mehulkar

Since I started using HAML, I can't stand writing HTML. If I ever need to write HTML again, I'll be sure to remember Zen Coding.

I disagree. Build products for yourself. If you're a power user, then so be it. If you're making a product to make your life easier and you happen to be a newb, then design with that in mind. Screw profitability[1].

[1] I may not make the best CEO...

Best newsletter ever. This is how I got into reading HN more frequently.

wouldn't that translate into a swipe?

The fact that he chokes up and finds it difficult that Neil Armstrong has testified against his work makes him so human and makes me respect him so much more.

I think he might even have a shot at getting a scholarship.

The first time I heard of him was when he redesigned the American Airlines website. http://www.dustincurtis.com/dear_american_airlines.html He's a good designer and I tend to read what he says because svbtle is just so nice to look at. I suspect that 99% of my decision of whether or not to read something has to do with how easy it is to read it.

touche.

Never will I post, on HN or anywhere else, anything that I cannot support with evidence. Thank you for correcting me.

My point isn't entirely moot though. I still think knowing things about almost a billion people, namely what & when they do things, has more proof of value today than these contracts. The cool factor doesn't necessarily mean money.

(What 'money' itself means and how it represents value is a totally different discussion)

SpaceX is a revolution, not a business (yet). In our world, Facebook's data is more valuable than a revolution. But hey, we might not be dealing with just our world any more :)

Why can't I see this webcast? Using Chrome on Linux Mint.

Reminds me of Dreamweaver

I use the vintage package and although not a vim guy, it's definitely useful in some cases. warming up to vim because of the package.

Where does it say anything about 3 weeks? Was it 3 weeks of learning programming or 3 weeks to build this? The latter is impressive, the former is phenomenal. There are many of us who could benefit from learning from OP.

This is what I'm guarding against. I haven't been a programmer long, but it seems inhuman to not try and be polite or have a tiny lead up to the question. Ironically, it's the exact same thing that makes me impolite.

I like the thought behind this, but not sure it makes sense to me. How do you expect computers will get to be as smart as you want them to be if people don't learn to speak their language? Are you assuming that only the select group of people who are already programmers are capable of making computers smarter? I disagree with that.

Even if the above were true, it would still take time to make computers "smarter". I don't think it's necessarily about technology, it's about changing the infrastructure and the paradigm. That takes time. What is the rest of the population to do in this latency?

As a side, your post also suggests that there will come a time when computers will computer themselves and people will never have to do anything. That doesn't make sense logically.

I'm really bad on IRC with this kind of thing. Need to get to the point faster. Thanks for pointing that out.

I'd budget like $1000-$1200/ month. I paid $900/month just for rent when I went through the program. And eating at restaurants is an easy $20/day on the low-low end. $20*30 = $600/month. That's already $1500/month. If you're really diligent, you can cut a lot of the food cost by going to 2-3 meetups every week and getting free meals. Or eating the $5 special at Subway every single day every single meal like I did. (I may never eat a Tuna Jalapeno sub again in my life.)

How soon is 'coming soon' for the mobile app?

Doesn't work for me on Linuxmint. Can't submit for some reason?

What piece of technology will stay relevant `5-10 years out`?!?

This has been a huge problem for me. I recently moved to San Francisco after many years of living in the Midwest. I was born and lived the first 10 years of my life in Delhi where poverty was no big deal. It was accepted and not questioned. After living in the States and doing all the chores that someone else would normally do for me in India (dishes, laundry, etc.), it became difficult for me to see people as anything but people and I began to notice poverty.

After 3 months in San Francisco, I'm noticing the pendulum swinging again in the other direction. I don't see anyone paying attention to the homeless, and I know a few pennies here or there aren't going to solve the problem, so I am once again starting to become cold and removed.

I cannot stand saying no to people on the streets, but I have not found a way to get them off the streets either. I promise myself that right now is not the time, and one day I will make a difference.

It feels naive and stupid to think this way. I am 22.

what's the difference?

I think that's because learning is all about being in a conducive environment. DBC got the environment part right. Online courses might be structured really well and have the best material, but they still can't provide you 20 people who've put their livelihoods on the line to get through this stuff right beside you.

Admission wasn't granted on the basis of programming knowledge though, it was on the basis of motivation. Yeah that skews the playing field a little bit, but I like that kind of skew. "17 ready to work" means 17 wanted jobs and didn't want to start their own thing.

Sounds like the definition of capitalism. Dev Bootcamp worked because the people behind it had good intentions. Other programs will fail of that's not the case.

Median entry level salary for SOMA area is around $68k. Not sure if comparing to the Facebook/Google entry level is the best comparison to draw.

Seriously? Entry level devs make $150k?

What's the old adage? Oh yeah, the numbers speak for themselves.