tchock23

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by tchock23 16y ago
I agree with the Devise recommendation, although I feel like Authlogic gives you more control. I get really frustrated with the inability to customize Devise as much as I would like (though not frustrated enough to go back to Authlogic).
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by tchock23 16y ago
It's amazing how much your story almost exactly mirrors mine. I was always fairly technical, but had no idea how to code and really wanted to learn. I read various tutorials dating back to the early days of Rails. Nothing really caught o
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by tchock23 16y ago
I read it as well and thought that deep down it was really just a rip off of other studies and advice, just done in a quirky (and sometimes downright crazy) way. For example, his "diet" is really nothing more than a suggestion to cut carbs
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by tchock23 16y ago
That's exactly what I did, and I couldn't be happier. It's so light that I find myself checking my laptop bag just to see if it's still in there. I went with the highest-end 13" configuration so I didn't lose any performance in the transi
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by tchock23 16y ago
I bought the 11" Air shortly after it came out as a fun little secondary notebook, and liked it so much I picked up the 13" as well for regular work purposes (replacing a 15" MBP). I just finished coding an app on the 11" and it worked grea
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by tchock23 16y ago
I may be over-thinking this, but when I read articles like this I relate it to the difference between "social norms" and "market norms." When you're doing something in the realm of social norms (e.g., for fun, for helping other people, for
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Ask HN: True homepage or simplified landing page?
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by tchock23 16y ago
Speaking partially from experience, I think people just get tired after a while... It's a lot of work to run a startup and a lot of the fun stuff in the beginning just gets not-so-fun after a few years. I caught a post on HN a day or so ag