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by krobertson 15y ago
You could argue though that first impressions matter, so the first example they have set up shouldn't be one that people find so distasteful. Out of 12 comments on here, 2 are already about disliking the initial "big text box" example. They
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by krobertson 15y ago
I had to actually double check if the author was from the US or not, since in some places it was just so incomprehensible. I agree the applications were glossed over or skipped, but that is probably the most interesting aspect of the equati
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by krobertson 15y ago
Every full time position I've had has been exempt... I've never gotten overtime.
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by krobertson 15y ago
1) Searched for "San Francisco, CA" and it was returning people from India.... ? 2) Its 2011, githire.com should work the same as www.githire.com. This is my biggest pet peeve with any site. 3) The "add info" button on a user page goes to
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by krobertson 15y ago
It is true about WP7, however it doesn't refute my argument. I have only limited use of the iOS and Android dev tools, however overall found the iOS ones simpler to setup (ie, they're already there) and Android document somewhat weak for st
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by krobertson 15y ago
I agree wholeheartedly. You develop iOS apps with Xcode. To support Windows, they need to then develop a whole Windows IDE, support it, etc. There isn't a significant reason to, there is no business sense in it. Microsoft doesn't have an
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by krobertson 15y ago
Agreed. Was reading through their "measures" and pretty much everything is standard process/equipment for your typical medium to high end data center. Man traps, batteries, generators, water cooling, avoid corrosion (uhh duh). The only th
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by krobertson 15y ago
There are other aspects of a contract that can be beneficial: SLA, including compensation for outages and outs if they have too many. Sure, without a contract you can leave anytime, but a contract isn't necessarily a permanent trap. They
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by krobertson 15y ago
Nearly shit myself when I saw the price tag on some of those! Looks nice, but damn. A $250 thermostat is fairly reasonable, but a $5k toilet is way outside the WAF (Wife Approval Factor).
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by krobertson 15y ago
I agree. I find most of my own mistakes are from a sense of urgency, and find I work better when I put intentional effort into laying things out ahead of time. The psychological factors would be interesting to know, I agree. Would say mor
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by krobertson 15y ago
May depend on which role or which products. I had a friend who did tech support at Apple for 10+ years and loved it, and another friend who works as a web dev and loves it as well. I don't think either of my friends were in roles that had
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by krobertson 15y ago
1) Having gone iPhone -> Android -> iPhone, I've always found the overall fluidity better on the iPhone. This isn't anything new in iOS 5. I believe it comes from the solid hardware and OS marriage. Android has too much variation
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by krobertson 15y ago
Sure it cuts both ways. I was just reacting to the picture of a CNC behind him. If that is his design studio, it is awesome he has real equipment for making the stuff he designs rather than some art deco chairs from some snooty designer.
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by krobertson 15y ago
If he is a designer who understands the manufacturing process, then that is awesome in my book. My father owns/runs a CNC manufacturing business. Sometimes the designers/drafters (more the case they have a background in CAD) don't understan
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by krobertson 15y ago
It also assumes those fellow programmers are also good programmers. Can a mediocre programmer tell the difference between mediocre code and good code? To the original point, the happiness of the client and other developers is a good indicat
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by krobertson 15y ago
Hilarious, but some of the alternative careers I don't agree with. Particularly the first example of order of execution. If you can't grasp that and decide to be an architect, I wouldn't want to drive on your bridge, work in your building,
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by krobertson 15y ago
I'd be curious to hear more on your Continuous Delivery/Deployment process. We do that as well and sometimes parts of it feel like there is room for improvement. A lot of it comes with coordinating roll outs that include system as well as
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by krobertson 15y ago
Do you also have a problem with marketing that says "we're revolutionizing the XYZ industry" by arguing over the use of the word "revolutionizing"? While technically they haven't "taught" anything, I think you're also blowing it out of prop
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by krobertson 15y ago
I am curious if the expectations had taken into account the slipped release. There is probably no doubt the slipped release hurt them, but typically, the new iPhone comes out June/July and probably fuels a large portion of their Q4. With
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by krobertson 15y ago
So many comments seem to gloss over the fact that kids are very different and what works for you is cool and all, but not necessarily going to work for others. Going with no TV is noble, good for you. But going from heavy use to no use is
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by krobertson 15y ago
Wow. I'd hate to be him. :)
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by krobertson 15y ago
I think a point also missed in the article is the startup notion of burning the midnight oil and pushing stuff live. "Release early, release often" is great, but that same call to action can be what motivates people to push code live at 3am
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by krobertson 15y ago
I agree. I was going to try it out, but wasn't interested in linking my Twitter account without knowing how it did what it says it does. Needs more explanation on what the service does, perhaps a tour. Let me see how it works then if I w
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by krobertson 15y ago
I don't know if I agree with the reasoning of the "4" being like the "4S" as the reason for buying. I'd look at it instead as on the surface, looking at someone using an iPhone, you wouldn't be able to tell if it was a 4 or a 4S. The 4S wi
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by krobertson 15y ago
Sure, its DVCS, but if they go away, where will you host it now? You are choosing to use Bitbucket for specific reasons. If they shut down because Atlassian is burning money and wants to trim the bottom line, then you now need to find some
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by krobertson 15y ago
Yes, I am an Apple customer, though really don't think that has anything to do with it. My opinion stems from running my own SaaS applications, seen the business downsides of all the free stuff, and now don't focus very much on the free asp
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by krobertson 15y ago
I doubt it. There is no need for them to, they aren't hurting or struggling. Running businesses with "lets offer more for free" and "ohh crap, they offer more for free, lets lower our price" is a race to the bottom. It is actually moves lik
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by krobertson 15y ago
I agree... the post just has a sensationalized title. He was just missing his company's pitch at the end.
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by krobertson 15y ago
Someone should get Aaron Sorkin on that
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by krobertson 15y ago
It is kind of entertaining watching Groupon slowly implode...

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