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   by marpstar 11y ago

   Pre-commit code reviews are usually ad hoc for us. Simpler changes may undergo no review while larger refactors are almost always reviewed with multiple people. At the very least, about 2/3 of the way through the coding process, we aga
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   by marpstar 11y ago

   We're using Flexbox in production for our next release. We only need to support IE10+, but with autoprefixer it's dead simple.
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   by marpstar 11y ago

   I actually bought Mandrake on CD at Staples back circa 2001 and so began my first frustrations with Linux and device driver availability. Finding a dial-up modem that had an all-hardware chipset was easier said than done back then.
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   by marpstar 11y ago

   If you're into .NET and Microsoft tech, I really enjoy Alvin Ashcraft's Morning Dew [1], which is updated just about every morning with a curated list of blog articles on .NET topics. [1]: http://www.alvinashcraft.com&#
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   by marpstar 11y ago

   I should've clarified that we aren't exactly HURTING for developers, but when positions are open they stay open for awhile. We're generally looking for people already up to speed on our stack (which isn't to say this is
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   by marpstar 11y ago

   Dubuquer here. This was totally the City of Dubuque's attempt to grow (establish?) a tech scene. Dubuque doesn't have enough computer science graduates to support it. I'm at the biggest "software" company in the ci
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   by marpstar 11y ago

   One of my coworkers is from Nepal and while his family wasn't injured or killed, he said it's a very bad situation. Our company offered to match any contributions made by employees, so ask your employer if they'll do the sam
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   by marpstar 11y ago

   Very interesting. I've recently been thinking about utilizing GoDaddy's negotiation services for a .com that I really want but was unsure, based on my previous experience with GoDaddy, whether they would actually be able to come t
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   by marpstar 11y ago

   I always pronounced it 'S-Q-L' until I got a job where everyone says "sequel". Now I just say "sequel" to fit in, and because it's fewer syllables. Even if a text said "an SQL query", I would r
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    by marpstar 11y ago

    I'm in the situation of being both a FTE at a medium sized company, and generate a fair amount (on track for $60k this year) as a freelance dev. I've been getting busier and busier on the side, to the point where I'm wonderi
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    by marpstar 12y ago

    http://fsharpforfunandprofit.com/posts/classes/ starts off with a C# vs. F# class declaration example. Particularly when you want to create a class with 3 member properties and a constructor accepting those 3 prop
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    by marpstar 12y ago

    With the latest versions of Visual Studio (>= 2012), I agree with you, but 2010 and prior still didn't have a lot of the Go To Symbol fuzzy search features that VS now has out of box. Regarding the LINQ refactors you mentioned, I&#x
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    by marpstar 12y ago

    I've been writing most of my utility code in F# for the past few months, is there anything that you guys DON'T like about it? I'm really enjoying how terse it is in comparison to C# and haven't really run into anything t
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    by marpstar 12y ago

    sure, maybe today. but this lays the groundwork for Swift to eventually come to Windows as well. seems naive to think that this wouldn't be their end goal.
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    by marpstar 12y ago

    There are definitely problems with Chrome on OS X, and it's not just performance. Lots of rendering problems when trying to set background-position: fixed; for large (i.e. "full screen") images where the background images eit
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    by marpstar 12y ago

    If you can get FM radio on your phone, you'll buy fewer iTunes.
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    by marpstar 12y ago

    I'm in the Midwest USA, I work a 9-5 day job (W2) and brought in $45k in side income freelancing (1099) last year, with a few grand in expenses. I own a house (home office deduction, mortgage interest, etc) and have two kids (deduction
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    by marpstar 12y ago

    Is there any support for type providers or code completion for F# in LinqPad? I was (mistakenly) under the impression that F# wasn't supported, so spent most of my time inside of VS and Xamarin Studio for the goodness of type provider
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    by marpstar 12y ago

    I've been wondering this, too. I've been using MVC since version 2 and am very comfortable with it and Web API, but a startup I've been doing side-work for is using Nancy. Nancy does seem lighter weight, and includes TinyIoC
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    by marpstar 12y ago

    I thought for sure I was the only person who hops between 5 books at a time. I'm reading: * Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software (Eric Evans) * F# Deep Dives (Tomas Petricek and Phillip Trelford) * Postgre
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    by marpstar 12y ago

    I'm one of them. Figured that Apple was the only company who could pull off a smartwatch I'd actually use, but then saw the Pebble Time and its $169 Kickstarter price-point. The battery and the waterproofing were enough to get me
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    by marpstar 12y ago

    I second not doing fixed bid projects. I've been building custom WordPress sites for a local firm who provides me with a design and I charge hourly ($65-$80/hr) to bring those designs to life. This includes building a custom them
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    by marpstar 12y ago

    #2 is a big one for me. As a father of two kids under 4, I can't tell you how disappointing it is to take the time to load them into the car take them to the grocery store, only to realize that I've forgotten my wallet while I&#x2
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    by marpstar 12y ago

    I've just really started using F#, but the first time I used the Type Providers in FSharp.Data, I was blown away. That and F# interactive make prototyping a REST API client something I can do in minutes.
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    by marpstar 12y ago

    I noticed this back in January when working with a Jekyll theme I got from GitHub and was looking into how to set it up. I was also surprised, as you'd think that this is something that Google would want to allow. I actually kind of l
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    by marpstar 12y ago

    This is why I'm most excited about this too. It's too easy for kids to transition from cartoons to teenagers throwing stuff into ceiling fans. Interested to see just how far they take the curation.
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    by marpstar 12y ago

    This comes up every time a Radio Shack article is posted, and the consensus has been that even Radio Shack isn't a reliable supplier of electronic components anymore.
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    by marpstar 12y ago

    I had the same thoughts that you're having. My specialty is client-side JavaScript, but my backend experience is almost exclusively ASP.NET. Having switched to a Mac in 2012, I found myself spending more time in OS X and Sublime Text,
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    by marpstar 12y ago

    we've built essentially what you're talking (though we hand-rolled our router) about where I work. As the applications grow larger, you really have to be more diligent with your memory management in Knockout, which is the only thi
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    by marpstar 12y ago

    Exactly what I thought. I know that virtual assistance is hot right now, but this seems like a bit much.