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A situation being better than it used to be is a poor argument against making further progress. Hopefully, one day I will be the crotchety old man complaining about how the new kid…

>People don't want to buy a bunch of small stuff a la carte. They just don't. Are you familiar with In App Purchases? The fact that so many apps are moving towards being free with …

The slideshow on this page gives a decent overview: https://www.docker.io/learn_more/

When learning a new language it is often difficult to master the little details. Swap out 'has' with 'have', 'its' with 'their', 'other' with 'others' and it changes to: "All the s…

I'm a huge fan of WebFaction

Exactly. I censor myself all the time in any online setting that isn't anonymous. I'll have my contribution to the conversation typed out, edited, and then I think on whether someo…

That depends if the domains are valuable to you. For example, see this post, which could have been prevented by a registrar that was more secure. https://medium.com/p/24eb09e026dd

Allowed: >Listings that offer physical items, downloadable items, or services (such as home improvement services) The winner gets the source code (downloadable) and one week of con…

Also, don't underestimate the value of making sure a client is happy. My first client required little more than setting up a WordPress theme and doing some design tweaks. I bent ov…

Could you elaborate on the differences between the two, and why you decided to write off all of Elance after one bad experience?

You should also check out Font Awesome[1]. It's a really useful icon collection licensed under the MIT license. [1] http://fontawesome.io/

One of the winning entries from the Node Knockout competition did this[1]. They didn't give any real numbers (20kH is mentioned in the comments, but it's not clear how many devices…

>almost no chance of working in the real world Why do you think this? The company that I work for uses remarketing, and it actually works really well. I don't know the details behi…

Some big issues with that font (Chrome on Windows 7) http://i.imgur.com/a2vkcqh.png

It's still kind of new for a lot of products. Macbook Pros that were released before the Retina MBP (16 months ago) could be upgraded.

Especially when you consider the fact that it's impossible to upgrade the RAM. Sure, many users are fine with 4GB now. However, many users that want a laptop that will satisfy thei…

That's their choice, obviously. I hate being forced to watch a video, and when I land on a page that only has video content I leave.

There are quite a few services that offer non-DRM epubs. O'Reilly's online store[1] is just one example, and there are a lot more listed in Defective By Design's ebook guide[2]. ht…

Don't say anything. At all. Nothing you say will help your circumstances, but it can hurt you.

Blog posts and wikis are great for finding a quick fix/example on how to solve a small problem. I find books useful for when I'm learning a new concept from scratch.

If I'm branching out into a new field or learning a new concept where I have minimal knowledge, I'll often check for a book on the subject. Personally, I'm a fan of the Head First …