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I was wondering about the cost or pricing, but the answer is they won't say yet. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-33427816

> The BBC won't give exact figures on the costs - it says they're commercially sensitive - but says the vast majority is being covered by the partners in the project.

In general I think that's a good thing. People are hard to change, but redesigning the system is relatively easy.

You'll probably need a different domain name if you want to rank for the name of your product.

Google has little reason to change anything - chances are most people who type in 'birthde' are looking for 'birthday'.

I suppose a non-design perspective would focus on implementing features rather than how the user can benefit from them most easily.

Two sites may allow you to do the same thing, but one of them may be superior from a design perspective.

A site that is stable, maintainable and easy to implement would be superior from an engineering perspective.

The design perspective depends on engineering aspects, since the user experience would be bad if the site is broken.

Maybe one situation where this is a good idea is when the current "designer" is even worse than you are. In that case you add value through your design skills and you're the lead designer in a designer-free company.

Obviously that only works if you know the company isn't actively looking for a real designer, in which case your work will disappoint.

Neither metric really captures proficiency accurately. Not sure if that's possible.

Years of experience is difficult to measure. If I have a node.js build script that I update occasionally, do I have one year of node.js experience after working on the project for a year?

A pure front-end developer will know Javascript much better than a back-end dev who started using it at the same time.

I also spent 3 years working with MySQL before actually learning to use joins or grouping.

Doing several independent project instead of a large one only makes it more impressive, but doesn't indicate greater skill.

Sometimes I wonder if I should add small half-baked projects to my portfolio. I may only have worked on them for two days, but they would make me look super prolific. Do you think that's a good idea?

Cool, thanks for the explanation. I usually have the development config in the repo and the deployment script overwrites it on the server.

Oh dear, you aren't supposed to commit configuration files? Is this a security thing? What's the proper way to distribute config files to to the server and other developers?

"sometimes php developers commit configuration files and things that are used in production where they shouldn’t be."

Not sure if I'm parsing this correctly. Should the files not be in production or should they not be committed? Is this just about overwriting the development configuration in the config file?

You can access global variables as normal, but you can't implicitly declare them by doing `myGlobaVar = 5` - you have to use `window.myGlobalVar`.

What is supposed to happen? Looks normal to me: http://imgur.com/6XA69iv

My main reason would be not having to set up my computer for development. When you're new to an ecosystem it can be super painful to get set up.

Example: I use Python a lot, but had never used it with MySQL until yesterday. I had MAMP installed and I just wanted a Python package to run queries. I tried to install MySQL-Python, but it couldn't find mysql_config. So I find it and update my PATH. Then it can't find some files. I google it and it turns out MAMP MySQL doesn't include some parts and I need to install another version of MySQL to make it work. It works now, but the MySQL Workbench export/import feature isn't happy with the MySQL version number.

Especially since many open source projects are compiled from source and have many dependencies I'd love an environment that just works.

What would that do?

I use http://www.hnshowcase.com/, although it only lists recent posts. There's also http://showinghn.com/.

It sounds acceptable to me, as long as there is sufficient contrast between them. It will depend on your specific design/layout, e.g. the sizes of the nav and header.

I'm a developer, so would try to limit myself to two. (Although I've used a third one in the logo before). One way to reduce the number of fonts might be to find alternative ways to differentiate the three parts (e.g. through background color, borders, font color)

Can you describe what you are trying to convey with each font?

Looks really good and I like that you don't have to create an account. I didn't run into any major issues. Just a few thoughts:

- I found the copy after "Try a demo" a bit confusing. I wasn't aware of the concept of creating the form by sending an email, so the first sentence didn't make much sense initially. Maybe make the "To get started, copy the example text below. " more prominent and break up the "We'll reply..." sentence into something shorter.

- Once I've created a form and go to the homepage, could you show a link to it on the homepage?

- When I got the email to fill out the form I wasn't sure if I was supposed to edit the quoted text (even though that's exactly what you were telling me to do). Maybe add a link to the web form just in case.

Keep up the good work!

I decreased the rent a bit and the list disappeared, even though the map shows matches. When I reload the page the list shows for a split second before disappearing. (Chrome on OS X, this is the link: http://www.openrent.co.uk/properties-to-rent/london-united-k... ).

What's the difference between the gray and blue markers on the map?

That's a cool idea. Also, well done on the design.

The "gift babies" link in "Why all the mating?" gives me a 404 though.

You're right, I was using the manage page to add a resource. It's working now.

You could put a duplicate of the button at the bottom of the list or just show it when there are no resources in the list.

I see that separating the profile and account setting makes sense. Maybe I was confused because I didn't expect to have as many profile settings. You could add a link between the two pages to clarify it further.

Good luck!

I like the idea of creating lists of learning resources and tracking progress in these lists. I'm a bit confused though: is that actually the main purpose of the site? The About page also mentions learning with friends and sharing results with potential employers. Maybe that could be made clearer on the homepage and the "easily learn any topic" could be removed.

You're right, the UX could use some work. Could you move the "Add resource" below the list of resources? Initially I also didn't realize that there's a difference between "Edit profile" and "Edit account".

When I clicked the "Add resource" button nothing happened (Chrome on OS X Lion).

As an idea, maybe there's a way to suggest the next resource in a list to the user?