medwezys

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by medwezys 5mo ago
I guess you’re working on a greenfield project?
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by medwezys 2y ago
Apple has more devices than iPhones, so the OPs numbers are not unbelievable
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by medwezys 2y ago
Xenomorph v.s. Predator was fun!
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by medwezys 3y ago
Had a genuine chuckle
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by medwezys 9y ago
Should be a good test for how the platform scales if it makes it to the home page. Good luck!
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by medwezys 10y ago
Nice, cashing out on the fact your audience is technical :)
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by medwezys 10y ago
Have you investigated linkedin profile import feasibility yet? Their API is really restrictive and they're blocking most of the hosting provider IP ranges. Ridiculous that they restrict access to user profiles even if with the explicit
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by medwezys 10y ago
https://pdfcv.com - a tool for creating a CV/resume online. It has been running for 5 years, without adding any new features and people still find it useful.
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How to advance your career without becoming a manager(m.alphasights.com)
2 points by medwezys 10y ago|0 comments
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by medwezys 11y ago
SEEKING WORK Location: SE Asia, Remote: Yes, Willing to relocate: No Available: from February till April 2015 I'm usually based in London, UK but I'm going traveling to SE Asia for a couple of months and am looking for a 2-3 days
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by medwezys 11y ago
This is a good advice. Any links/advice where to start looking?
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by medwezys 11y ago
Clients can't prevent you from taking time off, you have a complete freedom to choose how much you work in theory. Having said that taking a week or more off during a 3 month contract will no be expected by most of the clients. Taking
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by medwezys 11y ago
There isn't much you can do really. The overall increase in annual tax is not going to be that big. If my calculations are correct, if you want to pay yourself ~100k per year you'll end up paying 2-3% more tax. https://
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by medwezys 11y ago
That'd be cheap for London. It's normal to pay 1k+ a year
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by medwezys 11y ago
The dev scene in the UK is not as great as it is in the US, but it's good. Perhaps the second best after the US. US is appealing because it's an english speaking country, has a good dev scene and is an interesting country to live
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by medwezys 11y ago
I mostly went with them because of their privacy package. They do simplify the process a little bit by putting a nice UI on top of this more manual process [1]. I'd rather pay a few extra pounds than risk submitting wrong information t
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by medwezys 11y ago
Oops, it's good I didn't trust myself and got Crunch to do that for me :) Thanks a lot, I'll update the guide when I get a chance.
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Becoming a contractor programmer in the UK(github.com)
216 points by medwezys 11y ago|169 comments
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by medwezys 12y ago
http://svbtle.com is nice. You can use GitHub flavoured markdown. The code highlighting is not ideal, but other than that it's a very nice platform.
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by medwezys 12y ago
AlphaSights is hiring Ruby on Rails, Ember.js, front-end developers and UI/UX designers in LONDON UK and NEW YORK, REMOTE possible Read more about our team and open positions: http://alphasights.com/ruby
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by medwezys 12y ago
We were looking for something better than campfire and tested slack and flowdock. Settled with flowdock, which in my opinion is much better, but is less hyped.
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The new version of Google Maps for iOS allows saving maps for offline use(support.google.com)
2 points by medwezys 12y ago|0 comments
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by medwezys 13y ago
FYI HN is not indexed by google :)
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by medwezys 13y ago
It can be as fast as a subaru http://giffare.com/gifs/32799-rc-subaru-wrx-races-a-stick-bo...
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by medwezys 13y ago
Ruby on Rails developers at AlphaSights, London and New York time zones http://www.alphasights.com/ruby
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by medwezys 13y ago
Ruby on Rails developers in London and New York time zones (fulltime) AlphaSights is looking for passionate developers who can write clean and maintainable code that creates business value. We manage our own time and get involved into more
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by medwezys 13y ago
Also, why ask for post permissions on twitter if you promise to never do that? :) Otherwise, a nice idea.
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by medwezys 13y ago
Screenhero is nice for remote pair programming, remote tmux/pssh sessions as well when both devs use vim/emacs, also: https://github.com/portly/pssh . Campfire for chats, dumbot as a minimalistic task manager
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by medwezys 13y ago
AlphaSights is hiring experienced Ruby on Rails developers in LONDON, UK and NY, USA AlphaSights is at the leading edge of the knowledge revolution. We help our clients get the critical insight and information they need to thrive in an ever
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by medwezys 13y ago
Thanks for taking the time to review pdfcv. The "empty screenshot" is supposed to be an abstracted text on a resume. I had samples of actual, filled resumes in an older version of the homepage and it looked visually heavy. I'

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