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n_coats

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About n_coats

Entrepreneur - Engineer

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    Comment #15441542

    All the more reason to host your own instance! However, I understand if others prefer not to go this route and thus use an alternative version control solution.

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    Comment #15434072

    I haven't experienced any downtime with their public service - which I think is great for hosting private repos (as others have mentioned). I actually prefer it to bitbucket. In ot…

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    Comment #15112914

    Ever checked out Rocket Chat? Open source solution that is extremely similar to Slack and you can self host. https://rocket.chat/

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    Comment #14323487

    Thanks for the suggestions and write up - very insightful.

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    Comment #14318204

    This looks amazing - much better than most of the comparable services I've looked into. Going to give it a shot - thanks!

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    Ask HN: Freelance Management Services/Apps

    What services are freelance developers using to manage time logging, expense tracking, invoice generation, and reporting for multiple clients? Preferably a service that offers both…

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    Comment #14204859

    His Foundation episode with Kevin Rose is pretty good as well. http://foundation.bz/7/

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    Comment #13562616

    "I guess this week it's React, but some say that Vue may surpass it in terms of popularity by next Wednesday." haha thanks for the laugh!

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    Comment #13455698

    As striking as it is for a company to take in a billion every quarter and still fail to make a profit, it is all to common in the telco space. I know from experience at one of the …

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    Comment #12886470

    My first child is three weeks old and I have a very similar support group in place. Yet even with all the help, I too, am strongly considering a nanny - I feel the thought alone is…

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    Comment #11949469

    Obsolete was the wrong word - Perl definitely still works (very well for certain things). Cool to see new applications being developed in it still!

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    Comment #11945184

    Nice post! At my most recent job, we used perl daily for processing scripts and many other functions. After initially having similar thoughts about it being "obsolete" and a "dinos…

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    Comment #11848720

    A lot of times you will end up teaching in a school where children or people know conversational English and are studying to become more proficient. I have two close friends (husba…

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    Comment #11822255

    Exactly what happened.

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    Comment #11813642

    Great post! For those learning, make sure you look into removing unused images and containers otherwise you might run into some issues a little farther down the road (eventually ou…

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    Comment #11043729

    funny, the "learn more" button is broke but the "buy me a beer" one works just fine!

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    Comment #10479907

    I've worked a cross campus (santa monica) for a couple days last spring. It was pretty cool, with some good food options nearby for lunch. I went with a member so I was able to ent…

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    Comment #9793667

    maybe the rupture was the initial bit of smoke (it looked the larger of the two from my view).

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    Comment #9793595

    I saw two big puffs of smoke and initially thought it was the boosters releasing.

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    Comment #9793575

    Was just watching the rocket from my backyard and it looked like it exploded... wow, can't believe that.

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    Comment #8578925

    How is patagonia? Heard the wifi isn't so abundant there.. Congrats, I hope to make it there one day!

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    Comment #8578875

    For those whose startups failed and ended up working as an engineer at another company, what would you say is the main difference between the company you work at now and your faile…

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    Comment #8426343

    yes! That's a great example!

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    Comment #8424616

    I agree, but I do think from a cosmetic perspective some UI's can be memorable, mainly because I've experienced some that are.