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by dmnd 8y ago
> Amazon contributes less to open source than a few other famous tech companies, though I'd say Apple is on par. Really? Apple has impactful OSS like LLVM, WebKit, Swift.
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by dmnd 8y ago
In Soviet Russia there were perhaps additional goals for this idea (religion, less integrated familial units, divide and conquer). But I wonder if a more enlightened society that doesn't have those additional goals could make this work
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How to upgrade prettier without annoying your teammates with merge conflicts(flexport.engineering)
1 points by dmnd 8y ago|0 comments
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by dmnd 9y ago
France has approximately the same population as the Northeast megalopolis (the Boston–Washington Corridor) but the French population is spread out over three times the area.
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by dmnd 9y ago
Thanks for the feedback. I regret my response. Alas, the edit window has passed.
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by dmnd 9y ago
[Redacted on request. If you post something you later regret, you can request help at email hn@ycombinator.com]
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by dmnd 9y ago
Doesn't it? https://code.facebook.com/posts/218678814984400/scaling-merc...
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by dmnd 9y ago
I'll be in Melbourne renewing my E3 visa in late Dec/early Jan. And maybe doing some recruiting for my almost-unicorn company too. Message me if you'd like to get coffee or something. My email's in my profile.
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Optimizing React arrow functions with Babel(flexport.engineering)
1 points by dmnd 9y ago|0 comments
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A compiler pass to optimize arrow functions for React(medium.com)
5 points by dmnd 9y ago|0 comments
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by dmnd 9y ago
Flexport is also hiring software engineer interns. Contact me if you're interested!
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by dmnd 9y ago
Sorry, all engineering is in SF for now.
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by dmnd 9y ago
Flexport is hiring engineering interns too. Our stack is React & Rails, though we don't require any specific experience. All you need is an ability to chew through difficult software problems and an interest in having real-world im
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by dmnd 9y ago
Yep! Check my sibling comment. I must have been writing it when you were writing this one.
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by dmnd 9y ago
Flexport is also hiring engineering interns! Contact me via my profile here, or apply directly: https://www.flexport.com/careers/job/221999 You can learn more about what's involved on our engineering blog at
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by dmnd 9y ago
Fun fact: dangerouslySetInnerHtml was almost going to be called insertXssVulnerabilityHere. I wonder if vulnerability #2 from the post would still have happened if the name was that blatant.
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by dmnd 9y ago
If any SoundClouders are reading this thread, consider Flexport! Flexport is a freight forwarder, which is a really old industry. We're bringing it to the information era. (It turns out computers are really good at solving information
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by dmnd 9y ago
France has approximately the same population as the Northeast megalopolis (the Boston–Washington Corridor) but the French population is spread out over three times the area.
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Japanese Sumo Robots(youtube.com)
3 points by dmnd 9y ago|0 comments
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by dmnd 9y ago
As if voicemail wasn't already in danger of being routinely disabled.
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Why do so few people major in computer science?(danwang.co)
424 points by dmnd 9y ago|599 comments
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by dmnd 9y ago
Hi Ben! At the React conference, I asked Sebastian Markbåge (also a React author) why `PureComponent` wasn't the default and he said there were already too many new concepts when React was released, and it would have made adoption hard
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by dmnd 9y ago
Right on. Flexport definitely has few custom rules that address things that would be better solved by nicer abstractions. One great thing about lint rules though is that it's usually pretty easy to apply them to all existing code. That
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Writing Custom Lint Rules for Your Picky Developers(flexport.engineering)
2 points by dmnd 9y ago|0 comments
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by dmnd 9y ago
As far as I know we don't intend to release anything. But if you have a similar timeline ordering problem, the post should contain enough detail for you to apply the ideas.
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by dmnd 10y ago
> The gleaming new glass and white-painted-steel station sat finished but empty, disconnected from the rest of the BART system. Nevertheless, it was staffed with five station agents, two janitors and a train controller because of a quirk
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How the Flexport API enables global trade(getputpost.co)
3 points by dmnd 10y ago|0 comments
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by dmnd 10y ago
Exactly. What's the closest thing to datastore from other providers? DynamoDB? Some kind of hosted Cassandra?
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Amazon Expands into Ocean Freight(wsj.com)
2 points by dmnd 10y ago|0 comments
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Tooling Is Not the Problem of the Web(medium.com)
3 points by dmnd 10y ago|0 comments

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