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jhuckabee··on Angular 2/4 Is Too Little Too Late
> The action creator approach of Redux isn't very readable or maintainable.

Can you elaborate on this? I've been working on an Angular 2+ application that I think could benefit from a redux like state container a la ngrx/store. I'm curious if some of the issues you outline might also be applicable here.

jhuckabee··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2016)
Cyanna Education Services | Full Stack Developer | Columbus, OH | Full-time | Some REMOTE

We are looking for full-stack Ruby on Rails developers. We are a small, nimble team working on software for the education industry. More details about us, the position, and how to apply can be found at https://cyanna.com/careers/.

jhuckabee··on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (September 2014)
Location: Phoenix, AZ

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes, for the right role.

Technologies: Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Javascript, Coffeescript, Backbone.js, Marionette.js, RSpec/MiniTest/Capybara, PostgreSQL, MySQL and friends. I've dabbled and am very interested in Go and Polymer.

Resume: I am a full stack web developer with a passion for writing clean code and an insatiable appetite for honing my craft and learning about new technologies. You can see my full resume at http://joshhuckabee.com/resume.

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

Email: joshhuckabee [at] gmail [dot] com

jhuckabee··on Mozilla Chief Steps Down After 1 Week
Building a web browser requires that you employee people, some of whom may be gay. Alienating that entire group of people, and the majority of others who support them, can certainly put a damper on their motivation to keep that browser pushing along at full speed.

Definitely not FAIL, this is a big win for Mozilla and civil rights.

jhuckabee··on Top 10 Programming Languages for 2014
I'd venture to guess this presentation wasn't written by a very technical person. ASP.NET is now considered a "programming language", and JavaScript is a "close, interpreted relative" of Java. I don't think so.
jhuckabee··on Code Climate Now Supports Pull Requests and Branch Comparisons
I've been waiting for this for a long time. The implementation looks great. Thank you!
jhuckabee··on Akka, Spray and Play to come Together
I've just recently discovered Slick only by noticing it performed quite well in TechEmpower's last round of benchmarks. So I'm genuinely curious, what's wrong with Slick?
jhuckabee··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2013)
REMOTE, -0400 UTC to -0800 UTC

Cyanna Education Services [1] is building a web-based business workflow platform to service the education industry. We are looking for a Rails developer to assist in bringing this product to the next level. If you are a self-starter and knowledgeable code wrangler, please email us a little bit about yourself, including resume, salary requirements, and github username, to jobs@cyanna.com. No recruiters please.

[1] http://www.cyanna.com/

jhuckabee··on Google Gay Marriage
"hrc" will also do it
jhuckabee··on Polymer, a Web Components library built by Google
Google now has 3 players in the single page web app framework game: Angular, Dart (with web ui), and now Polymer. Why not join forces and make one killer framework?
jhuckabee··on Show HN: Build your own Heroku on your own servers
I see references to scaling web servers but not for dedicated database servers. Is this possible? I'm thinking specifically of hot standby PostgreSQL servers.
jhuckabee··on Show HN: Build your own Heroku on your own servers
When I first opened the page about an hour ago they listed $6/month. Then I saw $7/month listed on the FAQ page, and now the home page says $9/month.
jhuckabee··on Show HN: Build your own Heroku on your own servers
Are any of the following possible or planned for development?

1. Hooks in the server configuration process that would allow you to do custom package installation and configuration. I know you can deploy to your own servers, but I'd rather specify configs in my app somewhere and have Cloud66 apply them as needed, a la chef recipes or puppet patterns.

2. Hooks into the deployment process to perform additional deployment related tasks.

jhuckabee··on Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (November 2012)
SEEKING FREELANCER, REMOTE, -0400 UTC to -0800 UTC

Cyanna Education Services [1] is building a web-based business workflow platform to service the education industry. We are looking for a freelance Rails developer to assist in bringing this product to the next level. If you are a self-starter and knowledgeable code wrangler, please email us a little bit about yourself, including resume and github username, to jobs@cyanna.com (no recruiters please).

[1] http://www.cyanna.com/

jhuckabee··on Ask HN: Who Is Hiring? (November 2012)
REMOTE, -0400 UTC to -0800 UTC

Cyanna Education Services [1] is building a web-based business workflow platform to service the education industry. We are looking for a Rails developer to assist in bringing this product to the next level. If you are a self-starter and knowledgeable code wrangler, please email us a little bit about yourself, including resume and github username, to jobs@cyanna.com (no recruiters please).

[1] http://www.cyanna.com/

jhuckabee··on Paul Krugman's Infuriating Post About The iPhone 5
I wonder what Krugman's calculation would be without buying into the "broken windows" theory. Though I'm no economist, a 0.5% GDP boost from a single version of a product from a single company seems crazy.
jhuckabee··on Hack a Standing Desk from IKEA
I hacked a similar Utby underframe based solution [1] together a few years ago which I'm still content with. I did end up buying a drafting chair so I can sit at it on occasion.

[1] http://imgur.com/6lfl3

jhuckabee··on My biggest problem with Vim
I've had good success with Vimium [1] in Chrome.

[1] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/dbepggeogbaibhgnhh...

jhuckabee··on HN reader
Thanks mrsebastian for posting this and everyone else for the feedback.

I created this project several months ago as way to dive in and learn node.js. I found it useful and enjoyable to use for myself and decided to throw it on the web. For anyone interested, the code is available at https://github.com/jhuckabee/hn_reader. Pull requests welcome.

Unfortunately a lot of sites don't like to be framed which makes the interface annoying to use at times. Also, don't try to open it on a mobile device. It flat out doesn't work. I hope to fix that in a future version. Despite these annoyances, I still use it as my primary means of reading HN.

jhuckabee··on Show HN: My collection of web-apps that I'm finally comfortable in sharing
These are really great apps. I especially like Cashflow and Text.

I'm not sure how many times I've recreated a similar spreadsheet that I was never quite satisfied with and never did the awesome that you've implemented in Cashflow.

Great work and thanks for sharing.

jhuckabee··on 37Signals' "Rework" in action
When the next closest usable timing device costs ~$500, I can see how $25 would be a great deal.
jhuckabee··on 37Signals' "Rework" in action
Accidentally linked to the comment form. Sorry about that. If anyone knows how to get the URL updated, let me know. It's a great read.
jhuckabee··on Ask HN: Why do no other laptop manufacturers get it?
System76 does a great job of this. 6 laptops, 6 desktops, and 5 servers. They lay them out on a page so you can make a fairly quick guess about which one or two you want. They come with Ubuntu and seem fairly reasonably priced too.
jhuckabee··on Early web GIFs: Where are they now?
Die gif die.