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tl;dr; (Not meant as a smart-ass comment but...) they're busy building stuff.

I think one of the interesting with Django is just how easy it is to get started with it without prior programming knowledge. I believe this has to do with Python itself and the great docs on Djangoproject.com

Just start doing the tutorial and voila. This has introduced a large amount of new programmers to Django and Python, making it gain in popularity extremely quickly. Case in point: when Django 1.0 came out the "core team" was often on Google Groups "django-users" answering even the most basic questions about programming.

Now most have moved on from Lawrence to businesses of their own; e.g. they're building cool new things. Other users within the Django community need to take over the baton and build up the community. I truly think there are tons of developers out there that are just using Django and haven't taken time to contribute back (I'm partly looking at myself) I think a new surge can take place in Django development in that respect; the user base Django has accrued over the years need to start returning the investment as it were.

Speaking for myself, I've been able to find most if not all information I needed online, and haven't so much needed to go to meetups or even irc and google groups. In this respect the lack of Django community you speak of rests on my shoulders and other Django users out there who haven't taken the time to contribute back to the community.

EDIT: I'm going to make a point of being more involved in the community via IRC etc.

I use Spotify and wonder what America will think of the following two problems:

1. Crappy search (You don't get suggestions)

2. Not all artists are on there (Beatles for example) and they are somewhat slow on putting up new music

Exactly this.

And it (partly) comes down to something someone else has mentioned already here on HN:

Hire a good PR person.

It's interesting that my "emotional" reaction is to favor Dropbox to Windows... I like the brand, the entrepreneur in me is naturally inclined to cheer for the startup versus the corporate giant and I've been telling people about Dropbox making me somewhat more vested in it. That said, security issues _are_ affecting your image Dropbox. Please fix these and I'll keep loving you and have no reason to switch.

Thank you!

The guy in the article is using Amsterdam too much as the reason for Appsterdam; in the end the _community_ will make it what it is, whether it's the best city or not won't matter if the community is a success.

That being said Amsterdam has enough of the ingredients to make that happen, and I think it's a wonderful initiative, keep it going!

Less expensive? not by much is my bet: Amsterdam is the most expensive city in Holland and one of the more expensive ones in Europe (Scandinavian countries + London may be worse is my estimate). It's also impossible to find housing.

As far as immigration is concerned, one can fall under the category "kennis-migranten" (loosely translated as knowledge-workers) pretty easily, as long as the company sponsoring you is willing to pay the money, around 50K (Pay is not like the Valley, but I'm guessing this is doable).

There is the possibility of starting a company as an American citizen due to a WW2-era Dutch-American Friendship treaty (see http://www.expatlaw.nl/dutch_american_friendship_treaty.htm)

As far as startups I know of in Amsterdam, there is Fashiolista, and Sofa used to be there...

There's a lot to like about BitCoin. They "just" need to solve the following:

1. Technical issues (make it more secure) 2. Economic issues (deflation) 3. "Competitor" issues (governments, banks, the powerful status quo)

Is FF planning on coming out with a auto-upgrade system?

In the end (1) technical people will find a way around in when they need to, (2) The conspiracy-theory loving will use the "Filter bubble"as an argument for their own ends, and (3) The rest-most people will just not care... I think the more interesting question is whether this third group will veer off to become more biased to their own world-view as the article suggests.

I agree with you shouldn't form an opinion based on Google's top results: But I believe that's _exactly_ what most people do.

If you're starting with Django, use pip + virtualenv, it seems to be pretty standard within the community

Nice writeup. Thankfully doesn't have a clear bias like most of these type of comparisons! A powerful Django feature (the admin) is rebutted by citing plugins in Ruby; I think that the fact that it's part of Django really makes a difference, with the smallest Django test project you can enable the '/admin/' and use the models. Either way I agree with the conclusion: for webapps you really can't go wrong with either

much better than youtube, clear and to the point, simple. great job!

What do you want to be? I studied Business and ended up getting into programming instead. I keep thinking carefully analyzing my past might have had me realize i wanted to get into programming earlier: i loved computers and looked up to people who could do "computers" well etc. But in the end i'll never know, important thing is i got into it: I begged for a job at a web-dev company earning little to nothing the first three months and started learning learning learning. Like you i didn't have any educational background to go on. I'm sure there are some people on here that will give you a job if you can show that you are willing to learn and have the motivation and drive.

well i guess for the text based one it could be either. i assume most? people use hanyu pinyin to input characters anyway. but a speech bot would be more interesting.

For US people: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=1.70+euros+per+liter+to+dollars+per+gal...

Congrats guys! A side question, how does immigration to the US work for these guys? EB-5 Visa? I hear tons of stories on how hard it is to immigrate to the States, but when Facebook does it for you all of a sudden it is no longer an issue.

Make sure you prepare the conversation you're going to have. Blurting out what may be pent-up frustration (as I read it) will ruin it. Be ready to explain yourself and hear counterarguments.

Don't change your mind during the conversation! Make the choice beforehand (if you're already sure now) or give yourself a few days to think about it.

Won't take long for someone to make a list of django models for each type

for someone studying for another major: he writes _really_ well about front-end dev

Wow, i missed the "cranking" article the first time around, and it's touching (especially to a parent). It especially applies to coding while having a family. I believe part of the reason so many engineers struggle with this is related to things like impostor syndrome and the desire to be "on top of it all". That last bit is especially tough in a field which continually changes, the latest and greatest in tech and startups is in your face daily making you feel you aren't doing enough: "why didn't I think of that" is a recurring theme in my readings of HN for example...

i can't advise modernizr as _the_ answer to html/css compatibility either, that being said it's a great tool to get started using html5 css3 until a) a better tool comes along or b) browser compatibility issues go away ...

Any one have any statistics on Mono or know companies that use it, always wondered about Mono usage. What are some use cases?

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I was wondering what people use this for and if popular frameworks such as Django run on it?

does this highlight how hard it is to move from python 2 to 3?

sidenote: love the pink select must be html5 boilerplate :)

just a question from someone who probably also would've asked this "incomplete" question (e.g. my server's been hacked what do i do): what kind of other information should be provided? sys logs apache logs ?

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