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soboleiv··on Ask HN: Is Riak a viable alternative to Cassandra?
I've used C* (36 nodes/20Tb) and it was pleasure to manage it even in the early versions. At the time of picking the db (3 years ago) Riak was slower as they only had http available so C* won by a large margin.

One case I thought Riak can be a good choice for is for quick prototyping / interacting directly from web clients (as it has neat http API).

soboleiv··on Ask HN: Anyone interested in connecting with a mentor?
I do.

My technical focus: Backend technologies / Multithreading / Java Also I'm very much into sales / marketing lately.

soboleiv··on What are the problems faced by people who are starting to contribute to OSS
I'd point to a few examples of pull requests which were merged into OSS projects already and explained what authors generally went through.
soboleiv··on Ask HN: What do you guys use to help organize daily tasks and things to do?
asana.com + GTD methodology

here's productivity forum on setups people use (it's in Russian so you'll have to pipe it through google translate but instrument names are in english + screenshots kinda self-explanatory) http://forum.mnogosdelal.ru/viewforum.php?f=7&sid=28fdcb21c9...

soboleiv··on Ask HN: Do you subvocalize when reading code?
I visualize graphs sometimes or draw them on paper for particularly tricky pieces of code.

I was subvocalizing things to remember to do before learning to use task tracking software for that.

You might want to benchmark yourself e.g. with http://www.readingsoft.com/ (I ranked 398 wpm and I know my bottleneck is eye movements)

Also I think code reading speed is only a part of a larger process (e.g. code review or making a fix). For both of these external tools are available making reading speed not as important (iterative development / unit tests for fixing + static code analysis tools for reviews)

soboleiv··on Ask HN: How do you get the initial traction for your web side-project?
Here's a good article on Traction (which promotes the book with the same title and the book is Amazing!) https://medium.com/swlh/the-19-channels-you-can-use-to-get-t...

Also it depends on which kind of project is that, are you targeting specific people? Can you tell a bit more about it?

soboleiv··on Apple Unveils Bag
I'm always curious what was the budget for such things :)
soboleiv··on Internship advice?
http://blog.close.io/follow-up TLDR: Dude followed up with an investor 48 times and got the funding. You can do the same ;)
soboleiv··on Ask HN: How do I find a team of 10-15 developers a project to work on?
Checkout crunchbase.com - whenever somebody gets an investment there and you like what they do that may be an opportunity to help them with their growth.

Just talking to people on your networks raises the chances of spotting a place / an idea how to find a one.

soboleiv··on Ask HN: How do you find a job with a startup?
What's your location? Just any IT-related event from meetup.com has hiring in their minds (and everybody complains it's hard to hire people!)

Also what about 'jobs' tab here: https://news.ycombinator.com/jobs

soboleiv··on Ask HN: Why keep living?
TLDR: check out vipassana meditation - it's free and I use it to stay calm.

I'm also from a country without great access to health care(Ukraine) :)

My experience is about remembering the moment in my life where I was lying on the floor, then saying in rattling voice "I've decided to live" and getting on my feet. Not sure what was the reason to live before that :)

Now it's probably more about things to look forward to. Mine thing is hanging out with children(they're so energetic!). If you're on hacker news, you probably know some programming, if so maybe volunteering as a teacher for an orphanage can be an inspiring thing to do?

soboleiv··on Ask HN: Why keep living?
TLDR: check out vipassana meditation - it's free and I use it to stay calm.

I'm also from a country without great access to health care(Ukraine) :)

My experience is about remembering the moment in my life where I was lying on the floor, then saying in rattling voice "I've decided to live" and getting on my feet. Not sure what was the reason to live before that :)

Now it's probably more about things to look forward to. Mine thing is hanging out with children(they're so energetic!). If you're on hacker news, you probably know some programming, if so maybe volunteering as a teacher for an orphanage can be a nice thing to do?

soboleiv··on [dead]
I don't see a problem in seeing exes(if that's not a funky american idiom for having sex which). I see a problem in people exploiting fears of other people to get what they want.
soboleiv··on Ask HN: What is your development setup?
16GB RAM, i7 CPU, SSD MacBook Pro, monitor+mouse+ketboard at the office Java Git Eclipse(Maven, Android, Checkstyle) DigitalOcean
soboleiv··on Ask HN: Review My Resume
I like it. Clean and concise. Don't have to read through ten pages of bloat.
soboleiv··on Increasing System Robustness With A ‘Let It Crash’ Philosophy
The thing crashes itself :)
soboleiv··on Concept for Browser running Java/C# programs in VM sandbox - Feedback wanted
Isn't usual Java(not sure about C# model) sandbox enough?
soboleiv··on Ask HN:How to switch career from programmer to data scientist?
A topic having loads of information answering your question: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7068672 https://github.com/datasciencemasters/go/
soboleiv··on Ask HN: Multiple awesome work opportunities - advice?
Flip a coin and see if you feel you agree with the result internally.

Also I'd like to remind you that there are other fancy choices other than the two - think what you would like to have in your life first.

soboleiv··on [dead]
Looks like that's true for jobs: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7061752 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7060928 https://news.ycombinator.com/jobs
soboleiv··on Ask HN:How to switch career from programmer to data scientist?
How about trying chasing some data scientists jobs and fixing your knowledge/experience gaps as you go?
soboleiv··on Ask HN: A realistic timeline for implementing the JOBS act?
I wonder what effect on your life you'd like to observe as a result of the thing being implemented?
soboleiv··on Ask HN: How do you store your photos in the cloud?
This one may be of interest to you: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7060933
soboleiv··on [dead]
Is there any way to try the workflow before giving up e-mail/phone?

I do similar thing with my friends and it's whole lot of fun to know that ten other people are achieving something great too:)

soboleiv··on Ask HN: What are your advices for an european wishing to work in North America?
I'm 25 years old and Ukrainian. Had like 2 'natural' opportunities to stay there(but I'm still in Ukraine). My model is the following: * Start with something * Remote worker for a while * Good feedback on the stuff done * Personal connection - we tend to get along

Starting in my case was based on the following factors: * Cost * Some not rather common knowledge/experience needed

soboleiv··on Ask HN: So your manager fires one of your coworkers no word why, What do you do?
Yeah, I'm quitting just now, but never connected those two thoughts together - thanks! :)
soboleiv··on Winning and Losing in the Net Neutrality Decision
Link does not match to the title. I guess this one is correct: http://www.volokh.com/2014/01/14/winning-losing-net-neutrali...
soboleiv··on Ask HN: So your manager fires one of your coworkers no word why, What do you do?
Move on. Interview people around. Keep in touch with the person if I'm interested.
soboleiv··on Ask HN: So your manager fires one of your coworkers no word why, What do you do?
You can't know for sure about feelings of other people. I'd love to be fired - there's so much fun stuff around:) So I'd count not talking as your excuse, not his.

If he can't give you a reason, he can give you a reason why he can't give you a reason ;)

soboleiv··on Ask HN: Best Way to Reach Local Business Owners?
Radius.com seems to be all about lead generation?

Plus they're kind of interviewing potential customers - I was rejected to get access because I worked for not their target segment at a time.

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