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alexchantastic··on A designer's guide to loving the terminal
As a designer, I spend a surprising amount of time in the terminal. I wrote up this short post to showcase some of the things that I use the terminal for in my day to day.

I'm hoping that something here inspires a designer who is looking to become more technical to start to leverage some of the tools available in the command line.

alexchantastic··on Ask HN: Sites like HN on other topics?
https://www.bogleheads.org/ is somewhat similar in terms of active discussion for investing and personal finance. Unfortunately, it’s in a forum format so threaded discussion is a bit difficult.
alexchantastic··on Forking Chrome to turn HTML into SVG
Vercel put out https://github.com/vercel/satori which does similar things (albeit with JSX and a slightly different use case).
alexchantastic··on The Trouble with D3
Vega-Lite is even easier to get into as well.

https://vega.github.io/vega-lite/

alexchantastic··on What’s New in Little Snitch 4
I've been using GlassWire: https://www.glasswire.com/
alexchantastic··on VR
I agree with this sentiment. I can't speak for the Vive, but I did get to try an Oculus headset (but not the new Touch controllers) over the holidays for an extended period of time.

The head/motion tracking was spot on and I didn't notice much lag at all. The problem was more with the resolution of the screen, FOV, and light leaks. I constantly had to trick myself in order to feel immersed. Also, if you don't have near perfect vision, the display will look even worse and its quite uncomfortable to wear the headset with glasses.

I think we're on the path, but the first generation headsets out there now are more in line with an expensive tech demo than anything else. I suppose that it is to be expected though. I look forward to future iterations.

alexchantastic··on Ask HN: How do you manage your passwords?
1Password on all the platforms I use (OSX, iOS, and Windows). Great looking UI and an abundance of features. Great support.
alexchantastic··on Show HN: Ghostnote – Contextual notes and todo app
I also see the cog and am noticing the lag. I just sent you an email detailing my observations as well as a video of the issue.
alexchantastic··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2015)
X15 Software | http://x15soft.com | San Francisco, CA | Full time Front-end Developer (AngularJS, SASS, D3)

Please send resumes/questions to alex@x15soft.com.

  About Us
  =============================
X15 Software is a revolutionary large-scale machine and log data management company. Our flagship product provides a highly scalable, open and modern platform that combines search and analytic query capabilities. With best-in-class developer productivity and the lowest total cost of ownership, X15 Software is the new global standard for enterprise-wide machine data efforts.

We’re looking for a talented and innovative front-end developer to help us build intuitive and elegant user interfaces for big data search, visualization, and exploration. Working with technologies like AngularJS, node, SASS, Foundation, D3, Atmosphere, and a sophisticated set of RESTful/real-time APIs, you’ll develop and enhance platform features, improve user experience, and prototype visualization interfaces that help our users manage and understand their big data.

  You are
  =============================
* A strong proponent of web standards, usability, and simplicity

* Interested in the latest developments in front-end technologies, standards, and tooling

* An advocate for clean, testable, reusable code

* Able to self-direct, take ownership of feature development, learn and adapt

  You'll get to
  =============================
* Collaborate with a small, talented team of designers and developers to build beautiful, fast, robust user interfaces with the latest technologies and techniques

* Influence architecture, tooling, technology stack, and product design

* Work in a relaxed, quality-focused environment with an internationally-distributed team of experts

  Skills & Requirements
  =============================
* Familiarity with modern, object-oriented development concepts and best practices

* Strong expertise in AngularJS development

* Comfort with version control systems (Git)

* Experience with OOCSS, SASS, CSS3

* Familiarity with Javascript visualization tools and libraries (D3, vega, Highcharts)

* Experience interacting with web services and RESTful APIs

* Local to SF Bay Area / Peninsula preferred

alexchantastic··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2014)
X15 Software | http://x15soft.com | San Francisco, CA | Full time Front-end Developer (AngularJS, SASS, D3) Please send resumes/questions to alex@x15soft.com.

  About Us
  =============================
X15 Software is a revolutionary large-scale machine and log data management company. Our flagship product provides a highly scalable, open and modern platform that combines search and analytic query capabilities. With best-in-class developer productivity and the lowest total cost of ownership, X15 Software is the new global standard for enterprise-wide machine data efforts.

