NoahBuscher

After seeing my partner, a photographer, struggle with creating a CSS theme for Gumroad, I built a tiny platform in an afternoon to help anyone who sells digital goods on the platform built a branded theme for their shop

I don't think there will be a boom either, but instead a gradual trend as more and more companies and employees find the Midwest a favorable place to live for the other reasons mentioned in the post.

Haha! I do like downtown Minneapolis, but have not spent much time in the suburbs. I'll heed the warning. ;^)

It's pretty crappy and is not responsive AT ALL, but the main thing there is the interface with the audio API. Potentially a starting point for better applications.

I launched a cute little crowdfunding campaign to spread binary awareness.

I find side projects to be very helpful when attempting to learn a new framework or language. Start small and slowly build up the complexity as you move on.

It will be difficult at first, but fellow developer and Stack Overflow are your friends. It also adds an extra layer of enhancement if the open source the project, as it allows others to review your code and improve it, allowing you to contribute something to the community while learning at the same time.

You should also check out open source projects written in the language you're interested in. I find that CMS source code covers a huge amount of tips and tricks I find helpful when starting a new language.

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Also, http://selfmaderenegade.net/minimum-viable-skillset was just posted.

Thanks for the insight!

We made a post to our landing page a long time ago that received a ton of upvotes.

Have any questions or want an invite? Comment! I'll see what I can do.

It's okay! DWBI.

Fuck. All my droplets are NYC2.

sobs

How did you get 16gb RAM on an Air? I only saw the option for 8.

Darn! I think I'm good for now, though, as I don't use VMs, PhotoShop, and I use .md files for all my documents, so I never have Office installed (though I have a license).

What CPU does yours have? I bought the i5 Haswell.

Yeah. I'm totally okay without Retina, though it does look pretty sweet, and I currently don't have a use for an external monitor - I'll need to see the Air in person before I make the decision to buy. :)

I kind of figured that, but I have almost no pictures and definitely no videos.

Is it possible to upgrade the SSD after purchase?

+1 for ST3!

Great suggestions!

If you're going to be using Mongo, I highly recommend RoboMongo.

+1 for a fellow Ubuntu user.

I currently don't have a use for a VM, as I just deploy to a staging server after local testing, but I'll keep those in mind!

Okay. I'll try it out, but no promises. ;)

Great post.

I totally agree with analogous environments, and that's the reason I'm keeping my Ubuntu laptop.

I do move around quite a bit, and my current computer only has 6gb RAM and an i3, so they're both upgrades, and I usually never run into issues regarding CPU usage or RAM usage.

No - There's nothing wrong with it. But they have to continue to release builds at least or operating systems may not support it without using a VM and an older version of the OS.

That's my main concern at the moment.

Hmm... I really do hope they start up again. It's by far my most used application and it'd kill me to find another editor I like as much as it.

I have tried Atom in the past, but it just felt "thin" and "flimsy". Maybe it's because I've been using ST for so long I just am automatically against any other project that tries to compete for the market share. :)

Do you have any experience running a VM from an external drive? Is there a significant speed decrease from an internal SSD?

The order already shipped, but I have an array of flash drives and most of my files are online.

Wow! Great to hear! I just wanted to be sure I had a buffer in the event I ever needed to edit a longer video or wanted to do some 3D work in Blender.

This... This is a feel-good comment. +1

Thanks, Devin! Bookmarked.

Sad to hear about SublimeText. It's a really good project in my opinion, but I have to agree with you.

Sweet! Battery life on my existing laptop sucks, and Ubuntu is a power hog. As noted, I'm getting a 8gb version, but are you finding 4gb is enough?

Awesome! My current computer is a BEAST (in terms of size - definitely not power), so portability will be pretty new to me.

Awesome! That's exactly what I wanted to hear.