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Re:Pinboard Turns Five on Thursday July 10, 2014 @09:47AM (#8014928)

I remember Maciej saying he collocates his servers, which works out to be remarkably cheap in the long run. I'd assume the server costs are actually pretty small, relative to the income of the site.

Re:Japan's Abe is the world's best leader right now? on Monday June 16, 2014 @12:37AM (#7897441)

It seems like a typo.

Re:A Year to The Day on Wednesday April 30, 2014 @10:48AM (#7673638)

I'm really glad that Ghost is progressing nicely — I've used it for a small project, and it was a really nice experience.

Re:Wozniak: “Actually, the movie was largely a lie about me” on Tuesday January 21, 2014 @03:05PM (#7097919)

Casey's quickly become one of my favorite hosts. He seems like such a nice and entertaining person.

Re:Wozniak: “Actually, the movie was largely a lie about me” on Sunday January 19, 2014 @09:28PM (#7087184)

The Minecraft install process was on his new podcast. Here's the episode: http://atp.fm/episodes/25-thrustmaster-joystick

But yes, John Siracusa is a national treasure.

Re:What Happens When a Freelancer Does Work for a Client Without a Con... on Sunday November 17, 2013 @12:04PM (#6749639)

If you're a freelancer of any type, you should always work under a contract. This talk (about 40 minutes) sums up why: http://vimeo.com/22053820.

Re:Free Font: Norwester on Tuesday October 15, 2013 @02:05PM (#6555122)

Possibly, but graphic design and type design are vastly different fields. A good graphic designer isn't necessarily a good type designer.

Ask HN: What's the best practice for organizing your code?

Posted by barsky on Monday December 03, 2012 @02:55PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I'm learning to code, and currently I have my code/sites in folders in my home directory. For example, Ruby goes into a "Ruby" folder, HTML/CSS would go into a "Sites" folder, and the two are equal, hierarchically, to the default Documents and Desktop folders.Is my method the "right" method? I'm aware this could be a method of procrastination, but I don't want to start any habits that could be...

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Re:Evernote 5 for Mac on Friday November 16, 2012 @11:41AM (#4794536)

Evernote and Notational Velocity are two separate apps with two different purposes. For me, at least, Notational Velocity is for plain text notes, and Evernote is for images and PDFs.

Re:John Gruber takes 'The Talk Show' to Mule Radio on Friday May 18, 2012 @07:22PM (#3994543)

Interestingly, the new show (Big Week) has a color scheme based on the Talk Show's.