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by jrallison 16y ago
My first step when determining whether or not I want to talk to a candidate, is finding any code they've made available online. I'm much more willing to talk to someone who has published bad code online, than someone who hasn't published a
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by jrallison 16y ago
You're right that a competition isn't the most efficient solution from a total effort / end result perspective. However, that's not what competitions are designed to provide. This isn't a corporate productivity debate. Competitions generat
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by jrallison 16y ago
I don't think I am. I never said Aaron and the potential designers are in the same position. I was merely responding to sudont's notion that a person's time must always be compensated by an up-front, cash contract. In reality, people spe
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by jrallison 16y ago
I'm pretty sure building http://rubycommitters.org/ takes time as well and I don't believe anyone is paying Aaron to build it. In fact, it sounds like it's costing him his hard earned "love bucks". Get over your hostility and either do s
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by jrallison 16y ago
This isn't a startup. It's a fun side project no one is expecting to make any money from. I understand the no-spec mentality, but it seems odd to apply it to open source or a fun, no-profit side project. If a designer is interested in Ruby
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by jrallison 16y ago
Free labor for them? If interview test code is in anyway a part of their codebase, you should be running the other way. Programming tests are simply to make sure you can actually code. You'd be surprised how many people interviewing for e
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by jrallison 16y ago
If you want to delight your potential customers, ask for it after the free trial. It's a way to garner instant respect and trust. They're most likely used to being asked for their credit card up front and having bad experiences (or scared
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by jrallison 16y ago
support@challenge.gov, thanks!
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by jrallison 16y ago
Sorry about that. We'll get this fixed.
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by jrallison 16y ago
We'll fix this, thanks!
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by jrallison 16y ago
Our startup is ChallengePost.com. Challenge.gov is the second site to use our platform.
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Rate our startup: Challenge.gov(challenge.gov)
54 points by jrallison 16y ago|54 comments
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by jrallison 16y ago
I wouldn't assume they don't care. The majority of people still using IE6 do so because it's the only browser their IT department will allow on their workstations ( http://about.digg.com/blog/much-ado-about-ie6 ). That said, because of the
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by jrallison 16y ago
Shorter TTL's just increase traffic between caching nameservers and authoritative nameservers ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_to_live#DNS_records ). Because of this, some DNS providers set a limit on how low your TTL can go. Others cha
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Samsung giving $500,000 to develop TV apps(freethetvchallenge.com)
6 points by jrallison 16y ago|0 comments
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by jrallison 16y ago
Saying the initial programming language has anything to do with creating an "iPhone-like" UI is laughable.
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by jrallison 17y ago
the ruby-debug gem has always worked for me.