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raingroveon Intro to Node on AWS Lambda for S3 and Kinesis

No. Javascript is single threaded. So if the code is stuck in a synchronous loop, this won't help. (Of course there are ways to make the loop yield and not be completely synchronous.)

raingroveon The abundance of JavaScript libraries

True. In JS land, someone is reinventing module management, object/class model, property bindings, event handling, async helpers, and FP helpers every day.

raingroveon Nitrous.io Targets Enterprises with Pro Version of Cloud Development Platform

At Nitrous, we use Nitrous Pro to develop Nitrous Pro, and Nitrous Pro requires a pretty complex setup (minimum 10+ components required to run).

We did it by creating a master Docker image that runs Docker in Docker, with sub-containers running individual components. Nitrous Pro allows you to create development environments in the cloud with Docker images, and with the master image we created, we are able to recreate a dev env and onboard a new employee in only 10+ minutes in Nitrous Pro.

I won't say that creating this master image was a trivial task, but we provide many ready-to-go templates that are sufficient for most people to get started, and we are actively looking for ways to make customization of templates easier.

raingroveon Prime Minister of Singapore Coded Sudoku Solver in C++

Wrong person. This is the correct profile: https://github.com/fynyky

Nevertheless, his project "reactor.js" is impressive.

raingroveon Google Calendar for iPhone

I just wish they fixed their Gmail app for iOS.

raingroveon Telomere extension turns back aging clock in cultured human cells, study finds

But we are talking about reversal of aging, not pausing.

raingroveon Goop – Dependency Manager for Go

Goop still sets and uses GOPATH (whenever you `goop exec` or `goop go` for example), it just eliminates the need for you to set it per directory/project that you are working on.

raingroveon Goop – Dependency Manager for Go

Because we love choice?

Godep wants you to touch your GOPATH. For example, `godep save` saves revisions of packages currently installed in your GOPATH and `godep restore` downloads packages into your current GOPATH. If you don't want to pollute global GOPATH, you will have to change it. This works for some people, doesn't for others.

Goop doesn't want you to worry about GOPATH. Goop also encourages you to explicitly state which packages you are using in the Goopfile, rather than "capturing" what is already in use.

raingroveon Goop – Dependency Manager for Go

You are right. Unfortunately, constraints resolution isn't something that can be implemented in a practical manner until there is a standard versioning scheme (there isn't much you can do with git hashes) and a standard dependency manifest file that every go project adopts.

Goop has `Goopfile.lock` and `goop exec`, inspired by Bundler's `Gemfile.lock` and `bundle exec`.

raingroveon Fifty Years of BASIC

Same here. GW-BASIC on MS-DOS 3.30

raingroveon Mint is misleading users about Heartbleed (and may still be vulnerable)

I can confirm. Comodo, at least, reissues certs with unchanged "notBefore" dates.

raingroveon TunnelBear VPN app

SSH doesn't work over Tunnelbear. That's really a deal breaker.

raingroveon 1/9998 = 0.0001 0002 0004 0008 0016 0032 0064 0128 0256..

You can just do 1/0.0001000200040008001600320064... to find it.

raingroveon OS X Mavericks kernel_task eating 100% CPU

I think Snow Leopard (10.6) was the most stable OS X release.

raingroveon Losing Aaron: Bob Swartz on MIT's role in his son's death

Live free or die.

raingroveon Snapchat Phone Number Database Leaked

If you have a SF Bay Area phone number, it's probably in there.

raingroveon Bitcoin Value Sinks After Chinese Exchange Move

speculation != investment

raingroveon No Man’s Sky Is A Huge Procedurally Generated Sci-Fi Exploration Sim

Cool Video! By the way, in the video, by "Hydrogen Dioxide", I am pretty sure they actually meant actually meant H2O - "Dihydrogen Monoxide" or simply "Water".

raingroveon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2013)

Nitrous.IO - https://www.nitrous.io/jobs - Mountain View, CA

Nitrous.IO is revolutionizing the way the the world develops software. We are looking for remarkable people to help us effect the next paradigm shift in programming.

Positions Available:

* Operations Head * Platform / DevOps Engineer * Software Engineer

Technologies we use:

* Go, JavaScript (Node.js & Ember.js), Ruby on Rails, Python, LXC, Docker, C, Objective-C (Mac App), C# (Windows App)

* California <-> Singapore Employee Exchange Program Available

raingroveon Android is better

What I hated about Android was that almost every app wanted access to my private information. Unlike iOS, on Android, you have to grant permission at install-time, and afaik there is no way to deny certain permissions selectively. Other than that, I like it a lot, it has come a long way, and it certainly looks nicer than the mess that is iOS 7.

raingroveon Nitrous.IO for Mac - Edit Code Locally, Run In the Cloud

https://s3.amazonaws.com/action-mac/Nitrous-Mac-0.1.6.zip now

raingroveon Nitrous.io brings its browser-based app development environment into public beta

Try tmux to collaborate in the terminal

raingroveon Nitrous.io brings its browser-based app development environment into public beta

Right, our text editor is pretty basic at the moment, but hey if you are a vim user, it works perfectly!

raingroveon Parse Launches Web Apps with the Express Web Framework

We just blogged about how you can build a Parse web app with the Express web framework within the browser.

http://blog.nitrous.io/2013/06/04/build-parse-web-apps-in-th...

We're still in private beta, but we will be moving to public beta very soon. If you want an invite sooner, ping us on Twitter at @NitrousIO.

raingroveon Development on a Chromebook: an opinionated guide

Thanks for the kind words, Yehuda! We're also working on a Chrome app that will make the experience even better on Chromebooks, stay tuned! Also, if you need an invite, let us know: hello (at) nitrous (dot) io

raingroveon Your First iOS App – 100% Programmatically

Yes, there is Interface Builder in Xcode.

raingroveon Stop Using Small Font Sizes

removing -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased in the CSS seems to restore subpixel anti-alising.

raingroveon Stop Using Small Font Sizes

Sub-pixel anti-aliasing doesn't seem to work on your site. I find that really annoying. I am using Google Chrome 25 on OS X 10.8.2.

raingroveon The Chromebook Pixel

Action.IO... Cloud9... Koding...

raingroveon Google Announces $1,299 Chromebook Pixel With 2560×1700px Touchscreen

Try cloud-based development environments like Action.IO