krober

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by krober 12y ago
He's not saying open source is categorically awful, but that there are awful things about it. Pointing out these deficiencies is a way to foster communication to fix shortcomings that may exist in the community. You're right, FOSS
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by krober 14y ago
I would think the code base suffers as well. I'd tend to avoid code reviews, or at least not actively seek them out, if public humiliation was par for the course.
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by krober 14y ago
"While the primary function of the black box devices would be to record and transmit data that could be used to assist a driver and passengers in the event of an accident..." I'm not even convinced the primary use case is helpful. Most peop
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by krober 15y ago
Do you have an example of RESTful SOAP? I think SOAP's lack of situational HTTP method adoption (i.e. it uses GET or POST for everything, vs DELETE/PUT/etc. when appropriate), and the fact that it wraps another envelope around an already av
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by krober 15y ago
Yeah I considered PUB/SUB as another alternative, and it makes sense to use it for realtime applications, but I'm not sure what else (due to my ignorance, not necessarily PUB/SUB limitations). As for RPC, isn't SOAP the successor to that?
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by krober 15y ago
I agree with the "it's just a tool" sentiment in general, but what other great alternatives are there? I haven't had a favorable experience with SOAP, so I can understand why people think REST The Best Thing Evar. This is based on my own ex
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by krober 15y ago
Great point, even then I'm taking people at their word. There's no shortage of hyperbole when people talk about "some guy I know".
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by krober 15y ago
This is what I tell myself, but I continually hear stories (friends of friends, of course) of people hitting it big and wonder if I just don't get it.
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by krober 15y ago
Cool idea! Is it mainly a science/tech directory, or do you plan on incorporating other online learning resources (like language learning sites/books/etc.)? It looks like mainly Khan Academy results show up for me. Also, you have "Communica
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by krober 15y ago
A manager from Namecheap said that there's a deal when you transfer 50+ domains. You might be able to work something out with them for 20+, but the manager didn't respond to a request for a 43 domain transfer, so it seems unlikely. http://