5vforest

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by 5vforest 13y ago
I kinda like http://jlord.github.io/hack-spots/ more. (Although I'm biased based on geographical location.) Powered by a Google Spreadsheet, so instead of `git commit`, it's "Add a row to this public spr
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by 5vforest 13y ago
For what it's worth, apparently the Basecamp team was hitting ~50ms request times with their new (well, now it's not that new) design: http://37signals.com/svn/posts/3112-how-basecamp-next-got-to... All
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by 5vforest 13y ago
Agree with the general preface of not interrupting your flow with issue tracking. I've been using ghi (command line GitHub Issues)[1] and couldn't be happier. [1] https://github.com/stephencelis/ghi
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by 5vforest 13y ago
Ah, that's neat. I usually just build these forms without the Rails helpers, using something like: <form> <input type='text' name='email' value='<%= params[:email] %>' />
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by 5vforest 13y ago
Author here. Probably a matter of preference, to be honest. has_scope never really made much sense to me. If we're checking boxes, two features that Filterer has and has_scope doesn't are: - results ordering - pagination (although
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Show HN: A gem to stop progressively building ActiveRecord queries(github.com)
17 points by 5vforest 13y ago|8 comments
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by 5vforest 13y ago
Related: the basketball coach who always did a full-court press: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/05/11/090511fa_fact_...
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by 5vforest 13y ago
I'm cringing right now, because it seems like the authors weren't aware that this feature is already part of OS X. http://cl.ly/image/1u0S0H330v1D
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by 5vforest 13y ago
upvoted, because until I read your comment I was wondering "WHAT THE GOD DAMN HELL IS GOING ON WITH MY COMPUTER?!"
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by 5vforest 13y ago
Seems like as good of a time as any to bring up Zed Shaw's "Programming, Motherfucker": http://programming-motherfucker.com/ We are a community of motherfucking programmers who have been humiliated by sof
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by 5vforest 13y ago
Bootstrap 3 introduces some pretty weird markup IMO. Foundation is a bit better, but I'm going to suggest something unpopular, which is to use a lighter-weight framework like http://purecss.io/ or http://car
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by 5vforest 13y ago
Some people enjoy working remotely, others enjoy going into a specific workplace. Not sure why this is such a contentious argument every time.
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by 5vforest 13y ago
On the software side, how are you managing to sort through the sheer number of applicants?
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How Healthcare.gov Went Wrong(blog.dobt.co)
4 points by 5vforest 13y ago|0 comments
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by 5vforest 13y ago
DOBT.co | Full-stack Rails developers Bay Area, Remote OK The Department of Better Technology is hiring a developer to come help us make software that helps government work better. We've just completed an initial round of funding, and
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Show HN: Formbuilder.rb - Rails engine for users to create their own webforms(github.com)
2 points by 5vforest 13y ago|0 comments
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by 5vforest 13y ago
(Shameless plug) My version of the same thing: https://github.com/dobtco/formbuilder
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by 5vforest 13y ago
File an issue? I'm not 100% sure what you mean, but would love to be able to solve this.
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Show HN: Formbuilder.js(dobtco.github.io)
78 points by 5vforest 13y ago|14 comments
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by 5vforest 13y ago
Finished Paypal checkout: "You sent a payment of 79.99 USD to Livinglife9012@yahoo.com" wtf?
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Re-imagining the USPS (slides)(slideshare.net)
2 points by 5vforest 13y ago|0 comments
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by 5vforest 13y ago
Late to the party, but: The Department of Better Technology is hiring a developer to come help us make software that helps government work better. We've just completed an initial round of funding, and now we need a developer to help us
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by 5vforest 13y ago
FWIW I was one of the fellows, and happy to chat about it if anyone's interested. (contact info in my profile) if anyone wants to help us fix the broken procurement policies that lead to systems like the one described in the article, l
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by 5vforest 13y ago
I'm sure you're familiar, but for anyone else reading: CfA has other programs for folks that can't make a full-time dedication http://brigade.codeforamerica.org/
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Show HN: Create a site for "adopting" public infrastructure(adopta.co)
12 points by 5vforest 13y ago|5 comments
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by 5vforest 13y ago
holy shit, i've been waiting for this for years. couldn't believe it never existed before.
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Starrr: 1-5 star rating plugin for jQuery(dobtco.github.io)
1 points by 5vforest 13y ago|0 comments
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CSS Loaders and Spinners(codepen.io)
70 points by 5vforest 13y ago|22 comments
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Apple holds 3rd party iOS app in limbo while Google builds their own(facebook.com)
1 points by 5vforest 13y ago|0 comments
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by 5vforest 13y ago
Loved the idea, but the in first few test paragraphs I tried, the only results I got were false positives.

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