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blairbits

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About blairbits

Developer Advocate at Shopify (http://shopify.com)

homepage: http://blairbeckwith.ca contact: blair @ blairbeckwith (dot) ca

Recent public activity

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    Comment #4049883

    IANAL or anything even remotely resembling one, but it seems to me that this could be begging for legal trouble if an employee was fired for this. I could be very wrong, but depend…

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    Comment #4049860

    unless they taper a la MBA.

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    Comment #4044775

    Shopify intern here. I've worked Unicorn in to my daily workflow. I can't say everyone (or even anyone) else uses my system, but Unicorn is my first stop of the day when I sit down…

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    Comment #4003104

    Posts like this pain me. None of the hearing among us will ever truly understand what this is like. Posts such as this one give us a glimpse in to what it must be like, but that's …

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    Comment #3961613

    There is no doubt in my mind that if I had followed the advice in this book, I'd be substantially better off then I am. I read it when it first came out, and it's an amazing read. …

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    Comment #3915582

    Thanks for the link! I had no idea this ever existed.

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    Comment #3915456

    This seems to me to be a great example of hour DDG can gain an edge on Google. I don't think you'll ever see Google offering something like this; they're too big. A smaller option …

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    Comment #3788710

    LissaExplains... Now there's a site I haven't heard of in a long time. Does anyone know what she's up to these days?

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    Comment #3698070

    After a cursory glance, it seems a lot like Code by Petzold[1], or at least a similar concept in less detail. I loved that book, and I know most others did as well. I'd love to tak…

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    Comment #3681322

    I've been waiting for something like this for a long time; can't wait to try it out. I'll post feedback.

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    Ask HN: Possible to become employable in five months?

    Hey guys, Just a quick question. I would say I have a fairly deep technical background for a non-programmer: I'm twenty years old. I worked for three months at a startup doing basi…

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    Comment #3673423

    I'm sure this speaks to a fairly large segment of the potential audience. For some people (I might even say most - especially newbies), it's much more thrilling to dive right in to…