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by hippich 11y ago
it all depends. with graphql your backend can become really stupid and just handle saving and retrieving data, making it super easy to deploy, scale, archive, etc. on the other hand having super dump backend makes it expensive to query data
902.
by hippich 11y ago
this is official reference lib - https://github.com/graphql/graphql-js you need to implement resolve method to map properties to your backend(s) yes, it is not drop in, but using any node.js http request library should
903.
by hippich 11y ago
I believe graphql can be added on top of your backend, even more - it can layer on top of multiple microservices backends to provide single api endpoint
904.
by hippich 11y ago
in my project HashcashIO[1] i get around that using iframe and loading main script for same domain. while restrictions exist, i believe it is easier to get around them (basically write code in secure fashion) rather than trying to break wor
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by hippich 11y ago
Another alternative, quite viable today, Web Workers.
906.
by hippich 11y ago
I hope people will also lay down sugar amount of apple, bagel, etc food next to these coke/dew/etc bottles of soda drinks. =) Thing is - most of products in US has label stating clearly amount of calories and major contributors. I
907.
by hippich 11y ago
speaking of config, keep in mind that eslint comes with easy configurator to get going: `eslint --init`
908.
by hippich 11y ago
can't comment on why styrofoam is not banned, but paper doesn't break down as easy on landfills as you would expect, due compaction and lack of oxygen for microorganisms to exist.
909.
by hippich 11y ago
"The worms converted about half of the Styrofoam into carbon dioxide, as they would with any food source. "
910.
by hippich 11y ago
You might be thinking about different "design". In this particular case USDS tries to "design" (as in engineering or architecture) efficient, cross-organizational set of guidelines to keep look consistent across all gove
911.
Super fast camera captures light movement(youtube.com)
2 points by hippich 11y ago|0 comments
912.
by hippich 11y ago
wow... 5 different modules for postgres support. this will be hard to sell to sql folk just yet :)
913.
by hippich 11y ago
for people experienced with meteor - is there solid support for postgres backend? i really like it, but details on sql backends support is spotty
914.
by hippich 11y ago
Tell us more, please!! =)
915.
by hippich 11y ago
how do you find these companies? (or, to put it clearly, what I need to achieve first and how to get attention second?) :)
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Google found to 'abuse' dominant market position in Russia(cnet.com)
1 points by hippich 11y ago|0 comments
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by hippich 11y ago
Zillion empty pages is old interface, not new one. In new interface, me and many other are actively working right now, UI is way less cluttered. This is what me and others were hired to fix. Promo video probably did not address it well eno
918.
by hippich 11y ago
There is a lot of new people indeed (both managers and tech.) Quite a few startups were acquihired too. But I think most important factor - management openly concerned about competition and tries to push toward better product. And it appear
919.
by hippich 11y ago
Me and other good devs will solve software side of problems, and other good people will fix managerial one :)
920.
by hippich 11y ago
Thanks for hateback, but i choose to stay. Otherwise if all good people leave, who going to develop good software? (because blackboard will not die even with bad software per your post :)) I will fix it from inside.
921.
by hippich 11y ago
Would you mind explaining what is it missing? I work at Blackboard and would love to get honest feedback :)
922.
by hippich 11y ago
I believe about 3 years ago, a lot of top management of Blackboard was changed. And focus right now, at least how employees see it, is on quality of software.
923.
by hippich 11y ago
A lot of issues were because of laws/policies required to install software on the premises... And making such complex software to perform well, when school sysadmin manages it, can be hard to make bulletproof. As laws and mindset chang
924.
by hippich 11y ago
You will be surprised how hacky hacker's solutions are. I've seen plenty of extortion screen lockers for windows written in poor VBScript... In a sense, hackers are really good MVP creators. Make something that works and optimize
925.
by hippich 11y ago
blockchain is a tree. ledger is just analogy to make it easier to understand. hashcash needed to prevent swarm of fake nodes making majority vote.
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by hippich 11y ago
i am probably repeating myself (but these topics repeat themselves too :)) If you are interested in switching away from Google, take a look at https://github.com/sovereign/sovereign It is ansible playbook to setup most
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by hippich 11y ago
to counter, when we just moved to usa, i bought 2000 chrysler concorde for $2000 with minor cosmetic issues (broken mirror, shot hood and trunk springs, dirty interior. i drove this car for 4 years and sold for..... $2050 to upgrade for SUV
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by hippich 11y ago
I would love to read more about it (debt as an instrument to help fix companies.) Do you have links to stories about it?
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An hereditary meritocracy(economist.com)
1 points by hippich 11y ago|0 comments
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CUPS 2.1.0 Released with support of 3D printing(cups.org)
1 points by hippich 11y ago|0 comments

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