MrMcDowall

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Announcing: The Beast Master(mcdowall.info)
1 points by MrMcDowall 15y ago|0 comments
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Announcing DelimitedFileFormats.info (I need Help)(mcdowall.info)
1 points by MrMcDowall 15y ago|0 comments
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Software and Old Houses(mcdowall.info)
2 points by MrMcDowall 15y ago|0 comments
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by MrMcDowall 15y ago
I commend this analysis to the House.
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by MrMcDowall 15y ago
1. Market 2. Marketing 3. Design 4. Product So really, your technology stack fits in at stage 4. Defer decisions that lock you in as late as possible.
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by MrMcDowall 15y ago
I've not seen any substantial or conclusive figures on this yet - if you know of any I'd welcome seeing them.
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by MrMcDowall 15y ago
No, you're still missing the point, but probably because the article wasn't clear. It's written from the perspective of a software startup who needs to get a concept out fast, and then iterate. If you're in a field where you do high volume
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by MrMcDowall 15y ago
Speed kills!
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by MrMcDowall 15y ago
That's the point I'm making - MRI is slow.
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by MrMcDowall 15y ago
Try reading the post.
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Ruby is slow? She's fast enough for you.(mcdowall.info)
6 points by MrMcDowall 15y ago|12 comments
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by MrMcDowall 15y ago
For sure, I was meaning from the perspective of a startup. There's obviously existing industries where real-time data is big, but they don't tend to be web fronted serving hundreds of millions of users.
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by MrMcDowall 15y ago
No one will ever be in the position of handling so much real-time data as Twitter is. The rest of us can just get on with it and stop trying to pre-empt situations that will probably never happen to us.
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Dont’t Use TempFile in RSpec Specs(mcdowall.info)
1 points by MrMcDowall 15y ago|0 comments
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by MrMcDowall 15y ago
A damn fine point, well made. Updated!
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The Ten Principles of Good Data(mcdowall.info)
3 points by MrMcDowall 15y ago|2 comments
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by MrMcDowall 15y ago
It didn't work out well for the last guys who tried it :( http://discovertext.com/osamabinladen.aspx
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by MrMcDowall 15y ago
In some places it is actually illegal or something to call yourself an 'Engineer' unless you have been licensed by a certifying board. Ontario in Canada is one such place apparently: http://www.peo.on.ca/enforcement/Software_engineering_pa
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by MrMcDowall 15y ago
Exactly, the less external assets you load, the better. But you're not always in a position to be loading just your own assets. Sometimes you'll use 3rd party scripts and in that case as many of those need to still go at the bottom as possi
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Why Rails 3.1 Streaming means you still have to think about your HEAD(mcdowall.info)
16 points by MrMcDowall 15y ago|2 comments
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When You Buy Apple You Pay For Design(mcdowall.info)
1 points by MrMcDowall 15y ago|0 comments
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by MrMcDowall 15y ago
Thanks for this - seems dormant now?
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by MrMcDowall 15y ago
I like the 'the. That, and deskbook.com is owned by some pirate and I wanted a .com TLD :)
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Introducing: The Desk Book(mcdowall.info)
10 points by MrMcDowall 16y ago|6 comments