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kirinan

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About kirinan

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    Comment #14774691

    Spring is as micro as Java gets. Probably not a great example but its the best one I could think of at the time of the comment. Flask is a singular framework that has an ecosystem …

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    Comment #14773982

    I know Angular is an easy framework to crap on for frontend developers, but I love Angular. Im a Python/Java developer and much prefer all inclusive frameworks like Django/Flask/Dr…

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    Comment #11940881

    While I think Trump is a bad choice, I think comparing him to Hitler is overzealous and irresponsible. There are no doubt similarities between the two but Hitler wrote an entire bo…

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    Comment #11161381

    This seems like the same advice YC has been giving for years minus the fact that the market seems to restricting based on the unicorn mess happening which is ultimately probably a …

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    Comment #10071145

    I think maybe its subconscious but they view getting rich as a singular event like winning the lottery, gambling or a lawsuit (I wish I was kidding on the second one) and not an lo…

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    Comment #10071131

    Thats brilliant, seems well founded in research and well implemented. I really hope that it can continue to scale to more and more places. 445 communities is a smashing success alr…

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    Comment #10069265

    I lived this first hand. I grew up in extreme poverty (by the US standards anyways) where my electricity/water were cut off occasionally and occasionally would have to wonder if I …

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    Comment #9997648

    OnShift | Downtown Cleveland OH | Python Full Stack Software Engineer | All experience (and pay) levels | ONSITE OnShift helps post acute care facilities (e.g. nursing homes) sched…

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    Comment #9732377

    I usually don't comment on immigration policies because I'm a US citizen and have never been an immigrant worker, however I dont believe this affects the long term success or failu…

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    Comment #9716907

    I hate to sound all conspiracy theorist crazy but this makes me scared of the fact that people may start to just up and disappear 1984 style. Covering up murders of people is not g…

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    Comment #9692838

    This won't end well for Zenefits. Its not quite a deathknell for them, but there is zero case where Zenefits doesn't settle outside of court or loses the case. They will need to sp…

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    Comment #9590410

    I don't know: 55b is a huge number, not unfathomable of course but huge. Salesforce is a great company and a no doubt innovative and disruptive one, but they hold no talent that Mi…

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    Comment #9569956

    Thanks for organizing it! Ill get with my wife, but this seems very affordable and fun event in particular for a family of four its the same cost as a normal "large" conference tic…

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    Comment #9569552

    This is the coolest thing I've seen in a while when it comes to conference. As someone with a young family, I cringe when I have to think about going to another city for a conferen…

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    Comment #9538425

    This is solid advice. I had one of my mentors put it a really elegent way : "Your board should consist of people who fix your weaknesses". Don't have a lot of business contacts? Ge…

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    Comment #9513278

    Alright, I made an honest attempt to read through all of it but I still have a fuzzy understanding of what you are trying to achieve with this project. I understand our current dev…

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    Comment #9447717

    Paywalled. Anyone have a non-paywalled article?

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    Comment #9422123

    This is insane. I can't think of an industry that google is not trying to compete in. Auto industry, space industry, internet of things industry (Nest), internet/media industry, ca…

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    Comment #9389514

    In before bubble talk. This is absolutely insane, but I think it shows that investors have faith in the founding team to execute on their vision. This is a healthy reminder that co…

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    Comment #9347854

    For startups, I agree: certificates mean nothing. In fact, they can be a detriment as the certificates cause an increase in pay that may not be affordable in a startups budget. Plu…

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    Comment #9347543

    I think in some realms MCSE does pull some weight, such as large financial institutions and non-tech companies. There are newer certificates such as those from Coursera and Udacity…

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    Comment #9347200

    This is a pretty interesting acquisition. Linkedin is trying to position themselves as a full service job market. If you want a particular job, go to Linkedin and even if you are m…

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    Interesting point. I've never had an issue with Jetty, though I've never ran it at huge scale before. I've used it for internal business systems which at peak require 1000 req/s wh…