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by sunjain 16y ago
Although Sproutcore and Rails seems to be geared towards different domains(and seem complimentary to each other); the comparison was quite useful because of the simple way it was explained.
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by sunjain 16y ago
I liked it. Lot of folks may already know some or most of this. But it is distilled all in once place, and as the post mentions, it will surely help in quickly moving forward with a polished looking app.
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by sunjain 16y ago
What is probably most significant point of this article is that he has enjoyed programming for that long and still enjoys it, and gets to do it. It is refreshing to read that, amongst all the craze for startups, somewhere folks are interest
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by sunjain 16y ago
Oracle RAC may come closest to addressing most of these issues. Of course it is pricey. However it fulfills pretty much all the constraints mentioned here - application transparency while scaling(sharding does not involve changing the app),
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by sunjain 16y ago
Sending clear text passwords in email might itself be in an issue. However, if all he wanted was to regularly send clear text passwords in email to the users, he still could have encrypted the passwords before saving it in the database. And
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by sunjain 16y ago
I have not used shapoo/soap for my hair and body for more than 10 years now(my skin was not happy with soap). Have not had any issues(and I shower everyday). Also I try to use hot water whenever I can instead of soap. In my case this has mo
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by sunjain 16y ago
I was wondering how much effort it took them to implement these practices. In a typical Oracle based systems, some of features are invariably used(sequence, triggers) even if you assume that application were already written to not have any
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by sunjain 16y ago
Actually it is much more than what meets the eye. As a trend emerges where use of iPads/iPhones increases in the Enterprisy land, it will not hurt Apple to be up-to-date with Java. And as Steve puts it, it is better to leave upkeep of Java
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by sunjain 16y ago
As he puts it Apple is foremost a design company. I see interesting rivalry brewing up between Apple and Google. One where design is paramount and other where engineering is paramount. In fact in the tech world, Apple stands out as a design
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by sunjain 16y ago
Ballmer should have been gone instead of Ray. I will not be surprised if Bill comes back(aka like what Jobs did when he came back to Apple). Granted Microsoft may not be in as bad a shape as Apple was when Jobs came back and Gates is no Job
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by sunjain 16y ago
WOW! As per this guys logic, US should be focused on reducing the deficit right now rather than growth and jobs. With one of the deepest recession we ever faced hardly over and unemployment still so high, not sure how more jobs could have b
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by sunjain 16y ago
Does anyone know about interview process at Apple(for Eng/Design positions)? It will always be debatable which of the two(Apple and Google) are more innovative - I consider Apple to be a better mix of innovation and engineering, whereas Goo
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by sunjain 16y ago
I think light has correctly been identified as the biggest reasons for insomnia(if you look at plants and animals, light plays a big part in their daily cycles). I have seen following changes really helpful: 1. The biggest change that needs
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by sunjain 16y ago
Microsoft have money, they had talent but they no longer have vision nor talent.They can keep reinventing whatever they want, but gone are the days when they can use their OS monopoly to take over other markets(word processor, browser,...),
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by sunjain 17y ago
I guess this is a history repeating itself - before RDBMS there were hierarchical dbs, and other such technologies. There was a reason why RDBMS won the battle. And probably the top most reason was the simplicity with which you can define r
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by sunjain 17y ago
Why not wxRuby?
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by sunjain 17y ago
I completely agree and also think that one of the main reason behind US success has been the "can do" and "hacker" culture and freedom to express yourself. I also think that if more of this culture gets hold in India(instead of rat race for
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by sunjain 17y ago
There is no doubt about the effectiveness of meditation. It is a tool. And certainly Vipassana seems to be as methodical and systematic an approach as can be possible, when it comes to learning(and seeing results of) meditation. However, as
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by sunjain 17y ago
This is a very interesting and well thought essay. Especially the stats and facts behind some of the positions he is taking are very interesting. With regards to creativity, I would tend to think that: if we look at nature, there seem to be
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by sunjain 17y ago
Overall it might be much better than the deal with IBM. With IBM it was a forgone conclusion that Solaris would have vanished, in case of Oracle there is a fair chance it will survive(look at Weblogic - Oracle is promoting Weblogic as thei