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Query language and ruby like function-chaining are what I feel the selling factors. I like the ease with which I added a node to the cluster. But naming the version as Rashomon scares me..
Posted by
arzvi on Thursday October 13, 2011 @08:05AM
from the self-post dept.
I am astounded with the latest developments and daily advancements in the web tech. I feel I want to contribute to it and enjoy the pleasure of 'creating' stuff that I can show to the world.
I have little Ruby and PERL knowledge and know what REST is and routes in ROR are. I feel ROR is getting phased out for javascript based developments after Twitter admitted the scaling problems.
I would...
Posted by
arzvi on Tuesday October 04, 2011 @11:41PM
from the diamondthread.blogspot.com dept.
I have a feeling the 'Fruit's hands are going to stretch and block this app by some idiotic reasoning. If they can claim 'app store' they can do anything. urgh..
perl and ruby for dynamic languages, MongoDB and Redis for nosql
got an iPhone to test it for a week, and the first thing I did was to msg my friends, got some replies, and some SPAM. If I needed to delete the spam, I had to press the msg line to get into the msg, then 'Edit' to edit the conversation, then touch the msg then 'delete' button below. Still the conversation albeit empty, stood there.
Usability sucks.... I did all these with two clicks in my N72 Nokia, and the Nexus or HTC Evo is far better for me to use than iPhone.
I love the way iPhone handles things, its fonts, its colorfulness, and the easier input (size and accuracy of touch space) but I would give it to a girl who needs them to be 'cute' pets rather than a work horse and easy to manage organizer/'get your work done fast' device a nerd like me would need. Android anyday, but then iPhone is the mother of all smartphones since they were the reason the smartphones entered mainstream, and we are having this conversation. Apple is the best for 'cute/beautiful' UI, usability?? - nah