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hackernews··on Can you make a basic web app without Googling? I can’t
One of my fondest memories programming was on a sailboat crossing the ocean.

When ever I hit doldrums, I'd pull out the laptop and work on the app to pass time. Luckily I had a good collection of gems locally that I used for reference.

Wasn't a web app, but I'm quite proud of it.

hackernews··on Rents are dropping across the US
You're correct, it's dark thing and that no one is talking about it.

How do courts open back up when 30%+ rentals are overdue on rent?

hackernews··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2017)
Grand Rounds | Lead Front-End Engineer | San Francisco, CA USA | https://www.grandrounds.com

Grand Rounds[1] was recently named Best Digital Health Company to Work For[2] by Rock Health, and is currently recognized by Glassdoor's as the #2 Best Places to Work[3]. We are also represented on Wealthfront's Career Launching Companies[4] for the second year in a row and are looking for talented Software Engineers to join our mission.

For this particular opening, we're looking for an experienced React Engineer to join our growing team. You'll leverage your skills in a fast pace environment to help us deliver the next generation of our mobile applications as well as be a key contributor in the standardization of front end components and application services.

We're building on the modern ecosystem of JavaScript technologies. You'll be immersed with ReactJS, ReactNative, Redux, GraphQL, Jest, Yarn, and will have the autonomy to help shape the toolchain. The team you'll join is comprised of 3 other software engineers, a test engineer, product manager, designer, and a UX/UI researcher. We have clear business goals to achieve.

The ideal candidate will have led in the development of a JavaScript application at scale. You'll mastered JavaScript long ago, knowing the pitfalls of asynchronous javascript, and know how to leverage modern standards to avoid them. You'll evangelize importance of encapsulation, separation of concerns and other best practices that lead to building reusable components and libraries. You'll have had experience building ReactJS components and GraphQL APIs. Knowledge of Ruby and Rails a huge plus.

This an ideal position for a highly motivated individual wanting to make a significant impact through the work they do. If this sounds like you, please reach out to me brett@grandrounds (mention HackerNews) and we'll be in touch.

[1]https://www.grandrounds.com/life-at-grand-rounds/ [2]https://rockhealth.com/announcing-the-2017-top-50-in-digital... [3]https://www.glassdoor.com/Award/Best-Small-and-Medium-Compan... [4]https://blog.wealthfront.com/2017-career-launching-companies...

hackernews··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2017)
Grand Rounds | Sr. Software Engineer | San Francisco, CA USA | https://www.grandrounds.com

Grand Rounds was recently named Best Digital Health Company to Work For[1] by Rock Health, and is currently recognized by Glassdoor's as the #2 Best Places to Work[2].

We are also represented on Wealthfront's Career Launching Companies[3] for the second year in a row and are looking for talented Software Engineers to join our mission.

You'll be embedded in an agile team tasked with business problems to solve and a solid, well built platform to leverage. We believe in empowerment through autonomy. We employ a services oriented platform[4] primarily utilizing Rails on the back-end and React on the front-end. Every new Engineer delivers code from day one.

We're specifically looking for talented Engineers with strong architectural pattern knowledge (Fowler is your preferred bedtime reading). You're familiar with the concerns of MVC, perhaps with the Redux pattern, have dabbled with GraphQl. You've used Backbone to create front end frameworks, can talk web standards and best practices. You know why accessibility is important, and have a desire to learn about building secure applications. You can debate for hours on microservice vs monolithic applications and can sniff out code smell and recognize anti-patterns from a mile away.

Here at Grand Rounds we are literally saving lives through our technology and services, it's rewarding work. Email me at brett@grandrounds (mention HackerNews) or visit our website[5] to view and apply to open opportunities.

[1] https://rockhealth.com/announcing-the-2017-top-50-in-digital... [2] https://www.glassdoor.com/Award/Best-Small-and-Medium-Compan... [3] https://blog.wealthfront.com/2017-career-launching-companies... [4] https://stackshare.io/grand-rounds/grand-rounds [5] https://www.grandrounds.com/life-at-grand-rounds/

hackernews··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2017)
Grand Rounds | Sr. Software Engineer | San Francisco, CA USA | https://www.grandrounds.com

Grand Rounds was recently named Best Digital Health Company to Work For[1] by Rock Health, and is currently recognized by Glassdoor's as the #2 Best Places to Work[2].

