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rbxbx

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About rbxbx

Write some code, read a lot of code, read a lot more about writing code.

http://regretful.ly

@rbxbx

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    Any plans to support JVM based languages? I imagine something like Tomcat would work with your ideology of uploading a file (in this case a .jar) via FTP and being up and running. …

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    Comment #4256681

    I've heard good things about http://www.appfog.com/ who used to specialize in heroku-esque PHP deployments. Perhaps they'd be worth checking out.

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    Comment #4201332

    Github wants to explain what Git has to offer you. I assume they want to see you as a potential customer, and if nothing else it gives you a real live low-risk git repository to pl…

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    Comment #4149648

    It's not that crazy if you think about it. If you're a freelancer working small contracts for people that "want a website", you're pretty free to use whatever technology you'd like…

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    Comment #4014100

    At first I thought this was an attempt at trolling, but then I noticed that Mr. Golick is the commenter so therefor I must assume serious intent. Care to give an answer better than…

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    Comment #4005113

    It has a "Railsier" "Convention over Configuration" type ethos. Certainly more opinionated, if nothing else, where as Backbone is more of an empty canvas & instruments to cover it.…

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    Comment #3999568

    Does Habit List use iCloud to sync it's data across my devices?

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    Comment #3968722

    He's not interested in furthering his studies to make more money. "The richness is in me, in my heart and in my head, not in my pockets," said Filipaj, who is now an American citiz…

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    Comment #3865482

    This is a wonderful example of "Working Code Wins". Keep in mind though that often this complexity doesn't scale, for those of you on a team looking to implement similar A/B test c…

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    Comment #3865474

    Obligatory mention of "Inventing on Principle" by Bret Victor ( https://vimeo.com/36579366 ) which explores a lot of similar turf. With Circa though we get to have these things tod…

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    Comment #3859427

    do keep us in the loop :)

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    Comment #3855338

    I'm also a pretty big proponent of distributed teams :) That said, as others have noted, if you're hiring quality people, there's no reason they can't learn Clojure on the job. Plu…

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    Comment #3855308

    ahem Will it be open source? I'm a firm believer in open source software and open source technologies. I can guarantee you that Light Table will be built on top of the technologies…

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    Comment #3853974

    I think this is a moot point, as we've seen time and time again using technologies such as Clojure/OCaml/Haskell/Etc is a boon for hiring great talent, not the other way around. ht…

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    Comment #3848672

    If you're into this type of thing, I imagine http://throneofjs.com/ would be up your alley as well. Speakers: Alex MacCaw — Spine.js Steve Sanderson — knockout.js Dan Webb — Top Se…

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    Comment #3845622

    Perhaps a tool similar to [Titanium]( http://www.appcelerator.com/products/titanium-desktop-applic... ) would suit the needs of this project. Essentially you write your application…

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    Comment #3844935

    So it's "Hot or Not" for puppies?

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    Comment #3841440

    Also bear in mind that the community behind Rails is more mature, and a lot more companies have stake in it being an effective solution than do CoffeeScript, not to mention the fac…

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    Comment #3828219

    Fairly certain that they're playing off of [Comet]( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_(programming) )

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    Comment #3759350

    2) Wouldn't http://documentcloud.github.com/backbone/docs/backbone-local... work for local development?