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I've been using it with vagrant. It's an amazing file sync between host and guest. Avoids so many of the annoyances of nfs et al

I think the author is slightly exaggerating here; not that the larger range wouldn't be useful. Assuming that there's a stationary obstruction that you must come to a complete stop…

> Still wish more people knew about this dashboard view into Issues I only discovered the dashboard recently after using github for years! Having the overview was actually the miss…

If playing the sound isn't latency sensitive, you could just have each tab pick a random delay [1]. When the tabs receive the event, they each wait X milliseconds. The first timer …

Fair enough. I've reworded that part.

The Design of everyday things [1] (Found on Coding Horror's recommended reading [2]) was crucial in understanding how people intuitively interact with the world around them - inclu…

This post makes some great strides in explaining the core power of the meteor framework; Until now, I think Meteor wasn't on message for the experienced developer market. It's a mi…

Thanks for your reply. I was asking to see if there was any crucial evaluation I had missed putting MongoDB into production. Below are a few replies to the points you raised: -----…

This feels like "WorldVision" for programmers. The wealthy pouring support on the forgotten, decrying the unjust conditions, only to forget about them and return to their normal li…

What would be your hesitations taking mongoDB into production? Personally, the lack of transactions & ACID compliance bother me - but Mongo 3.0 (Coming in March) should alleviate t…

SQL Support: You can query data from SQL; just include necessary NPM driver and you're away. It wont be "Realtime" though. Other NoSQL Support: The realtime driver is the problem h…

Totally agree. They should have received a wage, as the learning program wouldn't result in a qualification, and was mostly a part of a hiring process. If there were a wage involve…

Can't say much about 1 & 3. But, pgAdmin[1] has a great visual "explain" tool. [1] http://www.pgadmin.org/

I like the general concept; It would be great as a web app too. I'd like to post on my linkedIn / personal sites / profiles: "Want to meet me for lunch? join me via colunchers.com/…

The app is the easy bit. It needs a community.

It would also be handy if it worked without location services... just let me enter a suburb/ city.

You want a list of industries, that involve communication with team members, and customers? I think you need to take your curiosity to google (or the real world), and do your own r…

How is this different to consuming a REST API and rendering client side? You can only view & modify data on the client that has already been published. Data that you don't publish …

Sky is the limit here. Low latency (real-time) can be an important part of effective and engaging communication. Sure, it's not for everything; I wouldn't want my email communicati…

85 Gallons per day - Interestingly. In Australia [In my particular urban region] - that same usage would cost AUD$38 per month (Roughly $3.90 per 1000L)

Congrats to the Meteor team! We've built an enterprise/b2b app on meteor, and even through all of the hard yards, it's been a success & the right choice for us. When I first heard …

Awesome! thank you.

Sounds like a great read. Which edition / print would you recommend? (There's about 5 on amazon)

Not a great article on this topic. But still interesting. The main points I see in the article, are that weak labour = weak market, and not every country can be an exporter. It see…