Davertron

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   by Davertron 17y ago

   Ha!
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   by Davertron 17y ago

   I think the site is OK, but I get this same general functionality from doing a search on craigslist and then adding that search as an RSS feed. While I don't get INSTANT updates, I'm in my RSS reader often enough during the day that I usua
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   by Davertron 17y ago

   "Any even moderately complex app is going to leverage database-specific performance enhancements that can't be abstracted away." I'm not sure I totally agree with you here; I run what I would consider to be a "moderately complex" app (basic
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   by Davertron 17y ago

   Sure; but this is more of an argument against abstraction in general, vs. an argument against database abstraction in particular. If you use any kind of framework, since frameworks are made to be generally usable in many different situatio
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   by Davertron 17y ago

   I know this to be the case with Rails as well. I think his point about database portability has more to do with the data portability itself; obviously, if you switch databases, you presumably need to port all of your existing data to the n
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   by Davertron 17y ago

   I think this is just ridiculous. I'm not necessarily gung-ho about using database abstraction layers myself, but the author only argues against it on the basis of one of the benefits of using an abstraction layer. On top of that, he then a
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   by Davertron 17y ago

   I have to say, I really like the design, and if you seriously wrote this in one night, I'm going to jump off a bridge, I couldn't design a site that looked that nice and actually worked in a month...
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   by Davertron 17y ago

   Yeah, to me this article basically sounds like some guy heard you shouldn't tightly couple your software, and wrote a blog post about it to sound smart. That may not be the case, but giving an example of how not to do it, and then NOT givi
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   by Davertron 17y ago

   Here's what I did (using andyn's method): Download the linux version of firefox 3.5 from http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/products/download.html?product=... Untar and unzip firefox-3.5.tar.bz2: tar xjf firefox-3.5.tar.bz2 Move the new
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    by Davertron 17y ago

    I'm still running Ubuntu 8.10, anyone get the release running there yet and want to share how they did it? Ideally I'd like to avoid trashing my old 3.0.11 install or profile...
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    by Davertron 17y ago

    "...not a "how to learn rails" tutorial that has nothing to do with twitter." Nothing to do with twitter, except that IT IS TWITTER :)
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    by Davertron 17y ago

    This pipe should do what you want: http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.info?_id=PCOTX0JF3hGLHmu1d...
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    by Davertron 17y ago

    Not to be insulting, but I think the animation is really annoying. However, I will say it did draw my attention to that section, which was probably your goal. That being said, I think there are easier, less invasive ways to accomplish the
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    by Davertron 17y ago

    Under a $1000???
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    by Davertron 18y ago

    Yep. I'm wondering where most people who read this article place themselves. I would say I'm probably a mix between the Working Programmer, the Average Programmer, and the Amateur Programmer. Working because I would say I have a successf