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STRiDEX··on Bootstrap 5 will remove jQuery as a dependency
Its also worth reading the 4.3.0 blog post which mentions the removal https://blog.getbootstrap.com/2019/02/11/bootstrap-4-3-0/
STRiDEX··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2019)
Zume Inc. | Senior / Software Engineer | San Francisco, CA | Onsite | https://zume.com/

Recently raised $375m https://techcrunch.com/2018/11/01/zume-reportedly-snags-375-....

Zume is on a quest to be the most powerful source of health and well-being on the planet. To achieve our objective, we must facilitate the provision of wholesome, affordable food on a global scale and in a sustainable manner. We are meeting this challenge by providing an end-to-end, scalable platform that reduces the time and distance between clean food sources and dense population centers, using cutting-edge automation and transportation logistics. By developing better tools and processes, we can feed people healthier, sustainably-grown food, delivered fresh and free from chemical stabilization.

Our stack:

* Node, Express, Vue, Javascript, Postgres, Redis, Heroku, RabbitMq

* Moving from large monorepo to smaller services in TypeScript using docker and GCE

All open positions (Seattle, San Francisco, Mountain View): https://boards.greenhouse.io/zume

STRiDEX··on Open-Source Controller for the IKEA Bekant Standing Desk
I picked up a used motorized by Autonomous on craigslist. Really sturdy, no problems so far up and down every day for 6 months, good controls.

Its the dual motor seen on amazon here https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00YET9M84/

STRiDEX··on Announcing unlimited free private repos
Is this the ultimate evernote killer? I feel like every note hosting platform for technical notes will be second to this.
STRiDEX··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2019)
Zume Inc. | Senior / Software Engineer | San Francisco, CA | Onsite | https://zume.com/

Recently raised $375m https://techcrunch.com/2018/11/01/zume-reportedly-snags-375-....

Zume is on a quest to be the most powerful source of health and well-being on the planet. To achieve our objective, we must facilitate the provision of wholesome, affordable food on a global scale and in a sustainable manner. We are meeting this challenge by providing an end-to-end, scalable platform that reduces the time and distance between clean food sources and dense population centers, using cutting-edge automation and transportation logistics. By developing better tools and processes, we can feed people healthier, sustainably-grown food, delivered fresh and free from chemical stabilization.

Our stack:

* Node, Express, Vue, Javascript, Postgres, Redis, Heroku, RabbitMq

* Moving from large monorepo to smaller services in TypeScript using docker and GCE

All open positions (Seattle, San Francisco, Mountain View): https://boards.greenhouse.io/zume

STRiDEX··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2018)
Zume Inc. | Senior / Software Engineer | San Francisco, CA | Onsite | https://zume.com/

Zume recently raised a round of funding for $375m https://techcrunch.com/2018/11/01/zume-reportedly-snags-375-...

Zume is on a quest to be the most powerful source of health and well-being on the planet. To achieve our objective, we must facilitate the provision of wholesome, affordable food on a global scale and in a sustainable manner. We are meeting this challenge by providing an end-to-end, scalable platform that reduces the time and distance between clean food sources and dense population centers, using cutting-edge automation and transportation logistics. By developing better tools and processes, we can feed people healthier, sustainably-grown food, delivered fresh and free from chemical stabilization.

Our stack:

* Node, Express, Vue, Javascript, Postgres, Redis, Heroku, RabbitMq

* Moving from large monorepo to smaller services in TypeScript using docker and GCE

All open positions (Seattle, San Francisco, Mountain View): https://boards.greenhouse.io/zume

STRiDEX··on If you want to understand Silicon Valley, watch Silicon Valley
Some of the other staples of the bay area.

Yahoo Tech workers 31% white https://yahoo.tumblr.com/post/152561899994/yahoos-2016-diver...

Ebay Tech workers 29% white https://static.ebayinc.com/assets/Uploads/Documents/eBay2017...

STRiDEX··on NPM and the future of JavaScript
I think there will be a jump again whenever ivy is ready. https://is-angular-ivy-ready.firebaseapp.com/#/status
STRiDEX··on MS Paint IDE
even the webpage is using AngularDart. This is a person that goes out of their way to make interesting choices.
STRiDEX··on TypeScript at Google
They forked it for a while, called AtScript [0] and then later merged efforts. So don't think they didn't try. There's things like Tsickle [1] that converts typescript for their closure compiler

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AtScript

[1] https://github.com/angular/tsickle

STRiDEX··on Babel 7 Released
Most of my projects now use babel indirectly and its been removed from all backend projects at work, sometimes replaced with typescript or vanilla es6.

