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Not quite the same, but I (still a junior programmer) have worked on a project with another junior programmer with a complimentary skill set. We've found great success in using a Google Hangout while we work. We can quickly share our screen to pair program and debug, and continue to chat/share ideas in an adhoc fashion.

I've played around with most of the JavaScript MV(whatever)'s and I'm just not sure about this.

"Flight is organized around the existing DOM model with functionality mapped directly to DOM nodes"

It seems the point of using backbone or which ever other framework (I'm partial to Angular so far), is to decouple from the DOM, so that if and when your markup changes, your JavaScript doesn't. This doesn't seem any better than well written jQuery.

Am I missing something?

I don't think "shutting down to pursue a passion" is what most of HN considers a pivot.

A pivot is named as such because your business is keeping one foot in the ground while changing direction. This is done after testing your initial assumptions, normally with no more than an MVP.

This might just be semantics, but it seems like a significant difference to me.

I've wasted a fair amount of time on it so far!

Hi, author here. Thanks for the feedback!

You're right, the premise of execution triumphing all else is hardly new. Yet, the notions of NDAs and the like, at least in my experience, haven't gone away. So perhaps while people know that execution is key, they're letting preconceived notions about their ideas being stolen get in the way of that execution.

I think a small, beautiful detail lost here is John Resig's career path. As the creator of jQuery, he probably had his choice of which sexy SV start-up to go work at. He chose a non-profit that's aiming to fundamentally improve his country's education. Pretty admirable if you ask me, and perhaps more importantly, a slice of hope, that if one desires to, he or she can use his or her time to change the world for the better.

Give me a way to hook-up an AWS bucket to copy the media there, and I'm sold.

Any plans for this?