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CodeFoo··on Instant Server - Click the button to get a virtual private server
Someone make this but with Docker instead. Linux containers start up in seconds, but you'd probably have to consider security a lot more.
CodeFoo··on Why ev decided to stop exercising in the morning
> Many programmers have flexible work hours they can use. You don't need to be in Silicon valley or have a pile of cash to work in a flexible work environment.

Yes and no.

Many programmers can start work when they want, and end work 8-10 hours after that. One segment.

Only the very well off or upper management are able to truly work flexibly. Show up in the morning for a few hours, take off and go to the gym or home, show up later and work for a few more hours. No problem for the founder of Twitter.

CodeFoo··on About a Month at Yahoo
What about the opposite, are you outcasted like a freak if you abuse the free services and eat all your meals there?
CodeFoo··on Ask HN: How can I see top HN posts Not about NSA/PRISM?
Here's a bookmarklet I wrote real quick to filter/highlight keyword-based articles: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5846934
CodeFoo··on Ask HN: HN alternative more about "code" and less about politics?
Join the GitHub Archive mailing list or read this page for updates on latest GitHub projects (for days when HN has its political mood swings)

http://us5.campaign-archive2.com/home/?u=439aa16a39e4b10e0b6...

CodeFoo··on NSA slides explain the PRISM data-collection program
He probably has an agenda against Google. It's very common on HN. HN hates Google, but loves Apple and Facebook.
CodeFoo··on NSA slides explain the PRISM data-collection program
Why stop at Google? Here's Facebook too:

http://www.facebook.com/help/214376678584711

CodeFoo··on Using Docker as a Open Stack Nova hypervisor
(The blog was posted 4 hours ago and it's already dropped to the 4th page; people don't like Docker?)

I would really like to see the Docker provider for Vagrant happen. Vagrant is so easy to manage, and it would make Chef/Puppet provisioning easy. It also makes cross-platform and EC2/DigitalOcean deployment easy with their respective providers. (i.e. you can deploy an image to EC2 that then runs Docker containers)

https://github.com/dotcloud/docker/issues/404

CodeFoo··on OpenStack-Docker: How to manage your Linux containers with Nova
I would really like to see the Docker provider for Vagrant happen. Vagrant is so easy to manage, and it would make Chef/Puppet provisioning easy. It also makes cross-platform and EC2/DigitalOcean deployment easy with their respective providers. (i.e. you can deploy an image to EC2 that then runs Docker containers)

I'm not sure it will, it seems stalled.

https://github.com/dotcloud/docker/issues/404

CodeFoo··on Tiny Helicopter Piloted By Human Thoughts
He was being humorous.

(HN is so pedantic)

CodeFoo··on Show HN: Too busy for online dating? Try Wednesday Night
These dating/find-a-friend services that require Facebook show up often on HN, and like clockwork are berated because they are Facebook-only (and the privacy issues that go along with it).

Yet people keep making them. Am I correct to deduce they are popular and there is market for them, and that it's only HN that hates them?

CodeFoo··on Poll: how much would you pay to get issues resolved on GitHub?
How about this.. take samefisher's idea:

> I think maybe each bug could have a pot where people could to put an amount, and if a developer fixed that bug and enough people agreed he would get that pot.

Except leave out this part:

> That way developers could pick the bugs where people are willing to put their money where their mouth is.

Instead, completely hide showing how much money was donated to a bug. From everyone. When a developer fixes a bug, they may get a nice surprise for their contributions, that may further encourage them to work on issues.

A little like GitTip, but you're tipping whoever solves an issue, ahead of time. And because it's invisible, it doesn't make your hobby feel like a job because you don't know which issues are worth the most. (although it may be possible to guess by issue popularity)

CodeFoo··on Designing a Pragmatic RESTful API
Great article, I've read many like it, BUT what I can't find is information pertinent to how one should host their API. I submitted an "Ask HN" (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5820761) earlier, but could some folks please advise me on the hosting side of "Designing a Pragmatic RESTful API"?
CodeFoo··on Why I Dislike EC2
> So yeah, if you need a box to run your webserver 24/7/365, you can find a better deal elsewhere. But that's really never been what EC2 is for.

What Amazon offering is? This is AWS we're talking about. They have a service solution for nearly everything. You're saying in 2013 they still don't have a service for 24/7/365 website hosting?