oldmanstan

she's going to tweet to her many thousands of followers sometime next week.It's a PHP/MySQL website hosted on Dreamhost. I've never had to scale, and don't know anything about handling traffic larger than a few people an hour.How should I prepare for this?

I just started doing freelance web dev and design. But I'm inexperienced. I've been starting everything from scratch, just blank textwrangler and photoshop.What are some best practices to get fast and efficient? (For instance, should I be developing on WordPress, using custom form templates, etc?)Thanks.

I'm in the CS program at a university with a top-20 CS program. It's actually been quite easy, and I only have two CS classes left to graduate (along with a bunch of others).I'm thinking hard about transferring to Stanford. And I'm worried.How difficult is Stanford's CS curriculum, really? Will I be prepared for it with just my handful of (not so hard) C++ and Java classes? Am I smart...

..by a startup? (For web development that is, so: PHP, Python, or Ruby.)A while ago, I saw a graph that compared the different languages, but can't find it now.

I made a small app for myself with SMS alerts. I'd like to make more apps like this.Is there anything that you'd like to receive an SMS alert for that you're currently not able to?

I'm working on a web service which requires email and phone number during signup. My proposition is, if the user signs up to use the free service, I can text/email that user once a month.First: what do you think about this model?Second: Where can I find people/business to pay for the ads (both email and sms)?

A friend of mine mentioned that he'd like to take the open-source Eclipse code and make it into a web app. You'd be able to code and do everything you want, all in the browser.I'm just a beginner, and don't have much perspective on this. What do you guys think? Good idea? Would you use it? Is this the future?

Just wondering how you go about cultivating ideas.Do you, for instance, have a routine where you sit down and think about new ideas every so often? Or do you just wait for one to hit you?How do you get your ideas? (Also, please note if you think you're effective in how you do so. Have you had - and implemented - great ideas?)

There's a handful of commentors that I deeply respect and enjoy reading. (Not that I don't respect and enjoy everyone else, just not quite so much.)Is there any type of RSS feed for a user's comments?

I read through several Javascript tutorials last week. This weekend I've been reading/experimenting with a bunch of JQuery stuff.Now, on the JQuery site, a good number of the articles mention AJAX. I don't know anything about AJAX (yet). What should I know about it to start out, and when should I start learning it? (After JQuery or now.)

Forgive me for the naive question, but: why is PHP considered so inferior to Ruby/Python?And, as a beginner, do you recommend going with PHP to start with, or straight into Ruby/Python?

I've recently been engrossed by the question of how geniuses and highly intelligent people think. There's bits and pieces of information online. What I'd really like to see, though, is (a) geniuses describe their thought process and (b) a smart person voicing is interior monologue while attacking a problem.1) Do you know of any information like this? Link?2) Otherwise: do you think in a way...

I've put it off for far too long and I've decided I want to learn how to make phone apps. Now, the question is: should I learn for windows phone or iphone?I'm interested in your thoughts on (a) what's easier/quicker to learn, (b) which will be more useful in the future, (c) which will offer a greater chance for earning income, and (d) whatever you thin is good advice...

If it's not already possible, here's a broad idea for a gmail plugin. - Implement ability to right click on any phone number in an email and choose "Call with Gmail" - Implement ability to right click on any address and choose "Pull up with gmail." The map would then show up and be functional on the right side of the screen.That is all. Add onto it if you want.

So AwesomeReminders now costs $40 a month.Is it still growing modestly, even at this priceHow many subscribers are there now?

I can do HTML/CSS and design, but I can't code. I bet a lot of people are in my situation, or even worse.I don't have a technical founder, but I want to start a startup, via outsourcing. I spent all of last night searching for information, and there really isn't much other than "make sure you hire someone experienced."So, please share any and all information or links or experience you have on...

I can make the website, but don't know where to even begin to get the clothes made well, on the cheap.I'm male, and want to design male clothes. (Think: t-shirts and tanks.) I would design everything myself (probably with photoshop).After that - after I get a site up and sketch out my ideas - where do I go? Where can I get the clothes made, for instance?

One thing I do is work out.But I'm trying to find something I can do every night to wind down and have a bit of fun.I'm thinking I might watch a movie (or part of one) a few nights a week. Maybe a tv show. Maybe read.What else? What do you do?

I recently started pursuing coding seriously (after a year of an hour or two a week).And, unfortunately, my right wrist hurts like hell now. It begins twenty minutes or so after I start typing. The pain shoots down from the bottom right of my right (face down palm) to the end of my pinky.It's getting wicked painful.Any tips?

I just start learning it in school. We're making a game.What can it be used for on the web, though? What big companies use it primarily?

I just finished reading the SEOmoz beginner guide. And it seems to me that everything I read could be summarized in a tidy checklist.Are there SEO "to-do" checklists (starting from the lowest hanging fruit and increasing in complexity) online?As well: I'm interesting in expanding my knowledge of SEO. What should I read and do next?

I'm taking a class in user experience at my nearby junior college. And some of it seems really practical; but other parts of it don't.For instance, a few weeks ago we spend a good amount of time creating personas for our target users. And then we created storyboards and scenarios. And so on.In a few weeks, according to the syllabus, we're going to do user research methods I've never heard of:...

I've heard that there's all kinds of sports streamed live on it, including UFC matches.How is this not illegal? Are they going to get shut down anytime soon?

I'm trying to find 50 respondents for a survey I create. The problem is: I need them to be a specific "type" - art lover/artists, 13-50 years old, and from the United States.Are there any good online services that could help me with finding surveyees? (Free is better; paying is an option.)

1) How often do you check it (and for how long each time)?2) What's your routine while on HN? Do you just browse through the highest voted articles, or maybe go through the new, or just ask HN, or different?

One particular thread tonight astounded me: the one showing AwesomeReminders at more than 750 PAYING users.What other super simple, quick-to-build websites/apps are there that generate a non-trivial amount of revenue? (At least a few thousand a month.)I want to study/think about them.

Put another way, once you come upon what appears to be a legit startup idea, what steps do you take (in order)?For instance, do you first scour the market for similar startups? Do you ask friends what they think, or whether or not your idea is technically feasible?What's your process?

Details?What kind of meditation do you do? How long/frequently? What benefits have you experienced?Basically, are the time and energy requirements worth it?

Some of mine, wherever I am, include: - Why is this like THIS? And how could I make this beter? - STOP - Why are you doing this? (This is usually when I'm doing something I shouldn't be, like incessantly checking HN.) - Will I regret not doing this? (Whenever a big decision needs to be made.)And you?