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by arocks 14y ago
Absolutely agree. But for an entity like the UK govt having plentiful resources, it would be sheer laziness to go with a solution like Drupal due to ease in initial setup. Besides, most Drupal sites look sort of kludgy in appearance.
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by arocks 14y ago
> The majority of our applications are written in ruby, based on either Ruby on Rails or Sinatra. > A few components are written in Scala and built on top of Play 2.0 > We’re running Mapit from MySociety which is built on top of
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by arocks 14y ago
So we can expect Cloud Computing Regulations to be framed later this year?
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by arocks 14y ago
It is probably because of one of the following reasons: - The team is primarily technical with no design experience - Followers of "Release Early and Iterate" - Minimalism in design to focus on content It is unfair to judge a book by its co
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by arocks 14y ago
I expected a better response. The author seems to be confusing a successful product with a great product (which Zach was trying to say). Both are sadly different goals. One could have a mediocre product that generates a lot of revenue t
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by arocks 14y ago
Of course, this is a cyclical trend like high street fashion. But this time it is because enterprises software-makers are finally grokking 'user experience'. Social networking applications focussed on delivering a fast and friendly interfac
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by arocks 14y ago
If you have been into teaching you would realize that there are different kinds of learners. Some prefer verbal material, others prefer more visual, while some others like written material. The vast majority however prefer a combination of
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by arocks 14y ago
Of course, consumers would not be comparing Microsoft, Android and Apple tablets as Apples to Oranges. There are various factors which influence a 'buy decision' and price is just one of the factors. For example, if Windows 8 tablet becomes
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by arocks 14y ago
Rather than a language inadequacy issue, it is better to think of this as a resistance to 'change'. This is a much bigger and yet common problem in enterprises. Everyone would have their comfort zone and have found safety in sticking to it
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by arocks 14y ago
For some reason the link to 'Dataset' doesn't work for me. However, this link works: http://data.gov.in/search/apachesolr_search/?filters=type%3A...
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by arocks 14y ago
I am not sure if "open plan" offices are the best for programming productivity. Even early books like "Peopleware" bemoan the chaotic and reactive atmosphere to be highly unproductive as it interrupts the flow . Even recent studies [1] sho
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by arocks 14y ago
Haxe is actually the "successor" to MTASC
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by arocks 14y ago
In Indian cities (especially metros), housing prices have risen beyond the reach of the average wage earner. Despite several projects still languishing unsold, the prices have been artificially kept high by greedy builders. This puts tremen
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by arocks 14y ago
Hawthorn effect [1] seems to explain why most productivity hacks seem to work initially but later relapses: "Changing a variable usually increased productivity, even if the variable was just a change back to the original condition." [1]: h
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by arocks 14y ago
In developing countries, like India, getting access to coding classes is less of a problem than nurturing a culture of innovation and problem solving through technology. We don't need more coders. We need problem solvers. Active problem sol
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by arocks 14y ago
Not only a major boost for Python 3 adoption but also a reference for how Unicode handling [1] can be successfully ported from Python 2.x libraries. They seem to be on schedule as well, which is brilliant [2]. [1]: http://wiki.python.org/m
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by arocks 14y ago
Coming from a Python background, I would love to know some more details about Perl's benefits. Are these benefits due to a good testing culture that can be learnt by other communities by sharing best practices or are there certain unique te
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by arocks 14y ago
TLDR: User interfaces should follow the principle of least surprise.
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by arocks 14y ago
After comparing a lot of cross-platform GUI toolkits in Python, I too settled on wxPython because it gives the closest possible 'native' experience on each platform. It also worked well with Py2EXE and other packaging tools. Would highly re
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by arocks 14y ago
There are several flaws in this article which was pointed out in a Forbes article [1]. It highlights the failure of a company's strategy against the background of changing macroeconomic factors. Also, here is Ballmer's reaction [2] to this
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by arocks 14y ago
Not to start an editor war or anything. But a comparable feature set can be found in Emacs[1]. [1]: http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Reg...
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by arocks 14y ago
It seems the "What doesn't work?" section lists several significant gaps like ForeignKeys and other constraints. Isn't South much more stable?
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by arocks 14y ago
Interestingly most posts which recommend using Puppet/Chef depend on Fabric for deployment. Is a mutually exclusive or pure Puppet/Chef approach better in any way?
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by arocks 14y ago
A fun review. But if he had gone all the way and made the instructions come in Javascript + HTML5 then it would have actually waited for us to finish typing. Not to mention the non-linear narration possibilities.
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by arocks 14y ago
Can't think of a better one than Git Magic[1]. It is well written and covers really useful scenarios. [1]: http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~blynn/gitmagic/
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by arocks 14y ago
Powershell creator's deep UNIX background is evident in its design - they have actually fixed many important problems with most UNIX shells. Some of which are: - Moving from a text stream manipulation to structure content. No more worryin
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Facebook's Rocks and Hard Places(solveforinteresting.com)
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by arocks 14y ago
I think there is a great message here. Most entrepreneurs I speak to believe that they must quit and start a company as soon as possible (early thirties?) or else they will never be able to start one. I think this is a fallacy. My dad becam
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by arocks 14y ago
Sorry, if I sounded argumentative. I just shared what somebody's perception could be when they read the title 'Workflow Engine'. It took me a while to understand that probably 'Rules Engine' would have been a better nomenclature.
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by arocks 14y ago
This is not a workflow engine but rather a rules engine. A workflow engine is like a navigating a directed graph or a flowchart. Executing one node would take you to the same or different node based on some rules. So a rules engine is typic

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