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by cglee 19y ago
Nice article, except the Columbus reference.
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by cglee 19y ago
...so, to answer the initial question: yes, I'd use Rails again for a webapp as long as I wasn't planning on building something like Second Life.
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by cglee 19y ago
That's been my experience as well. I prefer Rails over most Java frameworks as well due to all the sugar that comes with a fully integrated webdev stack. As far as scaling, no problems so far (but this is a relatively small app). To me,
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by cglee 19y ago
"Complexity is the enemy of stability..." -- absolutely agree here, and my most difficult decisions have been choosing between those two vars. I guess the problem is how do you build a useful and innovative system and still keep it simple?
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by cglee 19y ago
Ok, I committed another fallacy in the first sentence. Ignore that and just read the second.
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by cglee 19y ago
Maybe if you're a computer or participating in high school debate. The source matters a lot, because it indicates intent.
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by cglee 19y ago
That's not what I'm saying.
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by cglee 19y ago
To carry the analogy further, it'll be if we're only rewarding on mastery of Chinese. For those who are not on equal footing, what other "class" can they take? "Good inequality", that is, inequality resulting from differing levels of pro
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by cglee 19y ago
You're right. I extrapolated to where I sense the Heritage Foundation was hinting at. Word for word, if it came from an apolitical source, there would be nothing to argue against.
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by cglee 19y ago
We have a VERY distributed team. Is it ok if only 1 of us move to the Bay area?
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by cglee 19y ago
I was wondering when these super conservative groups, such as the Heritage Foundation, would start using the "inequality is good" argument. There's a lot to like about an utopian society based solely on meritocracy. But the truth is there
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by cglee 19y ago
This is is obviously true. However, the problem has always been in figuring out which implicit vars lead to explicit insights about your ecosystem and how strong that association is. Implicit tracking also opens some privacy questions. G
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by cglee 19y ago
I think titles like this post deserve a harsh response from Rails enthusiasts. It's meant to provoke, so why complain when the provoked respond passionately? If you so choose, you'll also find a lot of well thought out Rails posters (B. T
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by cglee 19y ago
Meditate. Seriously.
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by cglee 19y ago
I think young entrepreneurial types, such as those who prowl this site, need to read and re-read this article. Money, materialism and MTV all pail in comparison to the world's worst problems.
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by cglee 19y ago
This article is comparing foosball to Fords. Calling OOP overrated is like calling the wrench overrated. And yes, I always reply in analogies and similes.
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by cglee 19y ago
Get out when: - you have no more passion (go find a more interesting project) - you run out of money (go work for a few months and save up some seed capital, and find a more interesting project) - you become seriously unbalanced (emotionall
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by cglee 19y ago
Misleading at best, see the comments section.
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by cglee 19y ago
Solid list. I'll add a few based on the few bright people I've met in my life: - ability and willingness to discuss the metaphysical - strong listening skills - usually politically knowledgeable - very strong presentation/speaking abilitie
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by cglee 19y ago
At SXSW Kathy Sierra asked a good question: why are we all here? We're in the industry that's supposed to create software to help eliminate F2F meetings and liberate the global workforce. What is the true benefit of F2F nowadays?