HowardRoark

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   by HowardRoark 14y ago

   I tried Hittail a year ago, and didn't quite work for me. I ended up writing a few scripts myself. But I heard in Rob's latest podcast that Hittail is growing 30% per month.
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   by HowardRoark 14y ago

   "Everything stupid in life has a legal or accounting reason behind it." -Unknown
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   by HowardRoark 15y ago

   There are different levels of scaling, and for different kinds of apps, the trade offs that you can make are different. Unless you are making a really huge leap, most of the time it will be a gradual process. So unless you are talking Goog
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   by HowardRoark 15y ago

   I have been brainstorming something similar for a different country and vertical, and I am seeking for some ideas. Do do have an email?
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   by HowardRoark 15y ago

   May I ask what you are using for the site?
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   by HowardRoark 15y ago

   I wonder what they use on the backend to power this. Anyone knows?
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   by HowardRoark 15y ago

   Groovy doesn't get enough press in HN but I would think Groovy is practically the most widely used of them all just because of Grails. I prefer Scala when I am doing backend stuffs but use Groovy/Grails for web stuffs.
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   by HowardRoark 15y ago

   I built http://www.onesong.me in appengine using the java playframework, and I quite like what I get for free.
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   by HowardRoark 15y ago

   I used JSR-168 (JBoss Portal) back in 2006/2007 and was my worst programming experience ever. Web development has only gotten better since 2006, so there is no reason why you shouldn't be able to do the same using any of the modern framewo
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    by HowardRoark 15y ago

    http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/tool/tool_06.... Can programmers even apply under the skilled category anymore? I thought Canada only wanted computer managers since 2009(?).
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    by HowardRoark 15y ago

    HTML, CSS, Javascript, browsers, database, IDE, at least one server side language, and hosting for a simple web app. Web development sucks. We are just used to it.
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    by HowardRoark 15y ago

    Don't get into the Rails vs Django war. Just pick up any one of them and start coding. Both frameworks are highly productive and very easy to pick up. If you go with Rails, you can use Heroku for hosting which is free to start with. If you
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    by HowardRoark 15y ago

    You can own or start a company, but you cannot work for it until you have proper authorization, ie. CPT, OPT, H1b, Green Card, etc. If you are found to be working for any company including your own, you could be out of status and hence dep
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    by HowardRoark 15y ago

    Working on http://OneSong.me - an app that lets you describe your friends in one song, just like ThreeWords.me.
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    by HowardRoark 15y ago

    I cannot bring the page up. Looks down to be.
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    by HowardRoark 15y ago

    I agree on the design. I am not a designer myself but I will see what I can do without spending absurd amount of time. Thanks.
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    by HowardRoark 15y ago

    Clickable: http://OneSong.me
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    Show HN: OneSong.me - Describe me in one song

    3 points by HowardRoark 15y ago|6 comments
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    by HowardRoark 15y ago

    Oh Google!
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    by HowardRoark 15y ago

    There can be no explanation for this. I think we should all boycott GoDaddy.
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    by HowardRoark 15y ago

    Yet another Search Engine Optimization technique?
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    by HowardRoark 15y ago

    GAE Java only handled one request at a time till now?
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    by HowardRoark 15y ago

    I agree its better than having nothing to show or talk about, but I wish hiring the right person was that easy. There is a lot of junk in Github and there are lots of smart developers outside the Github community.
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    by HowardRoark 15y ago

    Thank you Google for trying out. But it doesn't look like something I am going to use because most of my social contacts don't have a clue about my professional life - which is what I am searching for mostly.
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    by HowardRoark 16y ago

    hazenet.co.uk - $8.40 for 1GB intovps.com - $10 for 1GB prgmr.com - $20 for 1GB vpsfarm.com - $21.6 for 1GB chunkhost.com - $37 for 1GB linode.com - $39.95 for 1GB slicehost.com - $70 for 1GB Whats your bandwidth requirement?
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    by HowardRoark 16y ago

    To get started, try Mining the Social Web, followed by Programming Collective Intelligence.
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    by HowardRoark 16y ago

    I think Binary search algorithm is very elegant.
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    Rackspace Cloud launches LoadBalancing as a Service(rackspace.com)

    2 points by HowardRoark 16y ago|0 comments
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    by HowardRoark 16y ago

    Same here. Loved the idea though!
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    by HowardRoark 16y ago

    Just curious, did you develop it using the playframework?