saasinator

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by saasinator 10y ago
I'm not so sure that's a bad thing? If you understand and work well enough, what's wrong with understanding through your own idioms, etc? Of course we read a lot of people's code, but I'm not so sure it's somet
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Ask HN: Does reading code actually make you a better developer?
57 points by saasinator 10y ago|29 comments
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Ruby 2.3.2 released(ruby-lang.org)
4 points by saasinator 10y ago|0 comments
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by saasinator 10y ago
I personally find it useful for more than recruiting, such as sales etc. Shaving a few minutes off finding an email compounded over a day can save quite a bit of time allowing you to focus on more important things.
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by saasinator 10y ago
I tested a number of accounts, it's a legit dump. If your email is in there I'd change your password and anywhere else you re-used the password.
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Ask HN: Would you pay to emulate classic game console via any device you own?
2 points by saasinator 10y ago|2 comments
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by saasinator 10y ago
Have a clear understanding (and be able to explain) how to design different systems. For instance, you should be able to walk through (and sketch on a whiteboard) how to design a web service like Pastebin, Imgur, Pingdom or other such servi
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by saasinator 10y ago
You can say "no" without saying "no". Try this, "We can do that, but I've got a lot on my plate this week. Shall we log the task for next week or shuffle some tasks around different sprints to make room for it?
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by saasinator 10y ago
"Practically O(1)" == amortized constant time?
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by saasinator 10y ago
You can search for people with a given title, or a company that is in a specific industry, etc. You can do boolean searches and do pretty complex searches depending on your LinkedIn account (free, business, etc.). For instance, you could fi
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by saasinator 10y ago
I'm interested in figuring out statistics as well and I would love if someone could share any resources they use. The best tool I've found is LinkedIn search queries. It's pretty general but it gives you an idea. Some other s
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by saasinator 10y ago
I'll add my current three, 1) "How to Win Friends and Influence People" 2) "The War of Art" 3) "The Pragmatic Programmer"
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by saasinator 10y ago
Create a "fake" Gmail account that is not linked to anything personal. Use a fake name/alias. Sign up for something like Cloud9 ( https://c9.io ) or use another synced editor like collabedit or even Google Docs (mak
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by saasinator 10y ago
What exactly do you not want to share? Is this solely a concern you will leak visible information on your desktop, browser, etc? Or do you have deeper concerns about the communication channel and security etc? I'd suggest using an audi
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Ask HN: What three books impacted your career the most?
99 points by saasinator 10y ago|83 comments
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by saasinator 10y ago
I didn't see any mention on how to secure store the session id, only references to session data. It should be noted that information needs to be securely stored both on the client and server.
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by saasinator 10y ago
Err-- just because someone has a side project and/or wants to make money outside of work does not mean they are underpaid or not happy. I have always pursued my own endeavors because I want to earn passive income and be independently w
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by saasinator 10y ago
Is it worth sacrificing productivity to save a few bucks? How many dollars are you wasting? Even if an engineer is 1-5% less productive, compounded over a couple years you can more than pay for every cubicle.
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by saasinator 10y ago
Feels more like, "We couldn't afford to build offices or didn't feel like spending money on that, so we'll give you a big cheap floor with lots of distractions, but hey creativity and all that."
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Ask HN: Why do we still use open floor plans?
41 points by saasinator 10y ago|42 comments