davidbyttow

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by davidbyttow 10y ago
Hello! IO is an experiment. It's a free, lightweight editor for creative and authentic publishing. ️ It's extremely easy to use and allows you to publish anonymously, under a pseudonym, or as yourself. Our vision is to make writin
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Show HN: IO – A minimalistic and anonymous editor(bold.io)
30 points by davidbyttow 10y ago|4 comments
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by davidbyttow 10y ago
Thanks for the heads up guys! We spent a good amount of time compressing our blocking bundle size (html, JS, CSS), which actually is JS for the entire app, not just that page. Certainly have more work to do, but given the amount of code, ou
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by davidbyttow 11y ago
It's not just routing. It hS to read modify write from DB first
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by davidbyttow 11y ago
Clarified the 1MM number in the post.
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by davidbyttow 11y ago
Your point is valid. This isn't ultra-high scale, just the name of the series I intend to publish more into. It's more about building a simple service for instant usage upon launch. We also used Pusher for global in-app notificati
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by davidbyttow 12y ago
Secret, San Francisco, CA http://secret.ly https://angel.co/secret/jobs work@secret.ly Come change what people share. We've built a platform that brings more authenticity, self-awareness and empathy to
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by davidbyttow 13y ago
That was caused by a bad link in the recode article. The journalist fixed it.
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Gmail Lets You Send Emails to G+ users. What?(medium.com)
3 points by davidbyttow 13y ago|0 comments
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by davidbyttow 13y ago
I think FB is simply transitioning from product to utility, like electricity. Just one example is its utility to sign up and log in to other services, which is 95%+ of my FB activity.
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Developers: Stop Uploading Address Books.(medium.com)
7 points by davidbyttow 13y ago|0 comments
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Google Cloud Storage vs. Amazon S3. Serving JS and CSS(medium.com)
2 points by davidbyttow 13y ago|0 comments
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Passwords Are Broken, a Temporary Fix(medium.com)
1 points by davidbyttow 13y ago|1 comments
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Developing Random Ideas Into a Product(medium.com)
2 points by davidbyttow 13y ago|0 comments
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by davidbyttow 13y ago
Yes. It will.
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Effective Technical Leadership(medium.com)
144 points by davidbyttow 13y ago|18 comments
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Hacking My Weight - How I Gained 100 lbs Over 6 Years and Lost It in 6 Months(medium.com)
5 points by davidbyttow 13y ago|0 comments
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by davidbyttow 13y ago
Simple: I was honest and direct with them. I told them I had an opportunity that I could not pass up and had to put in two weeks. In the end, I was savvy enough to know that the rate they were paying me to develop their sites and the amount
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by davidbyttow 13y ago
TopCoder problems quickly become pattern recognition and that becomes (brain) muscle memory. Knowing exact solutions to exact problems is not helpful.
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by davidbyttow 13y ago
Hard to quantify really. Often, it's not the exact knowledge that you use, but the byproduct of knowing something that helps you learn something new. For example, learning the nuances of a new language became much easier once I took a stab
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by davidbyttow 13y ago
As long as it's a multi-paradigm language. I'm not a huge Ruby fan, and you're right, Ruby at Google is almost non-existent. But I know a lot of developers like it, and a lot of companies look for it. So long as you master one of these lang
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Four Steps to Google, Without a Degree(medium.com)
220 points by davidbyttow 13y ago|142 comments
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by davidbyttow 13y ago
Intentional. The idea is that 1/1 could be a fluke. :-)
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by davidbyttow 13y ago
The idea is to get in the door. Unfortunately, the bouncer is extremely flawed and often gets it wrong. But once you're in, you should refocus on building things.
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by davidbyttow 13y ago
I had six years of experience in video games and was a hardcore C++ programmer. To be honest, I was surprised they called me. Nowadays, showing a body of work speaks volumes. Show, don't tell!
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by davidbyttow 13y ago
I made it clear that this doesn't mean "applied to" but actually onsite interviews. But your'e right, the ratio doesn't mean anything. ;)
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by davidbyttow 13y ago
Thanks! Fixed.
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Always Be Coding – How to Land an Engineering Job(medium.com)
445 points by davidbyttow 13y ago|236 comments
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Google+ is the Six Flags of Social Networks(medium.com)
1 points by davidbyttow 13y ago|1 comments
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Be Succinct.(medium.com)
2 points by davidbyttow 13y ago|0 comments

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