jonsmock

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by jonsmock 16y ago
Relinked, because the name of the repo seems to have changed: https://github.com/krainboltgreene/learn-you-the-ruby-for-aw...
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by jonsmock 16y ago
I was about to suggest the same thing, except it basically turns you into a computer. If the app (/api) is small enough, this could work really well. But even for something as "small" as Basecamp, the "protocol" could get decently complic
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by jonsmock 16y ago
The only pushback is that you are risking your savings on this, so it's still a big decision (maybe not gamble exactly, depending on how you look at it). There's always opportunity cost at risk. However, I know I personally work best whe
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by jonsmock 16y ago
I was sad that it raised so much money, when Rails 3 only raised a little over $37K for Charity Water just two months later. Just felt weird to me, since this was a purely speculative project, while Rails 3 is real and delivered, and Chari
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by jonsmock 16y ago
I would laugh, but I know I've written similar clunky code while thinking about the more complicated problem at hand (especially if in a rush). Also, this is a neat example to show how novices/beginners learn how to program. They don't thi
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by jonsmock 16y ago
I know you're being facetious here, but I do think most of those commits are internal changes and not API changes. Things like removing unnecessary instantiations of variables, adding/removing deprecations, docs, and cleaning up tests.
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by jonsmock 16y ago
It certainly made me reevaluate my thinking on the two languages and problem domains. The only small bit I'd disagree with is that Ruby is only used for websites, but I'll hardly create a fuss over that. If people are looking to poke at yo
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by jonsmock 16y ago
StackOverflow comes to mind.
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by jonsmock 16y ago
I think a lot of this will improve with Rails 3's new query syntax. It looks a lot like LINQ for .NET. Yeah, a lot of times you're using the same keywords you might use in SQL, but the new chainable extensions are really nice for building
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by jonsmock 16y ago
Wow, I really needed to hear this right now. Thanks.
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by jonsmock 16y ago
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/686634/soap-whats-the-poi... [Disclaimer: I answered here http://stackoverflow.com/questions/686634/soap-whats-the-poi... ]