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PairColumbus has forkable web development challenges that you can work and then submit for code review.

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Ask HN: I work for a profitable Ohio startup. What's its crazy SV valuation?

I've been working for a pretty cool startup in Ohio called CoverMyMeds for the past few months that actually makes money. We help people get their medications quickly and more effectively.Anyhow, it's public knowledge that we made about $50 million last year. There were about 100 employees at the end of 2014.I've heard the founders pretty much bootstrapped the company so I don't think we have...

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Ask HN? How would you implement SSO for Rails apps?

I've been tasked with building out SSO. It looks like my only real option is implementing a CAS server/client with a paid solution like OneLogin or rbCAS (open).- https://www.onelogin.com/ - https://github.com/rbCAS/CASino1. Do I have more options besides the above? If so, which? 2. Is there a better solution besides CAS (http://jasig.github.io/cas/4.0.0/index.html)?Recommendations are welcome....

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Ask HN: What effect will hacker bootcamps have on the job market?

My question is pretty simple and has two parts. It seems that there's a good number of Ruby/Rails camps all around the US that are graduating 20-30 students every 30-60 days.1. What will the long-term effect be on the RoR junior dev market?2. How can these students best prepare themselves for what may become a more competitive market?

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