holdenk

380 karma · joined March 24, 2007

Open source big data, with a focus on Apache Spark (where I'm PMC), and other related projects. I'm a Canadian, working in America. My pronouns are she/her. My resume is @ http://holdenkarau.com?q=hn & my blog is http://blog.holdenkarau.com . I live stream code reviews & other programming related activities on twitch https://twitch.tv/holdenkarau & youtube https://www.youtube.com/user/holdenkarau .

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holdenk··on Rave Clothing Store, Australia, Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney | Ravegear.com.au - Ravegear.com.au

While I don't see how this is related to hacker news, besides maybe a lot of people likeing techno music, yay raver store! Does anyone know of Canadian/US equivalents? My raver gear is starting to get a bit worn after all these years :P

holdenk··on Announcing The TechCrunch50 Conference: September 8-10, San Francisco

The alternative view is that having a hard launch date acts as a forcing factor to get your code up to shape. From personal experience, I found that having committed to giving a demo has made me work that much harder to finish it. Otherwise, you can keep on pushing back your launch date.

holdenk··on Announcing The TechCrunch50 Conference: September 8-10, San Francisco

Has anyone been to last years? If so, what was it like?

holdenk··on U of Waterloo: All intro CS courses use Scheme (for Math students too!)

I was one of the students to take the first version of the course :) Funtimes :)

holdenk··on Software Start-ups: What Worked and What Did Not, an economists view

A discussion of software start-ups founded by UW students and what they did that helped them grow and what failed to help.

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