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Ignore that. Apparently I don't know my own code. It just looks at `dependencies`. :-p That said, it looks like the latest (not yet npm-published?) version of zero has moved all th…

It's worth noting that (for now) npm.broofa.com includes `devDependencies` in it's graph. Zero doesn't have any production `dependencies`.

I.e. Learning math is not a pre-requisite, it's a byproduct. You don't need to know math to program, but as you become a better programmer, you _want_ to tackle more challenging pr…

Are there examples of large(ish) projects or production websites using primarily CoffeeScript? It seems like CS has a fanbase among purists who enjoy the syntactic elegance. But in…

You read the article wrong. The comedian represents the entrepreneur. "Watching the joke, you can see Norm adjust based on what is resonating with the audience (you know, like moth…

Citation needed, especially since the node-msgpack library docs say it's anywhere from 1.2-3X faster. https://github.com/pgriess/node-msgpack

Why is this making the front page of hacker news? This article is 2.5 years old.

One problem with telling someone why you didn't hire them is that most (yes, most) people will disagree with you. "No, you're wrong I really do know [skill X], and have experience …

That is exactly what's being claimed. The queries were not made on bing.com, they were made on google.com. The only way Bing can become aware of the results of these google.com que…

And the counter part to that, "Work? Already sold my company, suckers!"

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Testing DOM performance is a very different beast from testing JS engine performance. For example, DOM-based tests are useless when trying to compare Node.js performance against ot…

'Have had "." in my $PATH for 20 years. It's never been a problem... and probably saved me several hundred thousand keystrokes. Having to worry about there being an "ls" in the cur…

@blantoni: You can find Facebook data center cost data here: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2010/09/16/faceb... You'd have to 10X those costs (to $500M/yr), plus assum…

Your reaction says lot more about your attitude than it does about the OP's. I found the article interesting and informative, with none of the passive/aggressive overtunes you ment…