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piotr_krzyzek
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About piotr_krzyzek
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Comment #9957177
It's the tone and response that annoyed me. Not that the SaaS didn't have said feature.
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Comment #9955698
Yup, missed a word. Will commit lyrical seppuku as penance.
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Never tell a developer it's not possible (rant)
There is one thing that I've found that'll boil blood faster than anything in a developer: telling him (or her) that something isn't possible (in code). I recently had the displeas…
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Comment #5731341
The most important thing to learn/know is the mindset of the buyer. Applies to pretty much any industry, but for freelance development it's even more important. Business owners, pr…
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Comment #5692438
A good chunk of my core business is web development and have been doing this for quite some time now. There are many factors that go into the buyers decision making process. A larg…
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Comment #5449885
I blame this 'issue' on the op. True there are many potential paths that the Chrome/chromium developers can take with this, but they've chosen a different path from Firefox and oth…
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Ask HN: Why aren't there more centralized app repo's for Win/osx?
While I still am a huge fan of Linux and would love to go back to Linux, I've been using OS-X primarily for work. The one thing which greatly saddens me and makes me worry for the …
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Comment #5130642
I was originally thinking something along those same lines. There must be a cost factor in there somewhere! Though I also do not mean cost just in terms of money. Cost in terms of:…
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Ask HN: Is it better for modern technology to specialize or generalize?
There are many paths to technology. Our modern smart phones are the most perplexing to me because I, for one, think that overall having more specialized technology is a good thing.…
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Comment #5006774
Call me wrong on this one, but if you really are interested in the code for HN why not create your own? From what I've seen so far, HN is great n' all but the logic behind it seems…
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Comment #4793902
If anyone has any invites left, we'd all sure appreciate it :) peterk @ chykalophiagroup.com Wonder if this works alright in the suburbs ...
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Comment #4793885
This is eerily similar to the show H+. Not on the same scale of course, but that's the first thing that came to mind when I saw this post.
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Comment #4603690
One of the best points in the whole post, I think this point should have been front-and-center: blogging isn't for everyone. Well that, and 'why are you writing'? My wife writes an…
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Comment #4603644
That aren't too many places that accept the US dollar directly outside of the America's. In most places in Europe and Asia you'll be hard pressed to pay with the US Dollar. In majo…
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Comment #4561138
So I may come off as a grumpy old man, and I do sympathize with the op ... but in this day in age, it's only that much more important to keep manual backups of serial numbers, pass…
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Ask HN: Why are there more Windows exploits and vulnerabilities?
Are there more Windows exploits and vulnerabilities knows and documented because of the larger user base or because it is less 'secure' than Linux/OS-X?
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Comment #4453303
Angular as in circles, rounded corners, spheres and generally not grid based designs? Originally the idea came out of necessity. Computers cannot do circles. They can just do many-…
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Comment #4185057
SEEKING WORK - Preferably in Chicago NW Suburbs or Milwaukee Natural born computer nerd who likes python, php, online development and user experience consulting. Moonlighting as th…
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Comment #4131468
I've been working on an in-house Django project and all I've used so far is the Django Tutorial on their site and their documentation. Believe it or not it's actually rather compre…
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Ask HN: Pro's and con's of Joomla with quantifiable data/information?
I'm doing a bit of research about Joomla, partially because a client asked me to though also because I'm having trouble finding qualitative data for or against it. Instead what I m…
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Comment #4027748
100% agree with this statement, though my followup question to that is: do we have to stick with mediocrity? Or can/should better design/quality outpace and outperform the current …
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Comment #4027714
Let's take the case of my soon to be car purchase. I'm picking a certain car company because of the cars looks. Since it's at a level where pretty much price, performance and featu…
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Comment #4027702
I've not bought items from retails with poor image online and offline. I'm very cautious around eCommerce sites that look horrid. I trust the better (looking) ones more. In the 're…