JeremyChase

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   by JeremyChase 18y ago

   awk is a fantastic utility for processing 'stuff' in unix. Yeah, I'm just plugging awk. :) awk '{print "jer"}'
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   by JeremyChase 18y ago

   Getting terms right is one thing, but many sites already have such terminology. i.e.: Follow this post _link_
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   by JeremyChase 18y ago

   I am really looking forward to that book! Fortunately I know a few people who are active in the Merb community and I am learning a little bit on their coattails :)
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   by JeremyChase 18y ago

   Unethical but I don't think fraudulent. This is an example people gaming the system, and IMHO through legal channels. If search engines and social bookmarks integrate this content the burden is on them to filter it. Please don't take my com
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   by JeremyChase 18y ago

   ...plenty of 'established' companies have developers working 10-12 hour workdays.
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   by JeremyChase 18y ago

   It seems like the startup community is overly excited about mobile development. After I saw TapTapTap release their sales figures I was unimpressed: http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08/13/appstore-developer-tapt... TapTapTap got 50k in prof
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   by JeremyChase 18y ago

   Since I don't have money to waste on hardware I don't need; working 'in the cloud' has been a godsend. I feel like we have finally gotten to the point where we can bootstrap web services extremely inexpensively. I do have some reservations
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   by JeremyChase 18y ago

   I agree that "RSS" is not an intuitive name, but the article is making this into a bigger issue than it is. After all they are only changing the link. :)
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   by JeremyChase 18y ago

   Merb seems to be a great platform.. I hope the community grows to the point of more adoption because it is a little too esoteric at this point. For example there aren't even any books published about Merb yet.
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    by JeremyChase 18y ago

    Ok, my example isn't the best. The reason it came to mind is that an xterm window is a perfect example of horrid "UI" that functions beautifully. The interface is often unfriendly with unexpected results, but you can get a lot done in a sho
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    by JeremyChase 18y ago

    UI is extremely important, but this article is wrong to say that without it your product is doomed to fail. The most obvious example that comes to mind is an xterm window. Even on OSX any programmer will spend 2/3 of their time looking at t