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by bryanh 15y ago
Very similar, ifttt.com is definitely an inspiration (as is Yahoo! Pipes). However, we have a very different and more promising direction (we think!).
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by bryanh 15y ago
You do understand correctly, and we think this is a big challenge for us. We are trying to stay away from "technical" terms (save for the API nod in the name) but stay light on the marketing speak. I could go on and on about our plans here.
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by bryanh 15y ago
Thanks for the feedback. It was very slapdash but we hope to replace it with something more... robust soon.
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by bryanh 15y ago
I've been working with the Dropbox API (among MANY others...) for my early stage startup Snapier ( http://snapier.com/ ), and I must say it is a pleasure to work with. Very sensible and logical. I can't say that about all API's... Another e
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by bryanh 15y ago
After the addition of the search feature in the footer, I find myself looking for old discussions of all kinds of tech.
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by bryanh 15y ago
I might add that the real value and challenge of learning to code, beyond stacks and algorithms, which are domain specific, is the ability to abstract problems and find generic solutions. IMO, that sort of skill rewires your brain in a way
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by bryanh 15y ago
Thanks for the link. I figured as much, though a more descriptive error message would have helped.
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by bryanh 15y ago
Various errors when trying to install iOS5 on my iPhone 4. I'm getting everything from error 3194 "This device is not eligible for the requested build" to a generic error 3200 "Unknown error". Coupled with some crazy Lion crashes lately, my
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20 Minutes With Stripe and Django(bryanhelmig.com)
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by bryanh 15y ago
I don't understand this logic, what would the higher tax accomplish?
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by bryanh 15y ago
In my opinion, this is one thing that the Rails folks have definitely got right. Testing is very important if your project is going to be of any size or if multiple people are working on it. Testing with Django should probably be more trans
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by bryanh 15y ago
PHP is not the devil. It has some funky design decisions, but oh well. Mixing HTML, SQL and logic is the devil. The problem is that PHP makes it too easy to do (some would say it encourages it).
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by bryanh 15y ago
Interesting! What I wonder is: given how inefficient Minecraft is (in general), how can you have healthy tech margins when a single server can take up many hundreds of megs of memory (and chew through a respectable allotment of CPU time)? A
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by bryanh 15y ago
I actually cancelled my $9.99/mo membership after all this. I still really like Spotify and Facebook's new timeline. At first, I even really dug the new Spotify integration. However, I just noticed how much of my internet is tied back to Fa
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by bryanh 15y ago
Try avc.com next...
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PHP and its dangerous variable variables(rgaucher.info)
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by bryanh 15y ago
I rarely see many people take into account the opportunity cost of letting a really close A/B test reach 99.99% confidence when the benefit is by definition very marginal (that's why its taking so long, right?). I mean, is it really that ba
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by bryanh 15y ago
In my opinion, this is definitely the obvious and correct move. It isn't a surprise that Netflix wanted to head towards a stream only business model, but this makes it crystal clear that Netflix is (at the moment) a premium streaming vide
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by bryanh 15y ago
This kind of rekindles an interest I had in building a web app that was at its core a data vacuum. You sent it whatever data you like, be that timestamps, integers, floats, arbitrary strings, etc... and it would let you build an intelligent
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by bryanh 15y ago
The talk on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxk8b9rSKOo
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by bryanh 15y ago
What next? Copyrights being used to disallow photos of buildings? Misplaced slippery slope argument. The transferable nature of patents in general (or copyrights, since you brought it up) is a totally different subject than patent
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by bryanh 15y ago
I don't think most people take issue with the fact that patents are purchasable or otherwise transferable. If I create a valid, useful (non-software) patent, I should be able to sell or license it in any way I see fit. The issue is software
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by bryanh 15y ago
Ah, thanks!
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by bryanh 15y ago
I can understand Notch's position here, because really, the only thing Steam can provide Majong with is... eyeballs and distribution? Some sort of community? I don't know, but I don't think Minecraft needs any help with those.
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by bryanh 15y ago
I love Hipmunk, but I think they assume their superior interface warrants pretty radical price increases (anything over 5% is kind of ridiculous considering how easy it is to compare prices for the exact same flights with another competit
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by bryanh 15y ago
Luckily as I read this (and my significant other read it over my shoulder) all my top matches are close male friends and my brother (and her). Seriously though, this is a bit on the creepy side Facebook.
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by bryanh 15y ago
Call me shallow or insensitive, but _why's "poignant guide to Ruby" never did much for me. It was certainly whimsical I suppose.
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by bryanh 15y ago
While this is awesome, anyone that needs to do about the same thing but with a Python stack should look at pyquery as an alternative.
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by bryanh 15y ago
Well, it would be nice if they kept it up more often. In my experience with Facebook, they have a severe problem with maintaining uptime. Facebook is synonymous with breakage for me. http://api-status.com/6404/50042/Facebook-Graph-API
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by bryanh 15y ago
Maybe it is just me, but I can never bring myself to setting up Celery and RabbitMQ and all for some Django apps that could sorely use it. There seems to be so many moving parts, last I checked there were like 3-4 different services to tie

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