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by brendoncrawford 15y ago
You be using array_key_exists instead.
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by brendoncrawford 15y ago
Emacs Code Browser ( http://ecb.sourceforge.net/ ) is great for this.
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by brendoncrawford 15y ago
> Be careful about using clothing to judge and form opinion. Indeed... Including programmers who wear suits.
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by brendoncrawford 15y ago
Keep in mind that a split-keyboard like the Goldtouch might mitigate wrist deviation and pronation, but it does not eliminate them completely. If you want a completely neutral wrist position, I recommend the SafeType keyboard ( http://safe
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by brendoncrawford 15y ago
JSHint [1] - don't fall prey to JSLint's dictatorship Keep in mind, this is simply an opinion. Although not everybody appreciates JSLint's emphasis on explicitness and readability, there are still a great number of people who do. To the O
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by brendoncrawford 15y ago
By the way, anybody who thinks that real crafsmen typically use the "best" tools available has never seen neither an artist nor a plumber at work. You are correct that they do not pick the "best" tools, but they will deliberately choose t
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by brendoncrawford 15y ago
And I suppose Lifeguards should spend their time writing predictive drowning software?
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by brendoncrawford 15y ago
Why the downvotes?
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by brendoncrawford 15y ago
Or if you want more re-usability: getFromCache = function (id, query, callback) { asynchronousCache.get(['id', id].join(':'), function(err, myThing) { if (myThing == null) { asynchronousDB.query(query, function(err, my
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by brendoncrawford 15y ago
This is a rather sensational article. The author's first example is pretty easily solved: getFromCache = function (id, callback) { asynchronousCache.get(['id', id].join(':'), function(err, myThing) { if (myThing == null) {
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by brendoncrawford 15y ago
Congratulations OP, and keep up the good work. Also, another good python web framework to learn on is Flask ( http://flask.pocoo.org/ ).
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by brendoncrawford 15y ago
Not a misrepresentation. "scheduling and managing expectations" is implied in "shipping". "hacking" has absolutely nothing to do with "shipping".
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by brendoncrawford 15y ago
Why the downvotes? Didn't realize dissenting opinions were so discouraged.
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by brendoncrawford 15y ago
As you state on your site, your revenue comes from recruiting programmers for startups. This fact suggests that you are highly incentivized to train startup programmers, not hackers. "hackers" who don't meet deadlines, and don't manage prod
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by brendoncrawford 15y ago
It's too bad that the term "hacker" has been exploited and redefined into something that has almost no resemblance to it's true and original meaning. This Hacker School is essentially a training ground for startup programmers, focusing on e
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by brendoncrawford 15y ago
Probably because the official Nginx docs recommend it: http://wiki.nginx.org/Install#Ubuntu_PPA
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by brendoncrawford 15y ago
Just a few notes to keep in mind... 1. You should use the nginx PPA instead of the default Ubuntu one. 2. uWSGI is an excellent alternative to Gunicorn, and can be run as a system startup service using supervisord. 3. As you get further alo
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by brendoncrawford 15y ago
http://gandi.net is an excellent service. Support almost always responds within 24 hours.
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by brendoncrawford 15y ago
For secure passwords, I strongly recommend the Password Hasher extension ( https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/password-hash... ), which allows you to use a different hash-based password for every site. It also allows different
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by brendoncrawford 15y ago
Is there a good text-based description? Not really interested in sitting through another cutesy startup video.
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by brendoncrawford 15y ago
Perhaps you could go into detail about some of the security precautions which have been taken?
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by brendoncrawford 15y ago
All of their http traffic redirects to https.
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by brendoncrawford 15y ago
This was a problem of laziness more than anything else. To the beginner developers out there: Learn to write good code and to pay attention to the details. Don't become just another co-founder trying to do the bare minimum just to make a bu
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by brendoncrawford 15y ago
In 2011, one should never need to resort to building SQL with string concatenation in web applications. If you are on Python, consider using SQLAlchemy or OurSQL. If you are on PHP, consider using Doctrine, Propel, or PDO.
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by brendoncrawford 15y ago
Go ahead... fork it. Then what happens? Will you travel the world tirelessly promoting free software, speaking at universities and other events for very little money? Will you maintain a job board, mailing list, hardware database, software
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by brendoncrawford 15y ago
> You should never use null in JavaScript for the value of a yet-to-determine number. Always use NaN. Actually, it is more idiomatic to use undefined for this purpose rather than NaN ... var determineLater; // undefined v
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by brendoncrawford 15y ago
This is correct behaviour. You are supposed to use `isNaN()`, which makes perfect sense. This is the same as SQL where `NULL IS NULL` is true, but `NULL = NULL` is not true.
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by brendoncrawford 15y ago
I had a local carpenter build me a custom standing desk for about $300 including supplies. This is IMO the best way to go for the value.
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by brendoncrawford 15y ago
It would be interesting to see how this stacks up to Ejabbered with say 20k+ concurrent users.
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by brendoncrawford 15y ago
Most of the problems can be eliminated with... 1. Use a standup desk 2. Use a vertical keyboard (http://safetype.com/) 3. Stretch every 4 hours Using a wristguard really doesn't do anything to prevent long term problems.

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