swanson

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   by swanson 13y ago

   Of the Three Pillars of Standup (what you did yesterday[1], what you are doing today[2], what are you stuck on[3]) I really only find [3] to be of much value. Git log/Kanban board can tell you [1]/[2] if you actually need to know these thin
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   by swanson 13y ago

   Just pushed some basic Reeder support to Stringer last night :)
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   by swanson 13y ago

   I'm quite happy with own open-source Reader replacement: https://github.com/swanson/stringer
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   by swanson 13y ago

   Really awesome post - I love these small scale stories. The spaceisinteresting tumblr posts are really funny, how did you hire people to do the art/facts?
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   by swanson 13y ago

   Too much choice and the feeling that I am about to miss a way better version that is coming around the corner - I need http://thewirecutter.com/ combined with http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/ for anything I buy.
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   by swanson 13y ago

   Not likely. Through you are welcome to fork and hack it all you want. :)
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   by swanson 13y ago

   I agree 100%. I've started to clone the Fever API (a very strange beast...) so that you could use ReederApp - but I think the FeedBin API is much better so I will probably add that as well. Someone has also started a "standard" feed API for
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   by swanson 13y ago

   Sounds like you might like my reader: https://github.com/swanson/stringer . No social features by design and if you've got a heroku account you can have it deployed in under 5 min.
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   by swanson 13y ago

   I like 7x7 (Android only I think?): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.kiip.skeemo...
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    by swanson 13y ago

    Nice! Some really good new icons. Nitpick: I would prefer the icons on the front-page - I am always pulling up the homepage to scan through the list of icons.
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    by swanson 13y ago

    1. While you have an active project, write down each potential project/course on a piece of paper. 2. When you finish a project, you can pick a new one. Pick the one you most want to do from the list. Throw away the list and get a new piece
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    You (yes you) can make delightful products(mdswanson.com)

    1 points by swanson 13y ago|0 comments
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    by swanson 13y ago

    I built my own: https://github.com/swanson/stringer Self-hosted, no social crap, no 3rd party dependencies, run it at http://reader.yourdomain.com , keyboard shortcuts
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    by swanson 13y ago

    Sorry that I don't have an answer that fits your reasonable requests - but I really like Pocket Casts on Android. It does the auto-play stuff, but you can only order by date.
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    by swanson 13y ago

    There is http://www.weekendhacker.net/ Though I have always found most of the projects posted on that list to be either sketchy ("I am a biz guy, build my thing!") or not weekend-sized.
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    by swanson 13y ago

    1) Use Disqus/LiveFyre 2) Using GitHub issues (or some other role-your-own system): http://ivanzuzak.info/2011/02/18/github-hosted-comments-for-... 3) Go without comments - your blog is YOUR space on the web, if others want to respond, le
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    by swanson 13y ago

    Seems pretty doable if you want to run a custom plugin - probably more challenging if you are on GH Pages.
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    by swanson 13y ago

    Prepare for lots of database locking exceptions :) You may run into issues when the background jobs run when you import feeds or if you are trying to use the app while it is fetching stories every hour.
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    by swanson 13y ago

    Thanks - mobile is on the todo list: https://github.com/swanson/stringer/issues/7 Wanted to get the web version out first. It is usable now but could definitely use some love :)
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    Show HN: Stringer, a self-hosted anti-social RSS reader(github.com)

    22 points by swanson 13y ago|4 comments
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    by swanson 13y ago

    Thanks - I'll check out that library. I assume you guys use https://github.com/Kicksend/mailcheck also?
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    by swanson 13y ago

    Sure - a basic version isn't super complicated or anything, but there are a lot of edge cases for various email clients, weird names, etc
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    by swanson 13y ago

    Hey - could you guys open source that "extract email from crappy Outlook string" code? I would love to use it in my own app.
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    Expanding and Contracting(mdswanson.com)

    1 points by swanson 13y ago|0 comments
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    by swanson 13y ago

    Would be nice to be able to filter like "show me an API for TV show data that uses JSON and has a free option". Would also like a curated list of client libraries (there are like 2000 Twitter API Ruby gems - which one is the best/most activ
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    by swanson 13y ago

    Have had a good experience with Mandrill (from MailChimp) for transactional emails.
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    by swanson 13y ago

    http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3Awww.t...
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    by swanson 13y ago

    A big part of Kanban is Work-In-Progress (WIP) limits on columns - something that most tools leave out. It is a pain in the butt when a column is at the WIP limit - but that is kind of the point. It forces you to help move blockages before
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    by swanson 13y ago

    Hate to pile on - but this the first time I've felt that Heroku is no longer a platform where I can "forget servers" and "focus 100% on the code". Setting up a different web server - okay fine, I can deal. I don't run a big app there (I pay
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    by swanson 13y ago

    Maybe - but you would think that a company with "Tech Leads" would think to check that kind of stuff. Or some new hire would come in and ask innocently "Hey what do we use for password hashing". I find it pretty hard to believe that no one