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by juddlyon 6y ago
It’s in the article and the author chooses it as the best of the lesser know Orwell novels.
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by juddlyon 6y ago
Here's some ideas. Ask the existing client for referrals if you can. Set up a landing page at Carrd or Github Pages or wherever with your experience/skills if you don't already have a website. Make sure your LinkedIn is up to
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by juddlyon 6y ago
Glad you resurrected the podcast! Came here to post a few people to check out if you're interested in productizing (or positioning as a consultant): - Brian Casel - Philip Morgan - Jonathan Stark - Kai Davis
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by juddlyon 7y ago
The free SSL certificates via ACM are only available in the US East (Northern Virginia) Region. That has tripped me up before.
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by juddlyon 7y ago
Essentialism - Greg McKeown Deep Work - Cal Newport Value-Based Fees - Alan Weiss Technology Strategy Patterns - Eben Hewitt The Road Less Stupid - Keith J Cunningham The Business of Expertise - David C Baker Atomic Habits - James Clear
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by juddlyon 7y ago
Consulting rates have nothing to do with annual salaries unless you're strictly doing commoditized staff augmentation type of work. From what I've experienced, the difference in rates is more dependent on soft skills and positioni
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by juddlyon 7y ago
Absolutely nothing within a thousand miles of FB can be expected to be private.
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by juddlyon 7y ago
Here's a couple for web dev: * how DNS works and how to configure common record types * regular expressions - specifically for URL rewriting * setting up good logging and monitoring * asking for help earlier
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by juddlyon 8y ago
This is a messed up story, but the idea that the NBA is rigged is patently ridiculous. The refs are humans and are biased to crowd noise, and you can bet it harder to stand up to LeBron James screaming at you than Quinn Cook. What evidence
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by juddlyon 8y ago
I highly recommend Jonathan Stark's Ditching Hourly podcast: https://www.ditchinghourly.com/
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by juddlyon 8y ago
Thanks, I’ll definitely check out Gogol and Chekhov.
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by juddlyon 8y ago
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy (I don't know which translation I read). Imagine the plot of three or four excellent movies woven together. It struck me how little human nature changes over time and across cultures. It also features some
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by juddlyon 8y ago
We should get a list going of companies doing it right. I recall quitting Basecamp in like 3 clicks and and thank you page.
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by juddlyon 8y ago
This post is pretty representative of the AHREFs blog, they are consistently good. Their product is worth the money if you work in digital marketing.
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by juddlyon 8y ago
"Anyone can learn CSS from zero to expert in a week" I've never seen anybody pick it up that fast. Even the best students coming out of multi-month frontend bootcamps aren't at an expert level.
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by juddlyon 8y ago
The best business model I've seen to service small businesses is to become a channel partners with Squarespace/Shopify/Wix/whoever, charge a fixed rate, and then optimize the hell out of your process to increase your mar
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by juddlyon 8y ago
There are some excellent answers here. An additional (if not unpleasant) one is that there are a lot trendy devs who like to treat new technology like fashion. If you're not up on the latest, you're not one of the cool kids. It&#x
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by juddlyon 8y ago
Try explaining when to use Flexbox vs CSS Grid vs Floats to someone who isn't a hardcore front-end coder. Then it's time for PostCSS, because now we use JS to write CSS.
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by juddlyon 8y ago
I appreciate the way you relayed this. My intention wasn't to troll or beat a dead horse. I think a lot of us are spending too much time troubleshooting dependency nightmares versus actually solving problems for our clients/employ
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by juddlyon 8y ago
So current front-end is bad, but old .NET was worse?
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by juddlyon 8y ago
Ha! Good points. Glad to see Typescript on this list, it's JS for adults.
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by juddlyon 8y ago
This is a solid list, but front end dev has gotten a bit absurd. I feel like I need to install 86,000 dependencies via NPM to do something that server-side frameworks already figured out. I was following a simple Vue/Vuex tutorial the
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by juddlyon 8y ago
Seriously grateful for the app, I’ve used it (and maybe taken it for granted) for years. Does what it says on the tin.
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by juddlyon 8y ago
The use of the word "apocalypse" seems hyperbolic. How are these changes any different than previous technological advances?
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by juddlyon 8y ago
Modern PHP is light years ahead of the procedural spaghetti-fest of yesteryear. Craft CMS is fantastic, built atop Yii 2: https://craftcms.com/ https://www.yiiframework.com/
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by juddlyon 8y ago
Seems odd that these contrarians would have been on Medium in the first place.
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by juddlyon 8y ago
Python is fantastic if it requires functions or anything over several lines. I'm not a Python dev but I can very quickly find standard library examples or well-documented packages. Perl/Ruby are too clever for me.
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by juddlyon 8y ago
"Won't You Be My Neighbor" is an outstanding documentary with a beautiful message. Especially in turbulent political times.
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by juddlyon 8y ago
Pro tip: copied text from Notion is pasted as Markdown in your text editor.
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by juddlyon 8y ago
They have paid plans: https://www.notion.so/pricing

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