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vincon Git is as revolutionary as Unix pipes (2008)

I don't want to spam but I did this : http://www.wipigi.com/ a wiki service on top of Git (and Django)...

But with GitHub's wikis it's a little useless for anyone but me. Nonetheless it was fun to build and an opportunity to learn a little more about Git (and Django).

vincon Which programming language do you want to learn next?

Ruby. My favorite language is Python and I really like Django but I think I'm missing something by not learning Ruby and Rails. Haskell is the other language I want to learn, and probably more than Ruby but I'm currently looking for a job and RoR is the better choice...

vincon We built this to help you launch apps for the November Startup Sprint

With Django it is really doable to think about launching something before the end of November!

vincon Ask HN: A cheap netbook for development?

I use xmonad since a few months on my netbook and it's indeed the perfect choice for this!

vincon Ask HN: A cheap netbook for development?

I use an Asus Eee PC 1005HA, it's inexpensive and very lightweight, perfect for working from anywhere. Great autonomy too!

With a resolution of 1024x600 the screen is not very big but I use xmonad (a tiling window manager written in Haskell) which maximize the available surface. I also only use command line apps and it makes everything extremely fast.

xmonad + vim make me very productive and if I want more power I just log on another computer by ssh and it's completely transparent!

vincon Lets make November "Launch an App Month", who's with me?

I've got a lot of very small projects going on but I'm afraid that I will never finish any of them. So this is a great opportunity to focus on the last one and don't jump on any of the others until it's finished. Count me in!