Ex: anyone using facebook's jest, vue-cli, etc will get v7 whenever those packages upgrade.

The typescript support seems interesting for people with large babel pipelines, but I'm not sure what the other use cases are since it doesn't do any of the typechecking tsc does. Would be interested in hearing what people plan to use it for.

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/typescript/2018/08/27/types...

STRiDEX··on Creating a Unique Beer “Koozie” and Growing to $1.1M/month
One experience, I'll still buy klean kanteen aluminum water bottles because they were a local business and the competition are all worse in some distinct way. Leaks, dents, whatever. Hydro Flask is somewhat close. I'm not sure why the cheap nock offs target the trash level of cheap instead of the actually okay level.
STRiDEX··on Caffeine dosing strategies to optimize alertness during sleep loss
> but in combination with caffeine it works great

I recently heard about goody's when we ran a marketing campaign for them.

https://www.amazon.com/Goodys-Extra-Strength-Headache-Powder...

The nascar themed marketing was probably why i hadn't heard of it but I did end up trying it and the mixture of the two works great

STRiDEX··on Walmart will begin offering to subsidize college tuition for its U.S. workers
Not sure about cheapest, especially in walmarts core categories. Convenient is harder to measure.

https://lendedu.com/blog/walmart-vs-amazon/

http://www.businessinsider.com/walmart-vs-amazon-which-is-ch...

STRiDEX··on If its ratings don’t really matter, why is Netflix canceling many shows?
i think its interesting that they can tell if someone has finished all episodes of a series and would be waiting for a next one.
STRiDEX··on Premium Account Activity API
I think the context on this is http://apps-of-a-feather.com/ on the recent changes to their api for app developers.
STRiDEX··on JavaScript is Good, Actually
async functions are es2017 async generators are es2018 but both are supported in the latest version of node v10

http://node.green/#ES2017-features-async-functions

I had to look it up because i could've sworn async functions were es2015. The lines get blurry when things are implemented out of order.

STRiDEX··on John Carmack: My Steve Jobs Stories
The entire post reminded me of the book. Very similar in tone.
STRiDEX··on The .app domain is now availiable
everything i tried is somehow already taken?
STRiDEX··on Version 6 of Angular Now Available
Its available behind a a flag. angularCompilerOptions.enableIvy

This article had more on it https://blog.ninja-squad.com/2018/05/04/what-is-new-angular-...

STRiDEX··on Ask HN: What was your best passive income in 2017?
I made an Adsense plugin for Angular and if you copy and paste the doc's use example with my ad code (it says to replace) it shows you my ads (duh). Several people have for some reason used it in production, maybe hoping to get their own adsense account/code later. It earned $140 last month.
STRiDEX··on Visual Studio Code February 2018 Update
> Faster VS Code start-up by using asar

> We are now packaging the core node_modules into an Electron Archive (asar) for faster start-ups by up to 5%. The file count on disk for a VS Code installation also gets reduced by approximately 25%.

Seems quite noticeable here, unless there's other things changing open speed.

STRiDEX··on Do not use NPM 5.7
> On Linux you can’t install globally without sudo.

thats not right. you've just got npm setup wrong. https://docs.npmjs.com/getting-started/fixing-npm-permission...

STRiDEX··on FastPhotoStyle from Nvidia
I saw a clip from adobe a while ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3l4XLZ59iw

STRiDEX··on Oh shit, git: Getting myself out of bad situations
I use sourcetree, but I would like a console feature that shows me what commands its running. Similar to sequel pro's "console" feature shows the raw sql being run.
STRiDEX··on Insomnia REST Client
I switched because I prefer the layout. It reads very left to right. The area that you edit the request is very clear.
STRiDEX··on The Big Vitamin D Mistake
I joined one medical in sf and while I did meet with a doctor, you can also do walk-ins for blood tests. It was fast. There is a yearly fee to be a member and they have offices all over CA. https://www.onemedical.com/blog/health-guides/lab-test-guide...
STRiDEX··on WeWork acquires Meetup.com
They launched a redesign recently. https://www.meetup.com/redesign
STRiDEX··on Wal-Mart charges more for some products online than in stores
Walmart literally advertises lower prices on select items if you drive to the store and pick it up. Right on the website.

http://help.walmart.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1698/~/picku...

STRiDEX··on San Francisco is one of the worst-paying places in the US for software engineers
None of my engineering friends are paying over 2.4k for an apartment in sf. Most have roommates. I moved in with my gf last year in a studio w/ garage for $1900 (glen park). If someone is paying 3k+, I'm not sure who it is or why. Thats insane.

However, taxes are very high here.

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