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willbill

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About willbill

rails dev in ny

reach out: willsommers@gmail.com

Recent public activity

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    Comment #6882824

    I love how whitespace has turned into an "issue" and how a problem has also turned into an "issue"

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    Comment #6781086

    If you want to learn about NK read "Nothing to Envy" by Barbara Demick. Interviews with refugees.

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    Comment #6630620

    Neither good SO answers nor docs emerge out of thin air. If you find the right way to do something, document it, write it down, submit a PR.

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    Comment #6406067

    Credit Louis CK at least.

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    Comment #6393312

    I might add the pry gem to that list. It has a pretty robust community around it and it can help when debugging hairy code.

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    Comment #6361325

    Moxie Marlinespike of WhisperNet has explicitly said that he leaves his devices at home when traveling because of this.

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    Comment #6163001

    It doesn't do the same investigative reporting either.

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    Comment #6162360

    I remember reading his quite useful blog post on learning rails quickly which included what was involved in creating a website and how to attain a simple understanding of web-speci…

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    Comment #6159762

    I can rich and you can too!

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    Comment #6141222

    Can we stop posting articles from businessweek? Please?

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    Comment #6129709

    Derek Bailey is a boss. His lost techies blog is great even if you aren't using marionette.

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    Comment #6122504

    You should reword this. Few of these schools are free. Most supplement a course fee with a placement fee they receive by acting as your recruiter.

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    Comment #5775091

    None, just meet people. You'll get better jobs and introductions through clients who like your work.

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    Comment #5750750

    I also cringe whenever I see 'Now building things' in a person's profile. What were you doing before?

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    Comment #5745917

    no, use this. https://github.com/mattspitz/completeme

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    Comment #5745867

    One of the main problems I have with it is that in New York, I know of people who are doing a taking account AirBnb rates when calculating a break even for their sublets/extra room…

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    Comment #5744778

    This pricing model also works for consulting as well. Listen to Obie Fernandez talk about 321-Launch and you'll understand that value of bundling when it comes to consulting servic…

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    Comment #5734845

    Until you tasted it...

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    Comment #5732874

    I'm really happy to see agencies selling better advertising than standalone CRUD apps or native apps. Hope ya'll like it too.

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    Comment #5732836

    I'm very curious to know how many consumer focused sites/companies/apps have had 1 billion+ buyouts.

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    Comment #5731410

    Remember that a good portion of college debt is held by people who thought they wanted to go to college, went in, accrued debt and then decided to do something different. Its good …

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    Comment #5731249

    For the people who actually sign up for this and are learning rails -- ie have done the M. Hartl tutorial but might not have seen many projects live -- take a look a Rails Best Pra…

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    Comment #5730655

    I wonder to what degree these people are gaming the system to get on the front page in the first place...