jmonegro

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by jmonegro 14y ago
I can relate to this sentiment. I've always described software development as moments of great frustration followed by great satisfaction. I just love the feeling that comes after you've squashed a nasty bug.
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by jmonegro 14y ago
If I read correctly, Apple will not allow the donation UI to be shown modally through an UIWebView, but instead requires that the donation be made through the Safari app.
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by jmonegro 14y ago
In this case, where donations would happen with one tap, I think it is sensible for Apple to require breaking the UX so as to avoid unintended donations by the users, or malicious implementation by the developers.
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by jmonegro 14y ago
It's fine if you didn't study CS in school, so don't be bummed about it. If you're really passionate you can get really far on your own, so don't fret over the "dumb" decision, it'll do more harm than good. Now, first things you have to lea
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by jmonegro 14y ago
I work so much with APIs I began to gather a list of top APIs by experience and usability. Stripe is right up there at the top of the list, everything about it is just plain beautiful.
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by jmonegro 14y ago
True, but a lot of people bought the PDF for its benefits over the online version (portability, offline, permanency). I already read it but downloaded it to my dropbox anyways for those reasons.
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by jmonegro 14y ago
Please do!
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by jmonegro 14y ago
I've always liked Heroku's status page. I got to work on a service for apps that provided this type of functionality, but quickly found out that someone here on HN had already tried to have a go at it (it's now down http://news.ycombinator
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by jmonegro 14y ago
I quite like it. I'll get to porting it to Ruby.
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by jmonegro 14y ago
Pinterest's potential market is much, much bigger than Github's will ever be.
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by jmonegro 14y ago
Making something - anything that will showcase your skills - is the best way to make yourself more hireable. I've only applied for a job once or twice, whereas the rest of the interviews and offers I've gotten have been because someone stum
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by jmonegro 14y ago
Read this: http://www.lifeoptimizer.org/2008/08/18/how-to-win-friends-a... And subscribe to the Ruby5 podcast to stay up to date on the latest news in Rubyland.
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by jmonegro 14y ago
I thought it was a missing semi-colon.
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by jmonegro 14y ago
I agree. This cat and mouse game between lawmakers and the people is quite exhausting. If it isn't SOPA, it's PIPA, CISPA, ACTA... and they'll just keep coming until one of them makes it into law. I think we should be focusing our power int
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by jmonegro 14y ago
This might be right up her alley: http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/how-to-build-a-niche-site/ It's not HN-ey, but I can see it working for her. Best of luck!
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by jmonegro 14y ago
I agree. With XCode's powerful autocomplete, I don't have to remember all the methods. In fact, you can guess the names a lot of the times due to their verbose and descriptive naming conventions, and XCode will help you along the way. I'm a
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by jmonegro 14y ago
I'd argue you could boil ruby down from 'puts "hello world"' to just "hello world".
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by jmonegro 14y ago
> 6. If you get a massive quantity of some valuable material it'll change the economics. That $20 trillion won't be $20 trillion with the added supply. For comparison, back in 2010 or so it was estimated that all the money in the worl
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by jmonegro 15y ago
So if they're right, they're right, and if they're wrong they're right because they could've been right?
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by jmonegro 15y ago
I think it's best to focus on writing less code per day. (edit: I mean that in the sense of making your code more efficient)
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by jmonegro 15y ago
It doesn't happen directly, it's more like with Facebook and its targeted advertising, where it allows advertisers to target you and others like you very specifically.
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by jmonegro 15y ago
Wow, user stories/bios are pretty darn powerful. Convinced me of the usefulness of a device I'd initially discarded.
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by jmonegro 15y ago
Idea #3: http://theymakeapps.com http://scoutzie.com
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Easy drag-and-drop jQuery Mobile app building and sharing.(codiqa.com)
6 points by jmonegro 15y ago|0 comments
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by jmonegro 15y ago
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=363
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Ask HN: Can you debunk this? Possible evidence of voter fraud. (reddit.com)
8 points by jmonegro 15y ago|2 comments
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by jmonegro 15y ago
Same here. I've had problems with PayPal twice, and both times their support has been very courteous, quick, and helpful.
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by jmonegro 15y ago
I've found that starting the day with work right away boosts my productivity for the rest of the day as opposed to days when, for example, I check out my twitter feed or otherwise procrastinating. Try this out: check your browser history an
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by jmonegro 15y ago
Here's how I learned iOS dev (still not wildly experienced, but I'm familiar with the beast). If you're a Rubyist, pick up PeepCode's Objetive-C for Rubyists. You're going to watch that multiple times. Then, go and get yourself a subscripti
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by jmonegro 15y ago
That's a good idea for languages that use that convention (I'd use it with objective-c if xcode didn't make using long variables so easy), but I mostly work with ruby.

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