hkarthik

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   by hkarthik 12y ago

   Happy to answer any questions I can. My email is in my profile.
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   by hkarthik 12y ago

   Desk.com (a Salesforce.com company) - San Francisco, CA and Remote in US/CA time zones. We're looking for experienced engineers with top-notch software design and coding skills, ideally with knowledge of AngularJS and Ruby on Rail
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   by hkarthik 12y ago

   You can add Salesforce Desk.com to the list as well.
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   by hkarthik 13y ago

   I live in an area of suburban Dallas, TX where the city and telcos laid fiber over 7 years ago. U-verse has always been capped for us. I'm hoping we get on the list for Gigapower but any attempts to get information on this have been fu
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   by hkarthik 13y ago

   This is an interesting post and I went on a similar adventure about 8 months ago to build a Rails-free test suite (based on MiniTest) for an existing large Rails app. It was a work of art. But ultimately a triumph equalled only by its monum
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   Confessions of a Full Stack Devop(ansible.com)

   6 points by hkarthik 13y ago|5 comments
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   by hkarthik 13y ago

   > You seem to be implying that raising half a million dollars is a failure, but perhaps you're still using irony there. I don't know that I can call it a success either. It's like gaining admission into a competitive unive
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   by hkarthik 13y ago

   I really can't speak to this as I don't really know Django. But I personally didn't find Ruby hard to learn, and in fact I found it pretty intuitive. The metaprogramming in Ruby allows for the creation of intuitive DSLs and A
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   by hkarthik 13y ago

   I used to write .NET for a living and when I started working with my own ideas for a startup, I looked at both Django and Rails. Python/Django had a very small community in my local area (Dallas, TX) while the local Rubyists were more
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    by hkarthik 13y ago

    It's because Rails is essentially a "batteries included" full stack framework which helps a startup focus on building a business and not on building technology infrastructure. Outside of Rails and Django, you're left to
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    by hkarthik 13y ago

    Your current job at the same salary won't go as far in either Kirkland or Sunnyvale. So if you want to stick with the same company, try to negotiate a cost of living increase. It likely won't be enough, but it will get you by unti
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    by hkarthik 13y ago

    Parent comment had to be qualified a bit: Never bet on anything proprietary which doesn't offer significant advantages over non-proprietary competitors.
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    by hkarthik 13y ago

    This is a great response. As someone who's approaching my mid-30s, I can identify with a lot of it. I'm at an inflection point these days on whether I want to push forward on the management path or go for the third path, as you me
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    by hkarthik 13y ago

    I work on a product at Salesforce.com that uses Angular.js for our frontend. So there are definitely big companies like us that use it. We are doing a rewrite of our frontend and evaluated Ember, Backbone, and Angular. Our frontend devs li
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    by hkarthik 13y ago

    I feel like showing off some tests would help when the example is this complex. That would give a bit more context in terms of what you're trying to accomplish here.
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    by hkarthik 13y ago

    "You just have to dev with Mono in mind from the start." You say that like it's the most trivial thing in the world. Most people attempting Mono have been loyal Windows-based .NET developers for years. Mono only has value for
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    by hkarthik 13y ago

    I've heard this a lot. And usually the people espousing such hiring practices are C players when it comes to management. While it sounds really good in theory, I think it's very difficult to discern an A player from a B player wit
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    by hkarthik 13y ago

    I tried to create a startup to allow home owners to track items in their home which require periodic maintenance, receive notifications, and monthly summaries. I was then planning to help connect them with local service professionals with t
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    by hkarthik 13y ago

    Learning Java to do Android and learning Java to write large web and server applications for the enterprise are two completely different domains which just happen to share the same language. I think that one can learn the basics of Java to
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    by hkarthik 13y ago

    I really hate when people justify being impatient and demaning by using examples like Bezos or Jobs. Nobody gets to the level of success as Jeff Bezos or Steve Jobs without learning some level of patience. Amazing technologies like the iPho
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    by hkarthik 13y ago

    This is a great idea for folks in urban spaces. We live in the suburbs and did something similar for about a year. My wife and I both work from home full time, and when our second daughter was born, we had an in-home nanny take care of her
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    by hkarthik 13y ago

    I would advise finding some local meetups for startup-focused technologies (Ruby, Python, Javascript) and look there. If you can find a local community for startups too, I would advise going to the meetups and see who's interested. You
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    by hkarthik 13y ago

    This is an awesome response. +1000
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    by hkarthik 13y ago

    Setting up a remote team of developers anywhere in the world purely to save on costs isn't worth it. You should hire remote because you simply don't have access to the talent locally, or can't assemble a local team quickly en
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    by hkarthik 13y ago

    I usually reach for Rails App Composer to spin up quick apps. http://railsapps.github.io/rails_apps_composer/
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    by hkarthik 13y ago

    Seems like moving to GitHub Enterprise is making more and more sense. Too bad the pricing is simply too cost prohibitive for most startups. Can anyone using an Enterprise install comment on the reliability/maintenance required? Seems l
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    by hkarthik 13y ago

    Any suggestions on ORMs or npm packages to use with pg and node?
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    by hkarthik 13y ago

    Tools like Zendesk and Desk.com [1] are really overkill for an early stage startup. They're pricey and the ramp up time is a little killer. They are really built for people who spend the majority of day doing Customer Support. If you&#
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    by hkarthik 13y ago

    More. I feel better buying one because I know a big company is funding the development. Also I expect the prices to fall as they take advantage of the economies of scale with better brand recognition.
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    by hkarthik 13y ago

    any other options for the 27" IPS monitor that has mini-DP or full DisplayPort built in?