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trusko

48 karma · joined November 7, 2009

Big fan of Python and Django. Did a lot of jQuery, Java, HTML, Oracle Technologies in the past.

Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada

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trusko··on CEO, the Least Popular Job in Silicon Valley
I can take one!
trusko··on Show HN: Crowd² - A viral marketing campaign creator I wrote in 72 hours
I've seen similar product and heard that it was very successful - http://gorecommend.net/. Good luck.
trusko··on Show HN: Hacker News Mobile - A fast and readable mobile HN website
Nice work. Thanks.
trusko··on Hackers vs. Consultants: How not to find an idea (Part 2 of 3)
'Catch up on Part 1 of this series' link is not working. I am getting 404. I know I can scroll down for previous post, just wanted to let you know.

Cheers

trusko··on Publish your Python function to PiCloud and invoke via REST
Very nice, good idea. Cheers.
trusko··on Show HN: Invertris (made by a friend of mine)
Very nice. Good idea. Good luck, try to sell it.
trusko··on Ripple: test html5 mobile apps in multiple devices
This is cool. I will have to try it.
trusko··on Using jQuery’s Data APIs
I agree. All I as trying to say it's not that intuitive.
trusko··on Using jQuery’s Data APIs
For somebody like me that doesn't use JavaScript and jQuery on daily basis it's quite a mess to remember all those rules.

I can see benefit of using 'data-*' attributes though.

trusko··on Ask HN: What is the the most user friendly payment option?
Thanks, I will ask for an invite.
trusko··on Why you should learn just a little Awk - A Tutorial by Example
Well wrtten.
trusko··on Ask HN: I have a hackermap.com, now what with it?
Clickable - http://hackermap.com
trusko··on Deck.js: A JavaScript library for building modern HTML presentations.
I think there are some advantages compared to sharing PDF presentation - embedded video at least.
trusko··on Ask HN: What is your preferred Python stack for high traffic webservices?
We are using Django for web services and it works for us.
trusko··on Qaddafi's Reign Collapsing: Rebels Pour Into Central Tripoli Square
I am sorry but how is this related to ycombinator?
trusko··on Show HN: My user-friendly outbound firewall for Mac
I would like to see whitelist as well. Looks nice. Good luck.
trusko··on Show HN: Our new ridesharing site, BurningManRides.com. Feedback?
I find it cool and potentially very useful. Good luck guys.
trusko··on How to teach my 8 years old son programming
This is great! I like Python. Thanks.
trusko··on My side project - http://complainator.com
I could consider writing mobile app where you would be able to attach the picture and complain. I want to keep my app generic.

I am not really looking for how to monetize the app. Well, I mean it woud be nice to see that happening, but so far it's just for fun.

trusko··on My side project - http://complainator.com
Ok. I looked at skweal.com. It's one of the use cases that I considered.

The problem is that businesses have to activate account with Skweal upfront. I am talking more about complaining to teacher of your son, to your coworker who makes annoying noises, to the post office about postman etc.

trusko··on My side project - http://complainator.com
I fully understand you. The problem is that I, for example, drive typically alone (to work and back) and would be in the same category as those irresponsible drivers. It would be nice if one could somehow let those drivers know that there is a complaint. Maybe if more people participated in this and there would be critical mass of complaints someone like DMV would probably use the information.

The idea behind my website is to help people get a rid of daily frustrations that can be dealt with. Simple stuff, noisy neighbour, guy in the office that makes annoying noises etc. How else are you going to tell them.

trusko··on My side project - http://complainator.com
Thanks.
trusko··on My side project - http://complainator.com
Wasn't aware of skweal.com. I will check it out.

You have to know business' email. I plan to allow also sending physical mail when you know the address. That would be service where I would probably charge for. Some of the businesses can't even be reachable via email anymore.

trusko··on Understanding the Git Workflow
Good article. Thanks
trusko··on Show HN: Let's end the Programmer Salary Taboo
I don't agree with comparisons like that. I had two developers one making $10k more that the other, both about the same quality I would say. I didn't set their salaries, they had salaries negotiated when they joined the company. I thought it was unfair. It's not. Everybody has different skills, work ethics, productivity and on top of that expectations. The guy with $70k always complained about salary while $60k guy was completely happy.

It's up to everybody to negotiate salary that makes them happy, if you are not able to move on somewhere else where somebody will pay you what you are asking for.

However, putting all this aside, this application could be useful in environments where you have at least 5-10 people with the same skills, seniority, productivity, otherwise you are comparing apples and oranges.

Also, a lot of companies prohibit you from discussing your salary with other co-workers or not?

trusko··on Ask HN: What do you use to monitor your server clusters?
We used Nagios and now switched to use Zabbix.
trusko··on Using git to manage a website
I think it is good idea for static sites, for everything else you would be rediscovering fabric and similar tools.
trusko··on Using git to manage a website
Have a question. This is nice for simple HTML. How about deploying site were you have to migrate the database etc. This approach wouldn't work. I use fabric with git right now, works well.
trusko··on Using git to manage a website
That's my preferred way of deployment as well. fabric + git
trusko··on RESTful Web Services: Preventing Race Conditions
Very nice. Thanks for sharing.
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