Disqus - Latest Comments for sintaks

Re: http://blog.neevita.net/archives/12664

Mase — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 16:56:56 -0000

*wave*

Re: Announcement: Pricing and value

Mase — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 16:42:38 -0000

Does that mean there's no way for a dev to "practice" without paying for a full license?

I rather like Expression Engine's model of giving the core away. I think in your case it makes sense to charge for the core, but not allowing devs access for the purpose of learning without overcoming the hurdle of paid licensing limits your developer community. This introduces the chicken/egg problem - why should devs pay for a license if they don't know if they can recoup the cost? And why will customers go with your solution over something which already has a broad developer base?

Even MS started giving awar their Express products to foster developer adoption. Seems like a similar approach could work here.

Don't mean to be harsh. I just want this to succeed... but I don't see myself putting forth money just yet.

You mention support being the difference between commercial and open source efforts. I think you can get great support both ways. The "free" in open source also means "freedom", and "free market" - that is, you create a market for professionals to offer competitive support and services.

All the same, I wish you good luck, and look forward to seeing how far this model takes you.

Re: Announcement: Pricing and value

Mase — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 14:55:12 -0000

Does that mean there's no way for a dev to "practice" without paying for a full license?

Even MS started giving awar their Express products to foster developer adoption. Seems like a similar approach could work here.

Don't mean to be harsh. I just want this to succeed... but I don't see myself putting forth money just yet.

All the same, I wish you good luck, and look forward to seeing how far this model takes you.

Re: heypanda: The Coolest JavaScript Trick I've EVAR Used

Mase — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:59:47 -0000

Indeed! In some ways, I wish Ruby (at least, pre 1.9) did the same thing. For instance:

var a = "a";
(function(a){
console.log(a);
})("b");
console.log(a);

This logs "b" then "a". Even though the parameter has the same name as the variable in the outside scope, it's only temporarily overshadowed. In Ruby, the very act of using an existing variable as a lambda parameter overwrites it:

a = "a"
lambda{|a| puts a}.call("b")
puts a

This outputs "b" and "b" - very frustrating.

Re: My typical day running a startup

Mase — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:46:32 -0000

I would suggest moving that one-hour block of work (from 10-11p) to the edge of another block of working, or getting rid of it completely. Having it dwarfed in the middle like that is a total drag, since by the time you get "in the zone", the hour is almost up.

Everyone's different, but that's what works for me. I often find that when I "work" for 16 hours, often I'm still only *working* for 8, if that. Better to just get it all done with one shot, and enjoy the feeling of freedom I have from being done for the day. Those 5-60 minute breaks kill my context, and it takes me longer to rev back up again.

Speaking of which... back to work...

Re: Hands on with MSI’s dual touchscreen netbook prototype

Mase — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 23:56:30 -0000

It's foolish to think that they standard keyboard layout is the direction we should be going with devices like this. It's a relic from a forgotten past, with keys laid out so it would *slow the typist down* to prevent a typewriter's hammers from jamming.

New tech, new input/output devices. It's the only way we'll make significant advances in the field of mobile computing.

Re: HipChat Is Yammer For The Masses

Mase — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:28:12 -0000

I would say this is *much* more like Campfire for business than it is Yammer for the masses. You draw the similarity to Campfire almost in passing, when in fact the formatting/styling for the chat transcript is almost a direct rip from 37signal's version. The fact that this runs on the desktop and Campfire "is web-based" is almost incidental, considering HipChat transcripts are stored on the web (like Campfire), searched on the web (like Campfire), and the app itself is Flex+AIR (meaning it's "built for the web, and then packed for the desktop").

You can force the parallel between HipChat and Yammer if you want, but it feels just that: forced.

Re: mirRoR Blog: Now Hiring: Rock$tar$ Only!

Mase — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:54:34 -0000

Awesome.

Re: The+End+Of+The%26nbsp%3BCrunchPad

Mase — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:49:08 -0000

Whiskey. Tango. Foxtrot.

Re: heypanda: More and More, I'm Liking Flex on Rails

Mase — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:17:50 -0000

In this vid, none (I don't think). I'm not using the RubyAMF stuff here - just straight RESTful controllers serving up XML, which is parsed using e4x. So... I just set up the Flex project within the Rails project, and set the build output path to /public/bin, and I'm g2g.

