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   by dblock 12y ago

   Heh! First, say hi when in NYC, dblock at dblock dot org. I think workflow, spirit and approach are the real deal. Everything else is just software :-)
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   by dblock 12y ago

   You know, in 2003 we (I'm the original author of CoreXT) had some attempts at a serious discussion of merging CoreXT + Razzle and whatever the VS team was doing. I was told "Windows is too big" and "Visual Studio is buil
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   When do you need to hire a designer?(code.dblock.org)

   1 points by dblock 12y ago|0 comments
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   Why One Giant Source Control Repository Is Bad for You (and Facebook)(code.dblock.org)

   4 points by dblock 12y ago|0 comments
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   by dblock 12y ago

   i think i meant serializing (pardon my english), it's just a way to avoid needing a transactional database (which isn't that big of a deal, we're just trying to say that it's possible to build such a system with MongoDB
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   by dblock 12y ago

   The most common pain point of a transaction-based system was that under heavy load (think stock market load, not @artsy) opening a position would hit a single bottleneck, which eventually becomes too slow given the amount of logic that need
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   by dblock 13y ago

   Thanks Peter.
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   by dblock 13y ago

   Just to be clear, all the images aren't available for free. These are all copyrighted and we negotiate with rights holders which is expensive and complicated. Artsy does have a number of images available free in the public domain. Plea
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   by dblock 13y ago

   The mobile team is actually run by @orta of CocoaPods fame. We're definitely excited to have Ash join. We also have two beginner iOS devs (@1aurabrown and I) and we need some experienced guidance!
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    by dblock 13y ago

    Thanks for the kind words!
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    by dblock 13y ago

    This has always been in Artsy DNA. We want to bring existing players online, not compete with them. Galleries are very valuable as they establish a primary market for a new artist.
12. 162.▲
    by dblock 13y ago

    I am an engineer at Artsy, ask me anything about how things work.
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    by dblock 13y ago

    Issues like https://github.com/winjs/winjs/issues/25 continue saying that MS is maintaining an internal project and dropping things to Github and then synching back. That's the last mile, the thing that
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    by dblock 13y ago

    Brilliant. dig @8.8.8.8 naptr ascii.artsy.net +short | sort
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    by dblock 13y ago

    I am so glad you mentioned Hailstorm. I was in MSN when that was announced and we just all looked at each-other and went back to writing our C++ code.
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    What is Tengah?(tengah.com)

    2 points by dblock 13y ago|0 comments
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    A Lollipop that Plays Music in Your Mouth(poplol.ly)

    2 points by dblock 13y ago|0 comments
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    Debugging a Live Saturn V(zamiang.com)

    276 points by dblock 13y ago|33 comments
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    by dblock 13y ago

    Redhat? 8.54BB market cap.
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    by dblock 13y ago

    Artsy ( http://artsy.net/about/jobs ) - New York, NY Art + science. We're looking for experienced full stack Engineers with a passion for art. You can email me at db at artsy dot net.
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    Stunning 1-Page Marketing App w/Node.js(github.com)

    1 points by dblock 13y ago|0 comments
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    by dblock 13y ago

    Thanks, fixed. We do take pull requests too :)
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    by dblock 13y ago

    The splash page linked here is a 1-page app written in JS and running on node.js. It has a couple interesting things, scroll down and watch it animate inside the iPhone. The code is open-source, https://github.com/artsy&#x2F
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    by dblock 13y ago

    If @joeyAghion doesn't get to it first, we will gladly take a PR to change the color! Our blog repo is public here: https://github.com/artsy/artsy.github.com/tree/source
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    by dblock 13y ago

    For reference, here's my article claiming the opposite: http://code.dblock.org/github-is-your-new-resume
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    by dblock 13y ago

    American universities are great - you buy your education and you really have to try hard to get kicked out. I went to college in Switzerland. The group that was doing CS was maybe 75 students on day one. There's a very simple criteria
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    by dblock 13y ago

    Thanks. Just trying to learn.
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    by dblock 13y ago

    I presume the gallery refuses to ship the piece because they didn't get the money yet, right?
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    by dblock 13y ago

    Could you elaborate on the debacle part?
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    by dblock 13y ago

    Check out http://timelines.artsy.net/artist/pablo-picasso :)