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by akbar501 11y ago
Pamela Fox https://twitter.com/pamelafox
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by akbar501 11y ago
Just downloaded the app for my daughter. A nice update would be if it showed the note after you get it correctly, such as: C or E Flat, etc. near the top of the screen.
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Modern Design Tools: Adaptive Layouts(medium.com)
1 points by akbar501 11y ago|0 comments
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by akbar501 11y ago
> From the looks of it, he'll not make it, but how can I possibly tell him that ? Don't tell him. Ask questions that get him to think.
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by akbar501 11y ago
Thanks for creating this project. I'm working through RxJava on Android currently, so this project provides an excellent learning resource.
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by akbar501 11y ago
> What's interesting to note is that Dynamo/Cassandra usage was killed at both Amazon and Facebook IMO, the only way use, or former use, is interesting is in understanding why a specific company moved to, or away from, a given
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by akbar501 11y ago
Short answer: Yes Long answer: Yes. There are very senior engineers where JavaScript/Node.js is just one, of many, languages/runtimes that (s)he works with.
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by akbar501 12y ago
I personally use Java+Spring, JavaScript+Node, and Python+Flask. However, I would recommend against the Spring and Node options as they take a while to master (Spring due to size, and Node due to async programming). I have not used RoR, but
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by akbar501 12y ago
There's a lot of everything in the valley. For complex software, take a look at some of the database companies. For flight hardware + software, AirWare is doing some cutting edge work. Even the "simple" gets complex at scale
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by akbar501 12y ago
For some it was Dennis Hopper in Blue Velvet, "Heineken? Fuck that shit! Pabst Blue Ribbon!". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeWUXV89w0g http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090756/quotes
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5 Things I Learned About Successful Startups from Steve Jobs(en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com)
2 points by akbar501 12y ago|0 comments
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by akbar501 12y ago
It depends on the person. I don't use video calls much, but my younger daughter considers video calls to be the default.
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Ask HN: Good tech recruiters in SV?
1 points by akbar501 12y ago|1 comments
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by akbar501 12y ago
Questions for Tom: 1.) How are you handling auth? Are you using a home grown solution or using OpenID Connect + OAuth 2.0? 2.) Is the JWT behind the firewall using a pre-shared key? 3.) What does the public token look like and how does the
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Big Data SQL(exponential.io)
1 points by akbar501 12y ago|0 comments
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by akbar501 12y ago
There was an error in the LMS software. I have fixed the videos by re-uploading everything.
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by akbar501 12y ago
A top of mind comparison. Citus is a distributed relational database vs. Datanomic is a non-relational database. Citus uses SQL as its query language vs. Datanomic uses Datalog. Both support joins. Citus is built on PostgreSQL as its data s
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by akbar501 12y ago
Very timely, I'm currently working on an oauth provider and client in Flask. Having a single library for all Python oauth clients is a great idea. IMO, simplifying the use of oauth in a library that is widely used and reviewed is way b
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by akbar501 12y ago
I mean this as a genuine compliment: this is an obvious idea...that was hiding in plain sight. Good job on seeing it.
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Show HN: (FREE) Course on Python REST API Development(learn.exponential.io)
1 points by akbar501 12y ago|2 comments
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by akbar501 12y ago
I moved away from ORMs a while ago b/c I found myself bumping into edge cases too frequently and/or spending too much time trying to figure out how to write complex queries in the ORMs syntax. In general, the move to SQL was initi
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by akbar501 12y ago
Apache Kylin, created by eBay, is a modern cubes on HBase solution. However, the overhead of HBase is likely not worth it unless you have a data size problem. http://www.kylin.io/
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by akbar501 12y ago
Management of remote staff increases management overhead, which distracts from finding product/market fit, growing the business, and other critical tasks. It's about focus. Management of subcontractors is another form of managemen
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by akbar501 12y ago
I partially complete MOOC courses frequently as they may have a "chapter or two" of content I'm interested in. I watch what I need, then stop. IMO, there needs to be a better way to measuring value in an online course other t
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REST APIs must guarantee strong data integrity(exponential.io)
2 points by akbar501 12y ago|0 comments
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by akbar501 12y ago
1. Define who your target customer are? 2. Segment, segment, then segment again until you identify a much smaller initial group of users who aggregate in one area of the web. 3. Figure out how to access the people from the group in #2.
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by akbar501 12y ago
Yes, it's a deliberately open ended question to get a feel for which algos people are using for which problems.
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Ask HN: Which algorithms do you use on a regular basis?
5 points by akbar501 12y ago|7 comments
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by akbar501 12y ago
Serious question re: With this fork io.js has won pretty much all the mindshare of the small core Who and how many of the earlier Node.js core developers are still developing for Node.js, how many are developing for io.js, and how many are
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Should you pick Node.js or io.js?(exponential.io)
1 points by akbar501 12y ago|0 comments

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