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fnon Ask HN: What are the server costs of running Hacker News?

Dunno, but apparently the ops budget at Basecamp is about $3M/yr, no idea what the traffic level of Hacker News is compared.

https://m.signalvnoise.com/only-15-of-the-basecamp-operation...

fnon Ask HN: What's the best setup for ad blocking and tracker blocking?

Do you use anything else in conjunction with it? Or NextDNS alone is enough?

I ask because it seems simple enough that I can just install it really quickly on non-technical people's computers (when they ask me for help) without bothering to downloading a bunch of extensions on different browsers, updating stuff, etc, etc...

fnon GitHub Package Registry

So... does this basically put Gemfury out of business?

fnon The iPhone SE was the best phone Apple ever made, and now it’s dead

Definitely sucky, I was waiting for and would have upgraded to an SE2 in a heartbeat. It's the perfect size and I really don't understand why folks no longer want phones that can be used in one hand or fits into a pocket.

fnon Ask HN: Why does Slack App on macOS drain 3GB of memory?

Yup, for me according to Activity Monitor: 107MB, and Compressed Memory 20MB.

Part of 6 organizations.

Running High Sierra.

fnon The Mess at Meetup

Classic example is BaseCamp, née 37signals.

fnon Ask HN: Resources for building a programming language?

Japanese/English impedance mismatch?

fnon Ask HN: Resources for building a programming language?

Here's an ebook on the subject: "How to Create Your Own Freaking Awesome Programming Language"

http://createyourproglang.com

Here's what some programming luminaries had to say (lifted from the website):

“The book I want to read.” — Matz, creator of the Ruby language

“I really love this book.” — Jeremy Ashkenas, creator of the CoffeeScript language

fnon Reign of the $100 graphing calculator is ending

Honestly I still use my HP 48GX whenever I need a calculator.

It's so very useful for adding up columns of numbers when doing accounting and bookkeeping!

fnon Tokyo IT firm looking for Ruby on Rails “Beer Interns” to drink on job

From the article:

This is a legitimate internship in which you’ll be using the Ruby on Rails application framework to complete web development assignments. You’ll just be doing it with a beer in one hand, as the program aims to “help clear away tension by having a beer, and let interns experience the working atmosphere at Technomobile and see if they’re compatible with it.”

fnon A Visa for founders, engineers and investors willing to join France

I got this error too.

So this is why they need engineers...

fnon Ask HN: Is it ok to use traditional server-side rendering these days?

What's your intended audience for the app?

Are you building an app for a doctor's office with low-tech ability users and low tech-level expectations, but extremely high reliability and speed expectations?

Or are you building a dating app for millennials who are going to expect the app to be shiny & cool?

As usual, the intended users' needs will inform your decision.

fnon How pure is the beer in Germany?

Here: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:tDlbieC...

fnon How pure is the beer in Germany?

google cache for those of you that can't view it: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:tDlbieC...

fnon Decommissioning Otto

I still use Vagrant every day. It's great for keeping separate projects really truly separated.

fnon Rails 5.0: Action Cable, API mode, and more

Finally! Congrats to all the contributors!

fnon Apple Reportedly Developing 5K Retina Thunderbolt Display with Integrated GPU

If true, I think this is awesome. I ended up recently getting a top-of-the-line Macbook Pro because of its better GPU, but I would have greatly preferred a Macbook Air + this kind of external display.

fnon James Golick has died

Wow. I worked with James a few years back. This hits home hard.

fnon Does Rails Scale?

Amazed that we are still having this discussion several years later.

fnon Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (October 2014)

SEEKING WORK - Remote (Toronto-based)

I am a full-stack web developer and have been freelancing for a couple years now -- previously I was the CTO/cofounder of an acquired startup, and I have more than a decade of professional development experience under my belt.

I am looking for contract/freelance work and currently have ~20 hours per week of availability. I frequently work with US and other international companies (with site visits if necessary). My preferred weapon of choice is Ruby on Rails and its associated stack -- I've been working with Rails for 8 years, so I know the entire stack and ecosystem backwards and forwards.

Other alphabet soup: Coffeescript, jQuery, Heroku, AWS, Ubuntu, Vagrant, Bootstrap, etc.

