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Building in the Era of Autonomous Software Development(backchannel.org)
1 points by finiteloop 2y ago|0 comments
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by finiteloop 5y ago
Excited to work with you!
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by finiteloop 5y ago
I am the COO of Salesforce. Two of the top ten jobs on Indeed are Salesforce Admin and Salesforce Developer, and the jobs are distributed around the world. We have a ton of stories of folks transitioning into the ecosystem and developing an
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by finiteloop 6y ago
One of the best quotes in the Google quotes file an early Googler maintained (I am sure I am screwing it up): “I’ve heard of defensive programming, but never adversarial memory.” — Ben Gomes
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by finiteloop 6y ago
Everyone says that but I have not experienced it. In practice, I think this impacts backend extension developers more than people targeting LLVM IR. My experience covers version 7-11, but perhaps it used to be worse?
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by finiteloop 6y ago
As someone who writes a lot of toy languages, I made this scaffolding for a LLVM-based compiler: https://github.com/finiteloop/compiler It uses Bison and Flex for parsing and lexing unlike this post, but may be a usefu
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Show HN: PurpleAir air quality iOS 14 home screen widget and app(github.com)
1 points by finiteloop 6y ago|0 comments
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by finiteloop 6y ago
At FriendFeed, when we first introduced real-time comments and likes (pretty sure we were the first social network to do this), we did it with long-polling via an iFrame because web sockets did not exist. It actually worked pretty well! ht
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Invisible Asymptotes – Growth at large scale technology companies(eugenewei.com)
7 points by finiteloop 8y ago|0 comments
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by finiteloop 9y ago
People file lawsuits when companies have filed for IPO because generally that leads to companies being in a "quiet period" in which they cannot effectively respond publicly, which increases the likelihood of settlement, etc. It is
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by finiteloop 9y ago
Developer documentation is here: https://quip.com/dev/ The APIs to build Live Apps enable real-time coediting and online / offline syncing with no special code; you get a ton for "free," and we are super
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Quip launches Live Apps, a collaboration development platform(quip.com)
2 points by finiteloop 9y ago|1 comments
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by finiteloop 11y ago
Minifying alone is "kind of" important, and the benefits are hard to measure precisely with the combination of gzip, http/2, and the plethora of other network optimizations. However, the more sophisticated JavaScript compiler
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by finiteloop 11y ago
Our documents are broken into lots of smaller components we call sections. So, in a billeted lost, each list item is its own section. Sections have a GUID and can be modified without touching any of the other parts of the document. This is
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React with C++: Building the Quip Mac and Windows Apps(medium.com)
32 points by finiteloop 11y ago|3 comments
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Quip Releases Mac and Windows Apps(quip.com)
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Quip Spreadsheets(quip.com)
4 points by finiteloop 12y ago|0 comments
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We need better mobile multitasking(backchannel.org)
4 points by finiteloop 12y ago|3 comments
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Quip releases an API(quip.com)
31 points by finiteloop 12y ago|1 comments
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Code Blocks now available in Quip(quip.com)
7 points by finiteloop 12y ago|0 comments
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Quip for Android 1.0 released(quip.com)
7 points by finiteloop 13y ago|3 comments
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Quip no longer requires account, supports file import(quip.com)
4 points by finiteloop 13y ago|0 comments
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Vector Graphics in iOS via PDF(backchannel.org)
2 points by finiteloop 13y ago|0 comments
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by finiteloop 13y ago
In general, if the subject includes "science" in the name, it probably isn't actually science. Political, data, social, etc. No chemist needs to say they study "chemical science."
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Quip redesigned for iOS 7(quip.com)
5 points by finiteloop 13y ago|1 comments
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Quip is now available in Deutsch, Français, Español, Italiano and 中文(简体)(quip.com)
2 points by finiteloop 13y ago|0 comments
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Quip 1.1: Move documents, mentions, send via email(quip.com)
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by finiteloop 13y ago
Any and all
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by finiteloop 13y ago
1. Works exceptionally on mobile. 2. Works offline. Whether spotty 3G connection or completely offline, our mobile apps work and sync whenever you come back online, even when multiple people are collaborating on the same document. The tech
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by finiteloop 13y ago
It's always surreal to read Hacker News threads about the stuff you make. Harsh, but realistic. Anyway, I am Bret Taylor, co-founder of Quip. I am here if you have any questions, etc. (Also posted responses on the existing thread alrea

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