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Location: At the moment, DC metro area, US Remote: Absolutely, remote position preferred. Willing to relocate: Yes Technologies: Python, Django, JQuery, Git, Linux, Puppet, Postgre…

Sideproject implies probably working nights and weekends. How many calendar days it takes to complete something shouldn't have any bearing on how appropriate a project is for a Sho…

Thanks lox. That problem should be fixed now.

Thanks, this is an interesting idea. I actually need more than 3 books to generate useful recommendations...more like 20 ratings. The other problem is that this is still beta stage…

The more accurate you want to get, the more computationally expensive. Netflix actually did a contest with a million dollar prize to the team that could come up with the most accur…

I'm building a book recommendation engine. You rate books you have read and we recommend other books you might like. We don't care about anything that doesn't improve the quality o…

I read a bunch of research papers on different keyboard layouts and ergonomic designs, with the goal of increasing productivity. There is no consensus whether DVORAK is more produc…

Thanks! jess.grokcode@gmail.com

I think the solution is a combination of tactics. A curated "getting started" or "best of" list is a good way to get eyes on some of the best posts that are representative of the b…

There is often a big difference in competency level between written and verbal communication. If most project communication happens through email, how someone communicates on video…

To be fair, DotCloud offers much more flexibility than Heroku. With DotCloud you can mix and match different stack components. Currently in beta: Java, PHP, PostgreSQL, Python, Red…

I would love to do this as a weekend project, although I don't have the first clue as to what fonts should be recommended based on what uses are intended. Anyone interested in coll…