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amdelamar
4y ago
https://www.nwtime.org/current-members-donors/
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amdelamar
4y ago
I also really enjoyed reading this; the mix of computer science & history was well balanced and kept my interest. It makes me think there should be a CompSci history class taught in college.
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amdelamar
4y ago
The amount of salt in photo #6 is too much salt. Its very easy to over-salt anything and ruin it. Better to under-salt until you gain enough experience with judging how much you actually need. As for putting the meat grinder in the freezer,
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amdelamar
4y ago
A 25% restocking fee seems like a better solution.
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amdelamar
4y ago
My blog https://amdelamar.com/blog/ Focusing lately on Scala and programming articles, but struggle to publish more frequently.
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amdelamar
5y ago
Physical NFTs! Sounds like a cool idea for a website...
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amdelamar
5y ago
> 4. Fail small, reducing blast radius One more thing not mentioned here, is that using a microservice architecture can naturally help isolate outages to small parts of your app/website. Rather than take it down entirely. My team su
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amdelamar
5y ago
This is my top issue with open-source nginx. Nginx plus has the solution though with its `resolver` directive. https://docs.nginx.com/nginx/admin-guide/load-balancer/http-...
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amdelamar
5y ago
I think there's a good analogy to a wedding ceremony I read from DDIA. "Do you take X? I do. And do you take Y? I do. I now pronounce you X+Y".
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amdelamar
5y ago
A year ago I had a coworker build a CRUD app with an API that required GET with a body. Something simple like: GET /api/query Host: example.org Content-Type: application/json { "a": &quo
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amdelamar
5y ago
And [Brew]( https://brew.sh )
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amdelamar
5y ago
My team had migrated about 35 codebases from a mix of Play, Scalatra, Ruby, and Python, to Akka HTTP. The unification definitely made it easier for juniors to start work on unfamiliar codebases, but the same could be said if we unified on s
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amdelamar
5y ago
I've had a similar phase and just switched back to Ubuntu a week ago after having used a number of different distros since 2011. As a software developer myself, I think there is a mix of two emotions that lead to this; fear of missing
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amdelamar
5y ago
> The best part is that the cubicle doesn't have tall walls so I can literally see/hear everything, including other people's monitors. Open offices are awful. In my experience most people end up wearing headphones all day,
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amdelamar
6y ago
Monolith, sure. Microservices, no.
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6y ago
I did this and still feel gross about it even though I don't regret the decision. Accepted an offer for a Java/Spring developer, but a week later I got a better offer for a Scala engineer at Apple that had swept me off my feet. I
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6y ago
It really boils down to trust. My manager trusts I will make up lost time after my doctor's appointment, as they generally know if I've been falling behind work or not. We also give daily standup status updates so its obvious if w
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amdelamar
6y ago
59 miles range? That's not going to cut it for most commuters in California.
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amdelamar
6y ago
I prefer the original quote as it doesn't imply any leader/manager stereotype. > "Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things." ~ Peter Drucker
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amdelamar
6y ago
If I remember right, GrubHub/Doordash will undercut restaurant prices to gain more customers for short-term, then later adjust prices back up once they establish a more stable audience.
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amdelamar
6y ago
Imagine if a site like AppleiPhone.com was setup and selling iPhones as a front to Apple.com, complete with their own shopping menu and phone number that they owned instead of Apple.
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amdelamar
6y ago
When I worked at IBM I heard about this RA tactic before. To get rid of an unwanted employee a company might promote them frequently/repeatedly until they quit. What's the logic behind that? Why not fire them if their performance
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amdelamar
6y ago
That's a great metaphor for OOP. What is the full quote or reference from? This is all I could find: https://interviews.slashdot.org/story/04/10/18/1153211/rob-p...
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6y ago
This basically outlines my current job. Huge system with many, constantly moving/upgrading parts and services across teams, all while utilizing dozens of internal services, tools, and navigating corporate policies. I’m thriving in it,
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amdelamar
6y ago
I've used Linux at home for 2-3 years now. Most of my games library works fine or is tolerable with certain issues, e.g. Terraria I run in windowed mode 1080p, because full-screen mode is weirdly cropped where the mouse can move to. B
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6y ago
> Digital Ocean starts at a $5/mo buy in. Heroku is $0/mo to start. heroku.com/free
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amdelamar
6y ago
Given how small-scale it is, maybe he could opt for lights/LEDs and an ac motor to rotate the tapes.
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6y ago
The awkward name is an immediate turnoff IMO. Just take a look at all the variations in this HN thread on the spelling of it. "Pop", "PopOS", "Pop OS"... I only counted two that used the full name "Pop!_OS
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6y ago
Looks neat. One recommendation, before the section "Influenced by", could you put a code snippet of what Chaos would look like? It can be HelloWorld, but a more real-life example would be appreciated. (A few example sites that do
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amdelamar
6y ago
This book looks great, and I can't wait to pick up a physical copy. Thank you lihaoyi!
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