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brianbarkeron Ask HN: Why would you disable JavaScript?

I think you're spot on. I've noticed working with various people and ages that we get stuck in our beliefs. Their information is outdated and they haven't realized yet that screen readers and security are dated arguments.

The only hardcore crowd who disables Javascript entirely are people who are paranoid about ads and the uber nerd (as seen here on HN).

As a web developer myself, I would never waste what busy time I have catering to this audience. It's the same argument for why, at a certain point, you have to make a clearcut decision about how far back into legacy browsers you care to support. Large parts of Asia are stuck on IE6 because they have pirated Windows XP, but most of us don't care and probably don't need to.

brianbarkeron Show HN: Show HN

Anyone else notice that suddenly there are a dozen or so "Show HN" on the front page? I think this spurred a new way to hack your way to the top.

brianbarkeron Show HN: Browser plugin that turns 'disrupt' into 'bullshit'

"Pivot" replaced with..."we don't know what we're doing."

Open to suggestions. Not feeling clever today.

brianbarkeron Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (July 2014)

Location: Austin, TX

Remote: Maybe

Willing to relocate: I'm in SLC, desiring to be in Austin. I will gladly relocate.

Technologies: My career has been primarily C# (web/desktop) .NET, ASP, Web API, AngularJS, SQL, but I can jump into anything. I prefer other technologies when I'm tinkering around on my own, such as postgres, mysql, Go, and more.

Resume: Gladly, just don't have a goto place to throw it on the web.

Email: brianbarker3 ---- gmail

brianbarkeron Show HN: Gin – Golang Martini-like web framework

Well, this is a tangent anyway. The main point was "why another go web framework" then he gave a better clarification. As you watch new languages spread, it's amazing how many web frameworks pop up. It's happening to Go and Node. I also inferred that Gin intentionally mimicked the Martini API so as to have a small learning curve and be a potential drop-in replacement.

You say deprecating it is poor form, yet this guy just built a "better" version of the framework and says we should switch to it. I don't see how that's any classier than just saying "Martini sucks."

brianbarkeron Show HN: Gin – Golang Martini-like web framework

That's fair. If the change is too big or you can't agree on the changes, there's not much to do. It may have still been possible to do a big rework of Martini or even just deprecate Martini and move to Gin...idk.

I just hate "yet another xxx in yyy" projects, but I'm not downplaying the work involved.

brianbarkeron Show HN: Gin – Golang Martini-like web framework

Why didn't you just contribute to Martini and fix the parts that sucked? It just feels odd to me to re-invent a web framework, utilizing the same interfaces so it's the same to people who use it, yet it's a completely different code base and project.

It seems you could have just helped codegangsta along instead of "yet another web framework in Go."

brianbarkeron Why use www?

You'll be down voted over nothing on this site. It's not worth defending.

brianbarkeron Tesla Model S JSON API

I went through that madness when trying to figure out Hypermedia APIs. Supposedly you're not RESTful without hypermedia, but the whole thing seems crazy when you get into it.

Perhaps, just as JSON became a more functional and popular format than XML we can build a new REST spec that simplifies all this.

brianbarkeron Tesla Model S JSON API

Let's talk bout the real reason this was posted: YOU CAN HONK THE HORN VIA A REMOTE API!

brianbarkeron Source Interlink Closure and Rebranding Puts 2600 in Limbo

Yes, I'm clearly an idiot. Thank you random internet person.

brianbarkeron Source Interlink Closure and Rebranding Puts 2600 in Limbo

I was waiting to see how long it would take one of you to get upset about that.

brianbarkeron Source Interlink Closure and Rebranding Puts 2600 in Limbo

I'm 30 years old, and judging by the immaturity of HN comments these days I'm older than most of you n00bs. I like how your shitty comments don't get downvoted.

brianbarkeron Source Interlink Closure and Rebranding Puts 2600 in Limbo

The irony of a hacker magazine relying on print distribution. Wouldn't a 1337 4axx0r figure out something with mobile apps, websites, ads, etc?

brianbarkeron Facebook Slingshot – A new way to share photos and videos

I'll show you mine...if you show me yours first?

brianbarkeron How I increased conversion on my checkout form

That's true for half the comments on any given article. I call bullshit.

brianbarkeron How I increased conversion on my checkout form

I got downvoted -12 a few weeks ago for saying that an article mentioning John Regehr was the professor from the University of Utah that I respected. What the fuck is that? This website is overrun with nerds with small egos.

brianbarkeron How I increased conversion on my checkout form

Alright, I'm fucking done with HN comments. So damn tired of being down-voted over nothing. It's like a hive of 5 year olds.

brianbarkeron How I increased conversion on my checkout form

Adding a credit card type dropdown seems unnecessary. There are standard number patterns for each card provider, and making users select one is silly since cc gateways don't typically ask (they use the number patterns). I'd like to know if something about adding that step actually helped conversion or had no affect at all.

brianbarkeron You shouldn’t use a spreadsheet for important work

TLDR: Use the right tool for the right job.

brianbarkeron T-Mobile USA storing passwords in clear?

Yeah, except Verizon is notably more expensive than the other networks, particularly T-Mobile. Verizon tacks on random fees into your bill that have no explanation. I would rather push T-Mobile to fix this issue than move to Verizon under the guise that I'm switching to something better. Nope.

I switched from Verizon to T-Mobile this year. My bill dropped from $180 to $160/month. That's with 2 lines, data and a new device installment plan. If you didn't have a new device it's at least $20 less per month iirc.

T-Mobile needs to work on their coverage in some spots, but that's supposedly coming with new spectrum purchases and whatnot.

I'd never go back to Verizon.

brianbarkeron Is it possible to apply CSS to half of a character?

Excellent work. Make that your next interview question.

brianbarkeron Glenn Greenwald: The NSA tampers with US-made routers

So essentially the NSA warned us about China tampering with hardware because they knew how it could be done. They just forgot to mention they'd been doing it already.

brianbarkeron Is it possible to apply CSS to half of a character?

It's cool seeing the solution for this, but I never would have imagined such a random request.

Now, go make striped characters.

brianbarkeron Paw – HTTP and REST API Tester for Mac

Since Postman runs as a separate app outside the browser window, it's essentially a cross-platform desktop app.

brianbarkeron Quippiuq – cryptoquip and cryptogram solver

I put the example "inwhi chwor dboun darie saren t" from the page, selected patristocrat mode and it didn't solve it to be "in which word boundaries arent."

brianbarkeron Delete it Later – Schedule Your Tweets and Facebook Status To Be Deleted Later

Google "tweet delete all" and see how many web sites already do this. This isn't a naysayer post about your work, but rather a curious observation that maybe these services aren't that well known (or used?). IDK, maybe that gives you a space to take over.