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Re:BiomeJS 2024 Roadmap on Monday January 22, 2024 @01:46PM (#39093525)
I use it for a very large monorepo to replace prettier. So much faster! Also have it run on save in my editor now.

Now linting full codebase on precommit and it’s faster than just linting staged files with prettier!

Re:LoaderShip – CSS-Only Loaders on Friday January 19, 2024 @11:31AM (#39057308)
<3 <3 <3 <3 THANK YOU
Re:Ask HN: Unplugging on Friday October 08, 2021 @12:59PM (#28801401)
to what purpose
Re:Ask HN: How do you run better meetings? on Sunday April 18, 2021 @05:29PM (#26856572)
grain.co
Re:Ask HN: How to communicate project ETAs to stakeholders? on Wednesday October 21, 2020 @12:53PM (#24849655)
"Well, gee, that's a lot. I'd be really impressed if our team could get to `$GOAL x 0.75` in $TIME. `GOAL x 0.25` is a big ask, we'll have to see..."

Lots of under promising. Aggressively, even when you get tired of it.

I even used this for a family call the other day to clip someone's dumb joke and share it later with fam.
Re:SEC awards $22M to Monsanto whistleblower on Tuesday August 30, 2016 @06:18PM (#12394417)
Yep. I'm already sour against the IRS from just doing some tax calculations, saw the article title, and didn't even read the article before commenting! Edited my comment.
Re:SEC awards $22M to Monsanto whistleblower on Tuesday August 30, 2016 @06:16PM (#12394405)
Cool, he got paid and all, but keep in mind that's $22M of yours and my tax money.

EDIT: Nevermind, I did not read the article before commenting. My mistake.

The reason most people tell me they use todos is, "you can't do everything up front."

I agree, but I hate TODOs. They're the worst form of keeping track of technical debt.

Just open a ticket! I like to have a tag/label called "debt" that I put these "TODO, bad implementation" type of problems under.

That way at least it's tracked.

Re:Angular 2 Fundamentals Course on Friday July 29, 2016 @02:40PM (#12188931)
AngularClass knows what they're doing. This course is gonna be legit.
+1 -- I use Stout all the time. I don't have to rely on anyone's uptime except AWS's. Stout's just a "shortcut" for using AWS infrastructure that I have full control of.

With Surge, I'd have to trust some startup's build tool not to fail at a vital time.

Re:Pebble 2, Time 2 + All-New Pebble Core on Tuesday May 24, 2016 @11:31AM (#11762362)
So Kickstarter money is counted as donations, right?

Does that mean that they don't have to pay sales tax on any of these preorders?

Why don't more people do, "We're not 100% sure if you're the right fit, but we'd like to find out. We'll pay you to work with us for [2/4] weeks."
Re:NPM and Left-Pad: Have We Forgotten How to Program? on Wednesday March 23, 2016 @06:53PM (#11348951)
Counter-argument:

A good micro-module removes complexity. It has one simple purpose, is tested, and you can read the code yourself in less than 30 seconds to know what's happening.

Take left-pad, for example. Super simple function, 1 minute to write, right? Yes.

But check out this PR that fixes an edge case: https://github.com/azer/left-pad/pull/1

The fact of the matter is: every line of code I write myself is a commitment: more to keep in mind, more to test, more to worry about.

If I can read left-pad's code in 30 seconds, know it's more likely to handle edge cases, and not have to write it myself, I'm happy.

The fault in this left-pad drama is not "people using micro-modules". The fault is in npm itself: all of this drama happened only because npm is mutable. We should focus on fixing that.

Re:Toronto man found not guilty in Twitter harassment trial on Saturday January 23, 2016 @03:18PM (#10959885)
Ridiculous, Canada. The "Language Police" literally exist.
Re:Show HN: Ng-classy – Use Angular 1 and ES6 with ease on Wednesday June 10, 2015 @04:20PM (#9695019)
That's also a Javascript decorator. You can use it with Babel today if you pass in `{stage: 0}`.

https://github.com/wycats/javascript-decorators

http://babeljs.io/docs/usage/experimental/

Re:Show HN: Ng-classy – Use Angular 1 and ES6 with ease on Wednesday June 10, 2015 @03:45PM (#9694791)
I didn't check the web-at-large, that's why. I just thought 'classy! It's classes.' Then I checked npm. Then I pushed it.

