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Work is still a pain in the ass. It sits at your desk or awkwardly in your bag as you make small talk at events after work. We understand that we're not for every one of your deliveries

Good feedback. Thanks!

But then you have to lug it home or it sits at your desk. Also totally depends on the package. Give Luna a try, we think you'll like it

Thanks! Give it a try!

UPS can't because of union agreements. FedEx can't because of contractor agreements. This is a service targeted towards busy professionals. We're definitely urban focused right now

Thanks! Office deliveries are still a pain too, they sit at your desk because you're likely busy after work. Coming to NYC soon!

Thanks for the feedback, Raphie

The news is that the government isn't likely going to throw a shitfit and freak out over bitcoin. Because it's money related, and they can tax and regulate some piece of the transaction.

Doesn't really need to be said that Wall Street, Washington, and Lobbyists are all in bed together. Wall Street types and some Valley people have clearly told influential politicians in this that they should be cool.

Bitcoin gets another serious mark in the de-risk column

So is this just a call to action for a community to build this thing? Am I missing something or is this only a landing page and a readme right now?

A sad day. Big ups to Michael, JP, and the rest of the team. Snapjoy, RIP

Awesome!

GitHub is down? Ugh! What is this? North Korea?

Usually not. I haven't been going to red carpet things lately </sarcasm>

I've heard that a few times and I totally understand how that can be the case. For me it's dependent on where I'm going. Classy party? Uber. Friend's house or home from work? Lyft.

Lyft makes cities better. Sucks they don't let you be a drive with a two-door. Any idea why?

Culture separates Lyft from the rest. The pink mustache to me serves two functions: 1) it represents that culture that runs very deep and 2) it helps you ID a Lyft car in a fun, non-threatening way.

I use Lyft quite a bit, all of the drivers are great, friendly and people I don't mind spending 5-15 minutes with. It feels like getting into a car with a friend and is completely safe.

Hah, there you go. I'll update my filter accordingly.

I see your point. There are of course false positives but this approach removes a lot of unwanted crap from your inbox instantly

Why do they have to be mutually exclusive? An investment is a speculation. Long term I speculate one thing, short term I may speculate something different.

This is a great point. "Just start" can be bad advice. People thrive on constraints.

Build something that you do every day in your job. Build something where you click a button and you get a response.

Build something that makes your current job easier.

Build a piece of your favorite app, a very small piece.

That'd be interesting. Might be a fun weekend project to build. Get both people to apply, maybe add a 1m video portion? Match on language or age or years of experience perhaps?

Sometimes when you're learning something you need some hand-holding. I think it's a major weak point in the process of learning to code. Just googling for answers isn't always the answer.

I disagree that it cripples the other points. I just think that a lot of people try to find all of the failure points before they start. You can't start without having a bit of direction (I reference a book to use in my first post) but don't think about where the road will end up, just get on the road.

What about working on your projects before work. Make the job that you're not interested suffer a little bit rather than the project that you're passionate about?

Can you switch jobs? There are so many companies that need even just a passable engineer. If you're not growing and learning in your current role, maybe it's time to find a new one?

This. Well said.

Paul, yes I did. I have a degree in journalism.

Plenty of startups will take you on as an intern with little to no experience. If you put your reputation on the line and give them a few months of your time to figure it out and build something they need, they might hire you full time as a junior engineer. Shoot me an email if you'd like to talk more about this zack@zackshapiro dot com

If not that, a collection of resources for each language so people aren't sent down rabbit holes where they have no idea what they're doing.

I understand what you're saying. I guess it's better to tell people to try and put themselves in a place where they can code full time. For me it was an internship, for others it may be a trial week or month in a different part of their current job

This needs to be a service. It's such a huge fall off point for beginners

I'm glad it was helpful. I'm as sick of those empty posts as you are :)

Nice work!