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specialdragon

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About specialdragon

Physicist, polyglot developer and general geek.

Also unemployed currently - get in touch if you have developer or manager roles.

Recent public activity

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    For those saying it's not a lot of money, I shall gladly accept your donations. $650 would allow me to buy myself a new office chair, or sort out a DIY project. Sure, I can save fo…

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    Comment #35165084

    $650 is a lot of money. Yes, definitely have those checks. I'd rather they call and check and everything is fine, than they not call, and things not be fine.

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    Comment #35071370

    We're up to 10 hours of downtime on their services. Anyone know what could have caused this? Companies generally [citation needed] don't go down for half a day across all their ser…

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    Comment #33568261

    If your experience has been entirely Python then a compiled language is the way to go. SOLID principles still apply, but I've found multi-threaded applications to be more sensible …

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    Comment #32885001

    I'd add putting in a static code analysis tool in there because that will give you a number for how bad it is (total number of issues at level 1 will do), and that number can be gi…

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    Comment #29420205

    BuilderStorm | Mid Level Full Stack Engineer | Full-time | REMOTE (UK only) | https://www.builderstorm.com BuilderStorm is an established software engineering company that provides…

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    Comment #18788699

    http://plantuml.com I've been doing a lot of flow diagrams and PlantUML has been invaluable. I specifically like it because sharing the flow means sharing some text, which itself i…

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    Comment #14024584

    World First Ltd | Millbank Tower, London | Full time | ONSITE World First is an established currency company. We have a medium sized IT team looking for PHP developers to continue …

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    Comment #13550865

    World First Ltd | Millbank Tower, London | Full time | ONSITE World First is an established currency company. We have a medium sized IT team looking for PHP developers to continue …

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    Comment #13307987

    World First Ltd | Millbank Tower, London | Full time | ONSITE World First is an established currency company. We have a medium sized IT team looking for PHP developers to continue …

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    Comment #12853045

    World First Ltd | Millbank Tower, London | Full time | ONSITE World First is an established currency company. We have a medium sized IT team looking for PHP developers to continue …

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    Comment #12633900

    World First Ltd | Millbank Tower, London | Full time | ONSITE World First is an established currency company. We have a medium sized IT team looking for PHP developers to continue …

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    Comment #11618587

    World First Ltd | Millbank Tower, London | Full time | ONSITE World First is an established currency company. We have a medium sized IT team looking for PHP developers to continue …

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    Comment #11589398

    The nitpick is entirely fair. What's worse, is that I know the word is suffix, I just didn't use it. :(

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    Comment #11587823

    I wasn't aware of Fix My Street, thank you for that. The reason for bringing it to HN's attention was because I too read about the service on the BBC News website and their plight …

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    Comment #11209528

    World First Ltd | Millbank Tower, London | Full time | ONSITE World First is an established currency company. We have a medium sized IT team looking for PHP developers to continue …

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    Comment #11019723

    In summary, he's made a speed camera and is now proposing the use of it to his local council. Are speed cameras not as ubiquitous in the USA as over here in the UK?

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    Comment #11013765

    World First Ltd | Millbank Tower, London | Full time | ONSITE World First is an established currency company. We have a medium sized IT team looking for PHP developers to continue …

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    Comment #10881274

    "One option for me would be to rewrite routebuilder to run on another mapping platform, but with an infant at home and a full-time job, I frankly don’t have the time or energy." - …

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    Comment #10538584

    I'm getting the following in my console on going to the page: WebSocket connection to 'ws://icra.eu-gb.mybluemix.net/ws/browsing' failed: Error during WebSocket handshake: Unexpect…

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    Comment #10492645

    World First Ltd | Millbank Tower, London | Full time | ONSITE World First is an established currency company. We have a medium sized IT team looking for PHP developers to continue …