krsgoss
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6 years ago
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on: Ask HN: Have you been laid off?
Just came here to say big thanks to you and everyone else at Khan Academy for the tremendous work you're all doing. As a working parent who has now been thrust into the role of teacher, it's been incredibly helpful. Thank you!
krsgoss
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9 years ago
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on: Silicon Valley Has an Empathy Vacuum
Apologies, that was a mistake on my part when I submitted.
krsgoss
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10 years ago
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on: Ask HN: How happy are you working as a programmer?
Hi, what did you do for a career change if it's okay to ask?
krsgoss
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10 years ago
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on: Ask HN: Do you like code pairing interviews? I hate them
I would love to work for an outfit like Pivotal. Unfortunately I live in Maine and I know they don't do remote. :( I'm feeling seriously burnt out at my current position as the culture seems to be predominantly "throw something against the wall." There seems to be little thought towards maintainability, testing, etc. so feels like I'm pushing a rock up the hill continually trying to provide suggestions in PRs, etc.
If anyone knows of any well run consulting outfits that work with remote workers, practice pairing, TDD, and just all around "giving a shit" I'd welcome pointers.
Thanks!
krsgoss
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11 years ago
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on: Show HN: Hooks – Get Custom Notifications for Everything Important to You
Thanks for sharing this! The only thing I had found was stuff like SportsXML, etc. but it took me weeks to just get a demo data dump for a single game and the pricing was way too much to bite off.
krsgoss
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11 years ago
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on: Show HN: Hooks – Get Custom Notifications for Everything Important to You
Hi, do you have a link to these feeds by any chance? Was hoping for something like this for a POC. Thanks!
krsgoss
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11 years ago
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on: Better Browsing for Ruby Developers
Perhaps Disconnect search might work with this. Then both Omniref and Google can mind their own business.
krsgoss
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13 years ago
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on: Show HN: My seven minute workout timer evening project
Great work! I tried the workout for the first time after a run this afternoon... it kicked my butt! As I was following along on the ipad I was thinking a simple app would be perfect for this. Love the implementation and visuals!
krsgoss
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13 years ago
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on: The Tech Industry’s Darkest Secret: It’s All About Age
I worked with a talented C++ programmer who had flown airplanes in the Pacific Theatre in WWII. I don't think he necessarily needed the money as much as just enjoyed the job but it goes to show that you can still write code when you're older. We always enjoyed taking him out to lunch on Veteran's day too!
krsgoss
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13 years ago
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on: Charm shutting down because of unfixable kernel panics with Rails on Ubuntu
krsgoss
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13 years ago
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on: Ask HN: Pitch Here Your Most Recent Ideas
Hubot for Business. Aimed at users who rely on a variety of services such as analytics, business intelligence, CRM, e-commerce, and more. It's a virtual assistant/gopher that stands ready to do your bidding.
krsgoss
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14 years ago
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on: Ask HN: Programmers who seriously damage their hands?
Anyone have recommendations/guidelines on checking your posture and setup? I had a friend who worked at Apple and said they had people who could come by and review your desk setup for proper posture, etc. I wish there was an equivalent for people working out of their home office.
krsgoss
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14 years ago
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on: Ask HN: Programmers who seriously damage their hands?
What did you use for wrist supports? If you can share any specific products it would be greatly appreciated.
krsgoss
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14 years ago
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on: Ask HN: Do remote co-founders ever work out?
My cofounder and I were remote. He in SF with me in Maine. We would try to meetup every few months and would alternate who had to travel. It definitely requires more discipline and effort. I would say we did it successfully, though there was still room for improvement.
krsgoss
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14 years ago
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on: Why Chicago Doesn't Produce Innovative Startups: Midwest Mentality
Perhaps it was the journalistic tone that the author presents while relying on stereotypes and massive generalizations that makes it difficult to take seriously.
krsgoss
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14 years ago
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on: Why Chicago Doesn't Produce Innovative Startups: Midwest Mentality
Clearly the author can make broad sweeping generalizations after having talked to a few people in a city of 9.8M.
The logic that 9 to 5, work, life, kids and profitability can't lead to anything "revolutionary" (whatever that may actually be) seems dubious.
Finally, assuming everyone there operates under a single "midwestern" mindset and philosophy also seems ignorant.
krsgoss
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14 years ago
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on: Ask HN: HN'ers / startup scene in Chicago?
He's also got a restaurant in the Marshal Field's food court. I can't remember the name but it was tasty. Lower price lunch type fare that beats the hell out of the usual stuff.
krsgoss
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14 years ago
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on: Beautiful Buttons for Twitter Bootstrappers
Yup. We wasted a considerable amount of time going for silly optimizations like this when we should of been trying changing the entire copy and layout. It felt like we were doing something when in fact we were just spinning our wheels.
krsgoss
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14 years ago
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on: Ask HN: How do you validate your startup ideas?
I'd also suggest Ash Maurya's Running Lean book. It covers how to implement Lean Startup principles for a product idea in detail.
krsgoss
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14 years ago
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on: Rails Is Not For Beginners
I've enjoyed using Rails for a long time now and still do. That being said, I've started steering towards Sinatra more given the minimal startup time and speed. The biggest gripe I have with Rails is the long startup time. It's a real drag on test driven development. Waiting close to 30 seconds per test run while the framework boots really sucks.
