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by netmau5 16y ago
Well I've never used Heroku or IndexTank (or Rails for that matter), but I've had a small weekend hack I've been wanting to do for a while now involving a spattering of search. I was going to try out Solr but I think I'll learn Rails inste
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by netmau5 16y ago
Nice to see you're back at it again and weren't afraid to publish your first iteration. I prepared some feedback for you at http://www.sparkmuse.com/feedback/Invincibilitee , I hope you find it helpful.
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I can see reasons why you wouldn't want to share an idea, but I think they are border cases. I've been spending most of my free time for the last couple months building a site specifically for discussing and getting feedback on ideas. I b
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by netmau5 16y ago
I know DDOS is a difficult problem to solve, but I think using the cloud to out-scale your attacker doesn't solve the problem, it just increases the cost of it. The obvious solution for the bad guys (not gonna call them hackers, can't call
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by netmau5 16y ago
I thought the same. I occasionally access gmail from my mac at home but for the last 2 months my only access has been over iphone. I've also gone into my Google accounts access and removed my authorization from all services that I log int
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Ask HN: Has your GMail been compromised?
16 points by netmau5 16y ago|13 comments
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by netmau5 16y ago
Though I started with a rough idea several months ago, I did most of my work coding http://www.sparkmuse.com during November. I'm not gonna make it by the end of the month, but I'll be opening the alpha in around 2 weeks. Right now most
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by netmau5 16y ago
I'm a developer who has spent the better part of the last year engrossing myself in UX and design education. I disagree that designers are inherently perfectionists; that is simply an effect of trying hard to be your best. I have found th
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by netmau5 16y ago
I really like ESPN's approach of asking you which version of their website you'd like to use immediately upon navigating to it. I dislike having to scan the headers and footers of a site hoping to find a "Go to Full Site" button, if it eve
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by netmau5 16y ago
This guy is definitely a good writer. I wonder if I can use him to write cliche startup blog posts so I can focus on actually coding. If the cost is low enough for a student, then it's low enough for a startup.
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by netmau5 16y ago
I think this list is more likely a measure of the apps with the most security testing performed on them if it isn't an outright falsification altogether.
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by netmau5 16y ago
I was trying really hard to understand his argument. I can buy that the various social and economic forces of our time are creating a new type of caste, an "elite." If the guy spent less time insulting and more time with real numbers (not
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by netmau5 16y ago
Love the idea, but the UI makes it feel a little unconvincing. If you need some front-end help, drop me a line and we can chat tonight.
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by netmau5 16y ago
I'm working on an app (www.sparkmuse.com) to handle some of these "Rate My Startup" type posts. I'm hoping it will go to beta with the November Launch Group, but it will probably be a bit later because of the irl job. Anywho, I don't want
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by netmau5 16y ago
I can identify with you on boring stuff, even a few hours of work can be draining there. Not all parts of coding are equally interesting. I should probably work on my sleep schedule. I get about 5-6 hours a night on a weeknight and 10 on
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by netmau5 16y ago
Thanks, my lifestyle changes have definitely made me feel a ton better, especially in the mornings. Hopefully that will translate into more mental acuity over the coming months as well.
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by netmau5 16y ago
You just outlined the exact reason that getting into freelancing worries me. You start out as one guy and will have to face some long hours no matter how well you plan. I know when push comes to shove, I can do it, but anyone capable of d
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by netmau5 16y ago
Totally agree with you: even if I never end up using the language, learning new idioms and patterns has been immensely useful. I still make time to learn new technologies, I just find the physical act of coding to have rapid mental diminis
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by netmau5 16y ago
I have fun working on it but I think having a partner would really energize me after a day's work. Unfortunately, living in Alabama makes it hard to find a partner. I've made contacts over the net but they tend to fizzle out after a coupl
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Ask HN: Can you code more than 40 hours/wk?
29 points by netmau5 16y ago|53 comments
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by netmau5 16y ago
Yea, there is still huge money in "legacy" languages like COBOL. There is plenty of financial sector software out there on COBOL that still works fine and is simply so massive after 30 years of development that rewriting it has never been
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by netmau5 16y ago
Sorry, but if the library doesn't provide documentation as to the functionality it provides that can be indexed by Google, I'm not using it. I don't have time to go through code-bases with differing organizations, styles, and sometimes mul
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by netmau5 16y ago
A computer and an innovative mind were the only tools necessary to sustain myself economically and make the world a better place. I'm still working on the mind, but the MBP was a good investment towards that end :)
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Getting the first paying customer isn't going to be a watershed moment for every kind of venture. Some aren't in it for the money, others are building a foundation for what may be profitable later (re: basically everything Google does or h
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by netmau5 16y ago
I'm working on http://www.sparkmuse.com to aid in just this purpose. I was hoping to get it out by the end of the year, but in light of this thread I'll push for November too. The day job is brutal to side-project productivity, especial
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by netmau5 16y ago
Just wanted to thank you for that link, one of those palettes was exactly what I needed for my work today. I've used Kuler before but never seen colourlovers. tyty
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by netmau5 16y ago
Funny timing on this story: I was contacted yesterday at work by a recruiter. He called my cell phone and my typical response is to not answer calls that are not pre-defined contacts at work. The guy then went to my LinkedIn profile, foun
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by netmau5 16y ago
I liked the last design much more. The colored quotes over each product gave a nice personality to the site; compared with the old one, I feel like I'm looking at a black & white channel now: less color = less intrigue/excitement. The
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by netmau5 16y ago
I researched living in Seattle for a while, so I definitely know how steep the difference is in cost of living. Sometimes I feel like it is a little overstated though. I think the calculations assume you intend to live there permanently; i
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by netmau5 16y ago
Wow, I was starting to feel a bit underpaid, but now I'm sure of it. I'm making 72 with 5 years and I think my peers think of my chops highly. I live down south so I'd expect the salaries to be less, but not 50%+. I really need to move t

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