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by gjolund 10y ago
If you are worried that you won't like your tattoo in 20 years, then you are correct in not getting one. If you are getting a tattoo because it looks cool right now, save your money and just get a better wardrobe.
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by gjolund 10y ago
I agree, all of my tattoo's were carefully planned, expensive, and constant reminders of some very good memories. If it is temporary how is it any different than a hair cut?
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by gjolund 10y ago
If you are scared about getting your tattoo, it isn't the right tattoo.
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by gjolund 10y ago
Postgres has been my DB of choice for nearly a decade. The only times I wind up working with another db are because: (1 it is a better technical fit for a very specific problem (2 there is already a legacy db in place I have been voted dow
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by gjolund 10y ago
Exactly what Uber is doing.
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by gjolund 10y ago
You are right, 10,000 hits a day is not worth talking about.
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by gjolund 10y ago
I have spent a lot of time around junkies, addiction may not be a choice, refusing to acknowledge your problem and seeking help is. Junkies are the kings of selfish behavior, and they have little to no regard for how their actions affect th
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by gjolund 10y ago
This site is also extremely simple and only requires 6 lines of js. HN is not a complex app.
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by gjolund 10y ago
Exactly. It is like trying to explain a car assembly line to a guy with a junker in his garage.
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by gjolund 10y ago
I am not an evangelist, I'm not trying to win a popularity contest in this thread. If people choose not to listen to what I have to say it has no impact on me at all. I will continue making a living off their mistakes.
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by gjolund 10y ago
When were you building web pages without JS? 1994? Server side logic MAY be simpler in SOME cases. Overall applications have become a lot more complex over the last 20 years and your oddated methodologies have been replaced by tested thorou
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by gjolund 10y ago
Answer: a bunch of singular solutions that may or may not be tested/documented Why do you want to write all that extra code instead of just picking the right tool for the job?
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by gjolund 10y ago
Nobody brings in a framework out of hope that it will lead to them getting a job at said sponsors company. If they do they are very very misled. People choose a framework because they want to benefit from the R&D done at said company, a
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by gjolund 10y ago
You are ignoring huge problems. How does a LAMP/RAILS app share server side rendering code with the client? How does a LAMP/RAILS app share data models between the server and client? How does a LAMP/RAILS app provide search e
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by gjolund 10y ago
Way to avoid adding any more the conversation.
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by gjolund 10y ago
I am very good at what I do. I have had lots of these conversations with other people who think they are good at what they do. This line of thinking kills companies, because the prototyper they hired for their "MVP" doesn't l
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by gjolund 10y ago
I profit from people's lack of technical expertise every day, and I'm proud of it. People come to me because they acknowledge that they don't understand the problems they are faced with, and I provide maintainable solutions t
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by gjolund 10y ago
Hilarious. You are the only person working on the project and you are patting yourself on the back for writing "maintainable" code. Bring 50 more people into the project and then lets talk.
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by gjolund 10y ago
What is the argument here? You wrote a POC of unmaintainable code, and then some junior web devs butchered your project because it was undocumented and "understandable" to you only. Get off your high horse. If I was your boss I wo
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by gjolund 10y ago
>Complexity requires structure in order to be maintainable. A competent lead programmer will choose a structure that adheres to common best practices and is maintained by a community. Also known as a framework. >If you don't unde
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by gjolund 10y ago
That seems incredibly anecdotal. Perhaps if you don't understand the framework you are using. Ember (for example), takes care of huge swathes of complexity for you. I can't imagine trying to build a: * client side router * data tr
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by gjolund 10y ago
I feel like people who say "just use the dom" don't actually have enough experience to know why that is such a bad idea. Its like the people who rail against static typing and like the flexibility of dynamic languages. They j
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by gjolund 10y ago
Complexity requires structure in order to be maintainable. Its not a "kitchen sink", its scaffolding. If you don't understand then you are either writing huge amounts of documentation and test code for your custom solution, o
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by gjolund 10y ago
Honestly, it just sounds like you are bad at managing your own software projects and trying to blame it on the web team. If your code had been as easy to understand as you say it is there would have been no need to re-write it. Also, your a
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by gjolund 10y ago
How about a little bit of recognition that this adults choice to do Heroin resulted in his premature death and hurt his family. The "junkie" comment was crude, but true. The mother wanted to blame god, she should just blame her so
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by gjolund 10y ago
I'm really glad I don't have to work with people who think like this. You don't NEED a framework, just like you could theoretically build a car from scratch. If your app isn't complex enough to merit using a framework, t
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Signal meets noise.
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You might want to look at the serverless project. You can setup a cloudfront distribution postgres rds. Use Postgraphql/postgrest as stateless api layer. I would use a docker container and ECS to keep it horizontally scalable. Then jus
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by gjolund 10y ago
The ability to interview will only get you so far though. At that rate he would be a colleague of mine, and I wonder if he would actually bring anything to that table. I have worked with plenty of people who come from non-tech backgrounds a
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by gjolund 10y ago
I have a distinct feeling these bootcamps are "teaching to the test". I would really like to know what it is like to work with this guy.

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