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We have a few clients that were affected by this as well. The only article I came across was from Business Insider (unfortunately, paywall). https://www.businessinsider.com/faceboo…

I've seen Spectrum pop-up a few times, there is a way to search for communities too. https://spectrum.chat/ Slack has active channels. Finding them can be a challenge. Try: https:/…

IMO, learn pure js but while learning the basics, get your hands dirty with some frameworks, small side projects or tutorials and workshops. This will help you find what framework …

I had them use the free trial of Magento Go to try and ease them into it but they seemed to be overwhelmed. Shopify however looks very ease to manage and a good starting point for …

I had heard the same thing but I'm located in the US so I don't think that should be an issue but thanks for the heads up.

I know there are a ton of other choices for e-commerece platforms but the business in need is a small/local Rock and Roll bar/restaurant that is interested in selling their own mer…

Hey HN. I was redesigning a restaurant's website when the Owner approached me about starting an E-Commerce store, which is a space I really don't know much about. He wanted to incl…

Thanks for the tip. I often get wrapped-up in the buzzwords then end up splitting my attention between a million different areas that I forget to build up the basics or start small…

I’ve been doing front-end coding for a few years now but recently have been trying to teach myself Ruby on Rails on the side. I have already gone through a few resources…all the Co…

Ask HN would have been a much better place for this post. I hadn't realized that if you include a link, hn automatically directs you there. I'll re-post in Ask so comments are easi…

I've been doing front-end coding for a few years now but recently have been trying to teach myself Ruby on Rails on the side. I have already gone through a few resources…all the Co…

Lenovo Thinkpad Edge430 looks like a great deal.

The laptop I have now..or had..is an HP Dv7. I missed the recall date on the Motherboard problems and it just recently died on me. It lasted about 2 years but I'd like to avoid HP'…

Hey Hacker News, I am in the market for a new laptop and have a few ideas but want to hear your guys suggestions or forewarnings about whats out there. I'd like to keep it in the $…

Definitely a smooth install and setup for Heroku. Michael Hartl's tutorial is great. I've actually been going through it today!

I definitely am enjoying Heroku's free-tier to test and practice on. And I have gone through a good bit of Michael Hartl's tutorial, at least enough to get up and running. I do lik…

I do want to be able to host my own servers..one day..as for now I think I will "just get this project out there". I think I've got enough Rails under my belt to get the few pages …

Yeah, LAMP seems to be the best route to get up and going faster, I think I'll start with that. I need to be learning those DB and process skills to begin with, which makes taking …

Thanks! That's good to know about Apache. I haven't even had a chance to look into it thoroughly. Maybe I'll dive into it this weekend :) So if I want to get up and running quickly…

I completely agree and I do want to be a total pro but am too spread out. I need to start focusing on certain aspects...maybe learn the ins-and-outs of a complete framework?..like …

Thanks for the great reply to start. I clearly am a little over my head and am always looking for the "right direction" to go and end up getting caught up in buzzwords. I only have…

I have put together a few web pages (html,css,jQuery) but am very new to Web Development. I have only done front-end design. I am comfortable with Linux but don't know Apache or My…