We are also represented on Wealthfront's Career Launching Companies[3] for the second year in a row and are looking for talented Software Engineers to join our mission.

You'll be embedded in an agile team tasked with business problems to solve and a solid, well built platform to leverage. We believe in empowerment through autonomy. We employ a services oriented platform[4] primarily utilizing Rails on the back-end and React on the front-end. Every new Engineer delivers code from day one.

We're specifically looking for talented Engineers with strong architectural pattern knowledge (Fowler is your preferred bedtime reading). You're familiar with the concerns of MVC, perhaps with the Redux pattern. You've used Backbone to create front end frameworks, can talk web standards and best practices. You know why accessibility is important, and have a desire to learn about building secure applications. You can debate for hours on microservice vs monolithic applications and can sniff out code smell and recognize anti-patterns from a mile away.

Here at Grand Rounds we are literally saving lives through our technology and services, it's rewarding work. Email me at brett@grandrounds (mention HackerNews) or visit our website[5] to view and apply to open opportunities.

[1] https://rockhealth.com/announcing-the-2017-top-50-in-digital.... [2] https://www.glassdoor.com/Award/Best-Small-and-Medium-Compan.... [3] https://blog.wealthfront.com/2017-career-launching-companies.... [4] https://stackshare.io/grand-rounds/grand-rounds [5] https://www.grandrounds.com/life-at-grand-rounds/

hackernews··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2017)
Grand Rounds | Sr. Software Engineer | San Francisco, CA USA | https://www.grandrounds.com

Grand Rounds was recently named Best Digital Health Company to Work For[1] by Rock Health, and is currently recognized by Glassdoor's as the #2 Best Places to Work[2].

We are also represented on Wealthfront's Career Launching Companies[3] for the second year in a row and are looking for talented Software Engineers to join our mission.

You'll be embedded in an agile team tasked with business problems to solve and a solid, well built platform to leverage. We believe in empowerment through autonomy. We employ a services oriented platform[4] primarily utilizing Rails on the back-end and React on the front-end. Every new Engineer delivers code from day one.

We're specifically looking for talented Engineers with strong architectural pattern knowledge (Fowler is your preferred bedtime reading). You're familiar with the concerns of MVC, perhaps with the Redux pattern. You've used Backbone to create front end frameworks, can talk web standards and best practices. You know why accessibility is important, and have a desire to learn about building secure applications. You can debate for hours on microservice vs monolithic applications and can sniff out code smell and recognize anti-patterns from a mile away.

Here at Grand Rounds we are literally saving lives through our technology and services, it's rewarding work. Email me at brett@grandrounds (mention HackerNews) or visit our website[5] to view and apply to open opportunities.

[1] https://rockhealth.com/announcing-the-2017-top-50-in-digital.... [2] https://www.glassdoor.com/Award/Best-Small-and-Medium-Compan.... [3] https://blog.wealthfront.com/2017-career-launching-companies.... [4] https://stackshare.io/grand-rounds/grand-rounds [5] https://www.grandrounds.com/life-at-grand-rounds/

hackernews··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2017)
Grand Rounds | Sr. Software Engineer | San Francisco, CA USA | https://www.grandrounds.com

Grand Rounds was recently named Best Digital Health Company to Work For[1] by Rock Health, and is currently recognized by Glassdoor's as the #2 Best Places to Work[2].

We are also represented on Wealthfront's Career Launching Companies[3] for the second year in a row and are looking for talented Software Engineers to join our mission.

You'll be embedded in an agile team tasked with business problems to solve and a solid, well built platform to leverage. We believe in empowerment through autonomy. We employ a services oriented platform[4] primarily utilizing Rails on the back-end and React on the front-end. Every new Engineer delivers code from day one.

We're specifically looking for talented Engineers with strong architectural pattern knowledge (Fowler is your preferred bedtime reading). You're familiar with the concerns of MVC, perhaps with the Redux pattern. You've used Backbone to create front end frameworks, can talk web standards and best practices. You know why accessibility is important, and have a desire to learn about building secure applications. You can debate for hours on microservice vs monolithic applications and can sniff out code smell and recognize anti-patterns from a mile away.

