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samerbuna

471 karma · joined December 23, 2012

Author for Pluralsight, Lynda, and jsComplete.com
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samerbuna··on ECMAScript 2017 Language Specification
exploringjs.com
samerbuna··on ECMAScript 2017 Language Specification
The "finished" proposals have a good list:

https://github.com/tc39/proposals/blob/master/finished-propo...

samerbuna··on Are videos really the best tool for the job of educating coders?
I am more of a visual learner but I completely agree about tightly-edited content. When I record video courses, I spend most of my time editing and rephrasing to make it shorter.
samerbuna··on Are videos really the best tool for the job of educating coders?
Love it! glad to see other efforts in the same domain.
samerbuna··on Are videos really the best tool for the job of educating coders?
This is great! I think all coding education providers should adopt a similar format.
samerbuna··on Are videos really the best tool for the job of educating coders?
Great points. Thank you!

I've been thinking about feedback on incorrect answers and providing hints when the learner is stuck. I want to try and make this dynamic based on what the learner tries. Of course there are endless possibilities there, but at least if they do something that's known to be bad, it's a good opportunity to teach them why not to do so.

samerbuna··on Coding boot camp full scholarship
I teach at CodingHouse. Happy to answer any questions.
samerbuna··on Looking to name a new tool, offering a reward of $100
We're building a simple tool to help us with our group emails, we wanted something simple, you define (or import) your contacts information, organize them in lists, compose messages, pick lists where a message go to, and let the system work the magic.

You can use mail-merge variables in messages, and the tool allow you to preview all emails before you send them. The cost of using the tool will be 1 cent per email, only for the sending part, the organizing of contacts/lists/messages is all free.

The tool is built with a responsive UI design to work well on small screens.

samerbuna··on Ask HN: Can we monitor our hearts rhythm with a simple bracelet?
The basis looks great. Thanks for the feedback. A friend pointed me to this which sounds really like what I am after here, http://www.angelsensor.com/
samerbuna··on Ask HN: Can we monitor our hearts rhythm with a simple bracelet?
That is cool, does it auto-read the heartbeat or do you need to use your other hand?
samerbuna··on Show HN: Pay-for-results publicity marketplace for startups
Running a private beta at PRMatch right now but you can claim an account with invitation code HACKER (after you signup normally). Love to hear your feedback on the idea and the beta.
samerbuna··on Ask HN: Pay Rent With Micro Equity?
Thank you! we're excited to hear some validation.
samerbuna··on Ask HN: Pay Rent With Micro Equity?
True, but what if you're not able to collect decent cash for the property? (maybe this is not a SF/NY market)
samerbuna··on Ask HN: Pay Rent With Micro Equity?
Right on! owners will understand a recommendation scale (on a scale from 1 to 10), we can use every possible metric internally and save them the headache. If we can gain their trust, that number might be everything they need.
samerbuna··on Ask HN: Pay Rent With Micro Equity?
As a property owner, this is clearly a risky decision, that's why I think the future of BootRent would have some sort of startups valuation algorithm to give property owners some help in making that decision.
samerbuna··on Ask HN: Pay Rent With Micro Equity?
We're going to deploy the beta features to the site Sunday 23:59 UTC. Please excuse the bootstrap-ness, we don't have a designer on team (and if you're an interested designer, we'd love to talk to you, please get in touch samer.buna@gmail.com)
samerbuna··on Make non-responsive sites look a bit better on phone screens
Thanks. Signal often struggle in noise, but reach the right listener eventually.
samerbuna··on ShowHN: Naming Tool
That's not a bad idea at all. Thanks!
samerbuna··on ShowHN: Naming Tool
There should be and edit icon to the left of the title when you view the entry as the owner, maybe we should make that a bit more obvious.

Thanks for suggesting the domain name check, we've been thinking about that and how to make it useful to users brainstorming names, as well as for names already proposed. It's definitely something we have on the queue.

samerbuna··on ShowHN: Naming Tool
Right now, we have a simple algorithm that ranks front-page entries based on their type and age, older entries would eventually be pushed down the stack as new ones comes in.

However, we've been contemplating a voting process on the entries themselves and then have the algorithm use that, some entries are worth the public attention more than others.

Thanks for testing!