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Why We Do What We Do(roshfu.com)
4 points by choxi 15y ago|0 comments
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The Golden Age of Education(roshfu.com)
2 points by choxi 15y ago|1 comments
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by choxi 15y ago
sorry about that :( it's definitely because of hacker news, I just increased our Heroku dynos by a lot though so it should be quicker
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by choxi 15y ago
got a huge traffic spike, increased our dynos so it should be a little snappier now. glad you like it though!
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by choxi 15y ago
completely agree, in the next iteration we'll allow you to create and edit multiple files to try and encourage you to use better programming practices
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by choxi 15y ago
thanks for the feedback! we're working on adding a reference section on our site with the API. the realtime thing would be awesome, hadn't thought of that.
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Play a Ruby + AI Coding Game in Your Browser via Bloc(trybloc.com)
96 points by choxi 15y ago|35 comments
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by choxi 15y ago
We have a tab and a mailto link on www.trybloc.com, no one uses the email link and everyone uses the feedback tab. Totally worth it IMO, but we built our own in a day and aren't paying for a third party service.
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by choxi 15y ago
came to the HN comments off the hunch that I would find more reasoned discussion of this. Was not disappointed.
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by choxi 15y ago
sick! the UI looks like it would feel better on a tablet, you should consider pivoting to be an ipad app since it's oriented for media consumption
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by choxi 15y ago
You can start out with a book like Design for Hackers, but then to get better you just have to keep your eye out for website designs that you really like. I take screenshots and keep a collection for inspiration later when I need it. Also,
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The Afterlife of a Whale(roshfu.com)
6 points by choxi 15y ago|0 comments
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by choxi 15y ago
Jeff Atwood's article on FizzBuzz: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2007/02/why-cant-programmer...
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Show HN: Try to Pass FizzBuzz From Your Browser(trybloc.com)
5 points by choxi 15y ago|3 comments
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by choxi 15y ago
wish i could add www.trybloc.com to the list, looks like its closed for comments though :/
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by choxi 15y ago
Ditto. It was ok until you mentioned the trademark issue, now it's a legal threat and you should just come up with a new name. A bad name won't kill your project, but trademark infringement definitely can. But to answer your question, .net
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by choxi 15y ago
post is so good, read it 3 times
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by choxi 15y ago
That's why we chose to start with Sinatra with our interactive courses on http://www.trybloc.com . It's an easier transition to learn Sinatra which is conceptually much simpler.
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by choxi 15y ago
I think the first step is to just put the content online, which is what Kahn Academy does. The next step is to make the content interactive and gamified, and also have a sandboxed playground to test new ideas in. I think coding is the new l
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by choxi 15y ago
you should try out the URL Shortener course, it tests your input at a higher level so you don't bump into things like that
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by choxi 15y ago
yeah except it also teaches you how to build apps and then lets you deploy them
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by choxi 15y ago
great summary of architecture trends. i think there's a room out there for someone to build a framework with the server-side simpleness of Rails and the client-side elegance of Backbone/SproutCore
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by choxi 15y ago
we'd love to get your feedback. i wasn't able to find your email, could you hit us up at founders[at]dojoapp.com?
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by choxi 15y ago
Sorry about the confusion, it's totally unrelated to Dojo Toolkit
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by choxi 15y ago
Yep, the wait time is mostly from Heroku. Allowing people to continue the tutorial while it deploys is a good idea, reminds me of the article about Asynchronous UI a few days ago.
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by choxi 15y ago
"Legend of Zelda for literature" There. That's the reason why. That game sounds boring as shit, and no one would buy it. Learning in a game has to be implicit, if you make it explicit users will sniff out your agenda and run away. For examp
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by choxi 15y ago
I agree, I feel like they did the same thing with Dart which, imo, addressed the same problems that Coffeescript has already addressed.
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Solar Cheaper Than Fossil Fuels By 2018(washingtonpost.com)
2 points by choxi 15y ago|0 comments
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by choxi 15y ago
i don't know, I think the problems you're pointing out are the ones Kahn particularly wants to address. You should watch his TED talk if you haven't: http://www.ted.com/talks/salman_khan_let_s_use_video_to_rein...
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by choxi 15y ago
I was wondering the same thing as Eric when he asked about "everything is already on the cloud". Not sure if I'm really convinced that Dropbox can thrive in a post-filesystem world, but Drew's awesome so I'm sure they have some secret-sauce

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