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alien3d··on Ask HN: What to do when a Chinese startup clones your website?
Think good way, they create a market for it. If those customer don't satisfy they will moved to your site. Still need to remember 30 days development e.g will not same with your previous development days and also no matter money and developer they hired, time is essence.
alien3d··on UTF-8 Encoding Debugging Chart
Are utfmb4 effected also ? I been converting my table from utf8 unicode to utfmb4 unicode for supporting emoticon unicode.
alien3d··on Why We Moved to React
KISS. Keep it simple and straightforward. Once been extjs then come to weird mvc pragma come become line of code(LOC) become triple larger. Then i moved to jquery, it breeze to code.Have try learn new tech like angular,backbone but still fall back to normal javascript and jquery.Maybe i'm to old to learn new tech. :(
alien3d··on Developing Our First iOS App with React Native
There is a big different. File size especially.Limitation payPal API and the most buggy me was XCODE upon compiling to apple apps.
alien3d··on Apple is hiring engineers to bring WebRTC to Safari
Waiting for INTL also.Do it work now in latest version safari? https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Web/JavaScript/Referen....
alien3d··on Missing Malaysia Jet MH370 Weeks Away from Keeping Secrets Forever
no tower.. you need a satellite and they have been checking even since and no information. The most weird was, nobody in penang tower or langkawi tower detect the oddness. And also army radar. Next time, tower must be on 24 hour
alien3d··on Missing Malaysia Jet MH370 Weeks Away from Keeping Secrets Forever
I'm live in Malaysia . There's a lot of weird information in few years. Some even not logical.The airline strike hard twice in a year and now changing hand to new company. Anybody here can downvote me here but we need agent Mulder And Scully to solve this issue. Eistien and new agent can help also :)
alien3d··on Ask HN: Is Python dying?
Last time i interview also asking for perl and some automation adobe . I only used perl in 2001. Currently code in PHP and C#. Now thinking back, i need to relearn PERL again.:P
alien3d··on What do you mean ‘we need more time’? Project schedule estimation in software
because it treat as creative not engineering.In reality A can be expand to A1, A2, A3.The most issue would be, client paid for A future but not A1, A2, A3
alien3d··on Ask HN: After 20 years of programming, what do I do now?
I don't like mvc much.. But you can build good /powerful apps with json.net and webform. My biggest mistake was mvc itself.Too much file.Should focus on deliver instead of refining technology..
alien3d··on Ask HN: What to do about a client's bad programmer?
why fight the client ignorance? as long they paid you okay.And as long they dont interfere or mention the bugs of the system you created. okay.If they started to take lawsuit then diff matter.
alien3d··on Comparing the PHP 7 and Hack Type Systems
Upvote.It's getting over complicated each update and not for simple development.While language like c# get more easier like old days php.
alien3d··on Ask HN: Being harassed by Odesk client, What should I do?
Do nothing..

1. Yes , contract can be legal bind even word but if there where not transaction involve.. might be ignore.

2.Even got contract,sometimes client would delay and give lot of excuses.

3. All my freelance work i wanted to bind with contract and i have legit company to avoid many nonsense client.

4. Did i been harassed like you, Yes.much worst. I had to close my Facebook account.

alien3d··on New Requests for Startups
I saw apache is as mention.it nearly the same what i doing now.consider as code block-From database column can create application.Upon combobox figure come foreign key value.The reason i do this,client keep playing what if scenario form like this is this suppose to validate or not?Why code block instead of user define validation.They will some part wanted to customize triple field combobox filter.It cannot be done via user define column based rule.
alien3d··on What We Do and Don't Know about Software Development Effort Estimation
Hard to estimate.client think it was easy .most think us like tv show,
alien3d··on Ask HN: Why can't programmers get along with business type people?
For me,im implement accounting.most customer want to follow their rule.no gap no frs or whatever.just request.customer need third party accountant to consult so smooth project.i see havoc in oracle e business and baan implementation.internal staff request non functional and destroy the good base erp.their vendor everyday meeting and meeting and day by day programmer left..
alien3d··on The State of Oregon vs. Oracle [pdf]
Hehe.minimize cost extends profit margin.. Im myself before stuck in no end project.reason is they want to follow old procedure.for me,i find hard for gov to changed from cash basis accounting to accrual accounting,the old accountant consultant also jerk...suggest nonsense module.
alien3d··on Announcing a specification for PHP
Just learn and code in c#.. Really tense... Code work in visual studio but compile output diff.string and array kinda weak to me..I love pup because of string manipulation.(string) (int) casting both in php and c# also..still learning c#.
alien3d··on Poorly Managed HealthCare.gov Construction Cost $840M, Watchdog Finds
Wow.quite cheap...
alien3d··on Programming is not math?
Im also mechanical background.the reason i involve programing because wanted to build something like ( statical process control(spc))..now building own accounting instead.math is a must in accounting system like rule 78,calculate irr ,calculate depreciation..
alien3d··on Python is now the most popular introductory language at top U.S. universities
Wrong.Customer currently used to google speed.They want very speedy system and fast analytical decision making.Batching is old news,new system must speed 800% because customer paid high end core proc
alien3d··on How Many Spreadsheets Does It Take to Run a Fortune 500 Company?
I now develop excel add in for a customer.the reason they used to it and hard to changed their mindset.what they thinking is cheaper and fast decision making with excel rather then erp itself.
alien3d··on Tech is moving too fast for me: I'm out.
My work load more on waiting and forcing customer. Yes it hard with NEW broken API and NEW Framework coming out.When NEW API or framework miss used by junior developer,i had to debug all again.Either it was PHP,C#,JAVA.Sometimes i confuse to write other language code. My Advise,have a real team to support you.Release the pressure.One man show if you did it are very hard.
alien3d··on Poll: Are you moving to the Amazon Fire Phone?
No 1. got 4 inchi,7 inchi ,14 inchi..just for development. i think other programmer like me. buy for development testing.
alien3d··on Why Perl Didn't Win
why down vote,since it my first web base language in 2001. By that time,php is new and .net is version 1. When i got visual studio dvd,my pc run slow. So i moved to php and stick till now.
alien3d··on AppleCrate II: A New Apple II-Based Parallel Computer
cool. )
alien3d··on Why Perl Didn't Win
if ain't php ,think will stick to perl.. first web base language learn..
alien3d··on Free SSL Certificate for Open Source Projects
i build software accounting ... and the term open source.Are it freely downloadable or close company but open source to customer ? Previously i use ssl for testing speed the google spdy.. but performance not much different. sorry not git hub account for downloadable accounting software but if wanted to real code and product and sell combine,access will be given.
alien3d··on Strongest chess player, ever
Just try havin fun.. http://en.lichess.org/SMVJP07p The strongest player.. me kinda noobs..
alien3d··on Evolution of chess: Popularity of openings over time
i don't know much about opening but i play chess frequent in my younger age and sometimes computer. It's just a pattern.But to win with computer,must follow non pattern/opening to win.. Very long time not playing chessmaster software.
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