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skullsplitter | 15 years ago | on: Ask HN: Resources for finding short term projects?

This thread is really inspiring. I havent found anything yet (only posted this morning :) but Im feeling confident that something cool will turn up out of all of the linked resources. The craigslist gigs idea seems like it has potential. For some reason I never considered it.

skullsplitter | 15 years ago | on: Ask HN: Resources for finding short term projects?

hckrn.ws was a class project that I used for getting my hands dirty in some server side js + nosql technologies so it was an opportunity to kill those 2 birds w/ one stone.

whosreppin.me was built for an NPR KQED iPad hackathon event. So it was super simple and streamlined and I used a more familiar set of technologiess (postgres, django) in order to mash something up in a weekend. The neat part is that whosreppin.me shared 1st place w/ one other team.

skullsplitter | 15 years ago | on: Ask HN: Resources for finding short term projects?

Im mostly interested right now in python web apps and node.js type projects. A couple things I whipped up recently:

  whosreppin.me : A site to connect voters with their local reps (django)

  hckrn.ws : A mini hacker news targeted for mobile devices (node.js / couchdb)
Is that what you were looking for?

skullsplitter | 16 years ago | on: PHP Founder Rasmus Lerdorf Leaves Yahoo

I used to see Rasmus around Y! a lot when I was roaming the halls there. He always seemed insightful and down to earth despite being quite well known. I'll be interested to see what he ends up doing next.

skullsplitter | 16 years ago | on: Ask HN: Any way of avoiding the $800/yr FTB tax on CA LLC's?

Thats all really helpful actually. Its clear though that there is still one outstanding question, i.e. does CA have a specific requirement that even if youre incorporated out of state you are still responsible for the $800/yr ftb tax.

I think Im going to register in Oregon b/c I would have access to individuals who could act as registered agents but I still need to find the answer to the above question.

skullsplitter | 16 years ago | on: Ask HN: Where do you live?

Im staying in neukoelln so neukoelln/kreuzberg is great for me. lets watch this thread for a few more hours to see if anyone else shows up and then pick a spot for say, tomorrow?

skullsplitter | 16 years ago | on: Ask HN: Where do you live?

Any berliners want to meet up for a HN coffee? im visiting but im really really wanting to learn a little bit about the hacktivism/startup scene here.

skullsplitter | 17 years ago | on: Ask YC: Best practice for Python module imports?

Ok I appreciate the helpful discussion, this will inform my future practice. To wrap up, I think the takeaways are:

a, use your head, don't let convention override reason b, In general, keep module imports at the top of the file organized by type & package with the caveat that a large # of imports (say more than 10 or 20) may indicate the module is too ambitious and is a candidate for refactoring.

skullsplitter | 17 years ago | on: Ask YC: Best practice for Python module imports?

Ah ok, I wasnt aware that Python had an opinion, thats certainly (in my book anyway) a considerable argument for that approach then!

I think I might be converging on a reasonable practice of doing all imports in one place while including basic comments and/or just insuring at least that imports are grouped by category / 'package'.

# Sys imports import os, sys, urllib

# django imports import django.foo ...

# google apps imports import gdata.foo ...

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