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hackDaily··on Ask HN: What exactly does the 'developers' of HTML do?
An HTML "developer" needs to know the proper formatting (syntax) and structure that the browser expects from the HTML, but that's not all. HTML alone isn't going to get you very far. A developer should know, at minimum, HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
hackDaily··on Ask HN: A startup just offered me more money. What should I do?
Well, that's an interesting solution Egregore. I'll have to take that into consideration, thanks for the input.
hackDaily··on Ask HN: A startup just offered me more money. What should I do?
Thank you CReber. I do like my current company and the people I work with. I think I'm going to let my boss know I have an offer and that I don't REALLY want to leave, and try to get a little bump in my pay anyway. My heart is telling me to stay.
hackDaily··on Ask HN: A startup just offered me more money. What should I do?
Thanks fredsanford, the startup life certainly isn't for everyone, and I'll need to consider that. The hours would be considerably longer.
hackDaily··on Introducing Asana: The Modern Way to Work Together
Yes, I set up an account earlier today and found it quite delightful. I set up a project and some tasks for my latest hack and so far it looks like it will be very useful. The interface is top-notch, and it encompasses a full range of uses such as bug-tracking etc...
hackDaily··on Sublime Text 2 Build 2139 Released
Sublime Text 2 is a fantastic product, their updates are timely, and it's been my goto editor for months now. Thanks for the hard work guys!
hackDaily··on MongoDB rocks my world
It's really straight-forward for simple usage. There's no official river for mongoDB, so for now, since I've got very small documents, I just save in MongoDB, and then index an even smaller searchable document in ElasticSearch. My front-end talks to ElasticSearch through a simple node/expressjs route, which was made far simpler by this NPM module -->

https://github.com/rgrove/node-elastical

I apologize for using the term "combining" as it's slightly misleading. I actually use ElasticSearch for search functionality only. I use MongoDB for the standard DB stuff (read, update, etc...)

hackDaily··on MongoDB rocks my world
I've been using MongoDB for about 5 months now and can say that it is an excellent tool. I've been tinkering with building a very fast search engine for my latest app by combining MongoDB with ElasticSearch and it's been a wonderfully pain-free experience. While I certainly believe in picking the right tool for the job, I don't see myself going back to SQL anytime soon.
hackDaily··on Slider.js: Slideshows with jQuery, CSS Transitions and Canvas
Our clients are typically churches and small business who like to have banners on their home pages. There's always something "featured" that they want to show off.
hackDaily··on Slider.js: Slideshows with jQuery, CSS Transitions and Canvas
Very nice! There are a lot of rotator plugins out there, but yours seems very complete and robust. I will definitely be using this in future projects since our clients always want more fancy sliders. Thanks again!
hackDaily··on Who would play Steve Jobs in The Steve Jobs Movie?
I actually heard the vote was for Kevin Spacey.
hackDaily··on The Hubble Blew My Mind
Just bought this app about a week ago and have been amazed ever since. It's surreal how you can travel back and forth through time and see the cosmos unfold.
hackDaily··on Show HN: A storebuilder contained in a single text area
I find this quite brilliant. I'm a fan of simplicity and minimalism, and this is a good example of implementing the bare-minimum and getting something useful out of it. I'm actually a bit jealous I didn't think of it first. Good work, and good luck to you!
hackDaily··on The 5 Design Clients You Meet In Hell
Just got rid of our Scope Creeper yesterday, it was getting ugly. Funny enough, this client was also our Buzzturd. Thanks for the fun read!
hackDaily··on Show HN: Rate my project browshot.com
I think this looks promising. Does it handle custom fonts? I had a problem with rendering custom fonts with the hack job of a screenshot app I'd built for myself. Best of luck to you though!
hackDaily··on So you want to write JavaScript for a living?
Honestly, I didn't see much that doesn't still apply to writing JavaScript today. However, I think overall code organization and re-usability is something that today's JS devs need to think more about. It's too easy to whip together a bunch of "cowboy code" with so many plug-ins and libraries available.
hackDaily··on So you want to write JavaScript for a living?
Seems to hit it right on the nose. I write JavaScript for a living and can say that each of these skills is fundamental to my success. Good read.
hackDaily··on Tangle is a JavaScript library for creating reactive documents.
Very cool! This makes for some interesting UI ideas. Also, it's not often that you see something this unique in the land of JS plugins. Good work.