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by karterk 15y ago
Yes, people just drop into the IRC channel and ask questions. The worst thing that can possibly happen is you hear no answer (mostly because no one might be around). The node mailing list is a good place for asking questions too. Often, the
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by karterk 15y ago
Have you tried hanging out in the node.js IRC channel? Help is just a step away! The node mailing lists are also pretty helpful. You can also feel free to email me (email in profile) - I have been working on node for more than a year now on
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by karterk 15y ago
It really depends. If you see programming itself as something that gives you joy - then planning something out of course will remove some of the exploratory joy out of it. However, there are also times when you have a larger goal in mind -
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Node.js is increasingly being used for a lot of network level stuff. See this talk by James Haliday: http://www.nodejs-news.com/NodeConf/browserling-on-Building-...
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by karterk 15y ago
Just getting modules to work in node seemed less intuitive than C includes. Despite all the hype it felt like a step backwards, and a tool to be used only when its strengths (events/streaming) really demanded it. Node modules are actually
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by karterk 15y ago
The part about knowledge applies for programming too. I have noticed myself being far more productive when I have sketched out the general approach I am going to take with a problem on a paper first before actually writing any code. Once yo
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what is less known is that when deployed at cloud, Hadoop cannot access that enormous dataset locally due to security restrictions and therefore is screamingly inefficient compared to on-premise Hadoop deployment. [1] Can someone explain w
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The way I see it, it does not matter if 100 businesses are improving the lives of 1 million people at a time, or 1 business is improving the lives of 100 million people at one go. Every problem that people pay are willing to pay for to help
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by karterk 15y ago
Thought, someone else brought up a point that the person visiting the landing page might not be willing to use his/her credit card when trying to sign-up on a company's behalf. So, does it also boil down to the kind of market you are sellin
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To me, HN is as much as about the community here as it is with the kind of news I get. Sometimes, I get more value from the discussions on HN than a few articles on the front-page put together. We have some amazing people here. THAT - is ve
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On the day after the CC charge - do you have people terminating the account? Somehow, I feel this might lead to people forgetting their 30-day trial and will terminate when they realize they have been charged. Ofc, it's their problem if tha
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by karterk 15y ago
Strongly, strongly consider capturing CCs at signup. Yes, this takes a bit more work. Yes, this will decrease your conversion rate. However, you're going to get more people successfully charged than you do currently. Does anyone else have
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What about using two characters for assignment? a := 1 vs a = 1
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Tried launching something like that with another HN user here, but it never really took off: http://letmebeta.com
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A Lean Story for Eric Ries at SXSW: MedChart(droidmaker.blogspot.in)
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When users out-think you(kishorelive.com)
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Speaking Up to a Stranger(crucialskills.com)
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How do you then know that everything works fine when you do large scale refactoring? Test everything manually? (genuine question, not trying to be snarky).
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Google patent search (search over 8 million patents)(google.com)
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Fibers and Threads in node.js(bjouhier.wordpress.com)
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The safest option is to try and start something on the side, get enough traction to be able to pull together a seed round, and then have that new company sponsor your h1b. However, from what I heard - if you're on H1B you can only work fo
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Classifier Showdown(blog.peltarion.com)
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The Return of "Best Viewed in..."(blog.adrianroselli.com)
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Eye-Opening Highlights From a Creationist Science Textbook(11points.com)
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I don't believe there is a magic formula. You should definitely find out whether there is a market for an idea before building it. But, I am not sure if a LaunchRock page is going to help with that. I suggest directly speaking to your targe
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WTF QR Codes - Celebrating the ridiculousness that is QR codes(wtfqrcodes.com)
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Wall St. Bonus Drop Means Trading Aspen for Discount Cereal(bloomberg.com)
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Sharing my personal experience in reaching out to random people: A few months back, after reading lots of posts on HN here of people sharing their experience in "cold emailing" people, I reached out to quite a few people on the web - people
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Standing invitation: if you want to talk software, I want to talk to you(kalzumeus.com)
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HTML5 Context Menus(davidwalsh.name)
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