Currently I am working on a custom language compiler and direct executor in JavaScript, just to test my skills.
it takas commands like:
"OUT hello;VAR nin = 1;VAR nino = 31;VAR nana = brrrr;SAN nin;OUT var nin;COU nin;MAT nana = nin - nino;IDE nin 1 int;LOO nin <= 100 DO MAT nin = nin + nin;OUT var nin;"
and tokens and parses them.
It's not particularly interesting or useful yet, but i figure if I add sufficient abstraction to the operations as I go along it could be a fast way to process long numbers of JavaScript functions, but I'm really only doing it to push the limits of my current JavaScript abilities and see what is possible.
If anyone is interested (though I doubt you will be) my current progress can be found at: http://shanearmstrong.co.uk/other/jqueryassembly.html, the current page contents are just output generated, but a view source will reveal the code in all it's glory :) It is well commented enough to understand, though not standardized by any means, as sometimes I code after a 9 hour work shift and it's harder to concentrate.
I digress, that's what I do for fun in my spare time :)
I currently use bcrypt(md5(sha256(md5(sha256(md5(sha256(md5(sha256(md5(sha256(md5(sha256(md5($pass, $salt1), $salt2), $salt3), $salt4), $salt5), $salt6), $salt7), $salt8), $salt9), $salt10), $salt11), $salt12), $salt13), $salt14) and I still get paranoid my users security.
Loved your response to his article, rather a lot more than the original piece. I do what I hate almost every day and wish I could find a way to break out of it, but at the moment it is keeping me alive and until there is a viable way to no longer need money, I will have to keep at it.
Hey, I am linking to this on my blog @ shanearmstrong.co.uk (not finished writing it yet and this isn't linkfodder or SEO, I just found the sites idea interesting :) )
I second this, in chrome, nip to the webkit developer console and copy the text directly, or copy the html of the section i want and output it on my server, pow, I circumvented your hours of research on this in the space of about 30 seconds.
I follow 8, 12 people follow me. I dislike large groups of people on Twitter, the excess posts of crap distract from the people I actually care enough about to value their opinions.
I don't think that offering potential clients a service which doesn't exist yet is the best way to go forward, all this would do is damage the credibility of the company before you go ahead.
You should create a minimum viable product, something simple and functional, something which gets the job done.
Release it for free, develop a user base which is loyal, then as you grow and learn what is good for your service and what isn't, expand features, add a "pay to link your " + insertParameterHere + "services together."
Such as, give a free account able to be used on up to say, 10 employees at a time where one person can set todo's for the employees, then to expand once people use the free version, add a CHEAP (I'm talking $2 per month cheap, 100 users at $2 will benefit you more at the start than 2 users at $50, because the more you are used, the more people will know about your service and the more hits you get on google, one upping your competition who charge 25x you) subscription option, for say 25 employees where anyone can assign todo's to others, as well as comment on existing todo's, change deadlines, give reviews on todo's already completed.
Go from there.
Yes, this will be expensive.
But I would advise learning some simple programming yourself, this will help you to get slightly less ripped off by your chosen developer.
Weird, for me, the other website loaded instantly but the normal Hacker News has about the same latency as you specified for HN2.
That being said, I don't really like the look of the site, it could use a little UI improvement (since you are going for modernization and sleekness) to make it more aesthetically pleasing.
This article really resonated with me, I always find myself setting aside time to work on something, then putting it off or not feeling comfortable taking that time out of my day.
20 minutes of coding is nothing, but somehow I always manage time to get a level up on skyrim (me and a friend are competing hardcore characters) or of course, read HN.
I am not sure if this will really help, in the world of procrastination I am a serial offender. Anyhow, I digress, I enjoyed the article, thank you for posting this Kate :)
Ahhh, no sorry, I have been reading for a long time, I only signed up last night to post and I found it rather addictive, if you need proof of my existence I can point you to an MSN, a twitter and a facebook, as well as a hosted website bearing my name :)
I am not associated in anyway whatsoever, this is not some kind of hype building, I just really like the project and would love to help it to grow and hopefully improve.
Please add logins and comments and I will be your first sign up.
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Public response:
Most people I show say the same thing:
"god i hope they develop some kind of social side to it
logins with comments and fixes for top ranked code
you know, accuracy and symantics etc
would be so good"
"Would be amazing if i could comment"
On another note, one friend said:
"it would be great for crowd sourcing optimisation"
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Updates:
Update: 10 minutes of use and I'm addicted.
Update: 15 minutes of use and I'm addicted, I've tweeted, my girlfriend has re-tweeted and I've liked. This site seriously needs some kind of social side to it - potential is not being fulfilled.
Update: Friends have seen my like and started liking.
Update: Lobbed towards Hexxeh, hopefully we can get a tweet from him or a blog post.
Update: So far a handful of friends have checked it out, hopefully a few uniques coming over and staying.
it takas commands like:
"OUT hello;VAR nin = 1;VAR nino = 31;VAR nana = brrrr;SAN nin;OUT var nin;COU nin;MAT nana = nin - nino;IDE nin 1 int;LOO nin <= 100 DO MAT nin = nin + nin;OUT var nin;"
and tokens and parses them.
It's not particularly interesting or useful yet, but i figure if I add sufficient abstraction to the operations as I go along it could be a fast way to process long numbers of JavaScript functions, but I'm really only doing it to push the limits of my current JavaScript abilities and see what is possible.
If anyone is interested (though I doubt you will be) my current progress can be found at: http://shanearmstrong.co.uk/other/jqueryassembly.html, the current page contents are just output generated, but a view source will reveal the code in all it's glory :) It is well commented enough to understand, though not standardized by any means, as sometimes I code after a 9 hour work shift and it's harder to concentrate.
I digress, that's what I do for fun in my spare time :)