igor_filippov

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by igor_filippov 9y ago
Slightly off-topic, but once ActiveRecord(Rails) - always ActiveRecord. After years of developers complaining about SQL DBs being "difficult" and MongoDB allowing to "easily prototype", I still don't get what's
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by igor_filippov 9y ago
Nothing comes for free. If your schema doesn't live in your DB, then it lives in your app code. In the end of the day, you have to handle data model changes.
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by igor_filippov 9y ago
Well, I'm with Apple now.
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by igor_filippov 9y ago
Last time I've used Ubuntu was about 5 years ago. And it seems to look the same now. I wonder if anything meaningful was achieved during that time in terms of UI/UX besides switching desktop environments back and forth.
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by igor_filippov 9y ago
Not the military.
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by igor_filippov 9y ago
Are there more products with the same model as Sidekiq which have the same level of financial success and are one man show?
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by igor_filippov 9y ago
I worked with only one, the one my partner foolishly chosen before I've joined him. Issues we faced: - Developers were almost completely illiterate when it came to basic things, like http vs https, using git, encryption vs encoding. Th
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by igor_filippov 9y ago
Because often there's no correlation between engineering culture and business.
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by igor_filippov 9y ago
I'm from Crimea and I don't get this either.
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by igor_filippov 9y ago
Yeah and apparently Germany has only two of them.
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by igor_filippov 9y ago
I once saw an apartment for rent where host mentioned only vegans are allowed. I wonder if accepting people regardless of their food preference should be part of Community Pledge.
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by igor_filippov 9y ago
Still cheaper than paying rent in Bay Area I assume?
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by igor_filippov 9y ago
If you can't make money, entrepreneurship is not for you.
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by igor_filippov 9y ago
No, just put aside some money before quitting your day job and you're fine. Again, if you can't manage to fund development of your MVP, then maybe entrepreneurship isn't for you. I guess the same applies to the "Venus Pr
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by igor_filippov 9y ago
I've met his followers in Berlin once, "naive" - the best word I can find to describe them. In the end, they struggled to answer the core question: "Why would anyone take seriously a man, who can't prove his idea in
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by igor_filippov 9y ago
Yeah because russian military strategy is based on photos and videos teenagers share in vk.com
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by igor_filippov 9y ago
It's named after an island, don't see why it's reasonable.
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by igor_filippov 9y ago
That's the biggest BS I've ever read on HN.
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by igor_filippov 9y ago
Out of interest, why can't they?
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by igor_filippov 10y ago
I suppose there's a correlation between country of residence and education/communication skills.
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by igor_filippov 10y ago
I'm sorry, you're somewhere around fake news-level in your argumentation.
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by igor_filippov 10y ago
Wait what? Isn't he innocent until proven otherwise?
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by igor_filippov 10y ago
Well yes, we complain about lack of housing but want to keep a giant airfield in Tempelhof, well, because we like to hang out there.
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by igor_filippov 10y ago
This reminds me of "Javascript everywhere". Technically yes, but I don't think that language is a main issue for being able to develop both client and server part of the app. Languages can be picked up in a matter of weeks, c
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by igor_filippov 10y ago
Is this an anecdotic evidence?
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by igor_filippov 10y ago
Why does title say Redux?
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by igor_filippov 10y ago
I strongly believe that Russia hacked hackerrank to make itself look good.
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by igor_filippov 10y ago
Many articles about people switching from Mac to Linux laptop begin this way: "It's great, but my laptop can't handle sleep mode properly, network stops working from time to time...etc etc But I'm very happy!".
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by igor_filippov 10y ago
It's the same people who participate in various "challenges" and play Pokemon Go claiming that it's good for your health. Many people just need some hoaxes to consume their free time.
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by igor_filippov 10y ago
Well, and then you get people who insert php into html in production environments. Believe me, I've seen it more than once. I don't see how PHP is easier than Ruby. It's not Haskel, after all.

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