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It's a business that doesn't have any business.

And that's right. It's a controversy measure without taking in consideration popularity. That can be applied to the final score separately...

The article is stating that developers should lean towards going static versus using any content management system. Would you like to provide a meaningful comment about how Prismic voids this author's argument?

Indeed, nothing is funny about azure. However, using ASP.net Web Forms is hilarious.

Apigee's free ebook is pretty nice. http://pages.apigee.com/web-api-design-ebook.html

Yea, I remember having my Google Profile back in the day, before + or Buzz.

I disagree about powershell. It has given my company the ability to automate tons of things, including controlling our Azure instances.

If someone has trouble compiling coffeescript in a build sequence, then they have bigger troubles afoot. CS is well worth the switch.

I'm saying paas solutions like Heroku and AppHarbor are rightfully successful.

Agreed. With all the cloud hosting platforms like Heroku, running one's own backend on these services is quite simple and low maintenance. Firebase may be useful for quickly prototyping something at a hackathon, but that's where I'd leave it.

So later generations will have good material for ridiculing us.

Warning for those who suffer from epilepsy.

+ Nate Blecharczyk

+ Jack Dorsey

+ Diane Greene

- Evan Spiegel

This is a great update.

The AngularJS team had a few Firebase meetups several months ago. At the first event, someone from fbase showed how to create a todo app. When people asked about their backend implementation details, they didn't reveal a thing. I'm already turned off by giving up server-side control, withholding their implementation details is a huge red flag.

Huge step in the wrong direction.

As everyone has noted, good writing shouldn't be bogged down with syntax, yet the author proposes people ditch editors/bars and just write it directly? If you want that, just switch to source view and write. Otherwise, I'm quite content with working in a lightweight editor with keyboard shortcuts.

Frankly, I prefer to format my text with HTML anyhow. Markdown is easier on the eyes, but it has limited function and is just another level of separation between what I write and what you see.

Anyone else expect this article to incorporate Go (language) into his transition?

That's quite awesome and inspiring. Please open source it and add lots of comments

Why is this on HN?

When I see more significant venture capitalists in Portland (or SF VCs willing to invest in Portland based startups), I'd move within days.

-- Software Engineer in SF

I lived there for a few months in the summer; the weather was perfect. I hear the rest of the year isn't as enjoyable, but neither is SF.

As a developer in SF, I've been telling everyone that Portland is the place to be. You can actually live comfortably and (relatively) safely ride your bike to work. Plus, it's undoubtedly a more beautiful city.

Unfortunately, I haven't been too impressed with the job selection in Portland. Though, I may be doing my own startup in a few months; Portland may be my spot for seeking residence and capital.

Yes, obviously you're doing an introduction to Go. But you may want to re-evaluate your description of quick.

Why do I have to read six paragraphs before I find out what Gophercloud is?

I wonder if TechCrunch will post this story...

We need a non-profit turbotax-alternative that won't sell out to Intuit.

What you replied has absolutely no relation to what I said.

It's frustrating when people don't answer this above the page fold in an eye-catching font size. Instead, half of my monitor shows an artistic, yet useless graphic.

No wonder they almost killed your business.

10 is not prime.