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http://ajalan.com

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jalan··on Ask HN: Is Ryan Bates okay?
Seen 1 hour ago -> http://stackoverflow.com/users/148722/ryanb
jalan··on Why is Atom closed source?
I expected better from GitHub, disappointed!
jalan··on GitHub's new text editor leaked on Twitter
Will this support Linux? I would love to try this on my Linux System. (Ubuntu, to be specific)
jalan··on Should I Learn Python or Ruby?
> Meanwhile, Ruby is used primarily for web development.

What? I just started learning Ruby, and I intend to do some sys-admin tasks also. Am I going down the wrong path?

I know Homebrew is using Ruby as base language, and doing pretty fine.

Is this misleading or what?

jalan··on Opera is really nice.
Here is the link for linux version: http://www.opera.com/computer/linux
jalan··on Ask HN: Help. I need to go away from here
I live in India, and I face the same situation time and again, which you are facing now.

I've come to a conclusion that it's because of Hacker News, the more you see HN, the more you get worried by watching a lot of start-ups growing in front of you, and you can't do nothing but press an upvote button, applauding their success.

What you need to do is close HN and minimize the time you spend on it, instead work on something, start small and don't get depressed easily.

The stories you see on HN are months hard work, they also feel same time and again, but they don't lose hope.

I know my comment is bit harsh and not sympathetic, but IMHO right now you don't need sympathy instead you need motivation.

Work Hard! Good Luck.

jalan··on GitHub Organization Page Redesigned
GitHub Pages seems to be redesigned as well: http://pages.github.com/
jalan··on NoteHub API
Just stumbled across it, nice work BTW.
jalan··on Light Table is now open source
The last time I heard about Light Table, the Ruby was not supported. Could someone please clarify which languages are supported, as of this release?

BTW, awesome work Chris, really looking forward to use it.

jalan··on Show HN: Codebox - Open-source cloud and desktop IDE
I sometimes wonder, can cloud IDE's will really be able to replace traditional code editors like Sublime Text, Vim, Emacs.

I really like the idea of cloud IDE's, but practically it's difficult to bring the entire development environment on cloud/browser, and even more difficult when switching from Vim.

Anyways, I really appreciate the efforts you are putting in this project. Congrats guys/gals, job well done.

jalan··on Get whole year of Skype Premium for free.
Seems like a promotion for this:

The Skype Collaboration Project: http://collaboration.skype.com/

jalan··on 24th Birthday: What it’s like to be 24 for a Software Engineer in India
Glad you liked the post!
jalan··on 24th Birthday: What it’s like to be 24 for a Software Engineer in India
Thanks.. :)
jalan··on 24th Birthday: What it’s like to be 24 for a Software Engineer in India
Thanks!
jalan··on 24th Birthday: What it’s like to be 24 for a Software Engineer in India
No worries, Thanks for the appreciation. Glad you read the post, and pointed out the mistake. Regards.
jalan··on 24th Birthday: What it’s like to be 24 for a Software Engineer in India
That was a mistake. Thanks for pointing out. Corrected.
jalan··on 24th Birthday: What it’s like to be 24 for a Software Engineer in India
To answer this question, I wrote an entire blog post, explaining how Steve affected my life - http://techapj.com/thank-you-steve/

In short, I think of "Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement Speech" as a modern approach to "Bhagavat Gita".

jalan··on 24th Birthday: What it’s like to be 24 for a Software Engineer in India
You haven't mentioned the complete sentence => "98% of Indian Population have not even heard the word "Github" in their entire life, yet everyone acts like they know this stuff".

The problem is "They try to act" like they know about software industry, meanwhile when you try to explain them that you are working on some open source project, they refuse to respect your opinion.

jalan··on 24th Birthday: What it’s like to be 24 for a Software Engineer in India
Thanks for the constructive advice, will work on the points you mentioned. Glad you enjoyed the post though!
jalan··on Arvind Kejriwal
Thanks, indeed this needs to be shared. Glad you liked it.
jalan··on NudgePad: an IDE in Your Browser
Google Cache: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://...
jalan··on Kraken.js: Enterprise-grade Node.js web application framework
How does this compare with Sails.js?
jalan··on Dart 1.0 Is Out
Thanks for the advise, I am thinking of concentrating on JavaScript + Meteor for now.
jalan··on Dart 1.0 Is Out
I am a newbie in field of Web Development, and recently I felt in love with JavaScript, especially because of the sheer capability to write Client side and Server side code in same language. Thanks to Meteor.js, it made my bond with JavaScript even more stronger.

But now with the buzz of Google Dart going around, I am afraid that, am I betting on the wrong horse? Is it the right to jump on Google Dart bandwagon? To be honest, it do looks promising.

Please guide me, what should I do, since I am a newbie, I want to take advantage of the fact that, since I don't know anything, I better learn something that have much promising future, and have an edge over technology.

jalan··on "Future of JavaScript" doc from our internal "JavaScript Summit" (2010)
OP here, this post was originally titled - Google Dash/Dart: Leaked Internal Email

Edit: IMHO, I think the above title was better suited for this post. I respect the fact that HN moderators modified it to email subject, it refers to, but the title should have at least included keyword "Google".

jalan··on Show HN: Deploy your Meteor apps for free, directly from Github
Hey there, I just used it to deploy my Telescope app, and it worked like a charm. Will let you know, if anything breaks up. Thanks for this awesome creation.
jalan··on Show HN: Deploy your Meteor apps for free, directly from Github
First things first, I am not involved with this project in any way, so all credit goes to original contributors: https://giteor.com/faq

Here's the link, which lets you deploy Sacha's awesome Telescope app for free on *.meteor.com : https://giteor.com/deploy?git=com.github.SachaG.Telescope.ma...

jalan··on [dead]
Here's the link, which lets you deploy Sacha's awesome Telescope app for free on *.meteor.com : https://giteor.com/deploy?git=com.github.SachaG.Telescope.ma...
jalan··on Pitfalls of Startup Team Building
The title is misleading, it should be: Pitfalls of startup team building [slides]
jalan··on FOXX – A Javascript Application Framework
For anyone wondering, here is the official site: http://www.arangodb.org/foxx
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