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KDE, open-source and a student's journey as a programmer(blog.c42.in)
52 points by jasim 15y ago|1 comments
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by jasim 15y ago
It is not an all or nothing proposition. Building an app keeping in mind scaling doesn't mean you go for complex initial setups. All you need to do is make some simple design decisions to build the app so that it can scale to multiple web f
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by jasim 15y ago
Heroku gives you a load balancer and auto-scaling. Time not spent in having to configure and maintain that piece of infrastructure is time spent in working on the MVP. Another benefit of writing code targeting platforms like Heroku is that
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by jasim 15y ago
Even multiple threads - any sort of concurrent access/modification on the same dataset becomes problematic if you just use a HashMap. Sites that have any kind of download/upload component, even though does not have too much traffic, will ne
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by jasim 15y ago
However finding that first 'good' programmer is going to be harder for languages like Scala, Haskell etc. compared to finding the first good programmer on more popular languages
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by jasim 15y ago
We have Badges and Achievements planned to keep it even more interesting. But had to cut down scope to release an MVP and see if the community likes it. Thanks for the response!
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by jasim 15y ago
We love RubyKoans too! With RubyMonk we are trying to make things more interactive, and easier for new users to get into.
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by jasim 15y ago
This demo is also another indicator that HTML5 has come of age. It is by far the best desktop-like interface I've seen on the browser.
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LXC (Linux Containers) Domain Squatting(permalink.gmane.org)
2 points by jasim 15y ago|0 comments
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by jasim 15y ago
The hard thing to digest is that Steve never had any peers. This is one huge world, with millions using consumer technology. But there is no one else from which to expect the level of innovation Steve Jobs could do. There is a vacuum.
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by jasim 15y ago
Their GitHub repo is here: https://github.com/projectfedena/projectfedena_v2.0 However the last commit was a a year back. And almost all code is in one single bulk commit. There should be more visibility into the development process to tr
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by jasim 15y ago
It is a very contentious issue: the wealth belongs to the Temple trust which is controlled by the erstwhile Royal family. Also, the Government has no say on it since it was donated to the Temple by private entities even before the govt. was
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by jasim 15y ago
Most people who've commented about using Wolfram Alpha are just using just its Mathematica backend - calculations, plotting graphs etc. I found this pretty useful while trying to solve some algorithmic coding challenges which involved large
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by jasim 16y ago
Using sensible wrappers around Net::HTTP would resolve the issues with the unreasonable defaults. Wrest ( http://github.com/kaiwren/wrest ) would be a good-fit here: it defaults to VERIFY_PEER for SSL connections, has client-side caching su
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Google Docs has Javascript scripting support. Goodbye VBA(code.google.com)
2 points by jasim 16y ago|0 comments
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by jasim 16y ago
NetBeans was my primary editor/IDE for Ruby till a couple of weeks back when I started evaluating RubyMine.
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by jasim 16y ago
RubyMine just tweeted: "We welcome all NetBeans users to start evaluating RubyMine as your new Ruby/Rails IDE! Expect some great news very soon on our pricing page!" It is a good product and superior to NetBeans in many ways. The price was
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Oracle discontinues Ruby/Rails support for NetBeans(wiki.netbeans.org)
179 points by jasim 16y ago|121 comments
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by jasim 16y ago
absolutely.
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by jasim 16y ago
The productivity measure of 1 to 10 also includes the penalty of the mediocre programmers making enough mistakes that a good programmer won't make. Considering long term productivity improvements a good programmer can make - one good progra
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Solving the IT Turnover Crisis(thedailywtf.com)
53 points by jasim 16y ago|48 comments
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by jasim 16y ago
1) Yes! 2) Both, I guess. For users not familiar with GAAP, you could ask them to choose the type of transaction - Receipt, Payment, Bank Transfer etc., and receive the entry in a single-entry form. Power users would prefer double entry. I
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by jasim 16y ago
Thanks! I'd keep it around. It is hosted with the free plan of Google App Engine, so keeping it won't be hard. I never saw Kids as a target audience - I could use a strong SafeSearch and customize it for them if there is enough users..
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by jasim 16y ago
Clickable link: http://www.haspictures.com
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Hi HN, please review my web tool - a new interface to picture search
6 points by jasim 16y ago|4 comments
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by jasim 16y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_web_application_f...
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Ask HN: How much traffic spike does being listed top in HN cause?
3 points by jasim 16y ago|2 comments
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by jasim 16y ago
Awesome! I don't think even Google did that.
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by jasim 17y ago
Its not just about IE6. I've users who would have used DOS 6.22 and an old POS software happily. However they were forced to upgrade since they needed to use Thumb drives, DVD Writers (for Backup) and USB printers. If it were not for these
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by jasim 17y ago
Yes, they already have done that. It was made a law, and cheap Chinese phones now comes with a govt. approved IMEI.

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