from traditional project management to Agile/Scrum as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  5. SVTyler · 2016-02-18

    Submitted VoIP Security Strategy as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  6. SVTyler · 2016-02-10

    Submitted Guide to Bad Data as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  7. SVTyler · 2014-01-23

    Submitted Enabling SMS subscriptions to your MailChimp list using Plivo as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  8. VinceD01 · 2016-02-18

    Submitted Designing networks for VoIP and real-time communications as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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