Probably was a bad idea.

Re:Show HN: Ng-classy – Use Angular 1 and ES6 with ease on Wednesday June 10, 2015 @03:37PM (#9694747)
I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic here. But again, there was no passive aggressiveness in my previous comment. I meant what I said, and nothing more: He's assuming things about someone he doesn't know. That's something to be careful with.
Re:Show HN: Ng-classy – Use Angular 1 and ES6 with ease on Wednesday June 10, 2015 @02:10PM (#9694175)
Careful with those assumptions, friend.
Re:Show HN: Ng-classy – Use Angular 1 and ES6 with ease on Wednesday June 10, 2015 @01:48PM (#9693999)
Unfortunately, this is going to happen. Best wishes with your project.

Edit: I'm only trying to be straightforward. I meant only what I said: name collisions do happen, especially in the cluttered npm namespace, and will continue to happen.

And I meant what I said in that I do wish your project the best. No foul intent.

Re:Spacemacs – Emacs advanced kit focused on Evil on Friday April 17, 2015 @11:46AM (#9395056)
Run `emacs -nw --daemon` to start a background emacs server.

Now, you can do `emacsclient -nw <file>` to boot up with almost no startup time. I have vi aliased to this, and `emacs -nw --daemon` opened by launchctl.

A gotcha: If you change your emacs config and need to restart, be sure to `pkill emacs` to get rid of the daemon.

Re:Spacemacs – Emacs advanced kit focused on Evil on Friday April 17, 2015 @11:44AM (#9395040)
I used Vim my whole career. But I always hated all the little bugs.

Then I found Spacemacs a couple weeks ago and switched. I had an equivalent environment set up in a few days.

Now I'm moving forward with the ability to do almost anything I want, and all of Vim's warts gone.

Vim really is a shitty editor with an awesome UI on top.

Emacs is a completely configurable, actually good editor. Now with Vim's awesome UI.

Re:The Case for Slow Programming on Monday December 01, 2014 @06:29PM (#8684753)
My thoughts on this article:

"Yes, new software and new businesses need to grow. But to be sustainable, they need to grow slowly and with loving care. Like good wine. Like a baby."

Why can't I grow quickly "and with loving care"? :-)

Re:I Hope Twitter Goes Away on Thursday October 30, 2014 @02:49PM (#8534951)
Disagree. Twitter is immensely valuable for me to quickly communicate with people in my "community" (the Javascript tech world), as well as keep up on news in areas I'm interested in: the Javascript tech world & a few others.
Re:How to tell when a robot has written you a letter on Wednesday September 24, 2014 @01:26PM (#8362772)
You can always tell by comparing two of the same letters.

For example, if two lowercase 'e's are exact clones of each other, you know it's a computer font.

Thumbs up for critical analysis of the article.
Re:An Unreal Decision on Saturday August 16, 2014 @11:45AM (#8186536)
Unreal iOS Building: They are probably building the .ipa on their server and then sending it back to you
Re:Messenger Bag Process: From Sketch to Finished Product on Sunday August 03, 2014 @11:36PM (#8130194)
You don't buy something like this only for functionality. There is more to the value of a bag than that.

What do you want to say to others with your attire, specifically your bag?

The bag in the original post is sending this message: "I'm competent, trustworthy, and I care about myself." Why? It's slim, made of good-quality materials, and has no more than it needs to have. It fits like a fitted pair of pants. When you look good, you are perceived as "good".

I looked at the Jansport Geminate bag, and it gave me this message: "I'm behind the times, and I don't really care that much about myself." Why? Those front pockets make it look like a baggy pair of pants two sizes too large. It looks fat and bulky, and if I wore it I would look like I just "threw something on" this morning.

How much change will you see in the opportunities you get just depending on the bag you wear? How much better will you feel with a good-looking bag? And is $219 worth those changes?

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