andrewvc

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by andrewvc 16y ago
I use dvorak and Vim. You can remap the keys easily enough, here's my vimrc for example: http://github.com/andrewvc/vim-settings/blob/master/vimrc I only remapped some of the keys though. Remapping ':' is really useful, I have it mapped t
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by andrewvc 16y ago
It probably depends on your stack. TFA's author is a Rails developer, like myself. I've used Rad Rails, the eclipse based Rails IDE, and I just find myself less productive in it than vim + a handful of terminals. I really tried to like Rad
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by andrewvc 16y ago
I think this can be extended to any interviewee who starts redesigning your stack before they're even hired can be rejected.
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by andrewvc 16y ago
First, the analysis relies on every step from request to response being evented, which in turn relies on the existence of event-based libraries for everything you want to do. This is one of the main reasons I like node.js, EVERYTHING is e
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by andrewvc 16y ago
In my mind, metafilter had the right idea years ago. Charge $5 per account. Keeps most of the scum out.
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by andrewvc 16y ago
He also maintains the Pirate Image Archive http://beej.us/pirates/index.html
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by andrewvc 16y ago
This is fascinating, but for a lot of us building web apps we have to scale beyond a single box, which means shared state needs to be in something like memcached. I love Clojure, but it's concurrency constructs aren't that relevant to most
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by andrewvc 16y ago
We still have room for one more presenter, if you're interested reply in the thread.
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The Los Angeles Hacker News Meetup is this Saturday(groups.google.com)
20 points by andrewvc 16y ago|5 comments
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by andrewvc 16y ago
Considering the fact that you can't buy 1gbps of transit in a carrier hotel for anywhere near $26/mo, there's bound to be problems with that idea.
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by andrewvc 16y ago
This is analagous to McDonalds serving duck confit (and it actually tasting kind of good).
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by andrewvc 16y ago
I haven't been able to find any large (or medium size) OSS apps written in Compojure. The best I was able to dig up was http://github.com/briancarper/cow-blog . Compojure doesn't do much for you (it's like Sinatra), I find it elegant, but
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by andrewvc 16y ago
This article asks some interesting questions, but provides few numbers. The big question isn't "are paid dating sites dying". I think the answer is clearly yes, but quite slowly. The real question is about free sites like okcupid.com and pl
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by andrewvc 16y ago
This looks quite interesting, I just may try this.
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by andrewvc 16y ago
I was trying to remember the name of this site, and my google-fu was failing me. Thanks!
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by andrewvc 16y ago
There's going to be code, only JS and Ruby though. I'd rather not have to learn latex for this to be honest. I just need simple slides, with code, and maybe a picture or two. Perhaps I'm over thinking this and should just use Google docs.
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What Does HN Recommend for Presentation Slide Creation
11 points by andrewvc 16y ago|15 comments
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by andrewvc 16y ago
Are you using clojure for the front end? Are you using ring/compojure or something else?
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The Meaning of 'Hack'(catb.org)
3 points by andrewvc 16y ago|0 comments
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by andrewvc 16y ago
The catch is, if you trim Apache down to do only what you need, the margin between it and Nginx becomes much smaller. While this may possibly be true (and I'm not sure it is for high levels of concurrency), there's a reason why I don't b
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by andrewvc 16y ago
This raises the question, who can afford to build an internet application in flash these days? It seems that making heavy use of flash in any new product would be a big mistake. Edit: s/begs/raises/
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by andrewvc 16y ago
Unfortunately not, we're looking to fill the position quickly, and it'd be too hard to work that out internationally. Sorry!
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by andrewvc 16y ago
If speed isn't a concern, that's great. I really like linux software raid, mdraid. It's FAST and it makes the drives portable between hardware.
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by andrewvc 16y ago
True. RAID is about reliability and performance, and it seems the Drobo isn't winning points there either.
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by andrewvc 16y ago
Los Angeles, CA : We're looking for Linux sysadmins, this is an entry level position, ideal for someone with a little, but not too much real world Linux experience. (read: not the highest pay, but a great learning experience). Additionally
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by andrewvc 16y ago
If you missed it in the group, the location's changed! It's now at CoLoft: http://groups.google.com/group/los-angeles-hners-hacker-news...
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by andrewvc 16y ago
We'll likely be having our next one in SM, since CoLoft so generously donated space to us, but I don't see any reason we wouldn't be able to move around a bit! Out of curiosity, what part of LA are you in?
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by andrewvc 16y ago
sounds good!
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by andrewvc 16y ago
Hmmm, I'm not so sure changing the meetup location on such short notice is the best idea, I'd hate to have people showing up to the wrong spot. That'd be great for the next one though!
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by andrewvc 16y ago
Yep still shooting for 3.

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