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by old-gregg 18y ago
I can't stand Windows, but wanted to point something out to all blind Windows haters out there: look at Vista vs Ubuntu numbers. Windows beats Linux running MRI by 10-50% in nearly all tests [when they pass] which aligns perfectly with my o
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by old-gregg 18y ago
Quake III is quite intensive and runs on all platforms. Figure out how it's made. Not everything needs to be cramped into a browser frame, have an annoying login screen and eat 20% of CPU while sitting idle. Oh, did I mention the hidden ben
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by old-gregg 18y ago
I guess so. One more little reason not to develop web applications using a proprietary overgrown and buggy ad banner creation tool.
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by old-gregg 18y ago
I hope I won't get killed here for saying this, but hiring Rails programmers is close to impossible. There are only two flavors and neither is desirable: #1 Bad ones: know-nothings who have RoR on their resume "just in case", along with 20
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Ask YC Hackers: Which Python ORM/Framework works best with Rails-conformant DB schema?
5 points by old-gregg 18y ago|7 comments
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by old-gregg 18y ago
No, it's not about Linux sysadmins but rather about writing a robust software. Aptitude is an application, just like your Rails app, written by very very smart programmers. And those developers are moving at exactly same "tremendous speed"
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by old-gregg 18y ago
One of my Rails projects runs only on aptitude-provided gems and it has been a breeze. Yes, I don't get the latest and "hottest" versions of popular gems, but everything works and very reliable. With other project I installed gems and R
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by old-gregg 18y ago
I think Paul is over-generalizing. Young, fast-developing industries tend to produce rich ecosystems of startups due to low cost of entry. But over time, as industries mature, companies are naturally starting to consolidate into larger and