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A binning method that is fast and does not suffer from the hierarchical issue you mention: quadtiles. Looks like there is an implementation in Go [0]. I haven't tried the kind of g…

> Meteor is essentially dead today Care to explain what you mean by "dead"? Just today v3.2 came out, and the company, the community, and their paid-for hosting service seem pretty…

Thanks for the kind words! The prototype was launched in 2013, you'd think the world would have caught up since :D. The platform underneath allows far more advanced functionality, …

Yes, although not yet updated to the one of 2021 (2022 in Scotland). The main page has references to all data sources.

If you are based in the UK, there is https://xploria.co.uk . Click/tap on any location on the map and you get a lot of information about the place, inclusive of generations, what p…

> May I ask what a non-technical founder should look for in a technical co-founder? Breadth of expertise, ability to learn quickly, open minded when it comes to technology. Loves t…

> Am I supposed to use... excel to do that? This is gratuitous. You have a clear bias, granted, because it seems your domain is so specific, only a procedural language will do. But…

Which is absolutely fine in a non-critical scenario such as picking litter, or finding your mates at a festival. But, as the article demonstrates in detail, there are too many poss…

The guys at OpenCage Geocoder[0] are doing a great job using only open data. But they are a team with over a decade of experience parsing an deduplicating address data from dozens …

I agree that in general one would not use R to engineer software. However I disagree regarding low maintainability. I've seen very complex R packages that have been around for 30+ …

Well, maybe _you_ don't write software in R. Others can write a pretty capable server[0] using just that. [0] https://github.com/opencpu/opencpu/tree/master/R

Not sure if 100% of their posts are mind blowing. It's hard to dispense much business wisdom via a Twitter feed. Still, you can learn a lot from them, especially if you follow the …

Hi anish_t, About six months ago I tested Kinvey (a BaaS) for an application that makes heavy use of data. Basically you upload your data (say, from CSV) and then you access it via…