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thinkerer

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About thinkerer

Currently reading all I can on startups, leanstartup, internet and web applications and their frameworks. Picked up basic Js, Html, Ruby on Rails and now to apply what Ive learnt....

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    Comment #8796209

    I have to qualify that both are good for different purposes. But do go ahead and share your experiences with your stack used and performance.

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    Comment #8787546

    Yeah this is the part Im confused too. And when you think about JS and JSON ...messy.

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    Comment #8787234

    By others meaning(Ruby, Python Java etc) for real time, concurrency type of capabilities? Or am I terribly misinformed? I dont have Node experience but Ruby seems not too easy to p…

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    Comment #8673460

    Thanks for the lengthy feedback, appreciate the elaboration on the bindings and the UI. Its actually the strength of Angular but I guess when it gets too big, it gets unwieldy in t…

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    Comment #8673455

    Thanks Nico, I was in this direction just that real time comes with a hefty price tag and little or no open source options.

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    Comment #8673452

    From preliminary obervations, Meteor.js as some users have earlier mentioned, is actually a full platform but yet with sketchy documentation and little support from users in terms …

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    Meteor-JS versus AngularJS

    Sorry if the title sounds a bit broad. Im building a mobile/web app with AngularJS. For background, the app is a simple service app with 2-3 pages and some interactivity with users…

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    Comment #8599869

    I only started speaking at 3 and I was in an environment with English, Chinese, Malay and 2 other dialects. Certainly not a indicator of general well being and intelligence since I…

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    Comment #8513463

    That's why most who have seen some success would say (or so I have heard from their mouths): "The more you try, the luckier you get". There may be an element of luck that may affec…

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    Back End for AngularJS App – Firebase, MongoDB, PGsql? Etc Etc.

    Was thinking for an app that works on both mobile and web, Firebase is ideal for its REST Api and real time sync. Also Angularfire makes it easy to hook all of the components up. H…

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    Comment #8211554

    Ermmm well we all learn by observing other codes out there many times and rest of it troubleshooting isnt it? If it works, it works. Why bother re-writing it anyway? Unless its ref…

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    Comment #8112974

    Its always good to teach and share to reinforce your existing skills and discover new ones. Like many said, mentoring or taking up/ suggesting new projects may be a plausible avenu…

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    Ask HN: Mobile devt or Web devt first?

    Wanted to have some views on which one to build first if a web app has both? Feature wise it would be like a simple list type of app (you could think of it as something that looks …

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    Comment #7957739

    1) Everything. Even simple things like pushing codes to repositories took me eons to pick up. Also, programming isnt hard, in fact its easy. The hard part is understanding how to l…

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    Comment #7957737

    Failure is usually an iteration. My most recent project failed too. Good thing is cheer up, at least now you know what doesnt work, focus on what works or what you think may work. …

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    Comment #7957734

    Apart from that, a bulk of people are learning Ruby and hence rails most of the time as the support and gems are pretty vast. Also, Python is more defined in terms of how you struc…

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    Comment #7919404

    I dont know. I personally felt it was better to at least give the person an idea of my background and what I am up to. It solves the issue of finding someone whos vision is aligned…

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    Comment #7919395

    I think if this can be extended to make the changes easy to apply (with real time checking of how the output will be) and understanding the code differences, then many of the wiref…

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    Comment #7903513

    Feels like the author is trying hard to debunk the book's claims by attacking the definitions. I would think that by providing counter examples or counter thesis would have been mo…

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    Comment #7871709

    Excellent article, I agree with the author. Most times, it isnt really about how much calculations you make because the permutations and combinations are almost infinite and one co…

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    Ask HN: Questions on building a app page

    Hi all, im quite new to programming so pardon me if my question sounds elementary. I am trying to apply what Ive learnt to a simple dummy page with RoR and PGsql. Im wondering if i…

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    Comment #7866731

    In a country where everything is measured by GDP growth, it isnt surprising. Mountains actually do affect climate as well...couple with deforestation and making huge dams...