jonstjohn

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by jonstjohn 4y ago
I’m an advocate of UTC everywhere.
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How to optimize write latency for global tables in CockroachDB(cockroachlabs.com)
21 points by jonstjohn 4y ago|4 comments
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by jonstjohn 9y ago
I landed in Australia this morning and as soon as my phone updated to Dec 2 on the new network my phone started locking up immediately. It would go to the loading screen (spinner in middle of screen) every 8-12 seconds then reset to lock sc
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by jonstjohn 11y ago
Anonyome Labs | iOS Developer, Web Developer | Salt Lake City, UT | Onsite | Full-time Anonyome Labs is a well-funded startup building a full-featured safety and privacy app called Sudo. Sudo is a powerful new way to protect your safety, pr
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by jonstjohn 12y ago
Thanks! I'll have to check that out. I really love the CircleCI service - incredible time saver in getting continuous integration setup and so many features out of the box. Would definitely recommend it to anybody looking for a host
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by jonstjohn 12y ago
Agreed about the conventional wisdom. Unfortunately, I think many companies aren't 'doing it right' and end up with somewhat bloated systems. From what I'm hearing, most companies roll their own solution to that proble
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by jonstjohn 12y ago
Great tips - thanks! In addition to some slow-running tests, we do have a lot of test duplication. It's probably time to step back and evaluate what tests are overlapping functionality. Do you use any tools to facilitate your workflo
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Ask HN: How do you manage automated test workflow and view test analytics?
18 points by jonstjohn 12y ago|7 comments
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by jonstjohn 12y ago
Did this protest make it into the event? I did hear some yelling during one of the keynote talks.
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by jonstjohn 13y ago
I actually have a similar problem with UPS. Last year we had a dyson vacuum delivered to our house that was left on the front porch, about 10 feet from the sidewalk. The box was the manufacturer's box with pictures of the vacuum and
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by jonstjohn 13y ago
My problem is that I tend to wear out card before I get a replacement. For example, my debit card currently requires 3-4 swipes to get it to work. I'd probably keep a backup card in my wallet if I decided to get Coin, just in case, b
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by jonstjohn 13y ago
For most self-swipe checkouts, it seems like this card would work well (coffee shop, grocery store, etc). But, it isn't too uncommon to have a merchant request to see the card, and some larger retailers (e.g., Lowes) have to input num
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by jonstjohn 13y ago
A wallet is a single point of failure device. It's a lot more of a hassle to remotely wipe my wallet (remember all the cards, cancel them all individually).
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Ask HN: Help w/ Software Development presentation to middle schoolers
3 points by jonstjohn 13y ago|1 comments
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by jonstjohn 13y ago
I recently did a challenge of 100 days of commits to side projects and I'm now at day 96. I think this was awesome for me, as it kept me really focused on my projects, even if some days I had only small commits. I think my next challe
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by jonstjohn 13y ago
As somebody who is in a hiring position and aspires to a more gender-balanced work-place, I've found it really disheartening that so few applicants are female. We have mostly male developers and leadership, so I understand that a fema
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by jonstjohn 13y ago
These are great! I think I've seen Bee Minder before. Honestly, it has helped me out tremendously to just keep committing. I have days where I commit some really trivial bit of code, just to keep things going, but first thing in the
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by jonstjohn 13y ago
Lesson 7: You need to stick with it I'm trying to do this right now. I challenged myself to do 100 consecutive days of commits to my side projects and I'm currently at day 94. Unfortunately, my private repos don't show up i
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by jonstjohn 13y ago
The "we're changing the world" mentality is a bit annoying to me, as well. When I think about changing the world, I think about discoveries in medicine and science, people dedicating their lives to improving humanity, etc.
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by jonstjohn 13y ago
I think the main benefit of ClimbingWeather.com is ability to quickly find climbing areas. Looking for the forecast for Indian Creek, Joshua Tree, the Gunks, Cathedral Spires? You don't need to find the nearest town or hope the forec
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by jonstjohn 13y ago
About $100/month on http://www.climbingweather.com It was ad-free for years, finally put some ads up last year and now it's covering my expenses. Haven't done much development in a couple years, but working on an
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by jonstjohn 13y ago
This is a cool idea but seems fairly limited when you take into consideration the state of the resources used in your application. For example, if I have a method that checks the balance of an account, I may hit that method with an account
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by jonstjohn 13y ago
I've experimented with running headless tests using Firefox, in hopes of getting a good performance boost in terms of test speed. The results actually did not indicate much of a difference. If anything, FF in headless mode on CentOS
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by jonstjohn 13y ago
Poked around the site a bit - love the word theater and the overall presentation! Beautiful work!
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by jonstjohn 13y ago
I actually just started a challenge to do 100 commits in 100 days, and I'm up to almost 70 (w/ a streak of 31). This seems so much easier :P
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by jonstjohn 13y ago
I'm in a very similar situation to the OP, minus the new job with a longer commute. My wife and I have shared a car for quite a few years, and even with a 3-year old who goes to school everybody, we make it work. My job is a short 2.
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by jonstjohn 13y ago
I had a number of ink jets and the ink cartridges literally dried out before I could print many pages, mostly due to the infrequency of my printing. I finally switched over to black and white laser and won't look back. Toner seems to
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by jonstjohn 13y ago
Agree, all I saw was texting for education (quick scan which most people do) and didn't really get it.
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by jonstjohn 13y ago
Somewhat lame question, but when somebody talks about their 'weekend project', do they mean: 1) A project I started and launched in a single weekend 2) A project that I worked in my free time (aka weekends) 3) Something else. I&#x
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by jonstjohn 13y ago
Recently tried out DigitalOcean for a couple of small projects and already noticed some network reliability issues. My droplet was un-accessible for a couple of hours (at least) yesterday. Fortunately, it was for a non-production project

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