Paul_D_Santana

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by Paul_D_Santana 14y ago
Yes! Definitely! It is such an incredibly excellent book. I listened to the Audible version twice in one month (26 hours in total). I think everyone should check it out, at least for the alternate viewpoints on doing things. I actually wrot
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by Paul_D_Santana 14y ago
There is a difference between seeking inspiration and simply reading or watching something intellectually stimulating for entertainment (nor are they mutually exclusive). Reading Hacker News, for example, can be done for entertainment. And
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by Paul_D_Santana 14y ago
Looks great. Thanks for the link!
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by Paul_D_Santana 14y ago
Do you regularly have clients who need developers for one-time development projects (kind of like a reverse elance.com), or is it strictly for Monday through Friday full time work? I would love to do small side projects for others, e.g. on
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by Paul_D_Santana 14y ago
Where does it say you have to bring your own leads?
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by Paul_D_Santana 14y ago
SaaS: Software as a Service http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_as_a_service
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by Paul_D_Santana 14y ago
How did you learn Github?
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by Paul_D_Santana 14y ago
What about doing both? Work at a great company and your own projects on the side. Seems like the best of both worlds. Ever since starting to read HN a few weeks ago, I've become interested in learning Ruby, Rails and general web developme
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by Paul_D_Santana 14y ago
The #1 most important factor in coding is: Will I be able to read my code tomorrow or next week and know what in the heck I did?
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by Paul_D_Santana 14y ago
Here is a list of everything available in case anyone might find that more convenient: Languages: - C - C++ - C++ (Firefox) - Java - JavaScript - PHP - Python - Rust C So you think OOP is for hipsters? That's
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by Paul_D_Santana 14y ago
The "Advertise On Your Laptop" advice is a terrific idea. I really like the back of iWaffles' laptop, and the suggestion to put your Twitter handle on there too (or website etc). As to your comment on the validity of this article: When I re
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by Paul_D_Santana 14y ago
Thank you Zaphar! I have created my first post in dedication of your reply! (See the "P.S.") http://paulsantana.wordpress.com/2013/03/30/the-effects-of-a...
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by Paul_D_Santana 14y ago
It syncs files.
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by Paul_D_Santana 14y ago
The simplest and easiest way to get more important things done: Ask yourself three times daily, via Outlook reminder or whatever is convenient: "Am I inventing things to do to avoid the important?" This is from the book The Four Hour Workwe
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by Paul_D_Santana 14y ago
I totally agree. I started with installing Eclipse, creating a new Android project, adding a single button and... Just going from there. I had no intention of publishing it to the official Google Play Store, but I did, purely as a learning
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by Paul_D_Santana 14y ago
Hah, I was about to post the same idea, about paying for a course and getting the money back on completion. Maybe even redistribute the funds from prior students who hadn't finished the class to students who complete the class and go back t
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by Paul_D_Santana 14y ago
It has been amazing watching what people have done with the Model B. I'm actually considering picking one up just to play around with web development and all these mysterious languages I hadn't heard of before reading Hacker News, ie the *.
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by Paul_D_Santana 14y ago
Wow, looks great! What tool(s) did you use to create this?
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by Paul_D_Santana 14y ago
Interesting. I would have figured easy bugs were squashed in seconds by expert developers. Shows how new I am to this eh? Thanks for all the advice.
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by Paul_D_Santana 14y ago
Hah I really like the IRC idea (especially since I don't know anyone like you do). Just joined the Ruby channel as a test at: http://irc.lc/freenode/ruby-lang
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by Paul_D_Santana 14y ago
Thank you. That is a really excellent idea.
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by Paul_D_Santana 14y ago
That is true. Funny you mention Ruby as I have just completed Code School's Try Ruby course this weekend! However, how could I make any particularly meaningful contribution in a language I am just learning? I feel that any issues or new fea
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by Paul_D_Santana 14y ago
Thank you.
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by Paul_D_Santana 14y ago
Yes! Exactly. Thank you for understanding what I meant. I want to hear about the decision process behind how or why Zaphar chose the open source project he did, and how others here choose their open source projects? Just a little advice, so
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by Paul_D_Santana 14y ago
How does one find an (appropriate) open source project to contribute to, especially as a C#, Asp.Net or Java developer?
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by Paul_D_Santana 14y ago
Alright, this post convinced me! I'm going to start learning this weekend! I did some searching around and found these classes: https://www.udacity.com/course/cs253 http://www.codeschool.com/paths/ruby http://ureddit.com/class/40250/we