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by alttab 13y ago
While working at a previous start up, I wrote an application platform that allowed Plugin developers to write Client side javascript that was an AJAX bridge to Rails models that auto-generated models, migrations, views, etc. It was a way to
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by alttab 13y ago
But you don't have to maintain it! Think of the time savings! /s
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by alttab 13y ago
I don't like coffee script for the same reason - it adds extra processing steps and runs different code than I write in the browser. While it cleans things up, I personally haven't worked on a Javascript project that would benefit
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by alttab 13y ago
Maybe this works for server stuff, but if you are doing client-side JS I feel like adding this sort of layering as more trouble than its worth. But when it comes to JS, I'm a minimalist.
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by alttab 13y ago
Is this "gain" really worth the additional compilation step? The best thing about javascript in my book is saving my file in VI, and then clicking "refresh" on the browser. Having to re-process these files after each cha
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by alttab 13y ago
Who would buy a failing start up for $100m? I guess that's why I'm not an investor.
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by alttab 13y ago
Some thing tells me this dude spent way less on development. Justifying it is easier when there is no budget.
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by alttab 13y ago
But testosterone.
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by alttab 13y ago
An example would be nice.
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by alttab 13y ago
This. What else was to be said? Really, what else could you say? "I'm sorry" Are you though? "You are a really talented worker" like that matters? The relationship is a business one. Don't get confused. You are
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by alttab 13y ago
No the rationale for patch Tuesday is shoddy development while continually introducing bugs with your fixes.
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by alttab 13y ago
This could easily just be a Javascrip app, built in a weekend, using a more complete toolset of CSS generators and button creators, for free.
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by alttab 13y ago
Some internal bureaucrat would of course swat this down if it gained momentum, but if I was building a low cost mid grade datacenter I would buy them.
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by alttab 13y ago
If I were to edit this post, I could remove both the first and last sentence and it would still hold its meaning.
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by alttab 13y ago
What, no zero downtime DB deployments?
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by alttab 13y ago
Pick a project that has a smaller scope. Frameworks, libraries, or languages are never "finished" as much as they are no longer maintained, or becomes obsolete. Make a 5 level game. Build a browser plugin that logs and visualizes
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by alttab 13y ago
As a customer, I feel unfairly targeted without my participation for the profit of a third party. This makes money, but it does not make the world a better place to want to live in.
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by alttab 13y ago
New in meteor - server side rendering. Also called, what the world looked like before thicker client libraries. I feel like this is losing sight of the goal. And you wonder why its not on their roadmap. For me, I feel like if you are adding
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by alttab 13y ago
So you're an asshole? Clearly I'm joking, but people have tendencies and knowing the general buckets of tendency-groups makes it easier to interact with a wider variety of people (and not just introverted engineers).
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by alttab 13y ago
This is a great strategy for gobbling up marketshare. Definitely an 80/20 move by T Mobile. Couple that with a customer centric product that isn't offered anywhere else and most people will realize they travel in between cities by
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by alttab 13y ago
Very interesting. At least from a standpoint that this type of knowledge-tracking network on a huge install base of mobile phones would give Mr. Stone another layer on top of the social network, perfect for twitter or Facebook acquisition i
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by alttab 13y ago
Or a patent on the process. That changes negotiations significantly.
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by alttab 13y ago
This is awesome. If I was the researcher, I would get a process patent for the levitation, and sell it to industrial engineers for manufacturing. I feel like acoustic machinery once finely controlled could gain an edge on more costly hydrau
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by alttab 13y ago
Wow, goes to show how much hacker news has grown. I had a blog post hit #1 back in November of 2009 and I only managed 5k uniques for the whole month.
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by alttab 13y ago
Second mouse gets the cheese on this one. I think we all realize that using screens and looking at pads all the time limit what we can really do and how we interact with people, but the current execution just won't get us there.
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by alttab 13y ago
Only because the true answer is subjective.
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by alttab 13y ago
So he helped three engineers who were busy coding some product find some engineers, set up a campaign that worked due to the product interest, and then the pros come in. In this industry, you need to have some product skill pre financing.
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by alttab 13y ago
The timing is likely related to the business cycle. Why communicate next year's plans to people it doesn't involve? I can't say why the plans wouldn't involve him in some way. I don't speculate based on the content
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by alttab 13y ago
Who is this straw man generalist? If you are even a moderately capable at many things that makes you a connector and a power broker. Without agency inside a larger organization, a generalist without enough situational acumen will fail to se
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by alttab 13y ago
Success may be the difference between taking a year, and needing a year.

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