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by vinodkd 15y ago
+1 to the switch gh-pages comment. Typically 'master' is where the code is and 'gh-pages' is where the pretty docs are. In your case everything is in gh-pages. Either maintain the code in master and "deploy & display" it on the gh-pages
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by vinodkd 15y ago
Actually, i'd like to use it to disconnect the last piece of blogging software from the server - comments. the recent post on jekyllbootstrap.com had instructions on connecting to disqus,quora etc and I couldnt help but think: "but that's j
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by vinodkd 15y ago
every time I see such a project show up I'm both happy and sad: happy to see one more soul arrive at the "there must be something better than text" thought and doing something about it; sad because they invariably create a visual/structural
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by vinodkd 15y ago
if you really want to get serious, you probably have to change the page name that your blogging software generated for you as well - cos its pretty prominently being "racist slur"-y on the browser address bar! See how this quickly gets out
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by vinodkd 15y ago
FWIW, here're some details about the company: 1. It seems to be run from Kolkata (capital of West Bengal): Goto maps.google.co.in and search for Comantra. The result has a phone number you can call 2. They seem to be hosted by GoDaddy. Do
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by vinodkd 15y ago
Random browsing of questions led to this one: http://mycareerstack.com/question/120/ ...where the following advice is given: "But your strategy while answering this question should not be directly this answer. Generally in the interview y
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by vinodkd 15y ago
I once interviewed for an architect position for one of the "web scale" companies and it was a algo fest all through. All the while I remembered the dev manager (whom I'd have reported to) saying that they were looking for an architect for
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by vinodkd 15y ago
but what about dryad?
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by vinodkd 15y ago
This is my biggest peeve with Google as well. I can live with the back button being remapped, but taking over the arrow keys are an absolute nightmare. I refuse to disable javascript because google think they know what should happen when I
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by vinodkd 15y ago
How is this HN-worthy? As an Indian, I'm deeply interested in what's happening here right now, but I fail to see how this is useful in this forum.
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by vinodkd 15y ago
Seems like an interesting stab at fixing the drudgery that web app development has become. Some questions, however: 1. When you go through the pains of integrating everything else, why not go for gold and exclude x/html and css as well? The
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by vinodkd 15y ago
Great article. I had to comment on this bit, tho: "ordered sandwich platters from Costco" Nice to see the White house doesn't splurge willy-nilly :))
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by vinodkd 15y ago
The key difference, IMO, is that true agile doesn't require overt project management or more importantly, project managers. the usual response to the "wining battles, losing war" is to introduce someone who's keeping track. unless that some
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by vinodkd 15y ago
Not to take all the good points away from this article, but I found these two statements contradictory: 1. If you do have a fixed time, then scope is variable 2. If you have to give a fixed date for delivery - it's very, very difficult to b
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by vinodkd 16y ago
I am a long time lurker on hn, and like mzl, dont care about karma at all. reading the ~160 comments on the topic, however, sounds weird to me because being indian, karma is not just a number against your online profile, but a fact of life
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by vinodkd 16y ago
it looks like you could use most any text editor. most os's have a default text editor. if you want a ruby IDE, try redcar - http://www.redcareditor.com .
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by vinodkd 16y ago
From the server to the client these are the things wave is/was: 1. server: the ability for you and me (or equally easily your company and mine) to run our own exchange servers 2. client: the ability have true threaded conversations - not cr
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by vinodkd 17y ago
Yes, this does look like an appjet clone. Not to take anything away from this implementation, however, because it looks like the author didnt know of appjet. Appjet had the same concept: server side js based on rhino, persistent js object s
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by vinodkd 17y ago
patrick farley is a genius - both in terms of story telling and animation technique. i'm one of those who's been waiting for electric sheep to return. good to see it back! Please go to the home page and check out his other stories - especia