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I've been using Linux as my desktop for 10 years now. I really love it and can't imagine how people (especially devs) make do with Windows or Mac (To be honest I've never used a Mac).

But here's to Linux on the Desktop!

Wow! So much in ES6?! I've added a bookmark to the online version in my bookmarks toolbar.

Although I am sorry to day the digital version is just too costly. If it was cheaper like most of the books we get for kindle, I would have bought it immediately.

I use Feedly pretty much everyday. A recommendation engine for news doesn't really cut it for me. But of course, it would be a good exercise in ML.

Be kind. Rewind. :)

Be kind, but also be honest.

Same here. But I don't use a TLD. I name it after the app. So, crm_dev, app_dev, etc.

I'm currently developing a mobile app using React (web, not native). And I'm using the regular bootstrap. What advantage does react-bootstrap have? I seriously don't want to learn a new framework.

Classic sales talk, huh?

Devs must be in the thousands, but the users of their apps might figure in the millions :)

Yes, my email going into their spam folder always worries me. I usually opt for an online application if they have one on their website.

No wonder, lever.co seems to be doing well.

Is a reply really necessary. Granted, when a reply does come through (even if negative), it feels good that you've been noticed.

I'm not sure how the hiring culture has changed recently, but I remember around 8-10 years back, I'd send my resume to many companies. No reply, means they are not interested.

Same with dating :)

I can understand the depression. I was unemployed for 4 months in 2014, and went through a major depression.

I couldn't even muster the energy to look for a new job, just the thought of looking into my Vim editor made me feel miserable.

That said, I came out of it. You will too. I'm now coding like crazy :) Please go see a doctor. I did, and stayed in hospital for 4 days so that the doctors could conduct all kinds of tests on me. I was diagnosed with major depression. I took some meds (still taking them), started walking daily, and soon got out of it.

Also try meditation. Its wonderful. And some Yoga.

I believe they are from the DirectI group. DirectI started very early in India when no one had any idea what the hell a domain was. They did (and still do I think) domain registration, web hosting, etc.

Pretty simple stuff, but they started it all quite a while back and captured a good percentage of the Indian market.

Great job! My current project involves a whole lot of SVG and I'm quite happy with the performance. I'm using the Snap svg library and some hard coded SVG. Perhaps d3.js is causing the dragging to slowdown? Have a look at SNAP.svg

  * Walk a bit more so I save money on my drive to work
  * Work from home most of the week
  * I've stopped eating/ordering outside food dramatically
  * Stopped smoking cigarettes almost 15 months now
  * Reduce alcohol consumption
  * Turn off fans, AC, TV at home/office

And of course, investing. I usually force myself to invest whatever money I get in stocks or forex trading.

Why am I being down voted? Is my comment not relevant at all to the topic? Why not just ignore my comment or reply with the advice?

We need that new moderator quickly! :)

The headline is really wrong. Mozilla is shipping compiled and executable code to us. Now, if its Perl, I can confidently say I'm shipping Perl code to you.

Small nitpick, I know :)

If it's a purely learning project for myself I would usually pick a new language which I would like to learn.

If it's not, you owe it to your client to have an open discussion about which backend (and frontend) language to select. If you are working with a contract, remember that you are only selling your services as a software engineer and that the client will eventually own the code (unless there is some other agreement).

Thanks. Its in Beta release and I've started advertising using Facebook and Google Adwords. So users can test and send feedback.

My aim is to first provide a complete web based music notation app. And ultimately a library of licks and phrases which users can utilize to aid in their compositions. Basically I've loads of ideas with this product. Build practice routines, i.e practice scales, maintain a practice schedule, etc. So yeah, lots of stuff I can build into this.

I really liked React and the idea of components with two way data binding. Unfortunately I found it just doesn't work well with SVG. If you have some HTML divs to manipulate, great.

Also if you have good experience in JavaScript overall, Backbone.js is fantastic. Combine this with Underscore/Lodash and Babel for ES6 and you have a good build system.

I'm running http://lickcreator.com which is a web based music notation software. Still in Beta, so no revenue.

Been at it for six months now, kinda slow, but I had some new stuff to learn like SVG and Web Audio API. Experimented a lot with AngularJS and React. Went back to Backbone.js and lost some time there. But good experience.

My hopes are high for this product.

So I have a normal user account at $7/month. Great, I now have unlimited private repos.

I also had an organization a/c (only 1 user) at $9/month. I switched to the $25/month, so yes, its now costing me more.

I understand math. Why not just give me $5/user? :)

Our memory is limited. Besides why clutter it? Use an external storage facility to track what needs to get done. Also, don't clutter it. Set priorities and limit your TODO list to a max of 5.

If you find that your TODO list is expanding, you're not doing it right. Reset priorities, keep the top 5 and just fucking delete the rest.

I personally only focus on the top 3 TODO items and just ignore/delete the rest. Seriously, you might think that an item at number 7 is too important to forget so you might be tempted to just let it lay there. But as all processes managing a TODO list requires discipline too. The key is to set priorities. A TODO list without priorities is meaningless.

Nice post. A bit nostalgic but we all need a meme to get readers interested. In the OP's case its "I'm getting older, but I still love what I'm doing. Come join me!".

What I do when a new tech hype comes along, is allocate myself some time to it. Ok, Webpack? Let me give myself three days (around 20 hours) to check it out. If I don't understand it at first, keep pushing. If after 20 hours, I still don't get it, abandon it and move on.

Of course, 20 hours is just an estimate. If after a day, I feel like some magic has taken place (like what Backbone.js did to me), I'm hooked.

And yes, definitely gravitate towards a galaxy. Sometimes galaxies do merge and you will reap the benefits :)

I'm 38, programming for 15 years. And I still love coding and doing systems stuff.

Drugs are harmful. Especially in excess. Are you willing to make all illegal drugs available without moderation?

Let it be. We are good as it is. I personally have suffered from an excess of Marijuana and Alcohol and its not pleasant. I've since totally given up smoking for a year (but the Alcohol continues). Why? Because Alcohol is freely available.

Yeah, I had to. The doc I was seeing at that time diagnosed me with bipolar disorder and discontinued all anti-depressants.

I'm no judge, and I believe medical science is tough. But there's no real empirical evidence. So anyways, me going back to the 10 mg escitalopram kind of helped.

I experienced this in mid 2014. I was feeling great and decided to stop taking anti-depressants. I was on 10 mg of an SSRI.

Man, I fell into a well. I was depressed for 3 months. Couldn't get _any_ work done. Had a constant headache. I then checked myself into a hospital after 3 months for a full medical check up. Not surprisingly all the tests were fine. Finally the psychiatrist there put me back on anti-depressants.

Still I was in the funk for a month more. I think what really got me out was going for long walks everyday. For an hour minimum. Seriously, I think sweating it out really has its benefits. I'm now taking 10 mg daily, and when I think about stopping it, the anxiety takes over. :)

I would also recommend the science fiction megapacks. I read a lot (especially sci-fi) and it makes me feel guily at times. :)

So if I need a quick scifi buzz, I pick a random story from the megapack.

I'm currently reading - Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution by Neil deGrasse Tyson, so I immediately recommend it.

I do some video recording, with separate audio and then I use a video editor to multiplex the video/audio. And then of course, some nice titles, video fade in/out, brightness adjustment, etc.

Over the past 3 years, I've gone through Cinelerra, OpenShot, Kdenlive, and some I can't even remember. Very frustrated over the state of video editing on Linux, I unfortunately once had to use the editor on Windows. :(

But now, I'm using Kdenlive each time, and I'm very happy with it. There are some tutorials out there on YouTube which help too.

Innovation!