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Re:A brief rant on the future of interaction design (2011) on Friday May 27, 2022 @12:41PM (#31531629)
Legend
Re:Natto.dev – A Canvas for JavaScript on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @11:03AM (#26793134)
This is killer! Awesome work.
Re:In defense of functional CSS on Thursday September 27, 2018 @04:41PM (#18088414)
I think producing atomic css classes falls should be done by a computer. [Styletron](https://github.com/styletron/styletron) and [CSS Blocks](https://css-blocks.com/) comes to mind.
Re:Pai: Twitter Is Bigger Threat to Open Net Than ISPs on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @04:26PM (#15801907)
This logic is so flawed, it's a bit scary he has the platform to voice it.
Re:Tonka beans – A delicious flavour with a toxic chemical on Thursday August 10, 2017 @03:43PM (#14983378)
exactly...we were watching dances with wolves the night before we got him :)
Re:Tonka beans – A delicious flavour with a toxic chemical on Thursday August 10, 2017 @01:25PM (#14981954)
I adopted a pitbull whose shelter name was "Beans". Immediately upon adopting, I dropped the name "Beans" and gave him the moniker Tatanka. My wife occasionally calls him Tonka Beans for short...

He's my best friend.

Re:Show HN: roots - a toolkit for advanced front-end dev on Thursday December 13, 2012 @11:27AM (#4916387)
well done, nice work...this looks like an awesome tool for building static sites
Re:Onword - a simple, distraction-free writing web app on Wednesday November 07, 2012 @05:41PM (#4755533)
looks fantastic no doubt. i am hesitant to click the twitter auth button, however. maybe some sort of app preview would cure my (and possible some others') paranoia?

looks great, well done!

Re:Bret Victor: Learnable Programming on Wednesday September 26, 2012 @04:05PM (#4577723)
i finally learned how to tie a tie, thanks bret!
Re:Why Responsive Design Is Not Worth It on Tuesday September 25, 2012 @10:27AM (#4570488)
couldn't disagree more with this article
Re:Show HN: My First Rails App (currentride.com) on Tuesday May 01, 2012 @09:33PM (#3917218)
@alex_g, thanks for taking the time to provide a very useful critique of the site. i appreciate you signing up and playing around with it a bit. i wanted to put it out early (flaws and all) to get just this type of feedback. so thank you. would love to hear some more thoughts. i'll follow up with an email if that's ok with you!
Re:Show HN: My First Rails App (currentride.com) on Tuesday May 01, 2012 @06:15PM (#3916613)
muchas gracias :)
Re:Show HN: My First Rails App (currentride.com) on Tuesday May 01, 2012 @03:06PM (#3915916)
@tzaman: you don't like super vague homepages? haha, no, you are completely right, thanks for checking it out...copy is something i neglected from the get-go
Re:Show HN: My First Rails App (currentride.com) on Tuesday May 01, 2012 @03:03PM (#3915906)
yup...agree 100%

Show HN: My First Rails App (currentride.com)

Posted by pruett on Tuesday May 01, 2012 @02:16PM
from the show-hn dept.

I needed to get out of localhost:3000 land and ship a (somewhat functional) web app. Anyways, I built Current Ride as a place to put your bucket list items out in the open. The goal is really to inspire the community to do more things!Building the app helped me understand Rails a lot better and allowed me to hack-break-fix bugs/features more effectively :)Enjoy! http://www.currentride.com

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Ask HN: Where does religion/spirituality fit into your life?

Posted by pruett on Sunday January 01, 2012 @02:50PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I've been struggling with where religion fits into my life. Until now, I've been pretty agnostic, but recently feel a strong need to make an attempt at incorporating religion into my values. Personally, I'm highly considering diving into (Zen) Buddhism.What are you religious values? Where/When/How did you start?DISCLAIMER: I realize religion can be a sensitive and personal topic. I'm not AT...

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Re:Ask HN: Non-technical people, how did you learn to code? on Tuesday September 20, 2011 @08:00PM (#3020137)
+1 are you planning on releasing a paperback version of the Ruby version?

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