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dijkstra123

Working on a side project with lofty goals - project domain is personal financial management. Phoenix/Elixir on the backend and ReactJS frontend. OTP is too sweet to ignore.Not decided on database. Currently using Postgres. May change to CockroachDB.
Re:Ask HN: Best current book to learn JavaScript? on Thursday June 01, 2017 @01:54PM (#14462671)
If you need to read and understand the source code powering popular frameworks then following is the best book.

JavaScript Patterns / Build Better Applications with Coding and Design Patterns / By Stoyan Stefanov

For me it's Google search :)
Re:Save the dog from a 70m deep, 35cm wide hole on Monday February 13, 2017 @06:08PM (#13639710)
1. Dig a parallel hole adjacent to the existing one (w/ a large diameter). 2. Then lower a person to the level of the dog (this person should have oxygen support). 3. Person then connects two holes by demolishing thin layer between these two holes. 4. Person rescues dog