xal

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by xal 12y ago
Frustrating. We've build the environment ( dealt with the supply side ) but we can't bootstrap the demand. Parents are fundamentally opposed to the idea of their kids starting their career before they have the degree.
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by xal 12y ago
I'm the OP. Happy to answer questions about this.
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by xal 12y ago
Please come to Canada.
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by xal 12y ago
DJ could use a update to be fully Rails 4.2 compatible. I'd love a PR for that and would merge. https://github.com/tobi/delayed_job
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New Relic (NEWR) IPO Opens Up 31%(streetinsider.com)
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by xal 12y ago
I remember that! It was really surprising to get your email back and you had an entire explanation for why you can't make the introduction. You actually leaked a ton of insight in your personal style with that interaction. I admire you
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by xal 12y ago
Never anything like that. I usually capitalized on whatever fads were around. I went to middle school in the early 90s so it was things like those MagicEye books. I'd buy a box of them from the publisher and sell them for retail price
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Shopify's 5th build a business competition: A week on Branson's island(shopify.com)
1 points by xal 12y ago|0 comments
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Scientists Blow The Lid on Cancer & Sunscreen Myth(realfarmacy.com)
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The CoreOS Epoch(coreos.com)
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by xal 12y ago
I've used mine every day since I got it. It's hard to describe how amazing the riding experience is.
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by xal 12y ago
While there are no billion dollar revenue businesses on Shopify yet, it's really easy to underestimate the size of many of it's stores. Also I'm not sure what percentage you are referring to, we don't take one. We make a
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by xal 12y ago
So, this: http://xkcd.com/505/
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by xal 12y ago
I tend to use map[string]interface{} when I need a set. It works okay.
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by xal 13y ago
Well, while technically you are right (heh), there is actually an opinion stated on the whole case as well: We also note that in order to be guilty of accessing “without authorization, or in excess of authorization” under New Jersey law, t
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by xal 13y ago
Boosted send an email this morning that their boards will retail at $1,995
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by xal 13y ago
Could you explain the reference please?
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by xal 13y ago
I've got a 2 line cronfile on my raspberry pi that uses Tesla's web API to do roughly the same.
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by xal 13y ago
The comments about the init process are true. It makes sense to run a proper PID1 system here such as runit. I'd argue with the rest of the post. The problem is that phusion makes the common mistake of thinking of containers as faster
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by xal 13y ago
All three are complimentary. At Shopify we use all three for slightly different things. * Splunk searches the log files and sends alerts * NewRelic is our always running systems profiler and our primary source for spotting performance
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by xal 13y ago
That's nonsense. There are 5 creative hours in the day if you are generous. Some companies are build so poorly that it takes staff 12 hours of being present to access those but that's the failing of these businesses and they will
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by xal 13y ago
we are hiring Go developers :-)
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by xal 13y ago
Kafka is an integral part of Shopify's infrastructure. It's brilliant but under appreciated technology. A full company, scalable event bus like this can totally revolutionize the way you build services.
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by xal 13y ago
Thank you Justin Frankel for this wonderfully whimsical piece of software and all the code you have shared over the years. I wouldn't have been a programmer if it weren't for you being providing such a stellar role model.
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by xal 13y ago
Valve does stack ranking == compensation and they very much have a hirachy, it's just not documented. It's called the Tyranny of Structurelessness: http://beautifultrouble.org/principle/beware-the-tyranny-of-.
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by xal 13y ago
So the funny thing is that this system is called Unicorn and has been in effect for many years at Shopify: http://www.fastcompany.com/1770955/using-social-media-improv... It's useful, but no replacement for perfor
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by xal 13y ago
So what's a better way to do it? You need a documented system. If you don't have a documented system then there will be an undocumented system which is the same problem with less documentation.
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by xal 13y ago
Cool. Let me know what you are coming up with.
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by xal 13y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread_and_circuses
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by xal 13y ago
Depends on the kind of work. Engineers and Designers generally work as teams on location.

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