japiccolo

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by japiccolo 13y ago
I agree that most tools that are similar are fairly easy to switch between: PHP/Python/Ruby/Groovy, and Java/C#/C++, all imperative, OO, etc. Also, from a tools standpoint, Rails guys can use Django and vice versa, pretty much the same, for
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by japiccolo 13y ago
The two you mention (Haskell and Prolog) are great examples of languages where people can actually have negative impact for a while until they really get up to speed with the language. Pretty much any functional or declarative language fits
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by japiccolo 13y ago
While I agree with the general idea of the analogy (that great programmers are effective, no matter how many specific years of experience they have with language X), it doesn't quite hold up. It would really only be accurate if learning to
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Life Lessons(jakepiccolo.com)
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Practicing Creativity(jakepiccolo.com)
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Scrambled Zen of Python(jakepiccolo.com)
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by japiccolo 14y ago
Unfortunately, scraping another site's information is generally not a long-term viable business plan (speaking from personal experience). I suppose CraigsList, much like insurance companies, doesn't like its valuable information being disp
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by japiccolo 15y ago
Excellent question, and I think it's something that I didn't address very well in the site/app description. The main problem I was trying to solve when designing the app was to make something that was really easy to use, while still having
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by japiccolo 15y ago
Thanks for the feedback, and I think you're right. I updated the site to focus a little more on the specific benefits/advantages of the app. I guess it's a little difficult to market something like this that has deliberately few features. T
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Show HN: glassList, my weekend project/first iOS app(glasslistapp.com)
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Wasted Time and 10,000 Hour Math(jakepiccolo.tumblr.com)
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