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by ToJans 9y ago
When you are learning something new, you will make mistakes. Some mistakes can be cheap, but others can be really expensive. If you do not know what I am talking about Google for "advanced beginner" and "Dreyfus curve of skil
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by ToJans 9y ago
We build tools like that over at https://virtualsaleslab.com . Not open source unfortunately...
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by ToJans 9y ago
FYI I tried building something similar running completely client-side a little while ago; I did not get very far TBH: http://users.telenet.be/bull/sudoku/ As for solving the sudoku: that's the easy part: htt
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by ToJans 9y ago
I can't help but notice that slack is starting to get "enterprise" (threaded comments, this username thingy, ... ). They seem to be introducing a lot of complexity for all of the users, while only some of them would benefit f
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by ToJans 9y ago
I have no idea what the product manager was thinking here... Can someone elaborate why this "feature" - which implies potentially a lot of confusion - benefits most users?
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by ToJans 9y ago
+1 This makes me wonder why this hasn't been used in more cases... I have been messing around with parametric 3D models using regular 3D vectors, but getting to the bottom of this might make my life a lot easier.
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Google ARCore for “unsupported” Android devices(github.com)
2 points by ToJans 9y ago|0 comments
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by ToJans 9y ago
For custom JSON schemas nothing tops F#'s type providers [0] IMO. [0] https://github.com/jet/JsonSchemaProvider
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by ToJans 9y ago
First: > Elm has an incredibly powerful type system Near the end of the article: >Want to decode some JSON? Hard, especially if the JSON is heavily nested and it must be decoded to custom types defined in your application. IMHO the la
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by ToJans 9y ago
While it has a nice atmosphere, I don't see what makes it special enough to be featured on hacker news? It looks just like a simple vertex shader to me TBH, or an I missing something blatantly obvious here?
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by ToJans 9y ago
I think luck and timing make sense from a VC point of view, but when you are on the other side, it feels slightly different: as a founder, you need to have a vision about your future consumers within 5 to 10 years, even before you are layin
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by ToJans 9y ago
I wouldn't bet the house on a single horse; f.e. what it Microsoft suggests another todo app? One plan isn't enough IMO; you should have at least 5, or even 10? The odds of one plan failing are a lot bigger than the odds of all of
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by ToJans 9y ago
Thanks for the tip!
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by ToJans 9y ago
Find an entry into a market, and don't offer the world, but figure it their most painful integration point and fix that. Find multiple customers for that single integration point before you even start building anything. You need to lea
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by ToJans 9y ago
Pick a niche market: hairdressers, dentists,... Setup a customised website/landing page directly targeted at these people from your home town and try to get their attention and feedback. Be polite but determined: send an email, call ov
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by ToJans 9y ago
This is a common mistake: building a product based on assumptions, and not on the market's demand. I've learned not to add a feature before I have someone who paid an advance. Secondly: your product might be to overwhelming and do
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by ToJans 9y ago
Regarding the blog post: it's simply a numbers game: the odds that one of a hundred articles picks up momentum is way larger then the odds of one blog post picking up momentum. Sometimes it's better to spend the time you'd in
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by ToJans 9y ago
I always use factor 3. I just think: based on what I know now, how long would it probably take to write it - optimistic -? Multiplying this by 3 is justified by the unknown unknows, bugfixing, communication, changing scope and assuming stuf
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by ToJans 9y ago
> It means we do Agile. Everything is in a flat structure, except when it comes to salary and responsibilities. Pure gold!
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by ToJans 9y ago
I like the minimalist approach. I could probably use this to spike a few prototypes quickly, but I see one caveat: the lack of 2-way binding... While I understand that 2-way binding might complicate everything, it is the one feature I need
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by ToJans 9y ago
When I was freelancing, I was specialized in fixing businesses/projects that got stuck due to tech debt and non-communicating teams, using a bottom-up approach. The hardest part is changing the mentality of the team, but within a month
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by ToJans 9y ago
Process never trumps communication. IME speaking up is a valid approach. If you can't convince management either you are wrong, or the management is (you might not know the whole story, f.e. cash flow issues and knowing you can only cl
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by ToJans 10y ago
The biggest game-changer to me seems to be the last example, with `grid-template-areas`. I could probably explain this in a matter of minutes (as opposed to flexbox).
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by ToJans 10y ago
Finally an article that makes me feel confident enough to actually try using blender. In the past I have tried a number of tutorials, but the problem was they all went way too deep in the subject matter, so I was feeling overwhelmed. This o
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by ToJans 10y ago
Serious question, although a bit off-topic: why is the number of Facebook/Instagram/... followers even relevant? What is the average conversion on channels like these, and aren't there more efficient channels to focus on in t
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by ToJans 11y ago
For me this has been really useful. While I somewhat have a noob understanding of Haskell, and some experience with monads, the parallels between composing functions (i.e. "id" & (.) ) and composing monads i.e. "return&qu
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Are new `.js` ui frameworks and – libs a fad?(tojans.me)
1 points by ToJans 11y ago|0 comments
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Hangman in Haskell and some tips for idiomatic Haskell(tojans.me)
1 points by ToJans 11y ago|0 comments
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by ToJans 11y ago
Agreed... And maybe my marriage as well ;)
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How VR will disrupt traditional sales and marketing channels(quora.com)
4 points by ToJans 11y ago|3 comments

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