treefrog

What's happening to the Megaupload databases? Are they being confiscated?

I never used the service much myself, but can you imagine the amount of people that could potentially be indicted by their download history?

Apart from it not being ready production-ready, I find the syntax confusing and overly engineered. Perhaps I'm just dense. However, as a programmer with 5+ years of experience, it feels rather off that I can't look at some of the Opa code and understand what is happening.

Haskell providers a lower barrier of entry.

That being said, it's different. I wish them the best as the more options available to a programmer, the better.

I'd really enjoy seeing a knee-jerk reaction from founders, shying away from nonsense naming conventions. I understand that it's in an attempt to be "hip" and separate one's business from the companies of yore. However, it's not necessary.

I imagine it's a lot like getting a tattoo. You're 20-something and pick something you really like. It makes you feel cool. Then, 20 years later, you look at it in the mirror everyday thinking "Why?..."

The south is a wonderful place for start-ups. In my smaller-ish city of Lexington, KY we have a close-knit, vibrant community of aspiring entrepreneurs. The cost of living is low and the University of Kentucky brings great talent to the area (and they actually want to stay).

Also, most of the area businesses are bootstrapped.

I read so many meta-programming articles that try to make a science out of "getting shit done."

While there are techniques that aide in the process, your time is better spent trying to get the aforementioned shit done.

I've been following Chart.io pretty closely and this is great to hear. Congrats guys!