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Good point. This is why a healthy and educated populace is bad for the economy. Merica!

In this case MySql and Postgres have different schemas. I am thinking about just using CSVs from MySql and writing import scripts to get it into Postgres. But I am curious if I am …

Very nice! However, the demo and site seems a tad slow. Probably too much HN traffic :)

I have a friend who is an idea machine. He is seriously talented at coming up with tech ideas that are original. However, that is all he brings to the table. No funding, no coding,…

"I'm in a very remote place, so options are limited." This is the challenge. If you had other options then you can genuinely use them as a negotiating tactic. E.g. "I'd love to sta…

I agree. The author brings this to light as well and warns about the implications of changing what is considered "truthy" in x.

"Their speculative approach was essentially unheard-of locally, but the two believed that if they built the office space, tenants would come." That's awesome; "built it and they wi…

An amazing man and a testament to the power of curiosity.

Very cool. A website to find the missing ingredient. I can see using this for two of the three irons I have in the fire. The third one I was fortunate to find my complementary oppo…

Python/Django and Ruby/Rails are both clean frameworks and have fantastic communities. When I did the "Hello world" on both I was drawn to Python/Django. When it comes to moving aw…

Thanks autokad. base698 has the right interpretation: My response was the smarmy answer I have given in interview situations where I just felt rebellious against the energy of inte…

That is awesome. I like; "That problem has been solved so I'd Google it". Your answer is faster.

I always interview the company interviewing me. The closer I've mimicked Peter Gibbons from Office Space the quicker the job offer arrived, provided I passed their tech tests.

Super clean, Super cool, super intuitive. Thanks!

I agree technology will save us from the mad max scenario that we repeatedly have read about over the last 5 years. However, it will be interesting to see how the "Technocracy" pla…

First define what "good programmer" means to you. Good programmer could mean having the skills to lead and code a functioning start up venture that can scale. For others "good prog…

Great write up. I look forward to when she is recharged and build the next great thing.

Awesome Pianoputer chops! And educational Python write up. Thanks!

"Unlike a lot of other startups that give options to their employees, we’d given them actual shares." Nicely done and congrats.

Start with a niche group and personally reach out to them with an amazing product. For example, Facebook was for Harvard Students only. Airbnb started getting hosts and guests in o…

Thanks for the write up. It's the perfect time for me to be reminded about starting simple and changing the architecture as needed. I have prematurely optimized on one project in t…

I get way more recruiter spams for Python jobs these days than I did just two years ago.

I love developing websites. However, sometimes I wonder why. I just know that "I like building things". So, I thought I'd put this out there...