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About git in a crappy console on windows - I feel their pain - you might want to suggest your colleagues http://sourcetreeapp.com/ an awesome and free windows git client. Just saying :D.

Hey Robin, indeed! I added a disclaimer about that in the article as well.

Oh I totally agree! If you can it makes sense to manage dependencies with tools that have been refined for years for the task like maven, gems, pip, npm, etc... I had this exact discussion with a colleague at Atlassian while writing about git submodule. Using git submodule or subtree might make sense if your environment is not homogenous, for example if you need to mix different languages and keep everything consistent. Even then you can use broader focus package managers like dpkg, rpm, apt, etc.

In any case I like the feel of git subtree as I have written in the post.

Thank you! Indeed `git submodule foreach` is quite useful.

I really loved the way Derek Sivers solved a similar problem to yours. Have a look here: http://sivers.org/trust

Cool idea! I live in Amsterdam too. I'm game.

This is one of the best articles to speed up vim proficiency. When I read it a long while ago it really made a difference in my speed and typing joy.

If you guys love these kind of vim related posts, a while ago I had collected some good articles with brilliant tips:

http://durdn.com/blog/2008/11/26/vim-mind-share-soaring-roun...

I was about to suggest that as well. It is tied to a very cool app called AppFresh. Recommended.

hi hbien, I would be curious to know a few more details about your project. I like it! If I may, how many visitors do you get? What percentage of visitors choose your webfaction recommendation?

Ah totally cool suggestion, thanks. And easily doable with anonymous sessions. Will note it down.

Recently pinax added a basic_project in addition to a complete_project.

In the basic project fewer things are provided, like registration with openid support and email validation. In addition there's a structure to create your menus and submenus.

So far I found it a very good starting point for my development and not obtrusive at all.

I am planning to do that. I just posted a quick background story and overview as soon as I had done with the marathon. More to come.

Yep, that was a bit overenthusiastic of me. But I noticed they are improving the documentation fast. It is a very young project after all.

Maybe I could rephrase "well documented" in: given the clarity and the good structure of the code I did not have problems finding my way around.

Yes! Exactly what is at the top of my list.

mine went there too, on gmail.

12 people and counting so far on irc ...

I liked this story very much. I think the key decision point in the post is exemplary. I took a similar decision 4-5 months ago. I can recognize my thoughts and feelings perfectly.

The moment I took the decision to leave the company, my well paying job as Team Lead for total insecurity, adventure but freedom and fun was a jolt of energy.

An energy that permeates my life to this day. There is no comparison between doing something because you're told to and doing what you love. The act of creation and the sense of freedom are in themselves an incredible reward.

We did something similar. We've been coding furiously throughout the past few weeks, to flesh out in a demo what we thought would be the key differiantiators of our idea. Then we reserved a few days before the deadline to work and re-work the application. We submitted it a day before it was due as well.

Pressing that button was in itself quite satisfying.