frankwiles

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by frankwiles 11y ago
Sounds like you've had some bad experiences, but I would encourage you to not over generalize. For example, "Remote devs start to have mental health issues from the loneliness and lack of supervision in down times." is a bunc
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by frankwiles 11y ago
I find actually meaningful engagement on Twitter can help ease the "cold call". What is meaningful engagement? It'll depend on the person/industry but something for THEM rather than for YOU.
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by frankwiles 11y ago
Well without some sort of caching, his site very well could fall over when being on the front page of something like HN. Putting Varnish in front a site, even with something simple like a 1 minute cache on everything, makes you pretty much
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by frankwiles 11y ago
Yep came here to say exactly this except it's all customers for us.
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by frankwiles 11y ago
Sorry to hear you've had trouble in the past! Things have definitely gotten easier/clearer in terms of docs, defaults, and setup guides from 5 years ago. Especially considering Django recently turned 10 years old, your experience
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by frankwiles 11y ago
Hahaha apparently I needed more coffee. Fixed, thanks!
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by frankwiles 11y ago
Agreed! I call it my "get a job" date and I still calculate it about monthly.
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by frankwiles 11y ago
@revsys we've been using Wagtail quite a bit on sites and it's been a dream. StreamField completes the picture and am so excited it's finally reaching 1.0 status! Thanks so much Torchbox!
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Django Birthday – Conference and Block Party(revsys.com)
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by frankwiles 11y ago
Sadly you are not likely the only one. Happily your opinion is very much in the minority.
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by frankwiles 11y ago
Pretty much our experience too. Haven't run into any upgrade issues but so far only have done a couple of minor release upgrades so might have lucked out and missed the pain points you had.
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by frankwiles 12y ago
I'm not quite a hoarder of domains, but I definitely have a few: - beltway.wtf - startups.wtf - recy.(link|co|in|info|io) as I had grand plans to do a link curation app - saltmaster.net - hostedsalt.com
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by frankwiles 12y ago
Yes the National Suicide Prevention Hotline is 800-273-8255. Stories and situations like this is one of the reasons I accepted a board position at http://www.headquarterscounselingcenter.org/ . It's very preventable wi
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by frankwiles 12y ago
Have you considered specializing? Pick a set of a few tools you enjoy working with and only work with them. Sure you need to keep your eyes on the horizon for better tools, as you wouldn't want to be a "CGI specialist" these
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Soundslice for Teachers(soundslice.com)
5 points by frankwiles 12y ago|0 comments
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by frankwiles 12y ago
Those sorts of SQL queries aren't very fast compared to a dedicated index/search system like ElasticSearch. Especially when millions of rows are concerned. Think of search engines like ElasticSearch and Solr as being purpose buil
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by frankwiles 12y ago
Just atom-shell, it ended up being easier all around and no compelling reason to keep Python in the mix for this particular app.
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by frankwiles 12y ago
Sure, we built the prototype with Python, Django, and a web interface. The idea being a user could run it and then just browse to localhost:<some port> and use the web UI for it. We quickly realized the app was going to be 99% Javascr
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by frankwiles 12y ago
We've been busy developing a product with atom-shell that will be released next year. Works great, no complaints so far anyway!
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12 Days of Christmas Performance(revsys.com)
4 points by frankwiles 12y ago|0 comments
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by frankwiles 12y ago
That advice is a bit dated honestly, Solr is fine but the current "best practice" if you will is to use ElasticSearch. Not saying you can't do it with Solr or that Solr doesn't scale, it does. You'll just have an e
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by frankwiles 12y ago
Start blogging solutions to problems and contributing to Open Source projects, even if it's just docs. Raising your exposure online in general increases the number of random freelancing offers you will receive.
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by frankwiles 12y ago
Having had the pleasure of working with him at the company that originally created Django, I can confirm Wilson is the man.
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by frankwiles 12y ago
Buy some really nice noise canceling headphones is definitely top of the preparation list. You'll be wearing them 80+% of your day.
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by frankwiles 12y ago
No not really. Wouldn't hurt for sure, but many employed professional developers don't have CS degrees.
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by frankwiles 12y ago
You forgot an option #3. Hone your pitch to management to get them to give you the time you need. Honestly I'd probably look for a new job, but with that option off the table #1 runs the risk of you looking bad doing the bare minimum
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by frankwiles 12y ago
We recently moved RevSys into new offices where everyone has their own office. We were in a much too small office that was one big open room. I won't speak for everyone, but I know my personal productivity has shot through the roof.
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by frankwiles 13y ago
Couldn't agree more. The pre-optimization of cool might be a good name for it.
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by frankwiles 13y ago
What a horrible idea for productivity! hahaha
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by frankwiles 13y ago
It will be!

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