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symmet

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About symmet

www.bxtr.co

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    Comment #5401218

    There are some points that I'd agree with in this post, but the framing is all wrong. The author begins the article saying that abstractions are fast (the DOM) and ends the article…

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    Comment #4983839

    I think that this is the most impressive fact so far. Being successful on your own as well as maintaining a good work/life balance (especially with a family) is an incredible feat.…

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    Comment #4018865

    I know this isn't your main question, but you should really check out Instapaper.com for saving articles to read later.

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    Comment #3125454

    There's no reason you can't do both. I worked for a web dev company while going to school at the same time and it was certainly difficult, but I learned a lot about priorities and …

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    Comment #3030125

    Thanks for releasing this just after I finish up a Django e-commerce project. ;) Seriously though, looks like this will come in handy in the future.

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    Comment #2261249

    My advice is to just be ok with the fact that you might not see EVERY submission. Watch the home page to see what's hot, look through the New section and see if something interests…

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    Comment #2246238

    I think an important aspect of the internship, as touched on by bartonfink, is the social connection. This decision isn't as easily boiled down to whether you'll make more impressi…

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    Comment #2214576

    I just went through something very similar. I had been working with a smaller company all through school and for a while after I graduated. The people I worked for were family frie…

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    Comment #2139886

    My approach is to do everything in CSS animations for browsers that support it, and then fall back to jQuery animations for those that don't. CSS animations can take advantage of h…

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    Comment #2128926

    Yep, I use Google Reader every day. I can't imagine that they're going to remove it. RSS is not as dead as everyone likes to shout.

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    Comment #1649829

    That's definitely one of our ideas for pushing this further!

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    Comment #1649644

    Thanks for all the great feedback, everyone! This was our Node Knockout submission, so if you get a chance, please give us a vote. Give us some big points for innovation! http://no…

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    Comment #1630488

    Just saw this in the productivity section today. Although I don't use Heroku, it looks nicely executed. One suggestion I have on your website: I think you should follow through wit…