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Hadn't seen the union approach in #2 before, I like that a lot. The 2 named properties are intuitive to other developers reading it, but now we also get compile-time safety that th…

It's the inconsistency. 1 + "2" (12) does a string concatenation. 1 - "2" (-1) does math. That said, whilst JS is loosely typed and won't fall over when you do this, I'd just see i…

I don't know your specific metrics, but one way to consider it is to forget about money for a minute. If you were to use one of those metrics to judge how successful your users wer…

ES6 introduces the 'let' keyword which gives you block scope: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Refe... Browser compatibility isn't too bad, but no Safari sup…

I hope it's an April Fools still, but here it is on Github: https://github.com/apache/subversion

Given the histories of these 2 writers, I'd have hoped for a bit more substance in such an important post for them. They don't mention anything specific about the new site, and giv…

It's worth considering how poorly handled the communications were here. No blog posts, no responses to the forum thread that mostly started all of this [1], nor the story that hit …

I quite like Alex McCaw's http://monocle.io/ - It's quite similar in topic to HN, but with less of the news/gossip/drama stories. It also moves a lot slower, so if you miss a few d…

I just don't store credit card details in my browser. Auto-complete for emails is extremely handy and I use that all the time, but does purchasing things online really need to be a…

Surely there was a better way to handle this? 1.1 million users in 8 hours on an un-official version? That's brilliant enthusiasm, which Blackberry don't often get these days. Simp…

Wise up! ;) (Y's up)

Haha, fair enough, I stand corrected then. Well played.

The analogy at the top of this needs a little work. Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera) wasn't in the Social Network (Jesse Eisenberg) Both great movies though :)

Perfectly framed letter, it's interesting that he doesn't make mention of a single negative point or competitor. All very reassuring instead, and it reads like he has just been giv…

$100 per month isn't bad for the inevitable crisis when you really will need a good sysadmin's help. For me, the biggest reason for paying for managed services like Heroku etc. is …

I can see what Wade is saying here, but I don't agree with the conclusion. "So when you begin a startup, make sure to think long term. Will you still want to do this if a family me…

This seems like it does just about everything under the sun (Basecamp, helpdesk, invoices etc. all in one app?) That could be very handy of course, but it's a lot for someone to ma…

http://www.kashflow.com/ is another great one, especially if you happen to be in the UK. I'd also second the vote for Xero. Haven't actually used it yet, but always looked impressi…

Like other readers have said, the real step forward in this area would be chip and pin. That raises a potentially more interesting question though, how do you transfer a country th…

hotels.com - Huge catalogue, fast to use, good photos, and TripAdvisor rating right there on the page. They also do great cashback on Quidco regularly, and have their own loyalty p…

Absolutely agreed here, this is just going to give an edge to companies outside the US. Worse still, it's going to hit small businesses worse because they will simply have no choic…

The script looks looks great, but mostly I just want to say it rocks to see a library with this much work put into quality documentation already. Gives me a heck of a lot more trus…

Pricing in the UK is even worse; £210 per year for one app, or £560 per year for the suite. An expense that could have been done without... It's one thing to charge this amount for…

Love it, reminds me of "If PHP Were British" ( http://www.addedbytes.com/blog/if-php-were-british/ ) Wouldn't mind a few more substitutions in the language, but it seems like most …

Really like the mention of audio/video integration coming soon. Likely not the market they really had in mind, but this could be an awesome extension to forums. Definitely an upgra…