Mind you, this was a year ago. Hm. I should probably add the year to the "posted at" time.

Re: Announcement: Pricing and value

Mase — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 06:21:52 -0000

Does that mean there's no way for a dev to "practice" without paying for a full license?

Even MS started giving awar their Express products to foster developer adoption. Seems like a similar approach could work here.

Don't mean to be harsh. I just want this to succeed... but I don't see myself putting forth money just yet.

All the same, I wish you good luck, and look forward to seeing how far this model takes you.

Re: Announcement: Pricing and value

Mase — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 06:21:52 -0000

Does that mean there's no way for a dev to "practice" without paying for a full license?

Even MS started giving awar their Express products to foster developer adoption. Seems like a similar approach could work here.

Don't mean to be harsh. I just want this to succeed... but I don't see myself putting forth money just yet.

All the same, I wish you good luck, and look forward to seeing how far this model takes you.

Re: Disabling Paperclip asset timestamp keeps you from committing genocide

Mase — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 03:01:39 -0000

Good stuff, mate.

Re: heypanda: Deploying CodeIgniter Projects to Dreamhost Using Capistrano

Mase — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:46:13 -0000

Do you have subversion installed on your remote box? This line here seems to be issue:

C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/capistrano-2.5.8/lib/capistrano/recipes/deploy.rb
:97:in ``': No such file or directory - svn info http://labs.*******.com/autotra

Capistrano uses svn to pull down the latest version in version control (by default), so it needs to be installed both on your desktop machine and your server.

I actually recommend using git instead of svn now, only because git makes branching so easy. Then you just create a deployment branch (I use deploy/live), set it to :branch in your recipe, and you're good to go.

Re: It%26%23039%3Bs+On%3A+Bing+Jingle+Guy+Proves+He+Sucks%26nbsp%3BLess

Mase — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:21:06 -0000

Don't you mean *bing* it on?

Re: heypanda: Too Many Twitter Friends? Kill Stale Accounts.

Mase — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:11:53 -0000

Since my comments disappeared when I switched from FB to DISQUS, I guess I'll reiterate: this version doesn't do pagination. See me for the fix.

Re: heypanda: The Facebook Comments Are GONE?!

Mase — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 09:52:43 -0000

This thing needs to stop tweeting as me.

Re: heypanda: What is Extendy, and Why Did We Build It?

Mase — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 09:52:04 -0000

Woo! More beta users! Hooray!

Re: heypanda: I Just Made a Reddit Plugin for Extendy

Mase — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 09:44:49 -0000

There's just no stopping the madness.

Pfft.

Re: heypanda: The Facebook Comments Are GONE?!

Mase — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 19:44:12 -0000

If we weren't on opposite sides of the country, I'd slap you.

Re: heypanda: The Facebook Comments Are GONE?!

Mase — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 02:47:03 -0000

Hmm... this comment system also loads much snappier than FB's. Disqus, I think I'm in love.

Re: heypanda: What is Extendy, and Why Did We Build It?

Mase — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:54:15 -0000

There. No more Facebook comments. Yay!

Re: Vote on the scent for reddit soap, determine the smell of thousands of redditors

Mase — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:01:38 -0000

Coconut. Nom nom nom.

Re: bitquabit - The One in Which I Call Out Hacker News

Mase — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:58:32 -0000

I really appreciate this article. Not only should overly arrogant and/or misinformed/idealistic developers read this, but project managers, too.

Too frequently, a client or PM drop the phrase "small feature" or "little fix" or "minor request". That's because they only see the feature/fix/request where it sits on the page, not how it interops with the system on the whole. Yes, it's just an X, but it also has to invalidate caches, replicate quickly, and take Y into account, which we don't have control of! *sigh*

The point is, people tend to see software as parts. They often fail to see the interaction between those parts, or parts which remain hidden to the user (considerations made to easy deployment, to easy upgrading, to handle bad nodes, etc). I could whip up the crappiest version of StackOverflow together in 3 days, but it wouldn't be a StackOverflow clone, because SO is more than the sum of its visible parts.

Re: It's Heeerrre: 'Pay With Facebook' Is In The Wild

Mase — Sat, 30 May 2009 22:37:35 -0000

If you poke around in the FB Connect code that gets loaded with, say, Facebook Comments, you'll see the Payment library is being loaded onto third-party sites. A clear indicator that this will bust out of the realm of FB's site soon.