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NZ$ - Bitcoin(coined.co.nz)
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by ipmb 14y ago
Some further explanation on how we typically manage our settings files, http://lincolnloop.com/blog/2013/feb/15/django-settings-pari... The environ trick is nice, and while it makes it harder to shoot yourself in the foot, it doesn't prev
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by ipmb 14y ago
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1713703...
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by ipmb 14y ago
Our work is still primarily client based at Lincoln Loop and we share many of the same principles that GitHub does. Keeping track of billable hours is how we get paid, but our people get to choose when, where, and how many hours they will b
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by ipmb 14y ago
Thanks for the feedback! To address some of your concerns: We're just getting started, so we'll have more videos as time goes on. The videos are highly specialized and take 30-40 hours to research/record/edit, so we felt the price was fair
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by ipmb 14y ago
Sure! I moved from my family from the States to an expat beach community last year. Being jetset with a family of 4 is expensive and not how I wanted to raise my kids, so we just settled down here. Maybe we'll move again next year, maybe no
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by ipmb 14y ago
Not as well-known as some of the other examples, but our company, Lincoln Loop ( http://lincolnloop.com ), is successful and fully virtual.
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Show HN: Our IRC bot/logger, BotBot.me
14 points by ipmb 14y ago|2 comments
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by ipmb 14y ago
I'm in the same boat. I whole-heartedly agree that production secret keys, passwords, etc. shouldn't be checked into version control as plain-text. Even if you use environment variables, you need them stored somewhere (a secrets.py file, a
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by ipmb 14y ago
Thanks for the feedback! I filed a couple of issues to address this: * https://github.com/lincolnloop/django-best-practices/issues/... * https://github.com/lincolnloop/django-best-practices/issues/... If you think of any more, feel free
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by ipmb 14y ago
Yeah, a lot of this is personal preference and obviously, there's a million ways to do it. Our perspective is that manage.py is a script (you never import it as a Python module) so we bump it out and install to your path using setup.py.
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by ipmb 14y ago
If you think of anything, please file an issue https://github.com/lincolnloop/django-best-practices/issues . It's written for the novice-intermediate audience which can sometimes be hard to do when you've been working in it daily for years
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by ipmb 14y ago
Previous discussion http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1962051
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by ipmb 14y ago
What makes you think this was an intentional decision on the developer's part?
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by ipmb 14y ago
He also draws parallels between skateboarding to open source hacking at about 12:45.
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Rodney Mullen: Pop an ollie and innovate(ted.com)
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Optimize for Motivation(lincolnloop.com)
4 points by ipmb 14y ago|0 comments
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by ipmb 14y ago
The difficulty in a consulting company is that (unlike a SaaS company) there is typically a 1:1 ratio between hours worked and money earned. Our company does many of the same things, but in the end, we're still tied to the billable hour. I
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Backbone.js for Django Developers(lincolnloop.com)
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by ipmb 14y ago
no
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At Lincoln Loop, Everyone Sets Their Own Salary(lincolnloop.com)
27 points by ipmb 14y ago|3 comments
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Dr. StrangeCo or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love My Job(andyet.net)
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by ipmb 14y ago
We make our workplace and compensation such that nobody would want to leave. We have almost no turnover. The only reason you leave is because you think you could do better or make more money. As it stands, people here would rather see Linco
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by ipmb 14y ago
Everybody sets their own pay, so I don't think we run the same risk.
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Open Book Finances(lincolnloop.com)
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by ipmb 14y ago
We felt the same pain and it's why we built Ginger ( https://gingerhq.com ). It isn't a project management tool (lots of good ones already exist), but it is a great discussion tool. Our remote team is closer together because of it. If you
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by ipmb 14y ago
At Lincoln Loop, our day-to-day chatter happens in IRC and occasionally Skype. Any important discussions happen in Ginger ( https://gingerhq.com ) so people can participate asynchronously (disclaimer: its a product we built). Once a week we
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Why Regular Demos are Part of Our Development Process(lincolnloop.com)
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by ipmb 14y ago
The client passes a unique key with a short TTL to the Node.js server that maps them to the proper user and teams for the duration of their session.
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by ipmb 14y ago
AFAIK it was released after we settled on Node.js.

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