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NARKOZon I’m leaving Redis for SolidQueue

Earlier Rails avoided database specific features so apps could stay portable using only ActiveRecord. Since then Rails has added much better PostgreSQL support: JSON/JSONB, hstore, array columns, GIN/GiST indexes.

NARKOZon Gem.coop

FYI, this is Ruby Central's response: https://rubycentral.org/news/our-stewardship-where-we-are-wh...

NARKOZon Azerbaijan is rich – now it wants to be famous (2013)

Economically it is the most normal country in the world:

https://qz.com/970508/azerbaijan-is-the-most-economically-av...

NARKOZon Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (January 2016)

SEEKING WORK - Ruby developer - Remote

8+ years of programming experience. BS in Computer Science.

Contributed to various open-source projects including GitLab, Ruby on Rails.

Love to experiment with new technologies, learn new skills, and solve challenging problems.

GitHub: https://github.com/narkoz

Skills (not a complete list):

- Angular, Backbone, Vue

- Grape, RSpec, Rails, Sinatra

- Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL, Redis

- HTML5, Sass, Slim, Twitter Bootstrap

Email: mail [at] narkoz dot me

NARKOZon Using Nested Selects for Performance in Rails

There is a gem called eager_group that you might find useful.

NARKOZon Using Nested Selects for Performance in Rails

Author could use counter cache to solve the problem.

NARKOZon Gem Updater: Update gems in your Gemfile and fetch their changelogs

Yes, it does. It's called Gemnasium.

NARKOZon Show HN: Chrome extension to navigate dependencies in Ruby projects on GitHub

A chrome extension for easy navigating to gem pages in Github.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/aeekfpaigbeblmpeli...

Wherever you browse 'Gemfile' or '.gemspec' files on Github, clicking on gem name will take you to it's Github repository page.

Uses sla.herokuapp.com under-hood.

NARKOZon Why we love repetition in music

It's a new technique (2011) that a certain sub-genre and neither software or the other artist made it back in past.

It was invented by BT and patented: https://www.google.com/patents/US8145496

NARKOZon Why we love repetition in music

Transeau found that software tools to accomplish this weren't readily available. So, he decided to develop his own, forming his own software company, Sonik Architects. And later Sonik Architects was acquired by iZotope.

It's like saying: "Columbus didn't discover America because it already existed" or "Newton didn't discovered 'Law of inertia' because it already existed".

NARKOZon Why we love repetition in music

Did you even read the wikipedia page? Check out "Skylarking" and "Tomahawk" by BT for a good sample of what it sounds like.

NARKOZon Why we love repetition in music

It's called – stutter edit.

> The stutter edit[1] is a musical production technique, most often known for its use in electronic music, in which fragments of audio are repeated in rhythmic intervals.

Electronic musician Brian Transeau (better known as 'BT') developed the "technique", coining the phrase, and later released it as a standalone plug-in.

[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stutter_edit

NARKOZon No more JavaScript frameworks

> that is maintainable 2 years from now

I don't build software for 2 year increments. It took us a year to get our last release out. Telling management their shiny new 2 million dollar investment has to be reworked to Angular 2.0 immediately could be career ending.

NARKOZon Show HN: Wysihtml – Open-source rich text editor for web apps

For your rails apps you can use 'wysihtml5-rails' gem.

https://github.com/narkoz/wysihtml5-rails

Author plans to update it to use wysihtml as a drop-in replacement.

NARKOZon NASA Rover Finds Active and Ancient Organic Chemistry on Mars

This will take decades to resolve. Random blasts of methane will be very hard to characterise in any methodical way.

NARKOZon Show HN: Chrome extension to navigate dependencies in Node.js projects on Github

Similar extension for Ruby gems: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/crank-for-rubygems...

NARKOZon Google to close engineering office in Russia

It’s time to recognize the Internet as a basic human right. That means guaranteeing affordable access for all, ensuring Internet packets are delivered without commercial or political discrimination, and protecting the privacy and freedom of Web users regardless of where they live.

http://time.com/3631377/internet-cia-putin-berners-lee/

NARKOZon Streem – a new programming language from Matz

>the software is related to the magazine article of 2015 issue of the (Japanese) programming magazine

https://github.com/matz/streem/commit/1c8189f9e1df3289801b28...

NARKOZon How can an introvert Asian engineer like me make friends?

You know what? I laugh at guys like you.

And the biggest reason I laugh? It's not me or somebody else doing all this. It's YOU. You, realising your problems and not doing a thing about it, but complaining anonymously on internet.

You cry about how lonely you are? Or talk about how you just don't have social life and nice ladies, and all that emo bullshit? You're a miserable weak coward, why would anybody want to be a friend with you?

Let it piss you off as much as you want, but you know it's completely true.

Many of us there are engineers and work hard most of the time doing things that we love. But if you do want to get asked out to do other fun things at weekends, then stop being that pathetic stereotypical nice guy. Create opportunities, take people out, add value to those around you and soon they'll start inviting you out just like you're inviting them out. But if you want to continue crying in the corner, then cool, cry. Just don't post it to tech related sites.

TLDR: You need to think about what you can contribute to others' lives, so that they'll be more likely to invite you out. Having a car and being a nice guy doesn't count.

NARKOZon Why Meteor will kill Ruby on Rails

> Let's be real, Javascript is the #1 language on Github and for good reason - it runs everywhere.

Cancer is #1 disease in the world, but that doesn't mean I want it.

NARKOZon Show HN: Make your app handle going offline

How do you decide when to put `#hubspot-open-source` hashtag to repo description?

NARKOZon Fish oils don't slow mental decline

I buy off from Amazon, the reviews are helpful. "Nordic Naturals" is a good brand to check out.

NARKOZon Flickr gets new UI, new Android app, 1 TB free space

These changes really speak for themselves and if you've ever tried Instagram, you're basically getting the better quality photos: clear, crisp, tons of space, and very balanced filters. I love my iPhone and these guys deliver awesome app without being overpowering. As some of the other comments noted, "above and beyond" Instagram.

The new design is great: modern and a little bit more flat for a modern look. I was actually kinda bummed because like....they got rid of the Pro badges....oh well. My photo gallery stands out and looks pretty sharp. Well done, Flickr.

Anyway to sum it up, these changes are nice. And with a free 'old Pro' features, they're definitely a no brainer. I think any photographer can enjoy these changes as much as any casual photo sharer. Yahoo does it again!

NARKOZon Where’s _why?

http://viewsourcecode.org/why/index.html

NARKOZon Microsoft's Azure cloud down and out for 8 hours

ping responses are disabled

NARKOZon Dear Github, please fix the Watch-Button

I'm using GitHub Feed Filter extension for Chrome

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/jcpkhafkpnaljjbgdg...

NARKOZon MusicForProgramming();

  Mozart - Sonata #11
  Oceanlab - Sirens of the Sea (album)

NARKOZon Path uploads your entire iPhone address book to its servers

The CEO's comment is some grade A bullshit. Obviously they realized this was an issue before they got caught, but if they really thought that it was "important that users clearly understand it" the opt-in would have been in version 1.0, not 2.0.6.

NARKOZon Amazon S3 Price Reduction

See comparison[1]. It's still cheaper than Amazon. They don't charge for requests and incoming bandwidth.

1: http://www.rackspace.com/cloud/cloud_hosting_products/files/...

NARKOZon MusicForProgramming();

Yes, these podcasts are like Mozart. There are no many words in them, so they're not distracting.