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amikazmi
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About amikazmi
email: amit.kaz@gmail.com
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Comment #36121480
Super cool! One thing that looks a bit off is that part of the physics engine runs in reverse - When a piece touch the high part of a pile, the sand is going UP from the bottom of …
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Comment #22671396
When you write 500 simultaneous users, do you mean: 1. 500 users making multiple calls across our servers at the same time? 2. 500 users on a single call?
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Comment #22187639
I read it as "they didn't continue long enough to get to the benefits, as we did", i.e, they already reached the diamonds.
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Comment #18992156
1. If you dob't have tests covering code, sure type checks are better than nothing. but if you do, why do you also need type checks? 2. If the tests must be updated whenever the un…
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Comment #17182924
Forgot to mention that the youtube video I saw was in english.. the "What Game UX Can Teach Designers about Product Design" article is pretty great too! thank you for sharing!
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Comment #17167715
Someone posted a youtube talk about Game Design that's applicable to general product design... I remember it was really good, but couldn't find it anymore
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Comment #5790046
RubyMine (IntelliJ Idea for Ruby)
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Comment #5702060
For some reason I couldn't remember how to say Postgres and used "Pos-gststs-something" a few times, so I kept it afterwords :)
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Comment #5374327
Using for paying bills, easier that way.
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Comment #5289330
The whole point of node.js/meteor is that you can share the code between client/server, so you dont have to duplicate anything, and have the access to the "real" model.
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Comment #5284913
If they use different IPs, and normal user request speed, the only way to differentiate is by irregular user usage patterns (too many pages for a session, going bfs instead of dfs …
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Comment #5271702
This is my pet project for lateral thinking riddles lovers- You couldn't solve this kind of riddles on the net because you need to ask someone yes/no questions to figure out the st…
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Comment #5231047
You can pass the initial data as a json object directly with the server response. I'm using Rails, and https://github.com/gazay/gon gem does it for you nicely.
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Comment #5159364
I think you can hate a language.. you can hate it because you hate yourself, for the things the language make you do. Coming from a Java background, I used to bang my head on the d…
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Comment #5159344
I understand you.. this Ruby code is unclear. There is a lot of bad code out there, but you shouldn't judge Ruby by a random code snippet- Ruby is just the tool, and the developer …
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Comment #5092538
I was under the impressions that it cost 50$ to submit a project (the site fee), in addition to the payment for the developer.
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Comment #5083645
Does it mean that until these changes are done, you wont declare RethinkDB to be production ready? (you mentioned at 2.0) Can you guys add a "rough roadmap overview" page to the do…
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Comment #5083463
I can value the skills of another developer. I can't value "well-connected" or "marketing/sales skills" So if a developer comes to me with an idea, I can evaluate the partnership b…
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Comment #5074617
What is the state of Rethink db? Is it fit for production use? In the website it stated as 1.3.2 (which imply production ready) but I think I saw some comments a month ago from you…
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Comment #5059790
What do you mean by "twice as much experience"? Does it makes you twice as productive? or just twice as much "time"? If you are more productive, you can try to get more- but take i…
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Comment #5055129
What was the reason you choose to rewrite for ease the maintenance in node? Couldn't you rewrite for ease the maintenance in ruby?
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Comment #5048580
Also, people use many machines (desktop, laptop, tablets)
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Comment #5048562
Awesome, seems like it is working well for you. How did you get feedback/nisights about users that started to use your product, but fall of the funnel before entering the email add…
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Comment #5048552
I feel exactly the same- let users use and require sing-up for saving data etc. But for young applications, it is important to get in touch with the users, and try to engage them- …