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That being said, there is something for the pressure cooker environment that forces you to consider and learn the hard topics. I have gone back to school twice as an adult, first for a pure math degree, and now for comp sci - machine learning. Both times, the amount of pain it takes is just not something a person with average or above average motivation would go through on their own.

Second this. I have learnt about so many new technologies from HN, that 1) it pushed me to finally start my own venture, and 2) the technologies I have learnt about and use in my daily stack all came from HN posts over the years

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First, do know that the scope you have outlined is a huuuge undertaking. Maybe think of limiting the scope to start off with (inventory mgmt OR dealer mgmt OR accounting OR payroll). For tech stack, my suggestion is to use a back-end that provides as much out of the box as possible.

Ruby on Rails provides huge bang for the buck with their integrated database ORM, as does Phoenix (what I used). Your scope involves a lot of referential data, stick to traditional robust SQL database system (Postgres for example). If you use a NoSQL db, you may be quicker out the gate (as it'll take any JSON you give it), but once you get to the analytics with lots of joins, it won't be as much fun (personal experience). Also, I would suggest using the server frameworks' rendering engine to get your MVP up and running, as you can then fast iterate between data model changes and visual representation (i.e. HTML output), and avoid front-end builds and all that encompasses. Phoenix is very snappy, and with something like Turbolinks can potentially be as snappy as a dedicated front-end app.

Personally, I needed very interactive front-end, so had to build a separate front-end using Ember. I found Ember with Ember Data provides a robust toolset that manages complex data. I also have experience with React and Vue, but keep in mind with their state management (e.g. Redux / Vuex) that you'll need to manage complex data relationships yourself. As far as mobile, don't think native, as you'll need to learn specific technologies to implement that as well (more time...). Grab a bootstrap template that is already responsive, and you can run the same web-site on an iPad (forget the phone initially). Good luck!

source: just finished a 2 year build of an investment-related accounting and analytics webapp

The main Vuex docs are quite good, with the included shopping cart example. https://vuex.vuejs.org/en/

I've used Vue pretty much daily over the last year in a fairly complex app (some 150+ components, Vuex store with 100+ actions, full client side router navigation) and it has been pretty pleasant. I even contribute a nominal amount to the Patreon campaign. However, the upgrade path from v1 to v2 is not a quick undertaking. Certain changes require a revisit to practically all components (e.g. change of 'ready' to 'mounted', v-el to ref etc.) that don't really bring a lot of value to the end user other than change in semantics. The upgrade diagnostic tool is a great feature, but seeing 600+ breaks in your app is not so much fun. Changes in Vuex (e.g. no more vuex: getters in the components, 'dispatch' is now 'commit' in the store modules) translates to significant work in a largish app just to upgrade semantics. Also, the article references the verbosity of Redux with respect to forms. In all fairness, all Flux implementations, including Vuex, have pretty much similar verbosity.

Just providing some balancing thoughts for folks to be aware of before investing heavy time in any framework, including this one.

> To take one example, UI code is wonderful stuff for adding end-user value. But if you want extreme leverage in your code it can't be the first priority, because it's also stuff that tends to be thrown out frequently - because other features change, or you're on a new toolkit, or you found a slicker design. You have to instead allow the UI to be too crude at first, and think about application features as a layer apart from the UI. And then only as you come towards the end, confident that the core features are correct and will be robust against a partially-working UI, can you go back and invest in a great presentation.

This bears repeating a hundred times over. All the more pertinent today when there is an endless stream of shiny web UI frameworks that constantly tempt all but the most disciplined and hardy devs.

Ok, I read through this whole thread and with the variety of recommendations for frameworks and tools mentioned it will make your head spin for sure. You mentioned Vue, so I will talk about Vue. Vue will get you there in terms of any complexity you may need. React, Angular, Ember, etc. will also get you there, but you mentioned Vue so let's stick to that. Wrt boilerplate templates: just use vue-cli to generate the project, there are not even that many options, and you get hot-reloading, test harness with it automatically.

To keep it real, I imagine your SPA will need different sections of the screen to show: a header, some kind of menu (sidebar?) and a main window that shows what the user is working with for the moment. How do you get the main window to show the relevant content if the user clicks on a menu item? If you solve that (hint: vue-router), you now understand one of the main benefits of using a front end framework for managing components and avoiding round trips to the server.

Next challenge: create a nice page that has, let's say, two different panels. One panel shows a list of items, and the other panel shows some details about the currently selected item from the list. How do you: 1. show the details about the selected item in the second panel? 2. If you change the item name in the detail panel, will it update immediately in the list above? Solving for this will satisfy your curiosity of why a state management solution would be useful, and you'll be led to ...... yes, Vuex!

These 'challenges' would be enough for a good 90% of common web apps/SPAs, with navigation and master-detail UI.

Just one piece of advice, pick one current framework, learn it by solving these common problems, and you'll be on your way. Source: I have built and rebuilt a complex system in Angular, Meteor, React and Vue (I do NOT recommend that kind of churn, but keep in mind each framework have had significant shortcomings over that past 2 years which made client-side state management difficult). If you take the intellectual route and try to do all this with vanilla JS or solely jQuery, be prepared to spend a while before becoming productive (depends on your app's complexity of course).

We're surrounded by liquid hot magma!

I have the same problem. The only thing that works for me is working in a set number of pages per day as a goal, say 10. That way, even a medium to large sized book can be covered in 1-2 months.

That's what reviews are for, unfortunately as hosts, in the current environment of rapid expansion by AirBnB, it works out to typically 75% of inquiries are from new users with no reviews. So there is very little to go by when accepting people to sleep in your home with you.

