smokey221

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by smokey221 16y ago
This comment perfectly underscores what's wrong with a certain section of the startup community. It underlines the complete and utter lack of respect towards developers as human beings. People like axiom and the Jason Calacanises of the wor
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by smokey221 16y ago
"Running your own Apache Server" What is this the 90s? Considering how many better alternatives that are available on the cloud advising someone new to programming to set up their own server is a waste of time. That energy would be better s
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by smokey221 16y ago
PHP is not an easy language for someone just learning programming, it has tons of annoying quirks and is hard to debug. Visual Basic is better, I'd also reccommend Ruby. Not only is it a very easy language to learn, it also provides him wit
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by smokey221 16y ago
We need to remember that Ruby on Rails is still a relatively obscure technology in the grand scheme of things. The average CS grad straight out of college does not know RoR. Most of them are looking for jobs with Java, PHP or some other lan
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by smokey221 16y ago
If Zuckerberg was a more likable guy like Leo Laporte or Kevin Rose I'd feel sympathy for him. The Winklewosses might be tools but Zuckerberg is hardly more sympathetic.
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by smokey221 16y ago
This is a terrible terrible terrible idea. You don't want your users to feel that you are exploiting them. It will just pi$$ them off. Just go with a bunch of well placed ads.
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by smokey221 16y ago
Oh yes, damn learning. That pesky little utterly useless thing. Heck burning for eternity in the fires of the underworld is preferable to having learning "inflicted" upon oneself.
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by smokey221 16y ago
Not at all. The article mentions David Heinemeier Hansson but it completely misunderstands DHH's philosophy, if anything DHH in favor of this kind of approach- working on the side along with a stable job until you are reasonably confidant
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by smokey221 16y ago
I second this. Although it does not have immediate practical payoff as learning something like Javascript or even Java would have. But spend a month of two manipulating memory at the low level and playing around with pointers in C and you'l