Contact: fredngo at gmail dot com

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/fredngo

fnon Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (September 2014)

SEEKING WORK - Remote (Toronto-based)

I am a full-stack web developer and have been freelancing for a couple years now -- previously I was the CTO/cofounder of an acquired startup, and I have more than a decade of professional development experience under my belt.

I am looking for contract/freelance work and currently have ~20 hours per week of availability. I frequently work with US and other international companies (with site visits if necessary). My preferred weapon of choice is Ruby on Rails and its associated stack -- I've been working with Rails for 8 years, so I know the entire stack and ecosystem backwards and forwards.

Other alphabet soup: Coffeescript, jQuery, Heroku, AWS, Ubuntu, Vagrant, Bootstrap, etc.

Contact: fredngo at gmail dot com LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/fredngo

fnon Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (August 2014)

SEEKING WORK - Remote (or Toronto)

I am a full-stack web developer and have been freelancing for a couple years now -- previously I was the CTO/cofounder of an acquired startup, and I have more than a decade of professional development experience under my belt.

I am looking for contract/freelance work and currently have ~20 hours per week of availability. I frequently work with US and other international companies (with site visits if necessary).

My preferred weapon of choice is Ruby on Rails and its associated stack -- I've been working with Rails for 8 years, so I know the entire stack and ecosystem backwards and forwards. I am also an instructor at a local major Ruby on Rails coding bootcamp.

Other alphabet soup: Coffeescript, jQuery, Heroku, AWS, Ubuntu, Vagrant, Bootstrap, etc.

Contact: fredngo at gmail dot com LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/fredngo

fnon Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (July 2014)

SEEKING WORK - Remote or Toronto

I am a full-stack web developer and have been freelancing for a couple years now -- previously I was the CTO/cofounder of an acquired startup, and I have more than a decade of professional development experience under my belt.

I am looking for contract/freelance work and currently have ~20 hours per week of availability. I frequently work with US and other international companies (with site visits if necessary).

My preferred weapon of choice is Ruby on Rails and its associated stack -- I've been working with Rails for 8 years, so I know the entire stack and ecosystem backwards and forwards. Other alphabet soup: Coffeescript, jQuery, Heroku, AWS, Ubuntu, Vagrant, etc.

Contact: fredngo at gmail dot com

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/fredngo

fnon Why C++ Sails When the Vasa Sank [pdf]

Thanks for the link to the video. Always been a fan of Meyers but have never been a talk of his.

fnon Why General-Purpose Programming Languages Suck For Hardware Design

Well yes, that's why VHDL, Verilog, and the like exists.

In those languages, when you "include" a module that is "unsynthesizable", for example the stdio library, then the entire program is rendered unsynthesizable and unable to be compiled into logic gates -- but can still be run for simulation purposes.

fnon Dyson sphere

Also see RingWorld (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringworld), a classic Sci-Fi novel about a structure that is an intermediate stage to a Dyson Sphere (a ring instead of a sphere).

fnon Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (June 2014)

SEEKING WORK - Remote OK (or Toronto)

I am a full-stack web developer and have been freelancing for a couple years now -- previously I was the CTO/cofounder of an acquired startup, and I have more than a decade of professional development experience under my belt.

My preferred weapon of choice is Ruby on Rails and its associated stack -- I've been working with Rails for 8 years, so I know the entire stack and ecosystem backwards and forwards. Other alphabet soup: Coffeescript, jQuery, Heroku, AWS, Ubuntu, Vagrant, etc.

I am looking for contract/freelance work on large or small projects alike. I frequently work with US and other international companies remotely (with site visits if necessary).

Contact: fredngo at gmail dot com

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/fredngo

fnon The Ph.D. Grind, Year One (2012)

Um, it's a book.

fnon Ask HN: Who wants to be hired?

Toronto, Remote (or Toronto), Contract/Freelance

Stack: Full stack Ruby on Rails, jQuery, Heroku, AWS, Vagrant, etc.

Resume: http://www.linkedin.com/in/fredngo

Contact: fredngo at gmail dot com

I have been working with Rails for 8 years, so I know the entire stack and ecosystem backwards and forwards (still learning every day though!), battle scars from startups, scaling, and all.

I am looking for contract/freelance work with Rails on large or small projects alike. In particular, I like creating MVPs and Prototypes, alone or in small teams.

Canadian citizen and frequently work with US and other international companies remotely.

fnon SXSW RSVP tool

For me it's stuck on "Starting the RSVP process. This could take a while..."