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Improving access to government services through a shared authentication platform

Posted by ovechtrick on Thursday August 18, 2016 @08:51PM
from the pages.18f.gov dept.

https://pages.18f.gov/identity-intro/

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Jr. Developers #5: How to Improve Code Without Anyone Hating You

Posted by ovechtrick on Thursday March 10, 2016 @02:54PM
from the medium.com dept.

https://medium.com/@mscccc/jr-developers-5-how-to-improve-code-without-anyone-hating-you-34a7218b387f#.w9o3rkp3g

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Jr. Developers #2: Think Small to Ship Fast

Posted by ovechtrick on Wednesday March 09, 2016 @12:30PM
from the medium.com dept.

https://medium.com/@mscccc/jr-developers-2-think-small-to-ship-fast-1628dfc3b16b#.td0irx3a2

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Show HN: Emoji.life – Emojilytics for Twitter

Posted by ovechtrick on Friday March 04, 2016 @09:36PM
from the show-hn dept.

http://emoji.life/

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Running a High Traffic Rails App on Heroku’s Performance Dynos

Posted by ovechtrick on Tuesday August 25, 2015 @11:49AM
from the blog.growth.supply dept.

https://blog.growth.supply/running-a-high-traffic-rails-app-on-heroku-s-performance-dynos-d9e6833d34c4

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Go support now official on Heroku

Posted by ovechtrick on Tuesday July 07, 2015 @01:01PM
from the blog.heroku.com dept.

https://blog.heroku.com/archives/2015/7/7/go_support_now_official_on_heroku

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Re:Secret Shuts Down on Thursday April 30, 2015 @12:50AM (#9463411)

I guess I just clicked the wrong button. Not really sure how that makes me an ass. Thanks though.

http://blog.ycombinator.com/new-hacker-news-guideline

Re:Secret Shuts Down on Wednesday April 29, 2015 @11:52PM (#9463259)

> It's just that I hear of stories that talk about founders giving money back to the investors as if it were admirable.

The other option is they keep the company alive until $0 is left and return nothing.

Donating to charity isn't an option.

CloudFlare and Google Cloud Platform

Posted by ovechtrick on Monday April 13, 2015 @11:08AM
from the cloudflare.com dept.

https://www.cloudflare.com/google

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Elixir: Come for the syntax, stay for everything else

Posted by ovechtrick on Wednesday April 08, 2015 @04:46PM
from the reefpoints.dockyard.com dept.

http://reefpoints.dockyard.com/2015/04/08/elixir-come-for-the-syntax-stay-for-everything-else.html

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The Importance of Naming Your Emotions

Posted by ovechtrick on Friday April 03, 2015 @04:41PM
from the nytimes.com dept.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/04/business/dealbook/the-importance-of-naming-your-emotions.html

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What It’s Like to Work on BuzzFeed’s Tech Team During Record Traffic

Posted by ovechtrick on Friday February 27, 2015 @07:54PM
from the buzzfeed.com dept.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/daozers/what-its-like-to-work-on-buzzfeeds-tech-team-during-record-t#.mypxw51w1

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Re:How Instacart Built Its On-Demand Grocery Delivery Service on Sunday December 28, 2014 @08:31PM (#8808195)

Interested in what web server they're using with Rails. Unicorn/Puma? Didn't see it mentioned.

Tracking Holidaybullshit.com Orders with Google Sheets

Posted by ovechtrick on Tuesday December 23, 2014 @09:54PM
from the barelyknown.com dept.

http://www.barelyknown.com/blog/2014/11/14/automatically-tracking-holidaybullshitcom-orders-with-google-sheets

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Re:Startup Black Friday on Friday November 28, 2014 @11:37AM (#8671384)

check the comments for the deals/coupon codes. Segment, mixpanel & mention have pretty good ones

Startup Black Friday

Posted by ovechtrick on Friday November 28, 2014 @11:20AM
from the producthunt.com dept.

http://www.producthunt.com/e/black-friday-startup-toolkit

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The tech industry’s house is on fire but everyone is talking about the curtains

Posted by ovechtrick on Tuesday August 19, 2014 @11:42AM
from the mciarlo.com dept.

http://mciarlo.com/fire/

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Re:VimR – Refined Vim Experience for OS X on Saturday August 16, 2014 @04:19PM (#8187422)

Checkout nerdtree. File browser/sidebar for Vim.

https://github.com/scrooloose/nerdtree

Re:Expense Calculator on Sunday August 10, 2014 @09:30PM (#8161489)

Reminds me of Soulver. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/soulver/id413965349?mt=12

Introducing Heroku Button

Posted by ovechtrick on Thursday August 07, 2014 @01:04PM
from the blog.heroku.com dept.

https://blog.heroku.com/archives/2014/8/7/heroku-button

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StopLight – A Powerful HTTP Testing Tool

Posted by ovechtrick on Friday July 25, 2014 @08:02AM
from the stoplight.io dept.

http://stoplight.io/

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Are You Smart Enough to Be Admitted to an Elite NYC Kindergarten?

Posted by ovechtrick on Monday July 07, 2014 @03:48PM
from the boston.com dept.

http://www.boston.com/news/education/2014/07/07/are-you-smart-enough-admitted-elite-nyc-kindergarten/dz4qtHZqt5viLmB0l3yAZN/story.html

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Re:Programmer excuses on Thursday July 03, 2014 @11:13AM (#7983541)

What did you type in wrong to get it to crash?

How To Be a Landlord in San Francisco

Posted by ovechtrick on Thursday July 03, 2014 @10:28AM
from the vice.com dept.

http://www.vice.com/read/two-unspeakable-truths-about-the-san-francisco-housing-market

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Cool at 13, Adrift at 23

Posted by ovechtrick on Monday June 23, 2014 @11:41PM
from the well.blogs.nytimes.com dept.

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/23/cool-at-13-adrift-at-23/

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Heroku: Improved Router

Posted by ovechtrick on Wednesday June 11, 2014 @09:41PM
from the devcenter.heroku.com dept.

https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/heroku-improved-router

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Re:Why Atom Can’t Replace Vim – Learning the lesson of vi on Sunday June 01, 2014 @05:37PM (#7830783)

Shaking My Head

How Much do Boston UberX Drivers Make in a Night?

Posted by ovechtrick on Tuesday May 27, 2014 @12:38PM
from the bostinno.streetwise.co dept.

http://bostinno.streetwise.co/2014/05/27/how-much-money-do-boston-uberx-drivers-make/

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A Statement About Mahbod’s Annotations on Elliot Rodger’s Manifesto

Posted by ovechtrick on Monday May 26, 2014 @02:58PM
from the news.rapgenius.com dept.

http://news.rapgenius.com/Lemon-a-statement-about-mahbods-annotations-on-elliot-rodgers-manifesto-annotated

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Is It Better to Rent or Buy?

Posted by ovechtrick on Thursday May 22, 2014 @07:13AM
from the nytimes.com dept.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/upshot/buy-rent-calculator.html?_r=0

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