samlev

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Ask HN: Help me write a book
1 points by samlev 14y ago|0 comments
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by samlev 14y ago
I know PHP is horrible, but I use it, and so do thousands of other people. Until there is something else where you can deploy a prototype by dragging a single file onto a server with a FTP program, then PHP is serving a purpose that no othe
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Ask PG: How important is the 'sexy' startup?
8 points by samlev 14y ago|8 comments
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by samlev 14y ago
Open Source. Sure, you don't get paid for it directly, but it can get your name noticed, and show people that you can code. Either contribute to an existing project, or start your own. Think of it as code busking.
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by samlev 14y ago
Markov chain generator seeded off existing comments?
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by samlev 15y ago
Going freelance isn't in itself a poor decision. Quitting a paying job without a steady stream of work already lined up is. Start trying to build a customer base on the side. Once they're bringing in enough to cover your expenses with a rea
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"Ya Face Place" - A social network I built for an assignment in 2008(wp.bobthecheese.com)
1 points by samlev 15y ago|0 comments
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by samlev 15y ago
One more reason why software patents are a toxic idea that should really just go away.
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by samlev 15y ago
Yeah, I stumbled on to the payment plans. I'm not certain about the price points you've set there - it would ultimately depend on who your target audience is, and if they would be willing to pay $1200/year for 70GB storage and your current
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by samlev 15y ago
I tend to have... Opinions... about project and task management software. I'll be happy to give it a go and pass on any thoughts/suggestions/problems that I have through the 'feedback' option. How would you be monetising this? A 'per seat'
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Ask HN: What's your 'go to' tech analogy?
2 points by samlev 15y ago|4 comments
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by samlev 15y ago
The short answer is "You get what you pay for". There are plenty of 'cheap' contractors who get as many jobs as possible, churning out bad code that kind of does the job. Most of these will be "copy and paste code" style contractors who onl
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by samlev 15y ago
You could probably hire a free-lancer to get most of this stuff going for you (there are plenty of sites around for hiring people to do small jobs). Ultimately, though, you should look at trying to do as much as you can yourself. The better
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by samlev 15y ago
Your first step is to look at a few simple tools that could give you ways to get perceived (and actual) speed-ups. These are your low hanging fruit, before spending time (and money) on infrastructure upgrades. Look for a 'YSlow' plugin for
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by samlev 15y ago
I have used: Trac, Redmine, Basecamp, Trello, FeatureZen, ActiveCollab, and a few others (including in-house trackers that I helped to build). They vary wildly from far too technical for clients to use (Trac, Redmine); to too rigid to handl
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by samlev 15y ago
As tempting as it might be, no. I would never do this. Not only is there an issue about professional trust, but it's a vulnerability that you're deliberately building into a system. I know that it's hard, but if you suspect that a client is
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by samlev 15y ago
Cool, but I couldn't close the java 'ScreenLeap' dialog without using chrome's task manager to kill the java plugin. (I'm running Ubuntu 11.10, and chrome 16.0 if that helps) Also, I feel "No downloads, installs" is a little disingenuous -
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by samlev 15y ago
In terms of commercial experience (i.e. stuff I've been paid for) I've been working for about 5-6 years now. Most of the commercial stuff that I worked on was private/backend stuff which can't be shown without permissions and passwords, sad
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by samlev 15y ago
Clickables: My website: http://www.samuellevy.com Open Source project: http://www.samuellevy.com/mico EDIT: My Resume, because that's probably important, too: http://bit.ly/wnOV2Q (Last updated Aug, 2011)
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Ask HN: How much am I worth?
8 points by samlev 15y ago|4 comments
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by samlev 15y ago
Every time I hear the term "kill-switch", it instantly lowers my opinion of the developer. Something about it just irks me.
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by samlev 15y ago
I have seen some rather shady people, who would probably pay for this type of thing, but those people are very, very unlikely to be offering a real, viable alternative.
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by samlev 15y ago
You could probably use/utilise the services which let you run code (like http://codepad.org/ ). Not perfect, but it would let you do the job of "executing code" without needing anything more than a browser.
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by samlev 15y ago
I think that the major problem that many people (myself included) have with the music and film industries is that they actually show very little interest in supporting, nurturing, or rewarding the talent that they rely on. The call to "kill
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by samlev 15y ago
I'm not sure what's meant to be there normally, and a google on the topic seems to only bring up a french house music DJ, who's website is davidguetta.com, not davidguetta.co.
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by samlev 15y ago
Clickable: http://pastebin.com/ATdDUStd
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Show HN your embarrassing (old) code
9 points by samlev 15y ago|5 comments
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by samlev 15y ago
And yet pay tv, netflix, itunes, amazon and countless others manage to survive in the face of free-to-air tv, radio, and pirates. Stop thinking that the USA is the world, and what works there will work everywhere. Outside the US, availabili
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by samlev 15y ago
Let's take this metaphor a little further, then. Digital content isn't exactly like a hot dog, so let's assume that you could design a magical hot dog which, once created, you can copy many times with no other costs. You have an unlimited s
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by samlev 15y ago
Youtube and vimeo probably weren't originally designed as "distribution systems for the little guy", so much as "I want to share this cat video/student film". The point being that they weren't meant to be a distribution system any more than

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