natejenkins

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   by natejenkins 14y ago

   I have to disagree a bit with the idea that no-one thought social networking was going to be big. Were you not around for Friendster? Amongst my college friends it was huge. The problem was that it didn't scale. I logged on frequently u
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   by natejenkins 14y ago

   I don't like the dsl. While admittedly it is entirely a question of preference, I find it more natural to write some ruby code and then assert(something). As an example, from Hartl's tutorial we have a test dealing with microposts:
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   by natejenkins 14y ago

   I am a relative newcomer to rails (1 year) and web programming in general. I stumbled across Michael Hartl's excellent tutorial and fell in love with ruby and rails right away, and shortly thereafter developed a deep-rooted hatred (well, s
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   by natejenkins 14y ago

   Thanks for the link, this looks great. I love the idea of peer-review for websites.
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   by natejenkins 14y ago

   I think it is kind of amazing that "don’t be mean to customers" is a lesson that would ever need to be learned. I guess nothing is obvious.
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   by natejenkins 14y ago

   I was always amazed that the arrival boards are not available at every subway stop. In 1912 I could understand, but in 2012 this seems ridiculous.
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   by natejenkins 14y ago

   My advice: start climbing. It's like going to the gym but fun.