vijayaggarwal

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by vijayaggarwal 12y ago
Good share. I've been part of multiple scrum environments and I've always found daily meetings to last much longer than they should. Did you face this problem? If yes, how did you solve it?
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by vijayaggarwal 12y ago
I listen to Vedic chanting. Even though I understand nothing (I know very little of Sanskrit language), the music itself is very relaxing and helps concentrate.
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by vijayaggarwal 12y ago
I've seen both sides of the story - both successful and unsuccessful. Following are some points that distinguish between the two: 1. Keyword research: understand the search volume and competition level for each target keyword before yo
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by vijayaggarwal 12y ago
I've seen many things in my 10+ years of coding, Here are some favourites: * No authentication check on any page after login page. (You could type in any URL in browser address bar and gain access). * GET request updating home page rel
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by vijayaggarwal 12y ago
Here's what I had in mind. Let's say class S is subclass of class C. Now, var myVariable = S() when changed to var myVariable = C() will not cause any compiler error in rest of the code. Still, it may be a logical requirement for
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by vijayaggarwal 12y ago
> Please keep in mind that we will be able to link the content back to your account, in cases of spam, harassment and such. And on request by The NSA.
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by vijayaggarwal 12y ago
Explicit optionals are great. But I feel some of the other convenience features like type inference, trailing closures, different copy behavior of arrays, and operator overloading have the potential of being abused to produce cryptic code
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by vijayaggarwal 12y ago
Good managers are able to dissociate people's ego from their work to a large extent. However, there are situations where a decision needs to be taken with incomplete knowledge, for example, adopting a new framework for code within tigh
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by vijayaggarwal 12y ago
Smartphones have already killed the amateur camera market. Now they are after semi-professional.
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by vijayaggarwal 12y ago
byethost.com (note the spelling of byet) is one service I know of that offers free hosting. And they don't push any ads in the free plan.
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by vijayaggarwal 12y ago
I would be very interested in knowing the details.
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by vijayaggarwal 12y ago
As a person who started with 24-bit colors, I only have a lot of respect for Jim.
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by vijayaggarwal 12y ago
I believe it is fair to assume that Valet service will be costlier for the user. So, if eBay makes the same profit on Valet as on direct selling, then eBay may not feel motivated to push through usability enhancements in direct selling, eve
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by vijayaggarwal 12y ago
Will it not create conflict of interests? On one side, eBay should make their listing and selling processes as easy as possible for individuals, and on the other side keeping them somewhat difficult will promote Valet service.
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by vijayaggarwal 12y ago
Completely agree. Those thinking of delegating/outsourcing customer support should read Fred Reichheld's book on Net Promoter System and I'm sure they will change their mind.
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by vijayaggarwal 12y ago
Writing a fail-safe cron is an incredibly hard job as crons are infamous for failing rather silently. The cron script writer must take a very pessimist approach and handle every possibility of error. Even then, some scenarios are easy to mi
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Microsoft Promises To Render Your Smartphone Useless If It's Stolen(techcrunch.com)
1 points by vijayaggarwal 12y ago|0 comments
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Muscle for Apple Mobile Camera Lens(techcrunch.com)
3 points by vijayaggarwal 12y ago|0 comments
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How To Avoid Being Overwhelmed And Exhausted(forbes.com)
1 points by vijayaggarwal 12y ago|0 comments
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by vijayaggarwal 12y ago
Very useful service and a nicely written documentation too. There's a typo you should correct: > Since installing BillForward, Wifinity has seens (should be seen ). Also, consider increasing font size in the docs. 12px is a bit t
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by vijayaggarwal 12y ago
I love the easter egg in browser console. And a very nice design, kudos to the designer for that. The overall experience is disappointing though. Clicking on Learn More About Topic did not work. Signup has multiple issues already mentione
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The Next Generation Of Atari(techcrunch.com)
3 points by vijayaggarwal 12y ago|0 comments
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by vijayaggarwal 12y ago
black hat SEO 2.0!
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by vijayaggarwal 12y ago
"HN ranking hates pdfs" - Really? Any evidence?
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by vijayaggarwal 12y ago
Agreed. Important that one should look at not just existing competitors but also failed competitors while doing market research for startup ideas. However, knowledge of failed startups is a bit difficult to find, especially the knowledge
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by vijayaggarwal 12y ago
People tend to overvalue money and undervalue time, and that's the reason "free" services tend to beat "paid" ones in any business where per capita cost of service is low. So, while LinkedIn generates spam, it'