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   by saltcod 14y ago

   Really, really useful. Thank you!
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   BS Job Ads(medium.com)

   1 points by saltcod 14y ago|0 comments
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   by saltcod 14y ago

   Wow. Fantastic piece. This is precisely how I see the ecosystem too. If I've learned anything: 1. Focus on something —Rails, Python, Javascript, WordPress, something 2. Learn to actually program — any language will do
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   The trouble with learning Javascript(waterstreetgm.org)

   5 points by saltcod 14y ago|0 comments
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   by saltcod 14y ago

   Wow. Despite the largely hideous comments here, it's beautiful. Great work.
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   by saltcod 14y ago

   [ not that you asked for it here, but I've got some frontpage UI feedback: ] I think you should put a description up front to describe what Cucumber town is. I think that main image should be a slider with multiple feature images, and I thi
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   by saltcod 14y ago

   Well, I think he's an entrepreneur by trade, but I always if he put in the time to learn Ruby/Rails with all that expertise around. As someone who's been slowly learning to program myself for years, I'd love to get his perspective on it.
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   by saltcod 14y ago

   Well that answers my question — Can Jason Fried code? Answer: soon.
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   by saltcod 14y ago

   That's extremely cool. The world is your oyster! If you've got the skills, there should be more than enough independent Rails work these days to keep you busy, happy and keep a roof over your head. Congrats.
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    Ghost — rethinking WordPress(john.onolan.org)

    502 points by saltcod 14y ago|224 comments
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    by saltcod 14y ago

    Thanks for the help here on this one! Dumb people will now know just how dumb they are before making misinformed assumptions. Really helpful.
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    by saltcod 14y ago

    All of these sites have fairly standard themes. All could be hosted, worry-free, at WordPress.com.
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    by saltcod 14y ago

    I left Drupal for WordPress because: 1. When it breaks, it shatters—as you said 2. WordPress's UI is so much better for clients, in my experience 3. Theming in Drupal was a nightmare — div.class > div.class > div.class It's such a s
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    by saltcod 14y ago

    Just signed up. Looking forward to giving it a try.
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    by saltcod 14y ago

    While I agree with a lot of your synopsis — a general de-personalizing — it's hard to deny that the new homepage is stylish and sexy. Which, in my opinion, is what WP needs to portray most these days.
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    by saltcod 14y ago

    Installing Rails and most everything else was simple for me. Getting mysql hooked up proved to be much more troublesome. Especially with MAMP installed already. I wish it would install in a contained package and not mess with anything else.
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    by saltcod 14y ago

    Very impressive.
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    by saltcod 14y ago

    Anyone know the font they're using? That nice, big open one?
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    by saltcod 14y ago

    I'm 6"2. I've used the Leap with not too much success—too short in the seat pan, and the Amia which actually worked fairly well for a while, despite having the same length seat pan (19"). I'd really like to try the Aeron, but no one in town
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    Ask HN: Chairs for programmers

    12 points by saltcod 14y ago|10 comments
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    by saltcod 14y ago

    I continue to be surprised at the slack people are cutting Gruber here. He doesn't owe anyone anything, and we'll likely never know what truly happened (or didn't happen) between him and Dan, but he should still be accountable to his audien
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    by saltcod 14y ago

    Let us know when its done! There's so much junk and old tutorials out there on PHP, it's very hard to know what's right and what's wrong. It's impossible to know where to start. Starting from practical, useful exercises would be an amazing
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    by saltcod 14y ago

    Your's is a fantastic book. Downloading Wikipedia pages, counting the images on the NYT homepage, reading xml files, all within a few hours represented some extremely good learning. It's a very refreshing approach to loops and if statements
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    by saltcod 14y ago

    A really, really good book. My only wish is that there was a Bastards book of PHP. There is no such practical, useful equivalent in the PHP world that I've found—and I've looked. Maybe I'll ask Dan to write that one next =)
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    by saltcod 14y ago

    Where is the boundary for JavaScript. Is it: 1. Just jQuery—some hide/show/toggle/etc 2. That combo of "real" JS and jQuery—writing your own functions and calling them later on 3. "Real" Javascript—knowing Node.js, writing plugins and the l
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    by saltcod 15y ago

    I got pretty far along with Rails Tutorial, and came to love Ruby after just a short time. Its so nice and such a refreshing change from PHP. BUT! What I hadn't anticipated was really not knowing anything about how to make a web app. I knew
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    by saltcod 15y ago

    Low budget! Sweet!!
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    2010/11 Feltron Report(feltron.com)

    5 points by saltcod 15y ago|0 comments
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    Hacker News and my first foray into fluid layouts(waterstreetgm.org)

    1 points by saltcod 15y ago|0 comments
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    by saltcod 15y ago

    It seems like a long road! The Ruby part I find manageable, but the Rails part really feels like a lot to get your head around. Good luck to you!