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by jaddison 15y ago
Two things: a) PHP has multiple platform support (ie. Windows, OSX, FreeBSD, Linux) so you can more easily transition when necessary and b) the OS licenses required when you scale out horizontally are cheap (free!) for Linux, FreeBSD, which
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Django-cachebuster: Django 1.3 ready file cache busting(scottisheyes.com)
3 points by jaddison 15y ago|0 comments
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HN Android Game Developers: Using IntelliJ IDEA 10 with libGDX(scottisheyes.com)
2 points by jaddison 15y ago|0 comments
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by jaddison 15y ago
I have a 15" currently - but I think I might make my next one a 13", for portability. Lightweight means a lot to me - and if it's got great options for a high resolution and large external monitor then I'm happy. Hell, with DisplayLink tec
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by jaddison 15y ago
I find it curious why someone would ask this on Quora, rather than simply asking it here on HN. You would get a far more focused and realistic response - from the community itself.
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by jaddison 15y ago
I realise that PhotoShop is all the rage in web design and the de facto standard tool in which to bring creativity to the web... but I'd love to see a good tutorial using some open source tools. Is this even possible?
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by jaddison 16y ago
I'd be interested in your open-source Django app. Sounds like a great idea.
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by jaddison 16y ago
If the content/information exists elsewhere but just needs aggregation, you need to massage/import in order for it to be useful to you future users - so take the plunge and import it so that users will find your service useful, even if this
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by jaddison 16y ago
Given the fact that server failure is a 'when', not an 'if', I'd recommend using "Google Apps for your Domain". It takes the hassle out of it all (as you already likely already know!) and leaves you (and your team?) free to focus on making
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by jaddison 16y ago
MaxMind does phone verification: http://www.maxmind.com/app/telephone_overview
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by jaddison 16y ago
This is really handy - many thanks! Assuming that a release-1.2.1 branch existed and a hotfix was needed, what would the the hotfix be versioned as? 1.2a? 1.2.1a? 1.2.1 and then bump the release to 1.2.2?
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by jaddison 16y ago
Too bad he never finished his 4-part write up. The linked article was pretty interesting to read. In one of his later postings he mentioned APE (AJAX Push Engine) - anyone taken a look at that?
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by jaddison 16y ago
Think of a simple problem to solve... and then solve it in a few different languages. This way, you figure out what you like, because everyone is different. You might even be more focused in your learning and select specific frameworks for
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Ask HN: how to sell an early stage startup?
10 points by jaddison 16y ago|3 comments
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by jaddison 16y ago
Just food for thought, I added in django to the trend comparison: http://www.google.com/trends?q=%22asp.net+mvc%22,+%22ruby+on...
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by jaddison 16y ago
If I don't watch anime, does that mean I'm not a hacker?
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by jaddison 16y ago
Burnout takes a lot of forms, has many stages and is felt differently by everyone. Are you happy with your job - or just the salary that you get paid? Take some time and think about your motives for staying where you are. Maybe you can loo
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by jaddison 16y ago
YUI has a fairly exhaustive set of components available in its core offering, while jQuery has a strong core on which many fantastic plugins are built. I think it really comes down to personal preference; I prefer jQuery... but to each his
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by jaddison 16y ago
A startup I know has engaged audiences early on through Mechanical Turk. Basically, they brainstormed and came up with around 10-20 domains. They then registered them all to prevent their loss to others. They spent some time speaking wit
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by jaddison 16y ago
Are you happy with your current job? If not, do you think moving to another 6-figure job would keep you happy for an extended period of time? If the money isn't making you happy anymore, then consider pushing on to something more challengi
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by jaddison 16y ago
I'd guess the fact that education (giving back to society) has fallen prey to acquisition (taking from society) - in terms of priority, anyhow. Don't get me wrong here. I'm all for making money with crazy business ideas, but it's important
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by jaddison 16y ago
Don't look to solve the piracy problem in an absolute fashion - meaning, don't think that you can prevent people from hacking out your security measures. They can and they will. Starting with this frame of mind will help you to spend far
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by jaddison 16y ago
Have you checked out http://beanstream.com/public/index.asp ? Payment processing with great customer service - I'm pretty sure they can help you achieve what you want... but it would probably be better to look to a service like their's on
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by jaddison 16y ago
Try a Python framework - there's enough of them to work with. The good ones (like Django) have a structure and standards that make sense - and have great tutorials, for the most part.
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by jaddison 16y ago
You might look into using Quickbooks - they have addon payroll options (I've not tried payroll though, sorry). I do like Quickbooks, however. Most accounting firms work well with the data files. Good reporting.
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by jaddison 16y ago
I couldn't agree more; I've gone through the phase of accepting the 'excited' people's input as valid and can testify that you need to qualify your assumptions - derive facts by which to make decisions. Read more on these topics with Steve
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by jaddison 16y ago
Sorry if I wasn't more clear - I'm not actually sure how granular you can get with mturk.com. I don't think their filtering is that exhaustive. If I lived in the US, I'd be able to try and let you know though!
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by jaddison 16y ago
I just posted about Amazon Mechanical Turk in the story immediately before yours - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1704704 - but in all honesty, I have heard of a few people getting good results, although I don't know if you can targe
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Ask HN: request HITs on mturk.com from outside the US?
2 points by jaddison 16y ago|2 comments
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by jaddison 16y ago
http://www.namecheap.com/ comes to mind as a fully functional and responsive partner to work with.

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