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Re:Programmer search engine by benatkin on Wednesday December 02, 2009 @10:37PM (#973628)
I tried the free trial search, that he uses in his OCaml/Houston example. I find it quite hard to believe that there is a Common Lisp programmer in Bagdad, AZ and a Clojure programmer in Window Rock, AZ.
Re:Programmer search engine by spolsky on Wednesday December 02, 2009 @10:43PM (#973636)
Well, the OCaml kid is legit, but, no, there are no lisp programmers in Bagdad or Clojure programmers in Window Rock... did someone say there were? Do you need one? Window Rock is a dusty tiny town, seat of the Navajo Nation--I've actually been there, it has one grocery store and a single strip mall.

Maybe you did a search that had 1 result, and then you edited your search, and the Ajax refresh didn't come back fast enough so it still showed one?

Re:Programmer search engine by benatkin on Wednesday December 02, 2009 @11:18PM (#973692)
No, I'm not looking for a programmer in either of those cities. I was just testing it out, to see if I could give it anything that wouldn't invite me to sign up and search.

I just didn't notice the number to the right, and clicked the "Show Results" button each time. After I read your reply I tried it again, this time looking for AJAX updates across the entire page, and I saw it. I think I would have found it on my own had the "Display Search Results" button been disabled or hidden when no results were found.

Re:Programmer search engine by patio11 on Wednesday December 02, 2009 @10:45PM (#973642)
try { ... } catch(CodeNotWrittenInTheRightCityException e) { // unreachable }
Re:Programmer search engine by benatkin on Wednesday December 02, 2009 @11:20PM (#973697)
Heh. As a telecommuter, I like how it has the telecommuter box checked by default. :)