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Hey! I'm Hafiz Rahman from http://wplover.com. I do WordPress theme development and web design in general.
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hfz··on Why Silicon Valley Funds Instagrams, Not Hyperloops
Now I wonder why it's on Pathfinder on the first place and why it's stealing traffic from the original source.
hfz··on Ask HN: I'm a chronic procrastinator – how do I break it?
I am a lot like you, and I've tried so many things. Tips, tricks, to-do lists, whatever.

The one thing that sticks with me is to first truly understand the value of time. It sounds cheesy but time really is the most valuable resource in the world, and procrastinating is about the worst way to squander it.

Also, even after coming at that conclusion, it's still a struggle, every day. There is not a day when you can magically be not lazy. It will still be there forever, but you can choose to fight it. It's a daily struggle, but absolutely worth it, though.

hfz··on Practical Typography
For an example of a good (or at least unique) usage of Times New Roman on web design, take a look here: http://seedconference.com/seed.php
hfz··on Tools for Switching from Windows to Mac Development
Dash app[1] is brilliant. It's an all-in-one place for language documentations. Very useful.

[1]: http://kapeli.com/dash

hfz··on Collection of the best fonts for programming
So I browsed around for a free alternative of Nitti, most popularly known as iA Writer's font. Someone recommended an alternative: Cousine. http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/cousine

It's my new favorite now.

hfz··on Show HN: The top free PSDs on dribbble in one place
Freebbble is less populated, but contains license information for each item. http://freebbble.com/

Disclaimer: I develop it.

hfz··on Dear Apple: I give up, WireframeApp will become open source
Can you link to an example of these publishers? My Google-fu fails me.
hfz··on Show HN: A Smart Name Brainstorming And Domain Search Engine
.id results show available but can't be found on any three domain seller.
hfz··on Supercell is bigger than EA in terms of monthly iOS revenue
Can you link to an article that explains this structure? Googling fails me, returning articles about thunderstorms instead.
hfz··on APIs that will transform the Web in 2013
Similar to how IE's box model was deemed incorrect until fast-forward today and people realized that their box model was simpler and easier to use compared to the standard. See: http://paulirish.com/2012/box-sizing-border-box-ftw/
hfz··on Mashable's Responsive Redesign
There is actually a difference if we're talking about "adaptive layout" vs "liquid layout". In adaptive layout, the layout is adjusted in steps according to a limited number of sizes (various screen sizes, usually). While in responsive layout, the layout is adjusted continuously to every possible width.[1] When we're talking about responsive design, most example uses liquid layout.

Adaptive layout, though, is arguably better for readability. Optimal readability involves having control of the line-length of a body of text, which can be achieved with adaptive layout. In the case of liquid layout, line-length varies wildly over every width change, which is sub-optimal readability-wise.

[1] http://informationarchitects.net/blog/responsive-typography-...

hfz··on Linus Torvalds: Is Engadget really that stupid? Just corrupt? Trolling us all?
In Indonesia as well.
hfz··on Glider - A minimal, text-focused theme for Wordpress
Disagree. Justification causes the so called "River" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_(typography) that can cause readability problem.

With the relative lack of typographical control on the web right now, it's best to keep text non-justified.

hfz··on Web Design is 95% Typography
Pretty sure the article was written before they started working on iA Writer.
hfz··on Google Talk is down
Up and running now in Indonesia as well.
hfz··on The Maturation of Mark Zuckerberg
Why is it atrocious? Care to explain?
hfz··on Lean Domain Search Now Checks the Availability of 2,000 Domain Names per Search
Great service!

Feature request: allow us to add parameters to your url for sorting and start/end with options, instead of just the q present right now, so it can be more flexibly bookmarked and linked.

hfz··on Always a starter, never a finisher.
It could be more useful outside of SEO purposes, though. Pretty links allow people to guess the content of a page by looking at the browser's status bar when the link is hovered. It becomes especially important if the link text itself is not descriptive enough ("click here").
hfz··on All Hacker Monthly issues free for next ~24 hours
Any link for the Startup Marketing special issue? Thank you.
hfz··on Ask HN: With GoDaddy even more horrible, what budget hosting/domain company?
The couple of times domain company thread appeared on HN, name.com was suggested. I moved from GoDaddy there a couple months ago and found their interface far simpler and easier to use.
hfz··on After The Regretsy and Diaspora Account Freezes, We’ve Lost Confidence In PayPal
Anyone interested with the fraud problem story can read more in Jessica Livingstone's book, Founders at Work.
hfz··on Donating 8 hours design time to any project
Your website actually has a decent design. It's easy to read with big enough font size, line-height and padding and basically it has no glaring annoyances that plague badly designed websites.

I say even more minimalism could do well in regard to the color scheme, and probably the flow of reading on the home page could be improved as well (e.g "Start Using Tarsnap now!" could be placed right underneath "Tarsnap pricing").

Other than that, buttons linking to quick download and registration should do well, too.

hfz··on Ask HN: "Basic SEO"?
I believe this article by Derek Powazek is worth reading: http://powazek.com/posts/2101