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by tferris 15y ago
Sounds nice. Some questions: - I assume you did the tests with direct SQL statements without any ORM? How would an ORM affect the test's performance (with an Node.JS-ORM of your choice, e.g. sequelize)? - How does Node+VoltDB compare to i.e
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by tferris 15y ago
Great post, thanks! First answer that gave me some motivation to look more into Clojure.
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by tferris 15y ago
So, 1 and 4 are beneficial for people coming from Java. Could you give more info on 2 and 3 in comparison to node for example? > try translating it to the language you are familiar with. That will be the best estimate of what Clojure is
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by tferris 15y ago
Thanks, then I'd opt for a comparison to nodejs if you don't mind. EDIT: Sorry that I was unclear, I meant obviously JavaScript, in particular server-side JavaScript, e.g. Node.JS
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by tferris 15y ago
Thanks for the long post and sharing your experiences. I learned from you that Clojure is appealing for folks coming from Java. I read your conclusions and just got a vague feeling only. Coming from other worlds (like node/js, Haskell, ocam
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by tferris 15y ago
On my phone (Android) it's already like suggested.
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by tferris 15y ago
Anyone who came from other frameworks to node/express and like to share experiences they made?
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by tferris 15y ago
Couldn't upvote this more. I am fed up with posts telling me email is broken and a new disruptive tech will be the cure. Email is an open protocol, decentralized, providing optional security. Shortcomings—or rather call them additional requ
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by tferris 15y ago
Life's a mess, life happens and you have no control over it => CHECK Life's is not fair => Disagree, that's depending on your perception Resist the temptation to get a job => CHECK Work kills => he is a little unclear here—I
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by tferris 15y ago
Awesome port und JS/browser/canvas/webgl tech demo. I think the gameplay is ok for a casual game (kind of doubledragon style and fun) but the overall style, the topic, the enemies, the beard, the story is not on par with the tech
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by tferris 15y ago
That sucks. Reading your tragedy I am about to set up a new main identity with local mail storage: - getting a dedicated domain - getting either google apps or another web mailer - setting up new email address for 50+ services - finding som
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by tferris 15y ago
I agree with you about limiting risk. But I believe that 'risk' is a highly relative term. Spending three months on a new idea and investing lets say 3,000 USD on this idea is ... 1. for the average employed office drone a huge risk (at lea
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by tferris 15y ago
Much easier to move from a tech guy to a business guy. Waht you mentioned isn't real business (functional specs, business specs), rather work for office drone and a must. Business guy means taking risk, being persistant, able to sell and to
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by tferris 15y ago
Downvoting != disagreeing If you disagree reply.
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by tferris 15y ago
I expected more. Sony lost every battle—video games, smartphones, cameras, TFTs. Maybe they still lead the professional broadcasting arena.
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by tferris 15y ago
OT but regarding the current native app hype (especially in the mobile space): I still don't like native apps except my browser, my editor, the shell and some legacy software (Office and Adobe CS). I don't like updating 30 apps a week on my
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by tferris 15y ago
Cheat sheets are really great and I bookmark all of them but somehow I never use them (or find the bookmark again). I rather google "<language> <topic>" which works best for me. Are you using them actually? Printing them all
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by tferris 15y ago
The discussion thread about burnout is full of good advice (change food, exercise a lot, etc.) but the key to end a burnout lies somewhere else: 1. There is always ONE cause for the burnout, removing it removes the burnout instantly—it's us
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by tferris 15y ago
Would have liked a bit more information about Padrino and what makes it unique or modern. The rest of the article is rather obvious to me.
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by tferris 15y ago
People like the OP make many mistakes when dealing with people. They believe by using some kind of systems, techniques and tricks they can find "best talents" and avoid "miserable candidates". But the real problem lies somewhere else: Peopl
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by tferris 15y ago
Well-made logo and landing page but I doubt that the idea will work at all. There might be some correlation of let's call it "social media activity" and skill. So, somebody who blogs a lot technical stuff, tweets about it and contributes to
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by tferris 15y ago
Good point with 'Rails'—my mistake—and I understand that now my competence could be questioned. I meant Ruby of course (which is Rails' core and if you got Ruby well you are a much better Rails dev and I think that's the #1 reason when read
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by tferris 15y ago
I've just bought this book as well to get a deeper understanding of Rails (and also to get a newer book on Rails, most are aged). While the first chapters are a refreshing take on Rails and easy to understand the book is getting kind of clo
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by tferris 15y ago
Interesting reads on the Reddit thread—most of them feel grounded and authentic. It's pleasent to get some new views on this topic if you are used to the typical screaming self-help books or blogs post about getting rich and success (where
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by tferris 15y ago
For the still confused who ask why Instagram is skyrocketing despite many other well-made competing products: It's not relevant to build an outstanding product, it's about building the largest user base if the product has slightest potentia
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by tferris 15y ago
That's a marvelous thread showing the iPhone's #1 buying reason for the masses: it's just a status symbol Instagram was more than a photo sharing app it was the largest iPhone users only social network.
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by tferris 15y ago
Sounds good—I had this feeling too about Go vs Node
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by tferris 15y ago
I don't know. There are many good observations about what happened to Rails the last years in the comments. Rails is complicated and to get fluent in Rails takes some time. But this complexity came with a great flexibility. And that's a sig
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by tferris 15y ago
Great work from a technical perspective! Off-topic: Best way to read HN on mobile IMHO is just to take the Android stock browser, surf to HN and forward the article links with a long press on the article titles to Readitlater or similar ser
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by tferris 15y ago
Where?

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