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by bkanber 13y ago
Excellent, I'm glad to hear it! If you ever want to reach out, feel free -- email in my profile.
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by bkanber 13y ago
Have you read the article? I make it pretty apparent that JS is used primarily for its educational value :)
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by bkanber 13y ago
Author here -- thanks for submitting, xd! Let me know if you have any questions. I do intend to keep up with this series, although my pace is pretty slow at about one article every three months or so. There are already a couple of comments
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by bkanber 13y ago
It took me a few minutes to understand what this is. You may want to rethink the structure and language of the site.
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by bkanber 13y ago
Tidal Labs is hiring a full stack web developer. NYC preferred but REMOTE OK. Us We build beautiful and powerful tools for real time collaboration and content creation, used by over 25,000 bloggers and dozens of big name brands and publis
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by bkanber 13y ago
There's one from Tim Cook on HN right now: http://online.wsj.com/news/article_email/SB10001424052702304...
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by bkanber 13y ago
I've been using sqlite more and more as well. Super lightweight, but since it's SQL most ORMs can handle switching to MySQL/postgres really easily if you ever need to make the switch.
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by bkanber 13y ago
Do you always start with the perfect data structure? I find myself adding, removing, and restructuring schema often. Just as you think it's silly to use an "inferior" db during prototyping, I think it's silly to have to
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by bkanber 13y ago
Ease of use.
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by bkanber 13y ago
I feel the opposite way. If your application's data layer is sensibly designed, it shouldn't be too bad to switch to postgres when you need to. It may be tedious if you have a large codebase, but it won't be difficult . I
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by bkanber 13y ago
Of course you could argue that. But so what? Having an easier path towards scalability is nice, but irrelevant for the vast majority of projects; not every project is going to turn into a startup or a real product or even something you work
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by bkanber 13y ago
I posted this further down the thread, but I thought I'd share my thoughts on why I like mongo. Most people don't like mongo because 10gen gives the impression that mongo is better than it actually is, many people feel that mongo
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by bkanber 13y ago
Mongo's really great for rapid prototyping. You don't need to worry about updating the schema at the db level, it can store any type of document in any collection without complaining, it's really easy to install and configure
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by bkanber 13y ago
I use a remote dev server that behaves exactly like this, except it's just a hosted virtual server. What advantage would doing this in JS give you?
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by bkanber 13y ago
Why do you say that?
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by bkanber 13y ago
> This interview isn't looking for the sysadmin mindset at all. This is just the qualifying interview.
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by bkanber 13y ago
I don't love the idea that someone might be so disinterested in their own crowdfunding campaign to have to launch it from a smartphone, rather than spending the time to do it from a proper computer.
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by bkanber 13y ago
If Dropbox has acknowledged the problem and they're working to fix it, I don't really see the problem here. It's impossible to make perfect software, and it's probably true that not too many people have >300k files (I
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by bkanber 13y ago
I feel like people really overthink email validation. I just look for an "@" and a ".". If you really need proof that an email address is valid, send an activation email. Otherwise, who cares if a few emails in your data
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by bkanber 13y ago
Excellent work here. I've been waiting to see more HTML5 games, and I can't wait for the first real AAA game to come out with HTML5 support. While this one isn't a full-length game, it's still smooth and polished, and I&
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by bkanber 13y ago
I've been using Mosh for a few weeks now and my impression is positive overall. My biggest criticism is that Mosh doesn't support mouse integration. I use a bash script that sets up mouse integration and then launches Mosh for me,
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by bkanber 13y ago
That's actually pretty great. I always loved "going back to basics", and flashing a light to talk to another naval ship is as basic as you can get. It works, it's robust in all but the worst conditions, and it's eas
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by bkanber 13y ago
Thank you for this! It's so cool (and I'm glad you were able to confirm) that you can recognize an operator by his fist--just like a voice. I had also read about each radio having its own quirks, but in my excitement forgot to inc
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by bkanber 13y ago
I've also thought about a pocket-sized clicker device that you could use to send Morse to your friends, perhaps interfaced with your phone. Or maybe, as you said, you could use it as an input device. One day when I have some extra time
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by bkanber 13y ago
You're 100% correct. There is definitely an amateur radio community out there, and many of them are fluent in Morse. I guess I was just trying to say that nobody in my "natural" social circles knows Morse. But if I start hang
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by bkanber 13y ago
I love anecdotes like this. Were you taught Morse purely visually, with the flashing bulb? Do you find it easier to watch a bulb or to listen to a tone?
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by bkanber 13y ago
If any of you are already fluent in Morse, I'd love to hear from you! Were you able to hear full words or phrases "natively"? Did you ever have the experience of being able to identify the person on the other end merely by ac
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Why I'm Learning Morse Code(burakkanber.com)
77 points by bkanber 13y ago|72 comments
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by bkanber 13y ago
In the title, even!
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Bash Scripting: Why didn't I start this earlier?(burakkanber.com)
50 points by bkanber 13y ago|18 comments

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