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by timdaub 6y ago
> The way I think about this is that ideally as a software developer I should only ever have to solve any problem once. Exactly! Imagine we software developer craftspeople would all come with an "open source utility belt" when
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by timdaub 6y ago
Thank you. I'm happy that we speak the same language! Getting out the big guns in solo freelance is like going to the hardware store and buying the most complex and expensive drill possible. Only to arrive home full of sweat to drill a
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by timdaub 6y ago
1. and 2. nice reasoning. I have been considering adding Typescript recently. Mainly as I sometimes encounter bugs on e.g. an options object where a property is named incorrectly. That tends to lead to hours of debugging, so it'd be re
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by timdaub 6y ago
As I said, I freelance. So don't worry, because I'm not planning to hire you ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) > Also with regards to using something like unpkg URLs in built code, whilst I a not completely against using urls for dependencies (ala d
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by timdaub 6y ago
Surprisingly, many get upset about this particular line while the reason I added it was simply to be honest in my argument. As you can already infer from the headline of that post, I tried writing a statement that is about how Typescript is
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by timdaub 6y ago
> I think it is the need to be maximally productive in the shortest amount of time. Basically, any time you spend fixing someone else's problem is time you aren't getting closer to the clients goals. Yes, that is an important r
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by timdaub 6y ago
Hi, "that guy" is here and reading your mean comment. Anyways, I don't think my code is that bad.
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by timdaub 6y ago
Done. Thanks for letting me know.
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How I Build Web Apps As A Freelancer(timdaub.github.io)
156 points by timdaub 6y ago|79 comments
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by timdaub 6y ago
On some projects, I took the time to write a nice issue about a bug I sometimes even went so far as to debugging it in the dependencies code. I feel let down when a bot comes along and closes this issue. Maybe it's stale, but the issue
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by timdaub 6y ago
> This month we made a hard decision to convert our internal runtime code from TypeScript to JavaScript. There were several factors that led us to this decision: Complicated and slow build process on each build of the Deno internal runti
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How I build JavaScript apps in 2021(timdaub.github.io)
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How I develop web apps in 2021(timdaub.github.io)
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by timdaub 6y ago
Here I am again. Stop using JSX and start embracing Javascript's template strings. They're awesome! https://github.com/developit/htm
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by timdaub 6y ago
I still own and use a MBP 15 from 2015. And I love it. The options would make me very likely to upgrade...
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by timdaub 6y ago
I'm working towards building my own mutual fund index, but for data sets. There's a protocol on Ethereum that allows people to invest and buy data sets. I take their market data and rank all data sets. That's what it looks li
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by timdaub 6y ago
> The design of a medium is far more important than how it is moderated IMO this is a great point. Social medias as they exist today are broken because they have been engineered on the assumption to make money on ads. Making money on ads
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by timdaub 6y ago
Oh. That's a bummer. Would you mind sharing your ad blocker and browser version?
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by timdaub 6y ago
Hey, thanks for pointing that out. Rest assured, the site is 100% open source as I'm simply publishing the repo using GitHub Pages. There's no build step. Regarding package.json's main file: It's a mistake. I did not upd
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by timdaub 6y ago
Hi! Op here. Source code: https://github.com/TimDaub/scan.lol Let me know if you have questions/feedback.
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Show HN: I built a tiny product: scan.lol(scan.lol)
1 points by timdaub 6y ago|5 comments
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by timdaub 6y ago
FYI: I created a website that quickly scans QR codes so that you won't have to download or open any ads-filled QR code apps anymore: - https://scan.lol The code is open source too: https://github.com/TimDaub
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by timdaub 6y ago
Uhhh, nice idea! Not that far, I'd say. But I'm really not a graphic designer, so I'd somehow have to overcome that...
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by timdaub 6y ago
I'm building an index fund using Ethereum that rates data sets. But I've not had time actually building the smart contract logic: https://rugpullindex.com/
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by timdaub 6y ago
I built a mini game engine in JS that allows someone to build a 2D game, but once it was done I started to become bored. Demo (desktop only): https://timdaub.github.io/videogame/ Code: https://github.com&#x2
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by timdaub 6y ago
I think what you're neglecting here is that narratives are just subjective viewpoints. There's no one true narrative. And my point with choosing a THAT narrative was to put the headline into a positive light: More money towards
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by timdaub 6y ago
So basically you're saying that a robotics company that periodically ships impressive robot demos should be worth more than a weird video game for kids? IMO while I tend to agree that achieving what Boston Dynamics did is surely the bi
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Crown Copyright(nationalarchives.gov.uk)
1 points by timdaub 6y ago|1 comments
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by timdaub 6y ago
As someone who's active in the Blockchain space since 2015, I found rollups to be a really cool invention. The idea of simply compressing data with a zero knowledge proof is quite simple and beautiful. A year ago, I've worked at a
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by timdaub 6y ago
> Working from Bed is Great Article goes on to say that anecdotal evidence from people that work in bed since COVID-19 pandemic are doing fine. What I can say myself about this is that since I've started working full-time from home

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