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by d_r 15y ago
How about this to start? "How To Design A Good API and Why it Matters" -- a great talk by Joshua Bloch (also the author of "Effective Java") http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAb7hSCtvGw
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Bill Nguyen: The Boy In The Bubble(fastcompany.com)
170 points by d_r 15y ago|91 comments
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by d_r 15y ago
You can. For example, this one by Wacom: http://www.amazon.com/Bamboo-Stylus-for-iPad-CS100K/dp/B004V... (Disclaimer: I haven't tried it yet. Would be interesting to hear others' feedback.)
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by d_r 15y ago
Seconded! When I saw the title of this post, I hoped more people would chime in about their experiences outsourcing. At this moment I used one contractor from odesk (for some audio recording) and it went very well (beginner's luck?). Hoping
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by d_r 15y ago
The current situation is somewhat unfair to the indiscrete / non-tech-savvy consumer since they might buy an Android phone without understanding the differences from the iOS ecosystem. At least several of my friends did. "They're about the
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by d_r 15y ago
While some toys can definitely be attributed as luxury (you don't really need that iPad), I can say that my i7 Macbook Air made me a significantly happier developer. Incredibly fast for everything I do, be it Xcode or Photoshop. Check. Lo
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by d_r 15y ago
You haven't mentioned how your side project is doing. Have you seen reached any milestones/small successes? Is it something you can monetize, like a SaaS website (as staunch wrote below) or perhaps an iPhone app? If you are already spending
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by d_r 15y ago
I remember this as well. Found a video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFclEc4sCUo
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by d_r 15y ago
As a single indie dev, I couldn't agree more. It can be a long road! Games (as opposed to say, utilities) are challenging because of the additional art/sound/creative requirements, IMO. And I think one important reason for why > 1 is be
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by d_r 15y ago
Self-learning has worked well for me so far. Within reasonable time, you should be able to do most typical tasks (i.e. within the context of Linux, do things like install new packages from a repo or from source, configure Apache/Nginx/etc.,
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by d_r 15y ago
Taken within the context of HN audience, this is generally poor advice. I'm not sure why it is being upvoted other than for the discussion itself. Don't scrounge those $9 Netflix dollars, and don't skip your coffee. Don't even spend countle
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by d_r 15y ago
Many of the differences aren't typoes (classified by edit distance) but sound-alikes.
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by d_r 15y ago
This is a great video. For one, it showcases SJ's confidence in deprecating technologies for the benefit of newer and better things. It also underscores the importance of being able to translate tech "pieces" into compelling products. I'm a
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I just got meta-copied(creatingev.com)
231 points by d_r 15y ago|37 comments
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by d_r 15y ago
Love the concept, and a very clean design. I'd make 2-3 haikus more prominent on your landing page in a slightly bigger font and toward the top of the page. Right now this valuable space is taken up by the logo which doesn't add much value/
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by d_r 15y ago
FWIW (see my post above recommending Air), I also tend to keep 20+ Chrome tabs open at a time, along with Xcode, Photoshop, and occasionally Eclipse. Always snappy. As far as I can tell, it performs better than my previous MBP. It seems lik
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by d_r 15y ago
I've been using a Macbook Air since last winter, and this year upgraded to the 2011 model (13", highest specs.) I can't stress highly enough how happy it made me as a developer. The Air is light, and so it's easy to bring with me just about
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by d_r 15y ago
Not specifically about web service APIs, but you might enjoy this talk by Joshua Bloch [1]: "How To Design A Good API and Why it Matters": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAb7hSCtvGw [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Bloch
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by d_r 15y ago
Thanks for the code from this indie developer!
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by d_r 15y ago
Something definitely has to be said about having the right environment. If you're around people who are also doing hacking, this will help you immensely, even if they're not working on the same projects as you.
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by d_r 15y ago
Sadly, very hard to read on my iPhone because the "mobile layout" magic makes the page erratically jump up and down when I scroll.
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by d_r 15y ago
Perhaps they can try another pattern (now seen on TechCrunch.com). Initially, the logo/header is sized normally. As you scroll down to the point where the header would disappear, it shrinks to a smaller height. Seems weird at first, but mak
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by d_r 15y ago
Another classic example would be the "tone" sounds you hear when entering digits on a modern cell phone. Completely cosmetic, but probably just makes sense for consumers. And there's just something pleasant about hearing those tones rather
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MD5 collision demo(mscs.dal.ca)
3 points by d_r 15y ago|0 comments
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by d_r 15y ago
Thanks! That's a good point, I'm going to have to do that (and perhaps add an option to fade it in gradually.)
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by d_r 15y ago
Shameless plug. I always have trouble waking up. Since the Mac App Store came out this year, I've been working on a simple alarm clock app called "Mornings" to do just this (play iTunes or custom MP3s). It actually uses AppleScript to tell
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by d_r 15y ago
Many restaurants in China do in fact have such a set of buttons at every table. As an added optimization, wait staff there typically use some kind of mobile devices to order food instead of using paper. I haven't seen many other countries,
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by d_r 15y ago
At least no one can say that PayPal is ever lax on security. This vulnerability, if it exists, could be more of an honest developer mistake. I was recently travelling abroad, and decided to buy Glyphish icons to finish an app I was working
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by d_r 15y ago
I've been there but found that having a debugging console (or generally, using any UI over and over to repro some steps while you're developing) ends up being a huge time sink. It's often much more sensible to invest time into building a un
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Doom as a tool for system administration(cs.unm.edu)
1 points by d_r 15y ago|1 comments

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