hbien

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   by hbien 18y ago

   Webfaction. Simple, cheap, and good support.
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   by hbien 18y ago

   Nightly visit to the gym. At first it was tough to get into a routine, but it got easier when I started bringing my iPod loaded with podcasts. And of course, the podcasts are usually about hacking with Cocoa, Django, or Rails. Quitting so
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   Ask YC: Did I make a mistake LLC'ing in my home state?

   7 points by hbien 18y ago|9 comments
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   by hbien 18y ago

   I really like jQuery because it's lightweight but I think it really fits your needs perfectly. For DOM manipulation in jQuery you just use CSS selectors, so... : $('a.hide_these').hide(); Would hide all anchors with class 'hide_th
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   by hbien 18y ago

   I quit my full time job last week to work on a desktop application. It's a Mac GTD app. As much as I like web programming, I didn't think SaaS would work well for consumer products.
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   by hbien 18y ago

   Very supportive, but I finished college first and then transitioned from intern to full time at work. My last day of work is in two days and then I'm bootstrapping a business. If I dropped out of college to start a business, I'm pretty sur
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   by hbien 18y ago

   starting at 50-60 in San Diego, CA, graduated from UCSD. Mostly from web programming jobs (php, rails, and java).
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   by hbien 19y ago

   I'm confused, this article says the third founder was Chris Slowe (in the picture) and not Aaron Swartz.
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   by hbien 19y ago

   After a few months of Python programming, I started using list comprehensions more and more. I really think they're an elegant solution for dealing with lists.
10. 280.▲
    by hbien 19y ago

    No, it's just a standard chat layout.
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    by hbien 19y ago

    It might be SSL that's broken on the new Firefox. I can't visit any https sites using Firefox 3 beta on the Mac.
12. 282.▲
    by hbien 19y ago

    I've always been a fan of the Friends of Ed books.
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    by hbien 19y ago

    here you go: http://developer.apple.com/iphone/program/
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    by hbien 19y ago

    PHP has Phing, which is based off of Ant (from the Java world). For Ruby, there's Rakefiles and Capistrano for web app projects. There's also Vlad the Deployer which is more lightweight. For Rails, there's a continuous integration plugin
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    by hbien 19y ago

    That might be true. My sister just got a new laptop (won it from a raffle) and she refuses to download any software that's not from a major company that she trusts. She's too scared of getting viruses so she just uses it for web apps/site
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    by hbien 19y ago

    I've been using Mercurial for personal projects and I've really been liking it. I do a lot more branching and merging with it and it feels faster because of local commits.
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    by hbien 19y ago

    WTF? I understood this post about Joel: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000679.html And this one about DHH: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001065.html Now it's PG. I need to start writing blog posts attacking peopl
18. 288.▲
    by hbien 19y ago

    Heh, I remember playing Day of the Tentacle a long time ago.
19. 289.▲
    by hbien 19y ago

    San Diego, California. I'm moving back to Silicon Valley in a few months (my hometown).
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    by hbien 19y ago

    I think that's a good solution for more expensive apps aimed at businesses. The application I've been working on is really aimed at consumers with shared hosting/VPS accounts.
21. 291.▲
    by hbien 19y ago

    I think you're right. I need to just bite the bullet, launch, and get some feedback.
22. 292.▲
    by hbien 19y ago

    I'd love to use Django at my day job. Python makes me happy.
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    by hbien 19y ago

    In case anyone is interested, here some screenshots: http://flickr.com/photos/t0fuu/sets/72157604174774537/show/
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    by hbien 19y ago

    The server part is used for persistent storage, so a user might have multiple computers open each with a Gears database but they all sync up to the same server DB. Hopefully, once Gears is available for Mobile Safari, you'll be able to acce
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    by hbien 19y ago

    It's yet another gtd web app. It's web based because almost all of the apps I use are web based now. Plus, the entire application is a single Ajax page with optional Google Gears integration (everything works offline). There's also an AP
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    by hbien 19y ago

    Thanks murrayh, I should probably put more effort into making a good install script. It's tough because a lot of server environments are different (ie. what version of Python and what version of Django are being used..), but I'm pretty sur
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    by hbien 19y ago

    Can't wait till google gears is available for mobile Safari. It'll make my ipod touch more fun to use (I'm not always around wifi..).
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    Ask YC: Is it a doomed product if the barrier to entry is too high?

    8 points by hbien 19y ago|12 comments
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    by hbien 19y ago

    http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3087/2325563013_d62ca9cde5.jp... I'm a fan of "The Pragmatic Programmer". Other books I thought were a good read: getting things done, 4 hour work week, and founders at work. I've also got all 6 seasons of 2
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    by hbien 19y ago

    Oh crap, here comes eternal sept.