hbien

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by hbien 3y ago
Unfortunately for both of us, 9% of zero is zero :(
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by hbien 3y ago
Working for a company you believe in is one good reason. 800,000 reasons is 799,999 more.
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by hbien 3y ago
I've been using vim (now neovim) for almost 20 years now. In terms of efficiency/productivity/time saved, my guess is that it's not worth it. In terms of happiness, I love it. I live in vim+tmux+bash. My setup is extreme
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by hbien 3y ago
Ty for the benefit of the doubt and seeing the best in others :)
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by hbien 3y ago
>> at the end of the day, we're trying to exchange useful products for money > If you're just trying to make money, then you shouldn't call yourself a hacker. I hate gatekeeping like this. For anyone who needs to hea
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by hbien 3y ago
:wq
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by hbien 3y ago
I really like: Non Designer's Design Book - for higher level guidelines on design Refactoring UI - for tactical suggestions on UIs Some other books: Bootstrapping Design and Design for Hackers
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by hbien 4y ago
ah, are these are "standalone" or static binaries with no dependencies then? I think end users may need to have the crystal runtime installed as a dependency.
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by hbien 4y ago
Great job! How were you able to do a stand-alone binary for Mac? I was able to for Linux via their Alpine/MUSL image, but never figured out how to for Mac.
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by hbien 4y ago
I've had my car broken into twice in SF. Everyone's response to this is always "you can't leave valuable things in your car". Both times, my car was empty. Nothing was stolen. I have never left anything valuable in
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by hbien 4y ago
It's not in the official binary releases yet. You'll have to compile your own Crystal via `make interpreter=1` to use it. Instructions here: https://crystal-lang.org/install/from_sources/
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by hbien 4y ago
The author linked to this article to explain it: https://medium.com/@dan_manges/the-modular-monolith-rails-ar... ---- From the article: We don’t have an app/ directory in our Rails project. All of our code is eith
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Building a Debugger: Code Analysis(nan.fyi)
1 points by hbien 5y ago|0 comments
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by hbien 6y ago
Boutique: https://useboutique.com It's a self-hosted app for digital sales and newsletters. I can upload files, sell them, send broadcast/drip emails, handle bounces/spam so far. Still a work in progress. Thyme:
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by hbien 11y ago
It's not ideal but reasonable. I lived in Campbell and took the VTA for 2 years: http://www.vta.org/routes/rt902 -- it's about 1.25 hours one way. I used the time to catch up on reading. I'd suggest livi
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by hbien 12y ago
Can you find something in-between? E.g. try to find a part-time job, so you can earn just enough without dipping into savings. Then spend that extra time on your side projects.
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by hbien 12y ago
I don't think it's strictly for books.
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by hbien 12y ago
I'll start: * Start Small, Stay Small - guide for starting your own software business with zero outside funding, specifically for hackers ( http://www.startupbook.net/ ) * Authority - guide for self publishing ( http:&#x
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Ask HN: Favorite audiobooks?
2 points by hbien 12y ago|2 comments
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by hbien 12y ago
People are quick to call other authors' work worthless. Patio11's piece you just read was very valuable to me, but it doesn't have a timestamp on it -- did you think it was worthless? Patio11 calls TechCrunch pink slime. H
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by hbien 12y ago
I freelanced in the Bay Area for ~1.5 years, mostly Rails/Backbone. I wasn't good because I was never more than a coder-for-hire -- but the pay was still more than enough. (1) Yes, companies in SF/Berkeley are looking for fr
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by hbien 12y ago
I didn't see it until you mentioned it, but now I can't unsee it.
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by hbien 12y ago
Welcome to San Jose! I assume you'll have a car, because public transportation is awful here. I won't mention too many SF attractions but I definitely recommend you head up there at least one weekend. Here are some of my absolute
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by hbien 12y ago
Here are some resources: Podcasts: * http://www.startupsfortherestofus.com/ * http://productpeople.tv/ * http://bootstrapped.fm/ * http://casjam.com/category/podcast&#x
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by hbien 12y ago
You can hook your Kindle to your O'Reilly account, so purchased books will be sent directly to it. That being said, you'll still have to enter in your payment information whereas with Amazon is one or two clicks.
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by hbien 12y ago
Nice! I did something similar. I worked ~20 hours/week for a year, also took an extended 2 month vacation. I'm back to full-time now, but here's how I did it: 1. I had 6 month emergency savings. I figured the worst thing
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by hbien 12y ago
The company I'm with operates on 3 remotes day per week. It's a terrific balance for me. The on-site days are spent pair programming, sprint demos, meetings, and being social. The remote days are distraction free work.
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by hbien 13y ago
Have you considered taking on freelance/contract work? I worked on remote contracts for one year at ~20 hours/week. It covered expenses while I got to work on my own products, travel, spend time with family, and relax. It was a
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by hbien 13y ago
I'd like to also recommend this book. For people who think the $10k/year figure is only possible in cheap places to live, the author lives in SF Bay Area. Here's some more details: http://earlyretirementextreme.c
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by hbien 13y ago
I googled for a bit, but couldn't find an apology from this author. I do remember a different author writing a similar post, followed by an apology and removal though. I don't think it's the same author. (edit: here's

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