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by albumdropped 4y ago
Absolutely. Web development with Go and supporting some PHP and Python apps. Tech management understands and values developers. I typically spend less than 30 minutes a day in calls/standup with the rest of my time spent in active deve
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Our vision for location-independent salaries at Buffer(buffer.com)
38 points by albumdropped 5y ago|59 comments
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by albumdropped 5y ago
+1 for macDown maccy clipboard manager https://github.com/p0deje/Maccy/blob/master/README.md
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by albumdropped 5y ago
Back end: Go Front end: Go Database: Postgres Proxy+SSL: Caddy Extremely fast, dead-simple to troubleshoot issues, and no javascript required. Most users are mobile, so speed and reliability are the priorities. This setup works well and it&
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by albumdropped 6y ago
I feel you. I left $BIGCO a few years ago. Here's what we're doing. For databases, we seriously considered cockroach, but went with postgres. For source control, we use self-hosted gitlab. For CI/CD, we use Go and bash exclus
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by albumdropped 7y ago
+1 Things
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by albumdropped 7y ago
Tracking aircraft within radio range and feeding data to ADSB Exchange and Flightaware.
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by albumdropped 8y ago
+1
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by albumdropped 8y ago
User toddmcleod and channel JustForFunc on YouTube.
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by albumdropped 8y ago
Religiously. MacDown https://macdown.uranusjr.com/
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by albumdropped 8y ago
+1
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Israeli F-35 shows up on flight tracking site(popularmechanics.com)
1 points by albumdropped 8y ago|0 comments
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by albumdropped 8y ago
+1 for Joplin. The UI isn’t as polished as evernote, but it’s open source, unlimited devices, and no vendor lock-in.
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by albumdropped 8y ago
+1 Blocking JS makes the web a much better experience.
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by albumdropped 8y ago
There are several projects, but the largest is basically a very large specialized content platform. Many sites that have to be fast with no downtime - so Go, K8s, CockroachDB. We also have some machine learning (that's why we kept the
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by albumdropped 8y ago
New role is almost entirely Go. Some legacy Python.
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by albumdropped 8y ago
Recently laid off at age 48. Less than a month later, had multiple offers with better compensation. Still in tech sector. Two years ago we switched from PHP to Go, which definitely helped.
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by albumdropped 9y ago
I converted from PHP/Laravel to Go about two years ago. Performance is amazing. Plays well with k8s. There are several good frameworks, but I'm, so far, just using straight Go. IoT integration is fabulous - see https://
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by albumdropped 9y ago
A Tour of Go https://tour.golang.org Todd McLeod on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCElzlyMtkoXaO3kFa5HL0Xw Go by example https://gobyexample.com/ Go Documentation https:/&#x
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by albumdropped 9y ago
NoSQL is good if you need flexibility in the data you store. So if you wanted to start collecting user's twitter handles, you could easily add that and then stop collecting them anytime. So some records would have twitter handles and s
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by albumdropped 9y ago
There's a good JustForFunc episode on testing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVFEV-ieeew
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by albumdropped 9y ago
We use gitlab, but it's very developer-centric. For general use, maybe something like www.knowledgeowl.com
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by albumdropped 9y ago
Swag is always good. Stickers are a given. One conference I attended had a company handing out cards with a puzzle on it (encoded message). Decode the message and email it to them and they tell you to drop by their booth for a free t-shirt.