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by kellysutton 8y ago
We use this pattern in our Ruby apps to safely move $1B+/month at Gusto. You don’t need full blown monads to do this, just need to be cognizant to how you separate the what (functional core) from the how (imperative shell). I recommend
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by kellysutton 8y ago
Do we need GraphQL? https://kellysutton.com/2017/01/02/do-we-need-graphql.html (Disclaimer: From my personal blog)
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by kellysutton 9y ago
This sounds like a good application of Gall's Law: A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be patched up to make it
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by kellysutton 9y ago
Now is a good time to mention the great blog post, "So you want to write a package manager," by Sam Boyer: https://medium.com/@sdboyer/so-you-want-to-write-a-package-m...
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by kellysutton 9y ago
My tech-friendly CPA has a nice newsletter that outlines some of the effects of the proposed tax bill: http://mailchi.mp/2b465b061dd6/december-2017-clients?e=c3de0... In short, engineers in CA/NY will see their ta
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Mux Video: Manipulate Videos via URLs(mux.com)
2 points by kellysutton 9y ago|0 comments
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by kellysutton 9y ago
Yep: http://kellysutton.com/2017/07/06/building-a-briefcase-that-...
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by kellysutton 9y ago
Cool. Thanks!
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by kellysutton 9y ago
Hi burke! This definitely looks interesting. Boot times for majestic monoliths is a pain that I've experienced many times. How does the fit in with zeus and/or spring? How similar is this to bootscale? ( https://github.c
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by kellysutton 9y ago
Nifty post. Always think the world could stand to learn more about srcset/sizes. About a year ago, I went all the way down the rabbit hole of programmatically generating `srcset` attributes and wrote about it: http://kellysu
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by kellysutton 10y ago
Hi sushid, What I posted is a sanitized copy of the doc with dummy information. Out of respect for the companies, I won't be posting my copy of it.
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by kellysutton 10y ago
Author here. I actually built exactly this during some downtime, and you can sign up: https://personal.network
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by kellysutton 10y ago
Author here. Nope. I just genuinely enjoyed my experience with Triplebyte and Gusto enough to write about it.
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by kellysutton 10y ago
Author here. I didn't mention those things because they were a baseline during my search. Product-market fit, growth potential, and solving a genuine problem are table stakes for me. The bulleted list was everything to worry about afte
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by kellysutton 10y ago
Looking into it. Thanks!
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by kellysutton 11y ago
Our company uses Captain401. It's great!
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Widest Roman Prime(blog.soff.es)
104 points by kellysutton 11y ago|28 comments
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by kellysutton 11y ago
The Ember FastBoot project has the goal to provide exactly this: lightweight HTML/CSS on the initial load and then hydrate the page/application with JS. http://emberjs.com/blog/2014/12/22/inside
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by kellysutton 11y ago
Two Client Hints are in the works to provide exactly this. Check out Save-Data and Downlink: http://igrigorik.github.io/http-client-hints/
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by kellysutton 11y ago
Not sure. We'll have to run some on our end and get back to you.
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by kellysutton 11y ago
See also: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8440351 (written by another imgix employee)
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by kellysutton 11y ago
(Employee of imgix here.) Most of our feature benefits are derived from being a "full-stack" imaging solution. Because we know a lot more about the request and the client, we're able to perform operations to deliver the best
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by kellysutton 11y ago
Looks neat. For those looking for this functionality in a more mature framework, check out Ember FastBoot: https://github.com/tildeio/ember-cli-fastboot
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by kellysutton 11y ago
imgix (YC S11) | Many Positions | San Francisco, CA | Full-time imgix is real-time image resizing service and CDN. We are hiring a few different types of engineers to help grow and maintain our infrastructure. Our service is loved by our cu
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by kellysutton 11y ago
The face information data is generated when the request is made, and none of the information generated is able to identify a person. It merely generates the coordinates of faces within the image. Article 29 is geared more toward _facial rec
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by kellysutton 11y ago
We use 1-index on different types of parameters in the system as well, so we kept with that to remain consistent. imgix takes finding Waldo very seriously. As a result, we will never offer a parameter to kill the fun.
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by kellysutton 12y ago
Which we then in turn host on GitHub. It's a Strange Loop.
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by kellysutton 13y ago
Happy to answer any questions anyone might have.
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LayerVault API(developers.layervault.com)
3 points by kellysutton 13y ago|1 comments
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by kellysutton 13y ago
Having built the first version of LayerVault in Berlin, it was remarkable to see how many expats were building companies there. It's also much more affordable than your more traditional hubs. I can't recommend Berlin enough, espec

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