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gokulk

90 karma · joined August 27, 2012

Web dev. JS enthusiast.
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gokulk··on Fullproof - A javascript fulltext search engine library
you should see impress.js.. thats another good one http://bartaz.github.com/impress.js/#/bored
gokulk··on "Website like Amazon"
Maybe performance was not their goal. Just a website like Amazon built on ActionScript. Ah the plot thickens
gokulk··on Get 50GB of Box free for life
Yeah it does not appear to be a *required field but still throws an error. I say its bad design. Just right click and inspect and delete that input field parent.. =) class='all_plan_group_row' to be specific
gokulk··on Amazon's homepage was down
'I'm kinda amazed that people perceive them as a "tech giant" along with Google, Facebook and Amazon ' err.. we are talking about Amazon here
gokulk··on Hugh Laurie: Wodehouse Saved my Life (1999)
I have never watched any of the video series. The books are classics at comedy. I wish 'Pigs have wings' is available on iBooks. Stories involving Bertie Wooster, Jeeves, Hon. Threepod etc.. are hilarious and make up a good lazy Sunday afternoon.
gokulk··on Show HN: Don't forget another movie release. Thoughts?
the layout still needs some work

e.g., the register box is off when not in standard resolution

gokulk··on $700/hr for legal advice vs. $100/hr for a top software engineer – why?
show us some of your examples. would be interesting to compare between app styles and price difference in US and other countries
gokulk··on Java is not JavaScript - tell your friends
Oh God the recruiters. What types of Java Scripts do you know.
gokulk··on Show HN: my useless weekend project, add speech bubbles to images
for god's sake .. add a nsfw tag for the auto generated pics ... not cool man
gokulk··on Codular - Tutorials for New Web Developers
If this is a set of tutorials for new developers, it needs to be labeled
gokulk··on Codular - Tutorials for New Web Developers
A bit confused with some tutorials going PHP, others going MySQL, the rest JavaScript.
gokulk··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2013)
I am waiting for the time when Indian IT finally lets go of Java for everything and embraces JS for a better user experience.
gokulk··on Google Flights
I find the ticket prices too high .. wonder if it just gets the prices from the vendor websites or has some special arrangement with them.
gokulk··on Automating tasks with Grunt.js
yes I use this at work. Another alternate is cake watch in CoffeeScript.
gokulk··on Show HN: Christmas tree delivery in the San Francisco Bay Area
nice idea.. but it looks more like a class project :) .. would be great if you have more UI for selecting height of the tree, decorations etc... but its sure is simple and nice.
gokulk··on Why aren't we all using Japanese toilets?
They actually have these in Google mountain view
gokulk··on FloJack: Bringing NFC to iPhone/iPad (kickstarter)
yes I think that would be a much bigger advantage over their competitors
gokulk··on How Much Developers Make Per City, and Tech Stacks (Infographic)
I use backbone.js, underscore.js etc.. heavily in my work. I primarily code in front end but I have only a year of mainstream experience. Where does that place me in this stack. I think this is the misconception recruiters are not picking me for junior/mid level positions and I get calls for senior level positions and then they drop me cause of less experience. backbone.js ! = more experience
gokulk··on FloJack: Bringing NFC to iPhone/iPad (kickstarter)
I mean into spotlight and started appearing on production models
gokulk··on Login Screen – behind the scenes
sorry for the late reply. I think probably cause it is out in the open, compared to methods by bigger tech companies like google where the user information is not passed in the url for reset password
gokulk··on FloJack: Bringing NFC to iPhone/iPad (kickstarter)
We can see Apple typically releases any new technology a few years later. NFC came into mainstream only last year so it might take a few more years for it to be widely used for applications. Apple made a safe bet with passbook because all the store cards/tickets use similar bar codes or QR codes. A few startups have started on software/hardware lacking in Apple products but once the manufacturer integrates it into their product, they risk losing their purpose if they don't innovate. They integrated LTE after a few years it became mainstream. This will eventually happen too.
gokulk··on FloJack: Bringing NFC to iPhone/iPad (kickstarter)
Apple is probably going to launch it in its next generation or the one after that... why would some one buy a 3rd party component after that.. I don't think anyone buys a bluetooth dongle for an iPhone just cause it lets them do more things...
gokulk··on Login Screen – behind the scenes
serving users email as a GET request for reset password ?? intriguing...
gokulk··on Browserver: A web server inside your web browser
yep. I guess that is what HTML5 is doing and Google is banking on it by making the ChromeBook.
gokulk··on Browserver: A web server inside your web browser
I tried using this lib to make a self aware browser which can also serve requests to other browsers. but dropped it cause it didn't go well wit the sandbox model.
gokulk··on The Story of the New Microsoft.com
There was an article on front page just few days ago regarding banner blindness for scrolling carousel style content. HN gives conflicting views.
gokulk··on Introducing the Command Bar
yeah me too. then i realized this would do for a web interface
gokulk··on Zynga: forget games, let’s just do viruses
A good UI engineer always gives an option to close any popup box or else users just close the window and dont return
gokulk··on Vanilla JS, fast, lightweight, cross-platform framework
$.ajax({ type: 'POST', url: "path/to/api", data: "banana=yellow", success: function (data) { alert("Success: " + data); }, });

can be written as

jQuery.post('path/to/api',{banana:yellow},function(data){alert("Success: "+data);});

much simpler and easy than

var r = new XMLHttpRequest(); r.open("POST", "path/to/api", true); r.onreadystatechange = function () { if (r.readyState != 4 || r.status != 200) return; alert("Success: " + r.responseText); }; r.send("banana=yellow");

nevermind got the joke. but i think jQuery helps write faster code sometimes

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