vlucas

21 ms·

211.
by vlucas 8y ago
The issue is not cost. The issue is conceptual overhead and sheer complexity.
212.
Alibaba Acquires OpenSky(linkedin.com)
4 points by vlucas 8y ago|0 comments
213.
by vlucas 8y ago
Oklahoma City, OK / Tulsa, OK (yes it's a real city, no we don't all ride horses) Decidedly not a "tech center", but we do have a very solid and thriving local tech community: https://www.techlahoma.org
214.
by vlucas 8y ago
This is not _eslint_. This is _eslint-scope_ which is not included by default with ESLint itself.
215.
by vlucas 8y ago
Close the browser tab :)
216.
Digg v4 Launch Story(lethain.com)
28 points by vlucas 8y ago|2 comments
217.
by vlucas 8y ago
> 2.6 million plaintext passwords and user IDs This seems really odd to me. If you use Firebase Auth, you never see or get the users's password at all unless you are also copying it (on user login or registration) and storing it in
218.
by vlucas 8y ago
Flutter looks interesting. As a React/React Native dev, I found this doc page particularly useful and enlightening: https://flutter.io/flutter-for-react-native/
219.
by vlucas 8y ago
From the article: > This would be just weeks after it raised $150 million at a $1 billion valuation, and only three months after raising at a $300 million valuation. Venture capitalists have never before participated in such a rapid and
220.
GitHub XP – GitHub Windows XP Theme(github.com)
209 points by vlucas 8y ago|62 comments
221.
by vlucas 8y ago
> Quickly? Firebase + React. Came here to recommend this myself. I built an SPA with React + Firebase (auth, db, hosting, and all) to help my wife and I track our kids allowance and spending in just over a day: https://parentb
222.
by vlucas 8y ago
From the 'About' page: > Shoes 4 is a total re-write of Shoes. It's being done in JRuby with best practices. It re-implements the original Shoes 3 definition of Shoes in a pure Ruby friendly way whereas Shoes 3.x is more d
223.
by vlucas 8y ago
Curious. By "cash" do they mean only actual stacks of bills or all forms of "paper" payment like checks and cashier's checks too? Maybe not since those require a bank account and are traceable?
224.
by vlucas 9y ago
> What Mailchimp is doing goes one step further - they are directly censoring what companies can share with their customers and what they cannot. This feels incredibly intrusive whether you are a fan of blockchain tech or not. It's
225.
by vlucas 9y ago
Link to actual article: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/i-cant-wait-you-see-what-we-d... > Consumer growth slowed. People close to me and the business began to warn that chasing consumers was the wrong strategy. Afte
226.
Steve Wozniak Disagrees with Elon Musk, Stephen Hawking on A.I(cnbc.com)
1 points by vlucas 9y ago|0 comments
227.
by vlucas 9y ago
Yes, true - Vitamin Water, Dasani, etc. have been good for them.
228.
by vlucas 9y ago
If you're looking for a long-term investment trend that will last for many more decades to come, invest in companies that produce water, coffee, and tea. All the displaced soda sales are going to them.
229.
by vlucas 9y ago
> The sense of wonder that I got... I wonder if kids have anything even close to those experiences today. I have 3 kids, and I can honestly say yes, they do. Minecraft. It has simple mechanics, but can be pretty deep too if you want it t
230.
by vlucas 9y ago
I was in the exact same position as you, looking at paying over $100/mo for a simple side project on Heroku. I wound up deploying it to my own VPS for $5-10/mo instead, and it actually ran faster was was much more reliable. I am w
231.
by vlucas 9y ago
Easy hack to prevent remote control/hijacking of your car: drive a standard. It will never be able to start or drive anywhere remotely.
232.
by vlucas 9y ago
I have made a few apps in my time, and have easily made tens of... dollars. It's a tough game.
233.
It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like 1937(seekingalpha.com)
4 points by vlucas 9y ago|0 comments
234.
by vlucas 9y ago
Good discussion, and it is certainly very nuanced. The trouble of the developer having to create this list themselves is the reason I made http://devdata.io - so you could at least have an easy starting point for all this data t
235.
by vlucas 9y ago
Favorite quote: "You know what I consider the worst disability of all? Procrastination and laziness." Ouch. Well said.
236.
by vlucas 9y ago
My team just got finished re-writing a frontend JS app that went all-in on events for handling almost everything to a more declarative React app with more explicit dependencies. It still has some event bindings with a central store of state
237.
Apple: App Store Newly Streamlined App Ratings(developer.apple.com)
1 points by vlucas 9y ago|0 comments
238.
The Incredible Shrinking Sears(nytimes.com)
1 points by vlucas 9y ago|0 comments
239.
by vlucas 9y ago
Oh come on. If this is a side project, it's likely impacting his personal monthly budget. A sudden, unplanned, $180 expense on a personal budget can EASILY be significant - even if you make six figures.
240.
by vlucas 9y ago
Not just photos, but in general I've found that the people who are continuously posting how happy their lives are and how everything is great are most likely the ones who are utterly miserable. I have been seeing a woman's posts l

More ›