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Re: Helios

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Post by julien_c »

MrUnderhill wrote: post #29

Off topic: The ultra light custom fonts a lot of websites use nowadays (looks like "Bariol" on this site), do they look bad to anyone other than me? Both in Firefox and Opera (Linux) many of the lines are invisible or barely visible (example: http://i.imgur.com/Yk0Q83G.png ). In Chrome they look a little bit better.

Looks great in Mac OS.

Re: Helios

#42

Post by julien_c »

coob wrote: post #6

I've recently been working on a Node backend for IAP verification and providing signed S3 URLs for downloadable content - something like this would have halved the time it took. Good work Matt!

Interesting – I'm thinking about implementing something just like that right now. Did you find good resources about this?

Re: Helios

#43

Post by attheodo »

Mobile backends is definitely a hot topic nowadays and this is one of the greatest contributions. A small part of me wishes it was a more "Pythonic" though.. :)

Re: Helios

#44

Post by tenfourty »

saddino wrote: post #7

I've been thinking that Parse (and StackMob, Kinvey et al) need to provide a similar self-deployable solution at a reasonable price; this might be the motivation they need to do so.

This might cannibalise their business model in such an undeveloped market, they are all about lock in currently. There is definitely space in the market for an open source based MBaaS/BaaS that allows you to roll your own or use their hosted version.

Re: Helios

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Post by hellotoby »

degenerate wrote: post #30

Helios is also the moniker of a very "cloud-like" (ambient) composer named Keith Kenniff. His music is excellent for coding when you need that superior downtempo thinking background noise. My favorite album: https://soundcloud.com/_type/sets/helios-eingya His soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/keithkenniff

Just listened to this. If you like this kind of ambient music then I recommend you take a look at the works by Geotic.

http://www.angelfire.com/indie/postfoetus/geotic.html

Re: Helios

#46

Post by nathos »

julien_c wrote: post #41
MrUnderhill wrote: post #29

Off topic: The ultra light custom fonts a lot of websites use nowadays (looks like "Bariol" on this site), do they look bad to anyone other than me? Both in Firefox and Opera (Linux) many of the lines are invisible or barely visible (example: http://i.imgur.com/Yk0Q83G.png ). In Chrome they look a little bit better.

Looks great in Mac OS.

In my experience, the issues w/ thin font weights tend to be worse on Windows & Linux. Worth keeping in mind if you're using these fonts (particularly if you're using some of the free fonts from Google Web Fonts that aren't necessarily well-hinted)

Re: Helios

#47

Post by scoot »

obilgic wrote: post #22

This is basically a combination of these four gems: https://github.com/mattt/rack-in-app-purchase https://github.com/mattt/rack-core-data https://github.com/mattt/rack-passbook https://github.com/mattt/rack-push-notification That is why codebase looks very clean and simple.

That amounts to saying mattt is a machine because mattt is a machine. Building on the shoulders of... himself!

Re: Helios

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Post by kreek »

degenerate wrote: post #30

Helios is also the moniker of a very "cloud-like" (ambient) composer named Keith Kenniff. His music is excellent for coding when you need that superior downtempo thinking background noise. My favorite album: https://soundcloud.com/_type/sets/helios-eingya His soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/keithkenniff

I thought the same thing when I saw this. Even if you haven't heard of Helios you've probably heard Keith's music on TV or online. The website for his film, tv, and ad work is http://www.unseen-music.com/

Re: Helios

#49

Post by jarjoura »

lnanek2 wrote: post #28

Wow, iOS only when Android is 75% shipping smartphones?

MixPanel reports 60% iOS vs 40% Android split when actual app usage comes into the mix. Probably why backend frameworks specialize in iOS first.
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