jasonhanley

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by jasonhanley 12y ago
My wife and I both have Moto G's and they are amazing value. I couldn't imagine spending the kind of money some people do on smartphones when great options like the Moto G are around.
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by jasonhanley 12y ago
TL;DR “That's a problem for future Homer. Man, I don't envy that guy.”
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by jasonhanley 13y ago
This is such a huge indication of the horribly sad state of interviewing and hiring programmers. The current process results in hiring people that are awesome at interview quiz questions, but can't sit down and do the actual day-to-day
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Sometimes It Pays to Be a Jerk(linkedin.com)
1 points by jasonhanley 13y ago|0 comments
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Canada to host nationwide open data hackathon(futuregov.asia)
2 points by jasonhanley 13y ago|0 comments
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Government calls on coders to churn out apps using open data(vancouversun.com)
1 points by jasonhanley 13y ago|0 comments
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by jasonhanley 13y ago
I'm pretty sure Terrafugia is much further ahead: http://www.terrafugia.com/aircraft/transitionR But competition is always good!
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by jasonhanley 13y ago
Simple 5-step methodology: http://blog.pmrobot.com/2011/09/5-steps-to-estimate-software...
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First bitcoin group buy deal opens today at coin forest(coinforest.com)
3 points by jasonhanley 13y ago|0 comments
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by jasonhanley 13y ago
My favs: 1) Don’t Wait to Be Told What to Do 2) Take Responsibility for Your Mistakes 3) Speak Up, Not Out
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Is Bitcoin Crashing As Of Early July 2013?(forbes.com)
7 points by jasonhanley 13y ago|0 comments
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by jasonhanley 13y ago
PHP is a solid workhorse. Quick to prototype, and once a PHP app is up and running, it just works. Wikipedia, Facebook, MailChimp, WordPress, tons more -- they all load fast and are hardly ever down. You can argue all day about the fine det
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by jasonhanley 13y ago
Looks like I'm not the only one who has had this problem: http://blog.mailchimp.com/ewww-you-use-php/
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by jasonhanley 13y ago
Well that's insightful. At least I realize the problem I have is perhaps not the problem that I thought I had. It may just be a strong bias against PHP. But even if we did choose to rewrite at some point, how do you choose? Java is "enterpr
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by jasonhanley 13y ago
Oh, and yes, there's lots of new features being implemented constantly, so not just maintenance work.
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by jasonhanley 13y ago
:) Been there, tried that. Did not go well.
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by jasonhanley 13y ago
It's a system that manages clinical trial research data, built with PHP. Yes and yes.
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by jasonhanley 13y ago
PHP. Unfortunately it's earned itself a terrible reputation due to its popularity with beginners. You can start throwing tomatoes now :)
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by jasonhanley 13y ago
You make a fair point. I have been programming for a long time now (~26 years) and I do tend to roll my eyes every time some fancy "new" language/framework/library comes out that's just a re-re-re-implementation of something 20, 30, or 40 y
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by jasonhanley 13y ago
I get that, but unfortunately I've seen very little correlation between performance and pay. In fact, often the most expensive "hired guns" will perform the worth in the long term. What I'm looking for are people who are genuinely intereste
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by jasonhanley 13y ago
It's PHP -- but solid object-oriented PHP with a popular framework (Symfony). Hadn't seen the Joel Test before -- thanks for pointing it out. 1. Do you use source control? Yes (Git) 2. Can you make a build in one step? Yes (one command) 3.
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Ask HN: How do you inspire programmers to work with older tech?
15 points by jasonhanley 13y ago|34 comments
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by jasonhanley 13y ago
Double the time? I'd say quadruple in most cases: http://blog.pmrobot.com/2011/09/5-steps-to-estimate-software...
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by jasonhanley 13y ago
The best physical reaction time is about 160ms [1] A direct neural connection could be more like 5-15ms [2] An order of magnitude difference in response time has huge ramifications for all sorts of applications. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org
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by jasonhanley 13y ago
Yeah, he's definitely not "retired" if he's managing even one rental property. It's not full time work, but it can take up quite a bit of time in spurts -- especially if you do maintenance and repair work yourself.
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by jasonhanley 13y ago
This video is funny because it's true. Git is practically unusable for all but the simplest things without a good set of aliases or wrapper scripts.
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Git is hard(vimeo.com)
7 points by jasonhanley 13y ago|5 comments
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by jasonhanley 13y ago
"Turnover is meaningless if more business decreases your profitability" -- So basic, yet so frequently overlooked. You can't just "make it up on volume."
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by jasonhanley 14y ago
My Gmail address gets all this same sort of stuff, except I use it actively, and have to filter it out constantly. I even wrote a blog post about it and have to send out the following canned response at least once a day: -- Hi there, You've
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by jasonhanley 14y ago
Have you considered offering a LinkedIn signup option? I think most people would be ok using that for something career-oriented.

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