We’re looking for a talented and innovative front-end developer to help us build intuitive and elegant user interfaces for big data search, visualization, and exploration. Working with technologies like AngularJS, node, SASS, Foundation, D3, Atmosphere, and a sophisticated set of RESTful/real-time APIs, you’ll develop and enhance platform features, improve user experience, and prototype visualization interfaces that help our users manage and understand their big data.

  You are
  =============================
* A strong proponent of web standards, usability, and simplicity

* Interested in the latest developments in front-end technologies, standards, and tooling

* An advocate for clean, testable, reusable code

* Able to self-direct, take ownership of feature development, learn and adapt

  You'll get to
  =============================
* Collaborate with a small, talented team of designers and developers to build beautiful, fast, robust user interfaces with the latest technologies and techniques

* Influence architecture, tooling, technology stack, and product design

* Work in a relaxed, quality-focused environment with an internationally-distributed team of experts

  Skills & Requirements
  =============================
* Familiarity with modern, object-oriented development concepts and best practices

* Strong expertise in AngularJS development

* Comfort with version control systems (Git)

* Experience with OOCSS, SASS, CSS3

* Familiarity with Javascript visualization tools and libraries (D3, vega, Highcharts)

* Experience interacting with web services and RESTful APIs

* Local to SF Bay Area / Peninsula preferred

alexchantastic··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2014)
X15 Software | http://x15soft.com | San Francisco, CA | Full time Front-end Developer (AngularJS, SASS, D3)

Please send resumes/questions to alex@x15soft.com.

  About Us
  =============================
X15 Software is a revolutionary large-scale machine and log data management company. Our flagship product provides a highly scalable, open and modern platform that combines search and analytic query capabilities. With best-in-class developer productivity and the lowest total cost of ownership, X15 Software is the new global standard for enterprise-wide machine data efforts.

We’re looking for a talented and innovative front-end developer to help us build intuitive and elegant user interfaces for big data search, visualization, and exploration. Working with technologies like AngularJS, node, SASS, Foundation, D3, Atmosphere, and a sophisticated set of RESTful/real-time APIs, you’ll develop and enhance platform features, improve user experience, and prototype visualization interfaces that help our users manage and understand their big data.

  You are
  =============================
* A strong proponent of web standards, usability, and simplicity

* Interested in the latest developments in front-end technologies, standards, and tooling

* An advocate for clean, testable, reusable code

* Able to self-direct, take ownership of feature development, learn and adapt

  You'll get to
  =============================
* Collaborate with a small, talented team of designers and developers to build beautiful, fast, robust user interfaces with the latest technologies and techniques

* Influence architecture, tooling, technology stack, and product design

* Work in a relaxed, quality-focused environment with an internationally-distributed team of experts

  Skills & Requirements
  =============================
* Familiarity with modern, object-oriented development concepts and best practices

* Strong expertise in AngularJS development

* Comfort with version control systems (Git)

* Experience with OOCSS, SASS, CSS3

* Familiarity with Javascript visualization tools and libraries (D3, vega, Highcharts)

* Experience interacting with web services and RESTful APIs

* Local to SF Bay Area / Peninsula preferred

alexchantastic··on Only 90s Web Developers Remember This
Nope we still have that with HTML emails.
alexchantastic··on Why I'm Done With Social Media Buttons
Here's a pretty lightweight way to include the functionality (and customize the look): http://cferdinandi.github.io/social-sharing/

I created a small JS snippet (still need to put that up on Github) to grab the counts too which is quite easy.

alexchantastic··on Scaling Asana.com
I think this is great. If only more people agreed on writing and maintaining markdown. Often it's the non-technical folks who are driving how a marketing site is run.
alexchantastic··on Scaling Asana.com
http://jekyllrb.com/ maybe?
alexchantastic··on Tips for Getting Started With AWS
Just a bit of advice, the body font you chose is terrible at smaller sizes.
alexchantastic··on Egghead.io - short screencasts about AngularJS
Here's the v3 roadmap http://blog.getbootstrap.com/2012/12/10/bootstrap-3-plans/
alexchantastic··on Designer News
It would be nice to link to the actual article rather than the Designer News link in RSS.