danroc

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by danroc 8mo ago
I've been working on an iOS app to help my mom keep track of major awards and film festivals: https://awardedapp.com I had this project for a while in the back burner, and like many of you over the holiday I went back to it
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by danroc 2y ago
I agree with you completely. I am confident on my ability to work in both JS and TS (or PHP, or Ruby, or [insert language here]), in the end they are tools, and what defines the quality of a candidate is much more broad and sometimes nuance
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Ask HN: How can a JavaScript developer convince you they can work in TypeScript?
2 points by danroc 2y ago|5 comments
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by danroc 2y ago
Nice work! Thank you for sharing. I'd like to get excited about WebGPU as well, but I am lacking enough imagination here. Games? 3D animations? What else beyond these obvious applications? Those who are excited about it: why? what are
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by danroc 2y ago
We use rrweb as a DOM-recorder in our extension, and it does come with some limitations. Taken from our docs: - DOM recording has the fundamental trait that nothing outside the DOM can be recorded. This latter limitation means that only con
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by danroc 2y ago
After nearly a decade working in architecture (buildings, not software!), and having reached quite a comfortable position and salary within my company, I decided I wanted more flexibility in my life. I threw ideas for 80% work time, or 1-da
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by danroc 3y ago
I've been using TablePlus for some years now and really like it. Well designed and fast.
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by danroc 6y ago
After more than 10 years working as an architect, I recently made the switch and got my first job as a frontend dev at 39. I have always been coding, also during architecture practice (there is a lot of coding going on in architecture!), so
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by danroc 6y ago
How much of your success would say can be attributed to your specific subject and the fact that Twitter is your audience's "natural habitat?" Do you know of other examples of people in niches that have nothing to do with tec
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by danroc 7y ago
do you actually use that little red button in the middle of the keyboard? if so, what for?
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by danroc 7y ago
Interesting that GraphQL did not come up. For me, the fastest and most fun is: Postgres + Postgraphile (generates a GraphQL server based on your PG schema), with Vue/Nuxt on the Frontend. Use Dokku on a DigitalOcean droplet for the bac
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by danroc 7y ago
What about platforms like https://remoteok.io or https://nomadlist.com ?
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by danroc 8y ago
Totally agree. I feel it is such a powerful feature but so obscure. I have a solution up, taken from other sources, but what's actually happening behind the scenes is kinda mystery to me. Makes me anxious.
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by danroc 8y ago
I guess you did (1) in order to be able to (2). How was that a mistake? You did not have savings or a plan? (considering doing the same here...)