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Tbh how is the one concern not the Fact they use 'let'. Gross.

Fun fact: types, line numbers, and BS keywords like 'let' 'var' and * *&uint32, are only constructs of the language authors mind... a visualization of how he thinks. And are completely optional to a language (given a slightly more flexible parsercompiler)

Re:Ask HN: What do I miss as a self-taught developer? on Saturday December 17, 2016 @04:19AM (#13199975)
Oh and ternary operators and bitwise operators
Re:Ask HN: What do I miss as a self-taught developer? on Saturday December 17, 2016 @12:49AM (#13199475)
Algorithms datastructures OOP? Softwaredesignpatterns

hardware, chip, logic gate design. Asm.

inheritance, templates/generics

compiler design, some math stuff

fizz buzz, fibonacci, fucking sort functions, and palindromes

(From what I've seen from other devs)

There's lots of tests you can do. You can do each one multiple times And mix and match tests too.

Ebay. Put product on ebay and see if you get orders, cancel before auction ends, or after and apologise for being out of stock

Craigslist same thing

Fake sales site - write a "long copy" single page sales site and just have your buy now button email you a sale notice and display 'sorry not available yet'

Landing page/preorder site- super simple landing page with buy now btn, optionally fulfill the orders for sales

(or just collect emails for a Guage interest ) - Landing page email

google ads - buy 50 or so dollars of Google ads and see if you get clicks

Email campaign - sample email marketing ... same as goog ads

Bar test - agree to buy someone a beer in the bar if they try your app and give you feedback on it. Repeat 3-4x

Kickstarter- try for funding or preorders

Etsy/Shopify store and cancel orders ( etsy shopify has more natural traffic, so your not testing your marketing/adwords skills)

Most can be done for 25 bucks, in 30min. Do it again after you have an mvp if you want. also google idea validation

Re:Chrome 55 uses 30% less memory than 54 on Saturday December 03, 2016 @11:21PM (#13098778)
Fun fact, even though it's downloaded as compressed format, the windows drawing api bitblt requires bmp format, so it's probably saved in memory as bmp. A 1024x768x24bpp bmp is multiple megabytes, even though the jpeg is 100kb.

(I think..)

https://np.reddit.com/r/AskScienceDiscussion/comments/59otfy...

I could use another brogrammer to verify some of what I'm seeing. I expected I could just mention this to a researcher and be done, but I'm being attacked for mentioning possibilities.

There was a catalyst in 1975 when vaxx rates doubled and kept doubling every 5 years, the graphs reflect that, imho. Other countries data should confirm or deny.

I think so, react may be slow idk, I get 12 fps on a simple 2 column + comments layouts ex 9gag.com comments page
Re:Ask HN: Best things happened to you just because of HN? on Monday November 14, 2016 @08:32PM (#12954900)
4 real examples to validate op

    Goto considered harmful
    Jquery .show ()/.hide () is now biggest performance drain in some SPAS
    Node callbacks now harmful, async/await or promises could be next... possibly
    React is so slow it cannot render > 10 fps for some SPA
Re:Ask HN: Better code readability/reviewability on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @10:20PM (#12905832)
Code connect maybe, best bet is to single step through the whole thing a few times.
Re:Ask HN: What are your favorite tools? on Monday November 07, 2016 @12:39AM (#12889047)
Some windows productivity tools... couldn't work without them

    Windowpadder.ahk, Launchy, allsnap
    taekwindow, Virtuawin, dexpot
No but having a subset of locations as an option (or different app)

Ex employee walks into 10am meeting and app says here is the files for this meeting, ex scrum sheet for the day.

Or walk into the cafeteria and the app says here's the files ex menu and cafeteria rules.

Re:Ask HN: Which is the best python Django vs. PHP Laravel on Sunday October 30, 2016 @05:06AM (#12828802)
Laravel
Cool idea! I think a twin app would be great, with the focus of a campus or office...

Ex for work kitchen is a location, and meeting room N is a location. Would work well for colleges also, ex band room files

Re:Ask HN: Good books or articles on UI design? on Friday October 14, 2016 @06:41PM (#12711652)
"Practical typography" is great
Re:Ask HN: First tiny freelance job questions on Wednesday October 12, 2016 @12:10AM (#12690375)
Contracts just say I x agree to pay n dollars per t time for work. That both sign. And then sometimes have clauses if party 1 or 2 doesn't pay or do the work.

You have two options imo (probaby...ianal,...), give a contract that has rate on it and then your timesheet, or just contract and invoice them after.

You can do a simple contract off google.

Just do 1 Job at a time imo

Re:Ask HN: Best platform for blog+store+members area on Sunday October 09, 2016 @02:44AM (#12670139)
Agree, havent tried etsy yet.

digital ocean vps

Re:Ask HN: Best platform for blog+store+members area on Saturday October 08, 2016 @10:55AM (#12667131)
Django. Shopify and etsy. Are good choices (also bootstrap and stripe payments)

For php Magento and Wordpress do exactly that (ecommerce and blog).

For blog there are also some nice "markdown static blog" software that are super ez.

No, startups are limited capital (or worse reported to board), high pressure, time crunch, quality focus, full throttle environments. Little money and time is spent by leadership for entry level work in them, imho.

Betterms to do your own startup with some college kids or tech friends, and pick/do your dream role with the appropriate tools. Best cas the biz gets rich, worst you get applicable experience and aren't entry lvl any more.

Re:Qt Quick Controls 2.1 and Beyond on Thursday October 06, 2016 @10:05PM (#12657630)
Chrome style tabs for qt quick pleeease, I think they have proven that ui paradigm is here to stay