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The author has some serious design and coding skills. I just wish they were more precise about what it is (a window manager? an gnome user theme?) rather than trying to brand it as…

I do a lot of work helping early and mid-stage companies scale their workforce and technology. Some companies scale by the seat of their pants: they hire people for specific needs …

Markov chains are much simpler than Markov models. The lecture starts off with the simpler idea to motivate the more complex one that you're describing.

I clicked on this link expecting a conversation about commenting in code, which is broken for several reasons. Commenting on this post seems to work for me though.

I'm picturing something like this http://www.soundboardarchive.com/game/603/George-Takei.html but with audio and recording functions as well? A quick google search turned up http:/…

We stuck with facebook to keep it simple, but I agree it would be really nice to login via twitter. This is definitely on our roadmap, but I don't think we'll get to it for this ti…

I completely agree with this. One skill that I pride myself in is being able to internalize others' ideas. For example, I'm working on a startup right now (it helps that I have equ…

Thanks for reporting this. It looks like the database connection went down just as you were submitting. I'll switch to a better database tonight to ensure the connection stays up. …

http://calacanis.com/2015/01/27/why-hackathons-are-important... is great for inspiration.

I'm going to compete in the LAUNCH Hackathon at the end of the month, and want to present a demo that wows the judges. I'm doing this because I work with a talented team, and we've…

You're right, if the winning idea is "build the control software for a self-driving boat that can search for a missing airplane," then the tech certainly will not be easy (and woul…

Sorry about that, we had the permissions set too strictly. It's fixed now, and I want to thank you for bringing this to our attention before the competition starts.

I don't see any ethical issue here, but if there are hard feelings involved (like you're leaving his investment high and dry), he could make things difficult for you at company B. …

This is what I love about consulting - I can experience different team cultures and projects, and learn what works and doesn't work for various teams.

These are great specifics, and I agree with all of them. On a more general level, I don't consider someone senior until they can take a complex problem and break it down by choosin…

If you go out on your own and contract with that same company, chances are good that you could easily pull in $100/hr (I've heard numbers much higher than that, but am trying to be…

I'm experiencing some wonderment, does that count?

We used clicky with custom events for analytics, which I like better than google analytics, but doesn't have built-in support for cohort analysis. I'd love to hear recommendations …

I tend to prefer having face-to-face interaction with interns, because it lets me determine more easily what they're understanding and what they're struggling with. Physically bein…

Is "Documentation" just an implementation detail for what you really need: "Communication"? If I can have a smooth learning curve and a well-understood contract, then I'll have an …

I guess most of my beef is with "You're Cuking It Wrong" for giving such a poor example, which I think only furthers your point that we tend to develop bad code with cucumber and t…

I don't think the example story in this post is good for several reasons: 1. it was written by developers instead of the product owner -- good stories are all about business value …