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by iandinwoodie 6y ago
For transparency, it might also be worth adding a disclaimer that the product you are advocating is produced by your current employer (even if that did not consciously play a roll in your decision to advocate for the product).
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by iandinwoodie 6y ago
A virtualenv (venv) does not install its own copy of Python. Instead, when you create the venv it puts symlinks for the calling python in the <venv>/bin directory. When you activate the venv the <venv>/bin is added to
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by iandinwoodie 6y ago
I went on the same search. For those interest in formal definition: Commercial open source software projects are open source software projects that are owned by a single firm that derives a direct and significant revenue stream from the sof
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by iandinwoodie 6y ago
Personally, I dislike how Gists are so isolated. I just created a public test Gist and can’t seem to find a way to navigate to it when I view my GitHub profile from a private browser session. From my Gists profile there is a “View GitHub Pr
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by iandinwoodie 6y ago
I remember hitting the punctuation dilemma with my self-imposed character limit. Putting the punctuation on the next line, looking at it displeased, moving it back, questioning the purpose of rules if they're not followed; racking my b
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by iandinwoodie 6y ago
What I like about Vim is that it has a limited set of features out of the box. As a result, I feel that I have a strong understanding and command of Vim. If I want an additional feature I can either add it myself or look for an available pl
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by iandinwoodie 6y ago
Imagine the sales that would generate
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by iandinwoodie 6y ago
I got a good laugh out of the Meta-Failures section.
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by iandinwoodie 6y ago
With regard to accessibility, a blind user can reliably use the function keys due to their physical separation. In contrast, the Touch Bar removes the separation of individual keys and may pose a challenge to sight restricted users.
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by iandinwoodie 6y ago
I’m interested; email sent!
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by iandinwoodie 6y ago
Waterproof hairdryer. You can dry your hair in the shower while you get it wet.
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by iandinwoodie 6y ago
Here is the link to the Piranha repo since I didn't see it mentioned in the article: https://github.com/uber/piranha
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by iandinwoodie 7y ago
Now _I_ can read it, so it _must_ be better!
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by iandinwoodie 7y ago
If anyone wants another rabbit hole, reading through the Open Street Map Foundation resolution for the indefinite ban of user sorein is a good evening read: https://www.openstreetmap.org/user_blocks/493
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by iandinwoodie 7y ago
"We’ve added to_markdown() for creating a markdown table" That's awesome!
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by iandinwoodie 7y ago
Since this article is as opinionated as it gets, I’ll throw out my own opinion: A good manager keeps his colleagues informed of the ultimate goal so they know what and why they are doing things. This way, during the tackling of smaller task
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by iandinwoodie 7y ago
Scrumdog Millionaire.
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by iandinwoodie 7y ago
I find Joel Spolsky's (CEO of Stack Exchange and Co-founder of Trello and Fog Creek Software) blog to be informative for software engineering and management (link: https://www.joelonsoftware.com ). I revisit his article &quo
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by iandinwoodie 7y ago
Let's say I want to skip the development of a parser and use a preexisting library for that; allowing me to dive into the semantics. Do you suggest any libraries/tools to take care of the parsing?
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by iandinwoodie 7y ago
I believe that from several times I've read through freelance-related discussion on this site that the recommendation is explicitly not to charge per project. The reason being that it can be very hard to estimate the total time require
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by iandinwoodie 7y ago
Off topic, but the site creator should really toss Bruce Mahalski some credit for his image they are using as their logo.
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by iandinwoodie 7y ago
This will be my first year. Can you explain what your toolkit is? I don’t have anything prepared and if people are going in with a toolkit it seems like I might not be prepared?
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by iandinwoodie 7y ago
I'm also a C++ dev an I'm envious of how clean your site design is. Do you have any insight you can share on how you approached the frontend design? I find myself constantly fiddling with the CSS and I feel like I could fiddle aro
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by iandinwoodie 7y ago
Could you provide an example of this (or point me to a repo where you use it)? It sounds neat
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by iandinwoodie 7y ago
I'm putting my vote in for bond007.
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by iandinwoodie 7y ago
This is a point of conflict for me. I use "~/dev" for all of my development work, but I don't want to because of the convention set by "/dev". My problem is finding an alternative to "dev" that i
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by iandinwoodie 7y ago
It’s funny that this dictionary could serve a competing purpose; it’s a goldmine for someone looking for buzzwords.
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by iandinwoodie 7y ago
Dylan, I was wondering if you could share your process for going from chapter text files to a full ebook? This looks like a really approachable way to writing a book. Is the conversion something scripted or is it a more involved process?
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by iandinwoodie 7y ago
That's insane. Thank you for the detailed insight.
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by iandinwoodie 7y ago
What happens to the other 90%? Is this typical for book authors?

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