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by alexbecker 7y ago
PyDist is specifically for Python packages, so it's 1) a better fit in this niche (for example, it mirrors PyPI so you can install public and private packages through a single index, and you won't be broken by packages deleted fro
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by alexbecker 7y ago
NPM doesn't have the same problem, because they only allow a single file per release (which also means there is no way to distribute platform-specific builds).
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by alexbecker 7y ago
Author here, happy to answer any questions.
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Distributions vs. Releases: Why Python Packaging Is Hard(pydist.com)
4 points by alexbecker 7y ago|0 comments
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by alexbecker 7y ago
I've had some interesting conversations sparked by my personal website (linked in profile). Friendships, even. I don't blog as much as I like to, I'm embarrassed by some of the content at times, but overall I'm pleased w
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Ask HN: What are your pain points with Python?
6 points by alexbecker 7y ago|3 comments
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by alexbecker 7y ago
Some people are saying the syntax is ugly, and I agree. But it addresses a real problem in Python: the names of the arguments of your public functions are also part of your public API (since they can be called as kwargs). In my experience,
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PyPI as a Service(dustingram.com)
2 points by alexbecker 7y ago|0 comments
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Show HN: NPM for Python(pydist.com)
3 points by alexbecker 7y ago|0 comments
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by alexbecker 8y ago
Coalition | Back-End, Full-Stack, Product Manager | San Francisco, CA | Onsite, Full-Time Coalition is working to solve cyber risk. We are a small team of security experts, insurance professionals, and intelligence community veterans buildi
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Scaling Your Team with Python Packages(pydist.com)
3 points by alexbecker 8y ago|0 comments
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by alexbecker 8y ago
For most users, the domain name system is only very nominally hierarchical--every domain name they see is of this form: (www.)?[random-words].com
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by alexbecker 8y ago
Also happened to me. I ended up giving them a Google Voice #.
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by alexbecker 8y ago
Sage is definitely not the easiest thing to use, but it's a great way to 1) actually get your math right and 2) record and share your work. I used it to work out the cubic formula and share it alongside a blog post: https://
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MySpace lost 13 years worth of user data after botched server migration(zdnet.com)
1 points by alexbecker 8y ago|0 comments
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by alexbecker 8y ago
...which is a pretty confusing thing to do, given that there are multiple such systems, one of which is conventionally called "autopilot".
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by alexbecker 8y ago
I can see the office use case a lot more than the personal one--because I might not feel like I have the authority to re-order coffee when it runs out. Maybe you should market towards offices more? (Your website reads as very consumer-focus
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by alexbecker 8y ago
I don't see the value-add of a scale over, say, a button. I'm going to be interacting with the coffee when I use it, why not just leave the decision to re-order to me then?
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Python's Except Quirk(pydist.com)
3 points by alexbecker 8y ago|0 comments
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Python Packages Since 2005(pydist.com)
2 points by alexbecker 8y ago|0 comments
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Python Ecosystem Evolution Since 2005(pydist.com)
2 points by alexbecker 8y ago|0 comments
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by alexbecker 8y ago
We use them to restrict access to some static assets (beta documentation) by checking an authorization endpoint. Haven't had any problems--but we're also doing this at a very small scale.
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How “Pip Install” Works(pydist.com)
2 points by alexbecker 8y ago|0 comments
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by alexbecker 8y ago
Coalition | Back-End, Full-Stack, Product Manager | San Francisco, CA | Onsite, Full-Time Coalition is working to solve cyber risk. We are a small team of security experts, insurance professionals, and intelligence community veterans buildi
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by alexbecker 8y ago
Jira drives me nuts with this. I have a 34" monitor and with six columns in our Kanban board I can see 4, maybe 5 tickets per column. With 10 people on a team it means constant scrolling to see what people are working on. It finally pu
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by alexbecker 8y ago
It's a fairly new paradigm, and I've noticed these things spread slowly in the Python ecosystem (Python 3 was released over 10 years ago). But I use it, and I've started seeing it in some other python packages lately. Also ke
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by alexbecker 8y ago
It sounds like layout is your primary problem (as it is most people's). You should view (the layout-specific parts of CSS) as a layout description language, which is a class of languages you've never worked with before, and so som
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by alexbecker 8y ago
> You have to piss clean before you can leave. This is clearly unconstitutional, unless you have to be tried and convicted of a crime in order to enter, which I suspect would make it less attractive. Not to mention I think your view of w
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by alexbecker 8y ago
I suspect that the manufacturing costs for many medical devices are quite low, e.g. stints, but this is not public data to my knowledge. But the manufacturers make a killing because they charge a high price.
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by alexbecker 8y ago
The medical device industry (at least in the US) is very special. It does not have retailers per se , but there are a lot of middlemen who take varying, often enormous cuts. Medical device manufacturers make enormous amounts of money thoug

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