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japiccolo

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About japiccolo

Co-founder, Leaky

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    Comment #5796903

    I agree that most tools that are similar are fairly easy to switch between: PHP/Python/Ruby/Groovy, and Java/C#/C++, all imperative, OO, etc. Also, from a tools standpoint, Rails g…

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    Comment #5796864

    The two you mention (Haskell and Prolog) are great examples of languages where people can actually have negative impact for a while until they really get up to speed with the langu…

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    Comment #5796777

    While I agree with the general idea of the analogy (that great programmers are effective, no matter how many specific years of experience they have with language X), it doesn't qui…

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    Comment #4149225

    Unfortunately, scraping another site's information is generally not a long-term viable business plan (speaking from personal experience). I suppose CraigsList, much like insurance …

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    Comment #2497739

    Excellent question, and I think it's something that I didn't address very well in the site/app description. The main problem I was trying to solve when designing the app was to mak…

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    Comment #2497708

    Thanks for the feedback, and I think you're right. I updated the site to focus a little more on the specific benefits/advantages of the app. I guess it's a little difficult to mark…

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