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mattspitzon Show HN: completeme, 't' in Github for Bash

You are awesome.

mattspitzon Show HN: completeme, 't' in Github for Bash

Thanks for the thought. I wanted to use something like YAML but I didn't want to introduce an unnecessary dependency.

Upon further review, I probably could have used a vanilla .ini file and ConfigParser (http://docs.python.org/2/library/configparser.html) It's a built-in module and .ini supports comments.

mattspitzon Show HN: completeme, 't' in Github for Bash

That may be where GitHub got it from.

I don't use SublimeText because it's not installed on all the machines I login to. Also, GUI windows are a pain.

mattspitzon Ask HN: Best developer laptop under $1700?

Dell just released "Project Sputnik", which looks like a beast of Windows ultrabook repurposed for Linux.

http://www.dell.com/us/soho/p/xps-13-linux/pd.aspx

I'm also looking for a developer laptop. I'm not too thrilled about my experience with OS X and I don't really feel compelled to dig through config files to make basic things like the fan work. Sputnik looks interesting, as it's configured with its own PPA for drivers specific to that machine, meaning that someone else is looking at those config files for your specific setup.

You might be stuck with Ubuntu and have to clean out some "instant cloud" features, though.

mattspitzon The G Project: Yes, this company actually exists.

Complete with four "founding consultants"! http://marketpowerforall.com/team.html

mattspitzon What I Hate About Git

git is only complicated because it lets you do everything you may possibly want to do, often a superset of what you actually want to do.

If you want svn-like commands, you can borrow someone's scripts or use a shiny GUI. I don't want svn-like commands because centralized version control is obnoxious.

Don't complain because it's hard. Programming is hard, math is hard, and if you know how languages, data structures, and algorithms work, git is actually pretty easy in comparison.

mattspitzon Twss.js

There's this, too.

http://yepthatswhatshesaid.com

It randomly samples tweets for training, but it doesn't write back automatically. If you find one you like on the site, though, you can tweet it.

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mattspitzon Hunch's switch to git

Nothing, really. But, there are a bazillion guides on using git from a developer's standpoint but few (if any) on how to switch over a production codebase.