Here at Grand Rounds we are literally saving lives through our technology and services, it's rewarding work. Email me at brett@grandrounds (mention HackerNews) or visit our website[5] to view and apply to open opportunities.

[1] https://rockhealth.com/announcing-the-2017-top-50-in-digital... [2] https://www.glassdoor.com/Award/Best-Small-and-Medium-Compan... [3] https://blog.wealthfront.com/2017-career-launching-companies... [4] https://stackshare.io/grand-rounds/grand-rounds [5] https://www.grandrounds.com/life-at-grand-rounds/

hackernews··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2016)
Grand Rounds | Sr. Software Engineer | San Francisco, CA USA | https://www.grandrounds.com

Grand Rounds was just named Best Digital Health Company to Work For[1] by Rock Health, and is currently recognized by Glassdoor's as the #2 Best Places to Work[2].

We are also represented on Wealthfront's Career Launching Companies[3] for the second year in a row and are looking for talented Engineers to join our mission.

You'll be embedded in an agile team tasked with business problems to solve and technology tools to leverage to deliver your work. We believe in empowerment through autonomy. We employ a services oriented platform[4] primarily utilizing Rails on the back-end and React on the front-end. Every new Engineer delivers code from day one.

We're specifically looking for talented Engineers with strong architectural pattern knowledge (Fowler is your preferred bedtime reading). You're familiar with the concerns of MVC, perhaps with the Redux pattern. You've used Backbone to create front end frameworks, can talk web standards and best practices. You now why accessibility is important, and have a desire to learn about security. You can debate for hours on Microservices vs Monolithic applications and can sniff out code smell and recognize anti-patterns from a mile away.

Here at Grand Rounds we are literally saving lives through our technology and services, it's rewarding work. Email me at brett@grandrounds (mention HackerNews) or visit our website[5] to view and apply to open opportunities.

[1] https://rockhealth.com/announcing-the-2017-top-50-in-digital... [2] https://www.glassdoor.com/Award/Best-Small-and-Medium-Compan... [3] https://blog.wealthfront.com/2017-career-launching-companies... [4] https://stackshare.io/grand-rounds/grand-rounds [5] https://www.grandrounds.com/life-at-grand-rounds/

hackernews··on Ask HN: Did you get Google IO 2013 Ticket? If so at what time PDT?
Finally got a ticket reservation @7:40PDT.

Checkout #1. Timeout - Wallet shows a cancelled transaction - "Unable to notify the merchant of this order.". Pending transaction of $900 showing on bank account.

Checkout #2. Same as above. Now bank shows two pending transactions for $900.

Checkout #3. Card is now declined.

Checkout #4. Ticket reservation expires, redirect to start.

7:50PDT - Registration is now closed.

hackernews··on Firefox OS support lands in EnyoJS 2.2
Excellent.

We've written a few apps with EnyoJS and it is a pure pleasure to code with. Not having to write endless lines of boilerplate code while gaining the advantages of true encapsulation really helps you keep moving forward. It's just not for mobile either, we've used it for a number of desktop browser apps.

Really looking forward to the MVC bindings (backbone) coming soon.

hackernews··on Ask HN: How do you find clients?
It's ColdFusion.

At a former employer we hired him on as a contractor and in the ~3 months he was on contract not a single line of code was ever produced even though there were promises made every week. Would not use again.

That said, as a past CF developer there is TON of ColdFusion work out there. Sure it is not glamorous but there are a lot worse things you could be doing for $$ :)

hackernews··on Open webOS Beta Officially Released
From the post:

"The Beta release is comprised of 54 webOS components available as opensource. This brings over 450,000 lines of code released under the Apache 2.0 license, which is one of the most liberal and accepted in the open source community."

hackernews··on Announcing Enyo 2.0.1
Great job Ben! (& to the rest of the Enyo team)

This is an awesome release not only for the bug fixes but there are a few enhancements that I am pretty pumped about.

