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antonio-Ron Ask HN: How do prolific programmers go about their daily lives?

I would recommend reading the 4-hour workweek book from tim ferris. http://www.amazon.com/The-4-Hour-Workweek-Escape-Anywhere/dp...

Great advice for time management, works well for IT positions.

antonio-Ron Web Components article feedback

I get your point, as I was writing it I thought "this shouldn't be too technical otherwise I end up writing a tutorial" but had to be technical enough to give some context and practical examples... But yeah, I should have gone deeper explaining the Shadow DOM part.

antonio-Ron Ask HN: JetBrains vs NetBeans vs Eclipse for PHP, Python and Ruby.

If you don't mind spending money, phpstorm is the way to go. It's faster than netbeans and has a big company behind with custom support.

antonio-Ron Ask HN:Where can I find free web hosting for developers?

https://www.heroku.com/

https://www.cloudcontrol.com/

https://www.openshift.com/

All of them allow you to host your projects.

antonio-Ron Ask HN: Good online games

I like http://www.ogame.org/

antonio-Ron Ask HN: Which javascript charting library to use?

ChartJS Kendo UI data Vizz

antonio-Ron Ask HN: Does anyone else see a black band on top of the HN page ?

Yes. It mus be a new feature!

antonio-Ron Ask HN: What are you using as an Angular backend?

Hey, NodeJS with MongoDB are a combokill combination.

antonio-Ron Ask HN - need some advice, I'm stuck

You can start some side projects in other language like Python or Ruby, do some coding, work on freelance gigs, and earn some experience. That way you will have something to use in a future interview.

antonio-Ron Ask HN: Why programmers should use Vim?

They like that comand line look and feel.

antonio-Ron Ask HN: What do you do for activities outside of work?

1. Run 2 times a week and swim 1. 2. Going out with the wife, even if its just a simple walk. 3. Do side projects. 4. Cook, everyday, it's something that i like and relaxes me at the end of the day.

My 3cents friend.

antonio-Ron Ask HN: I want to create a mobile web app with Django. Where to begin?

Well beside reading de doc. and start by creating the "hello world" django app, you should take a look at these django packages: https://www.djangopackages.com/grids/g/mobile/

then save the android developers site and read the design patterns section: http://developer.android.com/design/patterns/index.html

and finally follow this tutorial to jump start your mobile app: http://mobiforge.com/developing/story/build-a-mobile-and-des...

antonio-Ron Ask HN: If you were going to blog what platform would you use?

Try Medium, it's the content and readability that matters.

https://medium.com/

antonio-Ron Reminder: 72 hours left to export feed list OPML from Google Reader

And still i can't import my reader feeds to feedly, despite they are public or not... Better start adding them one by one.

antonio-Ron Ask HN: How can I learn to create an iOS application over the summer?

First you need a mac to go native, and my 2cents follow that native path. Going native you have access to all functionalities, push notifications, accelerometer, gyroscope, and build nice apps using those tools. So for that you will need to lear Obj.C: http://www.codeschool.com/courses http://teamtreehouse.com/

Those are a good starting point.

antonio-Ron Is it a bad idea to create a startup with your best friend?

First of all, thanks for the reply :)

You wrote "I don't really understand how people can team up with perfect strangers they can't vet;" and that is a very strong reason why i want to team up with him. Because since we are starting something from ground 0, building connections, working like maniacs etc, i think i would like to rely on someone that i know for years, that i can trust and expect to behave in certain situations like i would.

That said, i think that will be very important for us to make something like a vow stating that we both are open to choose "bailout" as long the other part knows it in advance. Always communicate our beliefs and disagreements. And more important always act in the best interess of the startup.

Does that cover it?