martinvanaken

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European Startup first time to California(blog.8thcolor.com)
3 points by martinvanaken 14y ago|0 comments
32.
Writing code is writing(blog.8thcolor.com)
3 points by martinvanaken 14y ago|0 comments
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My test suite takes 9 months to run(blog.8thcolor.com)
3 points by martinvanaken 14y ago|0 comments
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by martinvanaken 14y ago
You see : we clearly have enough stuff to fill a museum.
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by martinvanaken 14y ago
It is not especially the fear of losing knowledge, more about opening our industry and what it does.
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by martinvanaken 14y ago
May be it can push us so have a little less horror to show ?
37.
Why we need a software museum(blog.8thcolor.com)
26 points by martinvanaken 14y ago|13 comments
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Popular is the new good - and that's ok(blog.8thcolor.com)
3 points by martinvanaken 14y ago|0 comments
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Dublin Web Summit : When the building comes to you(blog.8thcolor.com)
1 points by martinvanaken 14y ago|0 comments
40.
Startups are slum economies(blog.8thcolor.com)
3 points by martinvanaken 14y ago|0 comments
41.
What makes a developer team culture?(blog.8thcolor.com)
2 points by martinvanaken 14y ago|0 comments
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The great Java to Ruby Map, well, Hash(blog.8thcolor.com)
2 points by martinvanaken 14y ago|0 comments
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by martinvanaken 14y ago
I'm not sure I like the analogy (as a gold miner disappearing into the mountains), but it certainly made me laugh. I remember someone saying that one of the biggest winners of the incubators processes were sometime the incubators themselves
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So much help, so few startups(blog.8thcolor.com)
7 points by martinvanaken 14y ago|2 comments
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Creating a startup is an exercise in boldness(blog.8thcolor.com)
2 points by martinvanaken 14y ago|0 comments
46.
Modularization in Rails: A Case Study(blog.8thcolor.com)
3 points by martinvanaken 14y ago|0 comments
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Why Refinements matter(blog.8thcolor.com)
2 points by martinvanaken 14y ago|0 comments
48.
I'm not listening to "e-music"(blog.8thcolor.com)
2 points by martinvanaken 14y ago|0 comments
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Why picking a language is not just about picking a language(blog.8thcolor.com)
2 points by martinvanaken 14y ago|0 comments
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by martinvanaken 14y ago
Thanks for all comments an replies, I did post a quick wrap up on what it means to pick a language : http://blog.8thcolor.com/2012/07/you-are-not-just-picking-a-...
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by martinvanaken 14y ago
I'm following very closely what is happening in the "dynamic languages on the JVM space", and I agree there is really ambitious work and progress there (Mirah & JRuby from Charles Nutter & others, Kotlin, Groovy, etc). I like the fa
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by martinvanaken 14y ago
You are right, the reason for the examples are that I wanted to start from a practical situation I experienced, in place of making another discussion about the pro's and con's of dynamicly vs staticly typed languages (I found both to have t
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by martinvanaken 14y ago
Thanks for the informed answer. I agree on most of your points, and my experience goes in the same direction as yours : most of the problems I thought would happen due to the dynamic nature of the language did not really happen. I'll certai
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From Java to Ruby : What I love, what I miss(blog.8thcolor.com)
26 points by martinvanaken 14y ago|13 comments
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Startup Event Guide 101(blog.8thcolor.com)
1 points by martinvanaken 14y ago|0 comments
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by martinvanaken 14y ago
It is important to know your own preferences, but as you said yourself, then you need to make your choices accordingly : it could be the startup, or aiming for a position in a big company where you have something to say about those choices.
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by martinvanaken 14y ago
Most large companies (and even mid-sized ones) have some kind of "technological environment of choice" that sort of given (three languages is already not so bad). It does not means it cannot change or be lifted for a specific project, just
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A word for those bad applications(blog.8thcolor.com)
1 points by martinvanaken 14y ago|0 comments
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Solving the founder’s dilemma » 8th color(blog.8thcolor.com)
2 points by martinvanaken 14y ago|0 comments
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UX failure in the elevator(blog.8thcolor.com)
1 points by martinvanaken 14y ago|0 comments

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