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by awt 16y ago
An interesting book on this topic is 'Shop-class as Soulcraft.' There may be some virtuoso programmers that can write astounding software without any prior experience. However, there are aspects that take most people years to learn, due to
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by awt 16y ago
It seems like knowing the syntax of whatever language you're doing server programming is not the most important aspect of server side development. It's a really different skill set than what javascript has been used for up to now.
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by awt 17y ago
Grb gives you wings: http://grb.rubyforge.org/
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by awt 17y ago
This story may be off topic but I love hearing hn readers take on pretty much anything.
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by awt 17y ago
This is written in a humble tone and does a good job of addressing the difference between reality and the message we are sold as high school and college students that getting a degree in any field guarantees you a career, and that you will
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by awt 17y ago
These names sort of remind me of scratch lotto game titles.
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by awt 17y ago
So, Chrome, Safari, and Firefox can run on XP and support HTML 5, but IE 9 can't? Wow. What a kick in the nuts. 10 more years of IE6.
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by awt 17y ago
Zumodrive has selective sync, so you can keep files local when you want to. ZD is actually less network intensive than dropbox, because only file metadata is synced down from the server until you actually access the file.
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by awt 17y ago
Exercise. I force myself to take a half-hour walk with a lot of climbing 3 days a week. It gets your mind off your problems, which is key.
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by awt 17y ago
I was rejected by YC twice, but eventually got into a YC company.
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by awt 17y ago
Why even try to compete with the iPhone in the browser space? Without color or responsiveness I don't see the point.
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by awt 17y ago
Adobe Fireworks might be a good tool for you.
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by awt 17y ago
ZumoDrive.
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by awt 17y ago
There is a cognitive dissonance between what students are told by professors about an academic career, and the opportunities available for academic job candidates after having spent several years earning a PhD in their field of choice. I w
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by awt 17y ago
Io rocks :)
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by awt 17y ago
I won't be disconnecting Google Buzz. I think it's great -- it's all the benefits of FriendFeed + all the users of gmail.
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by awt 17y ago
I would just say that this is a changelist, not a product landing page. I would want as many details in the changelist as possible.
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by awt 17y ago
Well, you can just not vote on them. But that's just as good.
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by awt 17y ago
Anyone know a way to run this in an Site-specific-browser app on the iPhone?
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by awt 17y ago
Thanks these are some great concreate actionable suggestions. Just curious, have you put your last bullet into practice?
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by awt 17y ago
What if the user is your investor or manager?
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by awt 17y ago
Have you ever had someone say something is confusing even if they understand how it works?
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Ask HN: How do you respond when someone says a feature is confusing?
3 points by awt 17y ago|7 comments
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by awt 17y ago
Cool thanks for the tip.
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by awt 17y ago
I use git branch all the time. I'm just keeping a list of branches that need to go out in the next release in the text file (maybe with some notes).
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Ask HN: How do you organize your git branches?
7 points by awt 17y ago|5 comments
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by awt 17y ago
Hmm. I find the process of shaving on a daily basis painful, so in a way, yes.
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by awt 17y ago
Perhaps my beard is a sign of my commitment to geekdom?
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by awt 17y ago
github for static pages + heroku.
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by awt 17y ago
Touche

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