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by ryanfitz 16y ago
Safari 5 has the same issue as chrome
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by ryanfitz 16y ago
Linode has great prices for 64bit instances. For all of my own projects I use mongoDB, which requires a 64bit os and amazon really doesn't compare price wise, at least for small 64bit instances. My servers have run there without issue and I
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by ryanfitz 16y ago
check out meetup.com. I believe you said you live near chicago, just an example http://www.meetup.com/ChicagoRuby they are meeting in a few days.
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by ryanfitz 16y ago
go to whatever tech/startup meetups are near your area, and introduce yourself to as many people as you can. Don't instantly talk about how you need a programmer to join your company. Just have a conversation, tell them what you're doing an
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by ryanfitz 16y ago
macbook pro quad core i7, high res anti-glare screen, 4gigs ram. The high res screen is fantastic and definitely improved my productivity.
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Rails 3.1 will ship with jQuery by default(twitter.com)
9 points by ryanfitz 16y ago|0 comments
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by ryanfitz 16y ago
I do consulting work for startups, mostly using rails 3, jquery, backbone.js, and mongoDB. My contact info is in my profile if you want to chat.
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by ryanfitz 16y ago
I have read on various weight lifting forums that at least some prisoners smuggle in steroids, protein powders/bars and also steal extra food when they can. This would certainly lead them to getting into great shape if all they do is workou
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by ryanfitz 16y ago
When it comes to lifting the only real "fact" is that what works best varies from person to person. People with great genetics can do heavy volume lifting 5 or 6 days a week and make amazing gains. Meanwhile, others will struggle to make an
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by ryanfitz 16y ago
I'm glad to see the introduction of template views. The main thing that turned me off from sproutcore was having to design all of your views in js.
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by ryanfitz 16y ago
Erlang is definitely the most fun language I've learned in many years. It will make you think very differently then most other languages and at least slightly change the way you think about everyday programming.
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by ryanfitz 16y ago
I got hired midway senior year in college by a startup that had just filed for an ipo. They were 100% a java shop and at the time I only knew c, c++, php, mysql and absolutely no java. Throughout college, I did programming jobs for small bu
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by ryanfitz 16y ago
I agree, in my experience most funded startups (in nyc) are willing to pay at least 120K a year and you can make much more consulting. I would have thought these two companies, which are seen as the top of technology, would be paying much m
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by ryanfitz 16y ago
I've done this diet in the past and just started another cycle of it. I love it and highly recommend people try it. However, the point of this diet isn't so you can pig out on candy bars and still stay in shape. You can easily eat over main
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Storing rails sessions: mongoDB vs mysql performance(ryanfitz.posterous.com)
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by ryanfitz 16y ago
I'm working on an open source html5 web interface to mongodb http://github.com/ryanfitz/pergola It uses padrino (ruby web framework), jquery, haml, and compass. I'm planning on turning the data viewer/editor into a jquery plugin that coul
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by ryanfitz 17y ago
In new york different neighborhoods vary greatly and most people have a very specific neighborhood they are interested in looking. I personally love living in soho and would not be interested in looking at a different area to live, even gre
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by ryanfitz 17y ago
The manhattan neighborhoods need to be broken up more, I immediately noticed these missing soho, lower east side, chinatown, nolita, greenwich village, and hells kitchen.
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by ryanfitz 17y ago
If you're already comfortable with another object oriented language then picking up ruby is pretty straight forward, but I'll tell you what worked the best for me. I started out reading some of the above mentioned books, but when it came to
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by ryanfitz 17y ago
I work in gwt everyday and there are lots of pluses to it such as the easy communication between the client and server and taking away a lot of the dom headaches. However, I have several issues with it. Compile time from java to javascript
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by ryanfitz 17y ago
I'm considering using cappuccino for a startup idea I have, but the lack of people using it and info out there on it makes me a bit gun shy. It makes me think I'll spend more time hacking away with capp rather than focusing on delivering a
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by ryanfitz 17y ago
I live in the city. HN nyc drinks night anyone?