Ok I'll bite as this is near and dear to my heart. Instead of showing me a fast webpage with a minimal content, tell me how to make my tons of css and js load fast! That's a real problem.I deliver web apps, and interactivity is a must.

IMO, the real problem with the web is the horrendous design choices and delivery of very popular news and daily reading sites (ahem cnn) where subsequent loads of ads and videos start shifting the page up and down even when you have started reading something. Let's address that problem first!

Having driven back and forth from Chicago to New York a couple of times, I would welcome autonomous trucks driving throughout the night, especially if they strictly adhere to the right lane at a moderate, passable speed. Once night falls, truckers take over the road, and they typically like to go at or slightly above speed limit, making it less of a cozy environment for regular sedan drivers.

There is some excellent advice in this thread about how to identify and correct supposedly 'toxic' behavior. What's concerning though, is that if you are unclear on what this means, it indicates that the performance reviewer did not do a good job giving the review. Conventional management training (e.g. in Big 4 organizations where I come from), as a manager one is trained to give specific examples and suggestions for alternate ways to handle situations, when pointing out weaknesses or cause for comments. Either your reviewer is a poor performance reviewer, or they did this intentionally, as a means to vaguely officially document your problems with a pointer to fix, i.e. 'to halt', so there could be official grounds for dismissal. 'Toxic' is also quite a strong word, in comparison to say, 'insensitive' or 'abrasive', to give out to someone in a performance review without giving specific examples.

If you have a mentor, or supervisor, you are close to, and can trust, you can ask their thoughts on how you display toxic behavior.

It seems you care about your responsibilities and product, so would hate to have you blindsided of what could come next. In any case, good luck, but keep your eyes, ears, and most importantly, options open!

What about the Thames?

How could StackOverflow work as effectively for such a broad set of topics with a small community?

I suppose I don't understand the point of the article as written.

Here's a problem for you: How do you make it easy to find a close by doctor or specialist and make an appointment? I had to make a Saturday appointment and it took me about 12 phone calls to find a dermatologists that come in on Saturdays. So the current process: search via Google Maps, go to local (ugly) websites, manual calling...

Maybe there is an app for that, didn't bother looking for that...

I think that time is coming sooner than later. I just opened up FB today, first time in about a week and a half. It seems their algorithms or the feed has changed somewhat, because it mostly shows full posts of what friends-of-friends have posted, via 1st degree friend-likes etc. Felt completely irrelevant, unlike about 6 months to a year ago, when is was more direct what 1st gen relationships are doing.

SoundCloud (and MixCloud, not related) offers a lot of home-created content, but maybe more importantly, provide longer live and studio mix sessions by well known (and lesser known) DJs.

I would recommend the book 'The Intelligent Asset Allocator' by William Bernstein, if you happen to find yourself in the position of worrying about what to do with excess funds.

gobble.com, mytable.com, josephine.com...

gobble seems to have pivoted to delivering ingredients, which differs from their initial plan from 2011: http://www.treehugger.com/green-food/gobble-helps-you-order-...

There are a bunch of these already, exactly as you described it.

Depends on the time of day! Morning - classical or ambient to not fatigue the brain while tackling tougher problems: Baroque style classical, ambient: Mysteries of the Deep, FAX (Pete Namlook), Boards of Canada, film score (Tron, Hans Zimmer etc), Fez game score by Disasterpeace

Afternoon - techno, to get the adrenaline flowing again: - any live mixes from Adam Beyer, Berghain residents, Nicole Moudaber, Nina Kraviz, etc etc

Night - Trance - really to keep the motivation going, any older A State of Trance episodes (pre 500) will do to add some melody to the grind

That's it, every day :)

Like eBay? or Letgo?

I think if you're in a lawsuit war with Facebook, whether you lose license to use React or not is probably the least of your worries...

Yeah, I went down the Relay/GraphQL rabbit hole for a good 1.5 months last year, but unfortunately there is a tremendous amount of work to set up GraphQL servers to even get your data out to Relay, and it is not real-time at the moment (although the 'community' appears to be work on it. I so wish Meteor would provide a drop-in module for just the DDP, I don't even care if its Mongo, their real-time subscription works.

I though the scene in the Martian where the stereotyped math/programming wiz plugged directly into the mainframes and finally got a big 'Calculations Correct' prompt was pretty funny. http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/science/2015/10/04/1...

Sounds a lot like burnout, which I have had serious cases of in jobs that demanded a lot in terms of effort and appearance. I would add that since you are so close to graduating, would you be able to tone down the 'extracurricular' stuff (socializing/networking/github stuff) to conserve energy for the work that is required to graduate? The reason is, once you do get that degree, you can take some time off (if you can afford it monetarily) without having an impact on your career opportunities. However, an unfinished degree will come back to haunt you until you get it done (both in terms of employment prospects and your own satisfaction of having it done). Depression and burn out go hand in hand, and have similar symptoms. Best of luck.

Why is it assumed that all Airbnb guests by definition must be late night partiers, noisy and disruptive to the neighborhood? Seems like those types of comments are made by parties that have a vested interest against Airbnb in particular. I'll add my own one-point statistic: I rent an Airbnb while also renting out my house on Airbnb in another city. My neighbors where I rent out have not problems with my Airbnb guests, but ironically didn't like the folks that rented my house via the traditional broker/lease setup. In the end, it's just a marketplace for housing stock available to lease, both short term and long term. The traditional way of filling tenancy is seriously broken, with brokers taking a high up-front charge with no follow on service or help to landlords. Just look at NYC with their hate towards Airbnb. The rental market in that city is atrocious (exorbitant broker fees for tenants, poor presentation, shady brokers, etc etc)