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Unfortunately for both of us, 9% of zero is zero :(

Working for a company you believe in is one good reason. 800,000 reasons is 799,999 more.

I've been using vim (now neovim) for almost 20 years now. In terms of efficiency/productivity/time saved, my guess is that it's not worth it. In terms of happiness, I love it. I li…

Ty for the benefit of the doubt and seeing the best in others :)

>> at the end of the day, we're trying to exchange useful products for money > If you're just trying to make money, then you shouldn't call yourself a hacker. I hate gatekeeping li…

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I really like: Non Designer's Design Book - for higher level guidelines on design Refactoring UI - for tactical suggestions on UIs Some other books: Bootstrapping Design and Design…

ah, are these are "standalone" or static binaries with no dependencies then? I think end users may need to have the crystal runtime installed as a dependency.

Great job! How were you able to do a stand-alone binary for Mac? I was able to for Linux via their Alpine/MUSL image, but never figured out how to for Mac.

I've had my car broken into twice in SF. Everyone's response to this is always "you can't leave valuable things in your car". Both times, my car was empty. Nothing was stolen. I ha…

It's not in the official binary releases yet. You'll have to compile your own Crystal via `make interpreter=1` to use it. Instructions here: https://crystal-lang.org/install/from_s…

The author linked to this article to explain it: https://medium.com/@dan_manges/the-modular-monolith-rails-ar... ---- From the article: We don’t have an app/ directory in our Rails…

Boutique: https://useboutique.com It's a self-hosted app for digital sales and newsletters. I can upload files, sell them, send broadcast/drip emails, handle bounces/spam so far. S…

It's not ideal but reasonable. I lived in Campbell and took the VTA for 2 years: http://www.vta.org/routes/rt902 -- it's about 1.25 hours one way. I used the time to catch up on re…

Can you find something in-between? E.g. try to find a part-time job, so you can earn just enough without dipping into savings. Then spend that extra time on your side projects.

I don't think it's strictly for books.

I'll start: * Start Small, Stay Small - guide for starting your own software business with zero outside funding, specifically for hackers ( http://www.startupbook.net/ ) * Authorit…

What are your recommended audiobooks for the HN crowd?

People are quick to call other authors' work worthless. Patio11's piece you just read was very valuable to me, but it doesn't have a timestamp on it -- did you think it was worthle…

I freelanced in the Bay Area for ~1.5 years, mostly Rails/Backbone. I wasn't good because I was never more than a coder-for-hire -- but the pay was still more than enough. (1) Yes,…

I didn't see it until you mentioned it, but now I can't unsee it.

Welcome to San Jose! I assume you'll have a car, because public transportation is awful here. I won't mention too many SF attractions but I definitely recommend you head up there a…