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by hilko 14y ago
I would argue, as others have done, that the author is correct in his points, but a rewrite would throw away the main advantages of using Wordpress over alternatives. There are tons of successful initiatives to create a 'better' CMS. But th
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by hilko 14y ago
I always loved the strategy, and previously it didn't always bother me. When they cancelled Google/Gmail Labs, for example, I didn't like it, but I didn't care enough or rely on it enough to have a problem with it. Perhaps they just had to
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by hilko 14y ago
Isn't that why they're consolidating and trimming the business, to be more focused on that mission statement? In itself, Reader could fit in (as the article by one of the original developers touched on). But for various reasons they never w
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by hilko 14y ago
I found this approach interesting too: http://aakilfernandes.com/uiji.html A reverse jQuery of sorts
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by hilko 14y ago
I think if they were added on both Android and iOS, they would sell much better. I know many, many people that are fan enough to shell out money for these games, but not fan enough (anymore) to get a dedicated console, portable or otherwise
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by hilko 14y ago
Same here. I'm ok with NewsBlur because it does what I needed from google reader: lists of feeds, lists of posts, and keyboard shortcuts to navigate between both. I actually paid for NewsBlur over Feedly just for the keyboard feed navigatio
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by hilko 14y ago
Nexus 4. First purchase outside the Apple ecosystem and aside from the size, I couldn't be happier. Mind, if I could've got an iPhone 5 cheaper without a contract I might've done that anyways (mostly for the convenience, size and a slightly
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by hilko 14y ago
This is so true. I'm by no means a 'proficient' developer, but I moved from what is often considered the 'lowest' field of academia, psychology and communications, into what is often considered the 'lowest' field of programming: front-end w
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by hilko 14y ago
Exactly. I would never advise someone to use CoffeeScript without first knowing JavaScript, but I think very few people would do this anyways. And even if they tried, aside from debugging issues, I think the article shows that it's pretty h
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by hilko 14y ago
Would you care to elaborate, to some degree at least?
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by hilko 14y ago
I've been haunted by moments in television as well, though. The two final episodes of The Wire left me sleeplessly sitting in the garden, because of the events that transpired and the adrenaline involved. The Body, one of the best Buffy epi
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by hilko 14y ago
I've never tried this feature as it requires location services, but doesn't Instapaper offer exactly that? Location-based automatic downloading of new articles?
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by hilko 14y ago
I still use it for SBSettings, which allows me to turn bluetooth, wifi, etc. on by swiping the top of the screen. And I use it for tethering or setting up a wifi hotspot from my phone (MyWi). Plus a bunch of other things :).
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by hilko 14y ago
I love the directness and honesty in that statement.
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by hilko 14y ago
I agree. I think it's more 'stupidity' than evil intent in this case.
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by hilko 14y ago
Yes, but that market is covered by Instapaper and Pocket, among others.
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by hilko 14y ago
Ah, great observation. That really does explain it. It's not unlike the zeal of just-reborn Christians, or even just-'deconversed' nonbelievers.
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by hilko 14y ago
Most expats I know here have done well, sometimes 5+ years, without ever properly learning German. So language is not an issue. That said, you do need help when dealing with the bureaucracy. It can be complicated, and they often do not sp
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by hilko 14y ago
Agreed! I moved to Berlin almost two years ago from Amsterdam (not a bad city either!) and I'm still happy to be here. If you're a RoR developer or front-ender needing work and a push to come here, hit me up :).
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by hilko 14y ago
> But due to the negative factors in the Ruby community I would not advise anyone to learn Ruby as their first language because of the great risk of becoming a first-language fanboy. Perhaps that danger is very situational. In my surrou
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by hilko 14y ago
Fascinating. May I ask where you operate? Reason I'm asking is that my main client works with Rails, but it's a big and rather old-world company where this choice was shockingly 'modern'. There's little to none off this sentiment you descri
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by hilko 14y ago
good point. I do run into this issue at times, just haven't had a need to start from scratch with clients in a year. I either support existing wordpress/drupal installs, or work with existing rails apps.
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by hilko 14y ago
Heh, I actually forgot about much of that. Plus, I was under the impression you meant really simple bare-bones sites with only a bunch of pages. I definitely see why Drupal would be beneficial in this situation though. (P.S.: I'd love to
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by hilko 14y ago
Yeah, I read about that. Could definitely influence my choice of framework/CMS down the line!
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by hilko 14y ago
Could it be that Rails (and by extension Ruby) is the first really popular post-web-revolution language used for development since PHP, and, unburdened by lots of bad practices having evolved alongside (not necessarily because of) PHP, r
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by hilko 14y ago
Last I used it, there was still too much that the Features module didn't 'cover', making it less useful and sometimes even counter-productive for me. Has this improved greatly in the past year?
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by hilko 14y ago
This is an honest question: if it's mostly a bunch of pages, wouldn't setting up a baseline Ruby on Rails (or similar) site, or using a Ruby on Rails CMS (Locomotive, etc.) be more cost-effective and faster? At worst, you spend a day settin
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by hilko 14y ago
I've had a similar experience. For me, the most important realization was this: the moment I reached the point where I could set up really complex sites with very little code, using carefully chosen and powerful/flexible modules, the moment
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by hilko 14y ago
Is it really an excuse though? Some designers can be good at both sides, sure, but my experience is that many designers simply cannot. Their mind blanks at the most basic programming concepts, and the level of abstraction needed for prac
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by hilko 14y ago
It'll be a while before most designers can comfortably use Chrome though...

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