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by vlucas 13y ago
I agree with the premise of this article, but I was disappointed to see that none of the suggestions included focusing on web application development instead of web site development. I started Brightbit ( http://brightbit.com ) 2 years a
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by vlucas 14y ago
From my experience working with PHP for over 13 years (since PHP 3 was new), I can say your article is mostly true, and I have definitely seen the invisible-image-as-a-poor-mans-cron trick in production a time or two. The only nitpick is th
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by vlucas 14y ago
I just checked out the product and it looks good so far. This could be a nice step in-between PaaS and running your own servers, which I'm guessing is the sweet spot you guys are going for. The main (and obvious) downside is that I'm a litt
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How PHP's foreach works(stackoverflow.com)
196 points by vlucas 14y ago|43 comments
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PHP dotenv - The easiest way to load environment variables in PHP(github.com)
1 points by vlucas 14y ago|1 comments
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by vlucas 14y ago
I think a raw feature comparison wouldn't quite capture it, because nearly all micro-frameworks have essentially the same features on a list or comparison grid. I think the real "magic" of Bullet requires using it a bit to fully understand
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Introducing Bullet: The Functional PHP Micro-Framework(vancelucas.com)
6 points by vlucas 14y ago|2 comments
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by vlucas 14y ago
I was in a place like that straight out of college as well. It was for a trade magazine. The job description had lots of programming requirements but it turned out to be a basic "Webmaster" type job that only really required basic HTML/CSS
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Top Rated Movies in Redbox kiosks within 10 miles from you(movies.thinkjson.com)
2 points by vlucas 14y ago|1 comments
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by vlucas 14y ago
Man, the more I see and experience things like this in MySQL, the more impressed (horrified?) I am at how it ever became popular. So glad I've made the switch to Postgres.
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by vlucas 14y ago
When you see shit, you flush it. Kudos to Betaworks for making such a bold move and actively working to make digg relevant again.
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by vlucas 14y ago
How did this get on Hacker News? This is one man's opinion of what MIGHT happen within some vaguely specified time in the future, and it's quite a bold assertion. There is overwhelming evidence that the chances of us detecting alien life wi
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by vlucas 14y ago
If you are doing cURL calls as a part of testing functionality, you may want to consider using a tool like Frisby.js ( http://frisbyjs.com/ ) to create a suite of automated tests that involve HTTP calls.
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by vlucas 14y ago
I've worked with Titanium extensively, and a lot of this article is just plain wrong regarding Titanium. It seems like Sapan just read some older docs or articles on Titanium and did a write-up for traffic. * Titanium uses the V8 JavaScript
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by vlucas 14y ago
I have worked with Titanium extensively and I'd say if you do it right, you have a LOT more than only 50% re-useable code -- probably closer to 80-90% that works perfectly cross-platform. Of course it depends a lot on what UI elements the p
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by vlucas 14y ago
It's amusing to see threads asking why moderators change post titles without notice, and then see highly opinionated submission titles like "Time to stop using Skype" that don't reflect the source article at all. THIS is why post titles get
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by vlucas 14y ago
User accounts seem like such a core part of any application, and such a huge point of privacy concern. They can be a bit of a pain to manage, and emphasizing a premium level of security might gain some customers for you, but I still have to
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by vlucas 14y ago
I took a look at RubyMotion and came away pretty disappointed. It seems like the target market is for people who already write apps in Objective-C, but want to write them in Ruby instead. The larger and more lucrative market is for people w
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by vlucas 15y ago
This is pretty early in the process, so yes there will be a way to get whole directories of churches from denominations, even if I have to import those manually. Sermon audio and podcasting is only a small part of what ChurchMint does overa
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by vlucas 15y ago
Monitization will be from SaaS style tiered plans that churches will pay for depending on push message volume and stored audio files. The app will always be free to use and churches can add info, locations, and events free.
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ChurchMint: Communication and Discovery Platform for Churches(churchmint.com)
17 points by vlucas 15y ago|6 comments
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by vlucas 15y ago
I thought the exact same thing as soon as I saw the URLs. This could happen with ANY web service that returns URLs, even a REST one with a more HATEOAS-style approach.
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by vlucas 15y ago
Good site idea, but my location is totally wrong and I don't see a way to manually enter it so it is more accurate.
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On Preferring Spaces Over Tabs(paul-m-jones.com)
1 points by vlucas 15y ago|1 comments
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Correcting tyop(github.com)
1 points by vlucas 15y ago|0 comments
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by vlucas 15y ago
How does this compare to other native bridging platforms like Appcelerator Titanium? I see no mention of it anywhere in the blog posts or on the comparison charts on your site, etc.
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by vlucas 15y ago
The quoted numbers per GB are honest calculations, but they can be a little misleading because they don't reflect the REAL costs you are going to end up paying PER MONTH and UP FRONT. As with anything, you always have to run the calculation
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Ask HN: Could a free, ad-supported SaaS app work?
1 points by vlucas 15y ago|0 comments
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by vlucas 15y ago
Shelf the startup for now and start doing contract development work. You can charge anywhere from $50-125 per hour depending on your experience, programming/development expertise, and projects you've worked on. It will take you a while and
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Can .NET make PHP run faster than the official PHP implementation?(phpclasses.org)
4 points by vlucas 15y ago|0 comments

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