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by flacon 16y ago
I dont get it? I am missing something?
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by flacon 16y ago
Hey sorry. Try this: thoughtcoup@gmail.com
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by flacon 16y ago
Possibly. I have exp with Zend but not much in the last 2 years. Send me an email (see profile) with your thoughts/projects etc.
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Offer HN: Will write Ruby for Food
30 points by flacon 16y ago|30 comments
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by flacon 16y ago
+2 for Tropo... it is sweet.
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by flacon 16y ago
Great points. My comment below was along a similar vein.
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by flacon 16y ago
From what I can see, a lot of the startups in China are just copying ideas and products that have gained traction here in the US. Look at youku.com and tudou.com, major video sharing sites in China, they seem very similar to youtube.com in
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by flacon 16y ago
I agree. I recently worked as an Engineer at a startup for 2 years and helped take them from nothing to large scale. But after n many rounds of fund-raising and no additional stock option bonuses whats my incentive to stay? Founders, don't
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by flacon 16y ago
College will teach you lots of useful stuff outside of programming etc. I use my Berkeley education everyday via critical thinking, researching competitors/markets etc, presenting confidently, writing, argumentation and slicing through rhet
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by flacon 16y ago
Solid cross-browser compliant code. You enjoy hanging out on Quirksmode. Deep understanding of JS and how to make things dance with frameworks like Jquery. Have a solid background with one server-side language (PHP, Ruby, Python etc) and ha
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by flacon 16y ago
I highly doubt he was hired as a "Software Engineer", more likely as a Chief Scientist, System Architect or something like that given the scope of his work and expertise, he will probably lecture for Google internationally on his work and h
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by flacon 16y ago
Seems like this has been done before: http://jeffkreeftmeijer.com/2010/experimenting-with-node-js/ Using Node.js. The node js example even provides the code to replicate it. Is this person using node or some other websocket approach?
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by flacon 16y ago
Thx. Authentic Jobs looks useful. I am currently employed at wellknownstartup.com and looking for a change. Thanks for the tip.
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by flacon 16y ago
Looking for a developer with startup exp? I am a developer with startup experience and skill in Ruby, JS, and frontend technologies. I have 6+ years experience and a BA from UC Berkeley. I created a post related to this: http://news.ycombi
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by flacon 16y ago
"It just isn't a priority for us right now" I think the number of upvotes your getting demonstrates a sincere interest in such a framework. Really look forward to seeing more from this project.
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by flacon 16y ago
By not winning.
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by flacon 16y ago
India is great. I spent 6 weeks there. Not really a good place to just wander around though....I will eat you up....assault all your sense at once. I recommend getting a few contacts before heading over there and then work from there. Banga
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by flacon 16y ago
There are major Ruby Apps out there in the top 100: http://rails100.pbworks.com/Compete+Rankings hulu.com yellowpages.com also major sites: like justin.tv. slideshare etc The argument that "Ruby cant scale" just doesn't hold. Check out Ru
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by flacon 16y ago
I am committed to launching http://wellhubstudios.com , a ecommerce platform for wellness professionals, yoga studios. Appointment Booking and Class Scheduling....
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by flacon 16y ago
As an American that has spent time in India, I can say that India will be a next major economic world power. Democracy + creativity + entrepreneurship + skilled work force + Indian optimism + excellent English skills = huge potential as a m
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by flacon 16y ago
I am currently bootstrapping a startup ( http://www.wellhubstudios.com ) while working at another startup and have a 1 year old with another child on the way. Couple tips that I picked up along the way: 1. Patience. Building a company is a
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by flacon 16y ago
You make it sound like porting an app from IOS to OSX is easy. Maybe you could write up a blog post or something for ignorants like me who would be interested in doing the same. Thanks for any additional details.
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by flacon 16y ago
Nope, just got the work done faster.
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by flacon 16y ago
There. Upvoted. Happy now?
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by flacon 16y ago
As a professional Rails developer, I will try to answer all your points from a pro rails point of view. Granted, I have dabbled with Django and found it satisfying also. * Adoption - Rails is being heavily adopted, especially with the start
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by flacon 16y ago
His Github profile is right here: github.com/thejohnnybrown
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by flacon 16y ago
How can I list on this?
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by flacon 16y ago
Awesome Phreaker reference...nice
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by flacon 16y ago
"gateways, processors, and PCI compliance" These are not that complex and should be well-understood by any would-be entrepreneur. We are writing our own recurring billing system right now for our startup www.wellhubstudios.com, using Auth.n
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by flacon 16y ago
"Build it and it will come." That was my strategy. I had no career and a degree in Philosophy that was taking me nowhere. Out of the blue I jumped into Web development and started building websites for anybody that needed them, for free. On

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