Really loving the framework.

hackernews··on HP Launches The Beta Release Of Open WebOS
Still the best mobile OS even with the last year being devoted to the open sourcing rather than feature development.

Can't wait to see it on some new hardware.

hackernews··on Filepicker.io partners with Aviary
How is this partnership going to benefit Filepicker over anyone else that implements Aviary?

This looks like an example integrating Aviary, with a seemingly sensational title.

hackernews··on Headphones for Hackers
The headband on mine broke within the first 6 months from taking them on and off all day. Great sound, bad quality.

I was able to reinforce them and they are better than ever.

hackernews··on Headphones for Hackers
I've had my pair for a couple years and love them.

BUT, they were poorly tested. Both sides have broken where they slide out of the headpiece to extend.

Spent $5 at home depot and with a bit of drilling they are now reinforced and back together.

hackernews··on Remove Google Search History Before New Privacy Policy Takes Effect
It's pretty simple right now. I only spent an hour or so on it and will post it to GitHub when I get some more time to iron out a few kinks.

Basically you open the XUL app for the service you want to access. It acts as a chromeless firefox browser and intercepts any links you click. If it's an external link it opens it in your default browser where you wouldn't be logged into google preserving a bit of anonymity.

hackernews··on Remove Google Search History Before New Privacy Policy Takes Effect
I've tried this but find it to quite a pain to remember what browser I should be looking at what in.

What I want is a browser where I can be logged into Google, and any link I click will open that link in my "private" (not logged into Google) browser. Same with Facebook, Twitter, etc.

So I've started developing XUL apps to run each in their own sandbox.

hackernews··on Show HN: Photo Picker+, New Library Improves Native Photo Picker (iOS+Android)
This looks very useful.

Do you have a link to an app or apk where I could see it in action?

hackernews··on HP open sources Enyo javascript framework from webOS, now cross platform
Enyo app Paper Mache (Instapaper client) is on the Android market:

https://market.android.com/details?id=net.ryanwatkins.app.pa...

hackernews··on REST worst practices
>I don't really understand the obsession with >using HTTP methods.

If I could break it down to the simplest form:

GET requests can be cached, any other method should be processed.

hackernews··on Reddit traffic doubles in less than a year, to 2 billion monthly pageviews
I think you are wrong on the home page change. Word clouds would be crap as the main focus of any page.
hackernews··on Louis CK self-produces, self-publishes content on his webpage
You should be able to figure out what the direct link is or you can just google it.
hackernews··on $100 Novo7 tablet: Android 4.0, 7" capacitive screen, USB 2.0, HDMI
I plug in my Samsung E4GT into my TV to stream netflix, watch videos, and listen to music.

Works well as a "HTPC". Although I haven't found a solution for a remote yet so it's like the good old days when the remote to the tv was physically tethered with a long cord.

hackernews··on Can you build beautiful sites with Twitter Bootstrap? Hell yes
It just doesn't work for me. Compare that to:

http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/#forms

there is a big difference.

hackernews··on Can you build beautiful sites with Twitter Bootstrap? Hell yes
When I looked at Zurb vs Bootstrap, I wanted to use Zurb but the default form styling turned me off. When I am looking for a style guide the first thing I do is find the forms cause that is IMO the most difficult part of styling a web app.
hackernews··on Show HN: My 24-hour project, instacss.com
definitively useful, but some feedback:

+ Need a way to do an explicit search. There are a lot of shorthand properties and searching for "border" requires me to scroll way down to find the border reference doc. If I typed border: it should only show me one result.

+ The possible values need to be presented in a list. It is difficult to scan that paragraph to determine what are my options.

+ Make the search box position fixed. Maybe in the header? If no input is present in the search input, show the howto below. Make sure to add a background color to the howto to distinguish from results.

hackernews··on Do a barrel roll - Google Search
no such luck for "do the dougie".
hackernews··on Show HN: validate.js - lightweight JavaScript form validation library
I am still implementing form validations as server-side validations and not sure I will ever change that.

Super easy to deal with on a simple ajax request and it's in place for all requests. If a POST/PUT is done with an ajax request simply return the error message. Otherwise, set the HTTP status code and render the form with the error as the response.

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