DirtyMonkey

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Show HN: Game of Thrones Namer(dirtymonkey.co.uk)
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Zen of Python Poster(github.com)
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Show HN: Pomodoro Calculator(github.com)
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by DirtyMonkey 13y ago
Completely agree with this. After a lot of tweaking I could get Apache (w/ the worker MPM) pretty close to the speed of NGINX, but the difference in configuration files was enough to convert me. And with NGINX I understand _every_ line
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by DirtyMonkey 13y ago
Most of the Django projects I've worked on, people tended to make their own admin panels with things like Bootstrap and Foundation. Django's core team have made their goals clear for the next admin, extensibility and adaptability.
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by DirtyMonkey 14y ago
I agree, but this is something I've found resistance to in the past. For example, last year I was building an automated shipping system for a client and I wanted to spend a few days in the shipping department - this was flat out refused as
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by DirtyMonkey 14y ago
After interviewing at Google, I've ever been asked whom I already know there.
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by DirtyMonkey 14y ago
Nope, just people who dress like hipsters.
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by DirtyMonkey 14y ago
I've been using Linode for almost two years now and can't fault them; they're the best hosting company I've dealt with. You create and bootup “Linodes”, which are VPS's (Xen based) running your choice of Linux. Other recommendations if you
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by DirtyMonkey 14y ago
The first guy was quite ‘techy’ to begin with and had dabbled in web development beforehand (PHP). The other two had absolutely no experience, surprisingly (for me) they have picked up things much faster – maybe because they have no prior n
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by DirtyMonkey 14y ago
I read this as “Hiring is well 'ard” and thought Catherine Tate had found HN. I started looking for my first hire a few months ago, and it hasn't been easy. But in that time I've come across plenty of people that don't have the skills or ex
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by DirtyMonkey 14y ago
I ran a similar, although not so scientific experiment a few years ago. I tried to pick up girls in clubs with and without gestures when I was talking to them. This was over a one month period. The actual numbers are classified, but gesture
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by DirtyMonkey 14y ago
I was there with my Zenbook (running Arch). A few guys with macs made comments about it, “ahh, I see you've got the Macbook Air ripoff.” in a condescending tone. A witty retort eluded me, so I said "Yup." like a plank.