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by udioron 8y ago
> coding is to software development what moving pieces is to chess. And on a more serious note: I really like this mantra, but I do not think it's true or relevant: There are many examples of success stories of what you would call
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by udioron 8y ago
> coding is to software development what moving pieces is to chess. AFAIK, when teaching kids chess, the best way to start is teaching them how to move the pieces.
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by udioron 9y ago
Simple solution: Don't use `unique`. (Let's assume that your db is very fast, and let your app update all needed positions on save)
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by udioron 9y ago
From the mailing list: For the first time in more than 25 years the major version number of the software is changed. The decision to do this is based on the many new features and new API. While backwards compatibility remains
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PROJ (also known as PROJ4) gets a first major release after 25 years (PROJ 5...)(lists.osgeo.org)
2 points by udioron 9y ago|1 comments
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by udioron 9y ago
While Waze (Google) is probably still using AWS.
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by udioron 9y ago
However: The app suffers from various minor glitches. For example: Whe I installed the app I have selected "Home" and "Work" addresses, having one of my client's offices as "Work". Since then I keep gett
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by udioron 9y ago
I live in Israel in a city called Modiin and use public transportion to visit client offices out of town. The public transportation by train to Tel Aviv, Hertzelia and Haifa is great, but anything else is somewhere between terrible and none
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by udioron 9y ago
Another fix is to disable CSRF checks for all API calls which should not be served by a browser (assuming they use a different auth mechanism which does not involve cookies!). This makes sense since CSRF is a layer that relates to attacks
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by udioron 9y ago
More coverage: http://www.themarker.com/technation/1.4281310 (Funding is 10M NIS per year, for two years)
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by udioron 9y ago
Short summary: The Innovation Authority Board approved a new program for rapid training of high-tech workers. The goal of the program is to encourage new and existing non-academic bootcamps that will provide intensive training for a period
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Israeli Government to Financially Support Programming Bootcamps [Hebrew](calcalist.co.il)
1 points by udioron 9y ago|2 comments
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by udioron 9y ago
Interesting quote: > Also, we noticed that at least four students happened to be married to programmers, and at least seven others had parents, siblings or other important people in their social circle who were programmers.
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4-week Python, Django, JS, AngularJS Bootcamp for Developers in Israel (Hebrew)(10x.org.il)
1 points by udioron 11y ago|0 comments
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by udioron 11y ago
It should be quite easy to port your app to use leaflet.js[1] and openstreetmap/mapbox. [1] http://leafletjs.com/
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Hackita02 – A Project Based 8 Week Program Inspired by Recurse Center [Hebrew](hackita02.hasadna.org.il)
1 points by udioron 11y ago|0 comments
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by udioron 12y ago
Regarding circular imports and #7: The main problem in arises when using the from mymodule import mysymbol notion. The example solved this by properly using import mymodule , although this might cause some more problem if your design is
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by udioron 12y ago
Regarding common mistake #5, when using enumerate(mylist), mylist can be modified:: for i, x in enumerate(numbers): if odd(x): del numbers[i]
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by udioron 12y ago
Nice trick for identifying bottlenecks. If you want to leavarage your "debugging" skills, try this wonderful course: https://www.udacity.com/course/cs259
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by udioron 14y ago
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by udioron 14y ago
"In most parts of the world, when a bridge is needed it is built from wood, steel or concrete. But in Cherrapunji in northeastern India, the locals are much more patient. They simply coax nearby trees to grow into natural bridges. The proce