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Re:Lisp in Web-Based Applications (2001) on Wednesday May 20, 2026 @08:53AM (#48206880)
"Closures Simulate Subroutines" - I really love this way of coding for the web, it's what I did when I created FastScala: https://www.fastscala.com/ (same logic)
Re:Japanese Explained to Programmers on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @08:23AM (#34594703)
> With Japanese there's no escaping learning the grammar

Learned Polish recently. It's the same. But people do try the supposedly easy way of learning it "without studying the grammar".

Re:Ask HN: Should we own the free stuff we pay for? on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @06:56AM (#30345324)
Not overreacting. It can happen to anyone of us and we just ignore it, keep going, and think "it will probably never be me, only happens to others". Until it it us.
Re:NULL: The worst mistake of computer science? (2015) on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @07:47AM (#18598891)
Scala alternative to null: https://www.scala-academy.com/tutorials/scala-options-tutori...
Re:Having a ‘work spouse’ makes you happier? on Friday November 18, 2016 @09:18AM (#12986890)
So. True. haha
Re:Ask HN: What stack would you use to build a CRUD web app on the JVM... on Thursday October 01, 2015 @03:15PM (#10313852)
+1 for Squeryl!!!
Re:8 Considerations on Choosing a Programming Language on Tuesday April 07, 2015 @10:23AM (#9334223)
Ups - I have to fix that.

Yep, I do lack experience programming Fortran and Delphi ;)

Re:8 Considerations on Choosing a Programming Language on Tuesday April 07, 2015 @10:18AM (#9334186)
"HTML/CSS in a programming language list? seriously?"

I just googled "programming languages you should learn" - 3rd result: http://www.sitepoint.com/whats-best-programming-language-lea... ("What’s the Best Programming Language to Learn in 2015?") 4th "Programming Language" is...: CSS! You know that's nonsense, but a newbie doesn't

Re:8 Considerations on Choosing a Programming Language on Tuesday April 07, 2015 @10:04AM (#9334082)
You can read a bit more about those scala features (in this case compared to java) in this other article: http://www.scala-academy.com/resources/java-vs-scala

"Is that supposed to convince me to use this in the industry, and apply my time?" I say in the article: «- Does this mean that I should use Scala? Can you get a job you like programming Scala? If so, then: yes! (Otherwise, unless you're rich, you need to pay your bills...)» If don't think you can get a job programming Scala (because of where you live, or another reason) I explicitly say you shouldn't learn it! :)

But the rate at which Scala jobs are becoming available is relevant: I don't care if there are 200 Java jobs near me, as long as there are 3 or 4 Scala ones. As long as I have a Scala job, I don't care if the other companies are programming something else. If you can't get a Scala job - again: it's probably best to not even to take the time to learn it.

Re:8 Considerations on Choosing a Programming Language on Tuesday April 07, 2015 @09:58AM (#9334024)
Ups, thank you for that! : )
Re:8 Considerations on Choosing a Programming Language on Tuesday April 07, 2015 @09:49AM (#9333960)
I'm the author.

Well, it is my opinion in fact, and that's why it says a "%100 opinionated view" in the subtitle.

There are many other persons with the same opinion: http://stackoverflow.com/a/43072/731933 http://blog.jooq.org/2014/12/11/the-inconvenient-truth-about... http://www.teamten.com/lawrence/writings/java-for-everything...

If we were to discuss everything in this article, starting with dynamic vs static typing, we'd still be here 3 months from now :). Which is why it is opinionated.

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Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (November 2014) on Tuesday November 04, 2014 @09:16AM (#8556552)
Full-stack MVP developer (Scala+Lift).

Location: Portugal, Europe

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Scala+Lift+Postgres SQL

Résumé/CV: about.redtigersoftware.com

Email: davidbranquinho [ at ] gmail [.] com

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (October 2014) on Wednesday October 01, 2014 @06:57PM (#8398353)
== Full-Stack Developer == (SEEKING WORK)

Location: Portugal

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: no

Technologies: Scala, Lift, Postgres

Resume: http://about.redtigersoftware.com/

Email: [email protected]

Significant experience with MVP's.

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (July 2014) on Tuesday July 01, 2014 @12:00PM (#7971570)
Location: Europe, Portugal

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: no

Technologies: Scala, Lift. Full-Stack Web Development.

Resume: http://about.redtigersoftware.com/

Email: [email protected]

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (April 2014) on Tuesday April 01, 2014 @10:01AM (#7508210)
SEEKING WORK - REMOTE (Europe, Portugal)

Full stack web developer.

I usually do mostly every part of the web app except design. I usually work with: Scala; Lift; Bootstrap; PostgreSQL; EC2; Git; AKKA, Linux; IntelliJ.

Email: davidbranquinho at gmail.com

CV: http://about.redtigersoftware.com

Have worked with: Specs2; Selenium; Github; PostgreSQL; Squeryl; IDEA; Jetty; Java (10yrs); C; C++; .NET; PHP; Lisp; Prolog; Microchip assembly; Vaadin; JSP; Swing; Lift’s Mapper; Hibernate; H2; Netbeans; Eclipse; Ant; CVS; SVN; JUnit; Web Services; Tomcat