billdybas

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by billdybas 2mo ago
> If you're trying to built a local-first, mostly private service I just don't think the ATProto is the right tool for the job. I agree! I think the "permissioned data" working group is aiming to solve the middle grou
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by billdybas 3mo ago
What I don't see anyone talking about is how Private Cloud Compute is behind an iCloud subscription. From what I can tell, this means any app that is using their foundation model is sharing against a user's pooled usage quota &amp
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by billdybas 4mo ago
These feeds have been going down every day around the same time for a few hours for at least the past several months. https://www.reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/1r61jpo/all_youtub...
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by billdybas 1y ago
Really cool! Added to my collection of personal websites @ https://personal.network/
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by billdybas 1y ago
> The hardest part was convincing people to download the Discord app on their phone as most of us didn't have it downloaded. This was surprising to me – is this typical of most Discord users (primarily desktop users over mobile)?
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by billdybas 2y ago
"Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist" by Liz Pelly goes into more detail about their origins and the culture around piracy in Sweden at the time. https://lizpelly.info/book
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Patreon Raises $60M Series D(blog.patreon.com)
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by billdybas 7y ago
Matt has a really great course on Frontend Masters [0] where he shows you how to use canvas-sketch and make generative art. [0]: https://frontendmasters.com/courses/canvas-webgl/
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by billdybas 7y ago
Sure, but is that not what an online password manager is? :P
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by billdybas 7y ago
Yes. Mint also does this. From what I've heard, there are a lot of banks without APIs, so the next best approach is to login on behalf of users and scrape the data.
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by billdybas 8y ago
They're one of the few companies who are building GraphQL developer tools, so they have a financial incentive to have their name associated w/ GraphQL. This piece, while somewhat valuable, is largely content marketing. First they
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by billdybas 8y ago
Many GraphQL libraries take some sort of schema definition and then serve it at a route (eg. /graphql). To support multiple schemas, you'd just write a different definition and serve it at a different route. How you resolve the fi
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by billdybas 8y ago
I agree. I think their recommendation is a bit overzealous. I can see the argument if you have a web frontend that consumes data from multiple backend services – have one GraphQL service that manages them all instead of a GraphQL layer on e
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by billdybas 8y ago
For those looking to understand how to choose the right database for the job, I'd recommend first reading "Designing Data-Intensive Applications" ( https://dataintensive.net )
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by billdybas 8y ago
Oh, yes, definitely. Data warehousing and ML have different requirements and needs than your typical N-tier web app. Even streaming event data warrants a different solution. It comes back to knowing how to choose the right database for the
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by billdybas 8y ago
> The lesson we can learn from this story is the following: start with a generic database...SQL database are a good choice because they can do many tricks...The modern and successful architecture that is commonly used today is to have an
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by billdybas 8y ago
Ah, it's that time of the year again – always enjoy seeing where the JS ecosystem is moving. I would like to see two categories added for next year's survey: 1. Auth – would be interested to see if Passport is still the tool of ch
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by billdybas 8y ago
Strategy-wise, it makes sense that they're cloning Patreon & Twitch features to keep people on the platform, but I think YouTube is going to need to innovate further if they want creators to trust them with their entire monetizatio
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by billdybas 8y ago
FameBit ( https://famebit.com ) – acquired by YouTube
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by billdybas 8y ago
It's the same way any other marketing material may influence you to make a purchase. A lot of online influencer marketing is recommendation-based: "I like this product, so you should buy it, too." Think of it similar to celeb
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by billdybas 8y ago
Have you heard of the Fiesta Movement? [1] Ford essentially did that back in 2010. With the right brand, right audience, and right production value, anything's possible. Influencer marketing can be finicky, though. A successful campaig
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by billdybas 8y ago
I agree. FWIW, my university had a required co-op program, so I already had some internship experience under my belt, and even so, I was getting rejected from entry-level "Software Engineer" startup positions simply on the basis t
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by billdybas 8y ago
I just went through the startup job hunting process as a new-grad. I think many startups have their expectations set too high for the work requirements & compensation they're offering. Many startups want Senior Engineers with sever
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by billdybas 8y ago
Datastore Agnostic: - JS-Data - https://github.com/js-data/js-data SQL: - Sequelize - https://github.com/sequelize/sequelize - Bookshelf - https://github.com/bookshelf/bookshe
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by billdybas 8y ago
+1 for testing actions / reducers. Snapshot testing probably makes sense if you're making a design system of component building blocks or a purpose-built re-usable component. Anything more and your tests will probably end up being
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by billdybas 8y ago
JSData aims to be a datastore-agnostic ORM inspired by Ember Data – https://github.com/js-data/js-data
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by billdybas 8y ago
MoMA's "Fashion as Design" course was pretty interesting: https://www.coursera.org/learn/fashion-design/
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by billdybas 8y ago
If you're looking to discover more videos / creators, I run https://channelsuurf.com . We curate under-viewed / under-subscribed channels from YouTube. If you have any favorites you want more people to see, definit
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by billdybas 9y ago
Really excited about what you're building! Can't wait to try out your API.
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by billdybas 9y ago
You may know these as "Magic Eye" puzzles. Here's a video on how they work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8O8Em_RPNg

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