livingpunchbag

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by livingpunchbag 6y ago
Don't have kids. Study algorithms for interviews for Big Corps. Know where you're spending money on. What % goes to food, what % goes to hobbies, etc. Have low-cost hobbies.
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by livingpunchbag 6y ago
I'm much more experienced with Ruby and Python than PHP. I did something simple in PHP in the past simply because I didn't even know I could do something else. But maybe PHP is indeed the right choice. Right now I am kinda conside
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by livingpunchbag 6y ago
Never heard of Firebase before. But I want to stay away from Google as much as possible. It needs to be something on my own hosting (Dreamhost).
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by livingpunchbag 6y ago
I wanna stay away from Google as much as I can. Also, as I mentioned earlier I will probably add some kind of automation to access the page from Linux command line, and Google won't help here. I am considering maybe learning Rails. I j
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Which tool should I use to build a simple dynamic website in 2020?
14 points by livingpunchbag 6y ago|15 comments
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by livingpunchbag 8y ago
alias s='cd ..'
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by livingpunchbag 8y ago
Coworking space was impossible for me. I work with lots of confidential stuff, nobody can hear my phone calls nor see my screen, etc. I considered renting a super tiny apartment 1 block away from home. I moved to the office when he was almo
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by livingpunchbag 8y ago
Solid advice. I'm the guy for the other huge comment. I absolutely considered renting an office at 5min walk from home. I almost did that (but in the end I moved and am working in the office). OP should consider that too.
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by livingpunchbag 8y ago
First months are fine (given, of course, someone can take care of the baby while you work!). Once the baby starts understanding more about the world, he will not be able to understand why daddy is locked in that room. He knows you're t
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by livingpunchbag 8y ago
I can confirm your first sentence with my own case. As the team grew, more non-remote people were hired, management changed to not-so-remote-friendly bosses and with them process that were remote-first started becoming local-first with (cra
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by livingpunchbag 8y ago
OP here. What would be the advantages of moving to fastmail.com instead of staying with my Dreamhost-hosted email? What do they do better than those hosting providers that also provide email? Since I already pay Dreamhost for hosting, what
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Ask HN: Low-maintenance alternatives to Gmail?
151 points by livingpunchbag 8y ago|149 comments