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I Left My Heart in San Francisco: The Exile of a Digital Nomad

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Don't ask for support/upvotes on this submission on Twitter: https://twitter.com/rails_apps/status/648290452962152450

Just for the record, I did not ask for upvotes or support. I asked for comments. And love. Considering how nasty HN readers can be, I think it's reasonable to ask for love. Heck, it's an article about how hard it is to survive as a full-time open source developer.

If that were the case, you would have linked directly to the submission, but you linked to the /newest page to utilize the non-direct-link upvote trick.

Oh you're right. I didn't even think about that. Sorry.

can you tell me whats wrong in it? just want to understand

It breaks HN's rules, and gets accounts penalized and banned. We want users to vote for stories that they personally find intellectually interesting—not because they or a friend has something to promote.

I totally understand and even I wont support such things but just because you mentioned it on twitter doesnt breaks any rule first of all and at the same time you do want to tell you audience that you have something interesting going on HN. specially the rate HN post are getting posted whats else choice you have. Most of the people hardly visit 2nd page atleast the people i met.

But with due respect isnt HN's model is already broken? just because people aren't openly accepting it doesnt mean their friends and in most cases their employee didnt upvoted/commented for the sake of the company.

Note: My intention behind the last para is not to promote such things.

I have personally used Rails Composer (kickstarter http://kck.st/1KzZXVC) by Daniel and loved using it. Great thing is, if you think Rails Composer needs more added or run into a problem, he is very responsive.

I also use Rails Composer for new projects. I'm glad to see that the kickstarter has met its initial goal. Hopefully Daniel continues seeing support for his work.

Thanks for the kind words!

I'm grateful for Daniel's work on Rails Composer. It's a great way to setup a new Rails project. Good luck!

Pet peeve (I expect downvotes), but "setup" is not a verb; "set up" is. (Same with "sign up" and "log in.") This is a weird orthographic quirk many developers seems to share.

Everyday for every day is another common mistake (both terms exist but have different uses)

I agree with you, and share this pet peeve. Also, can you downvote on Hacker News?

You eventually gain downvote permissions after gaining a certain amount of karma.

Thank you! I've raised funds with the Kickstarter campaign but really it is the expressions of appreciation that keep me working on the project.

It made my day when I saw @craignewmark of CraigsList fame tweeted the article and offered encouragement: https://twitter.com/craignewmark/status/648143262281109505

He's got old school Internet values like it used to be.

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