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by dglass 8y ago
I set up https://sketchpads.co as a simple shopify site and I've been selling mobile and browser sketchpads to rapidly iterate on your wireframe designs. I did some initial marketing and it's been bringing in steady in
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by dglass 8y ago
It's mostly dominated by biotech and defense jobs out here. You can find plenty of startup jobs but obviously the number of openings is nowhere near SF, where I came from. Carlsbad up north is another hotspot with lots of tech startups
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by dglass 8y ago
This is great. Thanks for sharing!
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by dglass 8y ago
The thing that I still don't know about are how would things like data persistence be handled in a cross platform manner? I recently built a kotlin Android app for work, and our architecture is tightly coupled to Android's Room da
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by dglass 8y ago
I was never any good at creating high resolution mockups before starting any development work, but I could always draw out which screens I needed for my apps. I had the idea to create notepads with mobile and browsers that I could use to dr
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Show HN: HireFrames – Notepads to draw your wireframes by hand(hireframes.com)
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by dglass 8y ago
We did something similar at a previous position I had, except we set up an amazon lambda function that was triggered on every insert or update to a DynamoDB table. The lambda function flattened the updated record and inserted it into our re
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by dglass 8y ago
I recently completed a big interntionalization/localization project at my day job that took weeks of development time and coordination across the company. I wanted to find a better way to approach this problem and realized it's po
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Show HN: ViaTranslator – Localize your website with a few lines of JavaScript(viatranslator.com)
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by dglass 9y ago
https://www.facebook.com/settings at the bottom where it says "Download a copy of your Facebook data."
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by dglass 9y ago
http://tracket.com - It's google news + the internet archive. You can go back in time and see what the top breaking headlines were on a given day. I've been running it since July 2016 so there's nothing before tha
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by dglass 9y ago
I just downloaded all the data that FB has on me. It's quite surprising to see every single message and wall post I have made and others have made to me. One thing I realized is that even if I delete my account, facebook will still sto
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by dglass 9y ago
Yeah, the lid was blown wide open and if Facebook has to answer to why it turned a blind eye to this Cambridge Analytica scandal they should also have to answer to how their platform was used by the Democrats in 2008 and 2012. It's wel
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by dglass 9y ago
I could be wrong but I'm pretty sure the word "breach" is reserved for specific security incidents that fall above a certain threshold. Something like if X amount of users were affected it must be considered a breach, which m
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Seven Books for Advancing Your Soft Skills as a Programmer(exponentialbackoff.substack.com)
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Don’t be a Junior Developer(hackernoon.com)
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by dglass 9y ago
This resonates with me because I recently decided to start writing about what I've learned in my software engineering career as a way to give back to the programming community. I've wanted to start writing for a while but I never
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A Programmer's Guide to Building Value(exponentialbackoff.substack.com)
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Programmers should create value while reducing risk(exponentialbackoff.substack.com)
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Creating value while minimizing risk(exponentialbackoff.substack.com)
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by dglass 9y ago
Thanks! I'll take a look
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Ask HN: What wiki does your team use?
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Adding Value by Contributing to a Wiki(exponentialbackoff.substack.com)
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Learn how to write effective automated tests(exponentialbackoff.substack.com)
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Show HN: I started a weekly newsletter for career advice for junior developers
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by dglass 9y ago
Shameless plug: I’m starting a newsletter writing about career advice for junior developers. I’m at the point in my career where I feel like I can share my experiences and give direction on what I learned and what junior engineers should fo
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Junior Engineers – Some things to consider when a crisis arises(exponentialbackoff.substack.com)
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You're going to make mistakes – Advice for junior software developers(exponentialbackoff.substack.com)
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by dglass 9y ago
Slightly off topic, but I'm working on putting together a newsletter aimed at career advice for junior software engineers and bootcamp graduates. It will focus more on the soft skills side of engineering. I've gained enough experi
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by dglass 9y ago
Looks great! I just signed up and connected my stripe account. After reading the welcome email I tried disconnecting my stripe account from the dashboard so I could start out with a free newsletter. I couldn't figure out how to do it s

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