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by aculver 14y ago
That's always an option, like we saw with Airbrake being acquired from Thoughtbot by Exceptional. ( http://robots.thoughtbot.com/post/17212734809/airbrake-acqui... ) However, this really only works if you can find someone you trust enough t
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by aculver 14y ago
Correct regarding Braintree's willingness to help port customer data. See the "Data Portability" section at https://www.braintreepayments.com/tour/vault . Also, there is more information in this blog post: https://www.braintreepayments.c
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by aculver 14y ago
Make that N=2. This post is very, very similar to my own experience after launching my "startup on the side" last year ( http://www.limelightapp.com/ ) and the advice closely parallels what I'd give to others as well. >> Get your sp
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by aculver 14y ago
"Single responsibility principle (SRP): ... ActiveRecord::Base already has a responsibility: persistence." Wrong. I'm hearing this more and more, but let's be clear: Active Record as a design pattern, before Rails, has always been a joini
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by aculver 14y ago
The "Ubiquitous Language" is the label I've seen applied to the idea you're describing. For example: http://martinfowler.com/bliki/UbiquitousLanguage.html This idea of having an ubiquitous domain language and keeping applications and APIs
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by aculver 14y ago
While we're here, let me just say what I've been thinking for weeks: I hate all these apps and sites whose default behavior is to post which videos/articles a user has viewed without some sort of explicit, per-video or per-article inten
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by aculver 14y ago
One great takeaway regarding local variances for the people who are fortunate enough to be able to benefit from it: If you're able to work remotely, you can do work for companies in the ~130% areas (e.g. San Francisco, New York, D.C.) and m
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by aculver 14y ago
There is and you don't have to pay for it. The Creative Group is a division of Robert Half, a staffing/recruiting company which also does technical staff. I found the information (particularly the bit about local variances) very valuable. A
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by aculver 14y ago
The content of the post was not at all what I expected. The funny thing about principles is they're easy to have when they're not being tested. For example: "'I really don’t want this guy’s money,' Tyler said at one point. We’re glad not to
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by aculver 14y ago
Congratulations! What an awesome utility. Your demo video is awesome. More than happy to send you money for this. Would love to hear how you fare from all the attention!
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by aculver 14y ago
I'm not sure, actually. Running an application on such specialized application servers as Heroku provides has the benefit of being highly scalable, but it also means you have to adhere to some architectural patterns, which I believe address
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by aculver 14y ago
I agree with everything you said, except that I don't think you need to spend any time working on an exit plan until the day you realize you're paying "too much" (whatever that means to you) for the benefit you're receiving from their manag
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by aculver 14y ago
Yeah, I also work for the consulting company that developed this app and I couldn't agree more. I do feel compelled to say for our own sake that we do, in fact, advise our clients on things like App Store descriptions and app icons, but w
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by aculver 14y ago
Hey Mike. I think you've picked a great problem to solve. People are definitely willing to pay a monthly subscription for this type of service. (@nickmjones and I run http://limelightapp.com/ . $10/mo is our most popular plan, but we hav
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by aculver 14y ago
The author's observation about high school is exactly why my kids, by default, will be home schooled. If they decide they want to go to public or private school at some point, I'll let them. Unlike a lot of kids that end up getting bullied,
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by aculver 14y ago
I'm not saying apps will kill websites, but we're 5 years into this thing now: Websites will not kill apps. It's not just about performance and hardware access, it's about UI toolkits. Web-based and cross-platform apps just feel different.
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by aculver 14y ago
Tried to get in touch but the only email I could track down on the website in your profile was your support email. :)
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by aculver 15y ago
The dealbreaker for me with the MacBook Pro 13" is that you don't have the option of upgrading the display for a higher density display. The MacBook Airs come with this standard, and the larger MacBook Pros have an upgrade option available.
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Rails Is More Than An API(projectorpm.com)
77 points by aculver 15y ago|6 comments
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by aculver 15y ago
Over time, as an app developer and a parent, I've come to appreciate the home button just as it is. As an app developer, it means my app will be rated and compared to other apps based on user experience for the child.. how engaging is the a
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by aculver 15y ago
When we developed Aeir Talk, an speech pathology app for children with Autism, we locked the setup screen (where parents can customize the cards, pictures, and audio) behind a nondescript "Setup" button in the title bar. When tapped, it doe
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by aculver 15y ago
We also lost a family member to a glioblastoma. Couldn't agree more about the gap. I'm glad for it, in that it means those people haven't had to experience this acute type of pain and suffering. I'm happy for them. Naturally, as time goes
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by aculver 15y ago
Thanks Thomas! Used your gem in a project recently when we migrated an older app from a Theme Forest layout to Twitter Bootstrap. It wasn't immediately obvious which gem was the best, since it looks like a few people set out to do the same
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by aculver 15y ago
The asset pipeline introduced in Rails 3.1 includes Sass by default, which means nothing to configure if you use bootstrap-sass.
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by aculver 15y ago
For what it's worth, it's ~$160 in Japan. ( http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1205455... ) Interesting seeing this here on HN after my wife and I just finished watching "Frontline: Sick in America" on Netflix tonight, in
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by aculver 15y ago
Thanks for the kind words, Joe. :)
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by aculver 15y ago
Full disclosure: I'm a developer at We Are Titans, but my involvement in Projector has been limited to being one of the first users. :) My favorite use-case for Projector so far was putting together a recent project proposal: On my side, I:
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by aculver 15y ago
The more I think about it, the more I think I would skip the free version and do $0.99 for the Hiragana and Katakana and then have the Kanji available in a price point similar to what you're doing now. An example of this is http://www.amaz
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by aculver 15y ago
Congratulations on launching this! Have you considered scaling back the free version to a portion of Hiragana and Katakana? (Maybe half?) And maybe throw in a few simple kanji? My thinking is that there is going to be a large portion of use
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by aculver 15y ago
Anyone familiar with this able to give a quick overview of the legality of this? I've looked into this before and it sounded to me like doing this too much (e.g. all your meals?) is dishonest and/or illegal.

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