philgo20's comments

philgo20 | 3 years ago | on: Ask HN: Does anybody still use bookmarking services?

I have been using Refind for years. Happy with it.

philgo20 | 9 years ago | on: Ask HN: What are good reads for designing APIs?

Care to elaborate?

philgo20 | 9 years ago | on: Buffer Layoffs

Same reaction. They might be super transparent and everyone (in the comments at the bottom of the post) are in awe of it, but these numbers just make no sense.

philgo20 | 10 years ago | on: MLDB – Machine Learning Database

A feature comparison with other solutions is a great idea. We'll work on that and share here.

philgo20 | 13 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who is meeting up? (December 2012)

I am in. Just saw it today...

philgo20 | 13 years ago | on: Gool.li - The New Meta-Search Revolution

I have to say: well done! I just tried @mkahlain new meta-search engine (yep, meta is back baby) http://www.gool.li/ and results are good!

philgo20 | 14 years ago | on: So you are making good money, now STFU

I don't get it. What's the point of your post? You don't think there's any value in sharing how they did it? You really think they might bet copied and eventually failed because they shared their stories on HN or something?

philgo20 | 14 years ago | on: 4 Insights from a Hacker News Launch

Would be more interesting to know how you go to #1. Great headline? Luck? Friends?

philgo20 | 14 years ago | on: The simplest way to create a beautiful landing page for your iPhone app

I like the clean design and choice of color. #builtinmtl

philgo20 | 14 years ago | on: Link Click Tracking: You’re Doing it Wrong

Faster is better.

philgo20 | 14 years ago | on: Ask HN: Jobs/skills required in big data

I would start by looking at job description in hot "big data" startup to see what skills and technology they list. That should get you started and avoid learning the wrong stuff.

Hadoop?

philgo20 | 14 years ago | on: Using Apache UIMA Concept Mapper Annotator with Python via JPyPe

Dr. Dub is a #montreal startup NLP hippie. Just sayin'.

philgo20 | 14 years ago | on: The Problem with Facebook Connect

bingo

philgo20 | 14 years ago | on: 6 Great Articles Every Hiring Managers Ought To Read

My best bookmarks. Always good to re-read before interviews and when reviewing applications.

philgo20 | 14 years ago | on: Results of Joel Spolsky's "What Programmers Want" Survey

After reading about Joel Spolsky "What Programmers Want" survey, I thought it'd be interesting to know how programmers feel about their current employer.

Fill up the 3 questions survey, it really takes 3 minues https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEx6LUN...

Thank you already for taking the time, we'll publish the result on matchFWD blog at http://blog.matchfwd.com as soon as we have significant data.

philgo20 | 14 years ago | on: Let Your Programmers Be Silly

I have huge respect for my team, don't worry.

philgo20 | 14 years ago | on: Let Your Programmers Be Silly

Gotcha. Honestly I probably picked "silly" to get clicks ;-)

philgo20 | 14 years ago | on: Let Your Programmers Be Silly

English is not my primary language so there could very well be a better adjective ;-)

philgo20 | 14 years ago | on: Let Your Programmers Be Silly

I should have made it clearer that this shouldn't be allowed to individuals not meeting deadlines. That would not make sense. But actually, one of our best employee actually enjoy a little bikeshedding here and there. I blame his young age but it actually bring some fun in when it's most needed. Sometimes you just need to cool down.

thanks for teaching me a new word ;-)

philgo20 | 14 years ago | on: Let Your Programmers Be Silly

Honestly I think they are the same in term of impact in the spirit and fun they bring to the workplace. The "n/a" versus "ø" discussion will be settled by me sticking to use "n/a" as it's most commonly understood. No need to A/B test it imho. But that's not the point. My point is that it's not "always" required to crack down on silly discussion. I am not saying you should let your guys spend their day discussing that kind of stuff. I am simply don't kill all the fun as long as product is being shipped.

Does that make more sense?