willfarrell's comments

willfarrell | 3 years ago | on: Ask HN: IT Security Checklist for Startups?

OWASP has everything you need; SAMM for policies and procedures https://owasp.org/www-project-samm/ ASVS for your application https://owasp.org/www-project-application-security-verificat...

willfarrell | 4 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2022)

DataStream.org | Senior Back End Developer | $100-$150K | Full Time | Canada Remote

We're a charitable foundation with a long history of protecting Canada's water and empowering Canada's North. DataStream is a technology leading data repository for water quality data that's has been growing rapidly over the last 9 years.

Out stack: AWS (Cloud native), Terraform, NodeJS (Middy), PostgreSQL (PostGIS), DynamoDB, Blockchain (Ethereum, QLDB), Sveltekit (future). Our development process focuses on Privacy, Accessibility, Sustainability, and Security.

https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/2943735164

If you'd like to help make a long term positive impact in Canada, we'd love to hear from you.

willfarrell | 5 years ago | on: Mapbox-gl-js is no longer under the 3-Clause BSD license

https://github.com/GlobeletJS is an alternative I've been following, can use mapbox styles

willfarrell | 6 years ago | on: Ask HN: Which charities do you donate to?

A lot of the software ones have already been mentioned above, along with several OSS Projects. I also donate to DataStream -(http://gordonfoundation.ca/initiatives/datastream). An Open Data Water Quality project in Canada.

willfarrell | 12 years ago | on: Alfred 2 Workflows

There seem to be a lot of workflows made by @willfarrell

Developer Workflows: https://github.com/willfarrell/alfred-workflows

willfarrell | 13 years ago | on: Alcatraz: Xcode Package Manager

Alcatraz is now integrated with Alfred Project Managers Workflow. https://github.com/willfarrell/alfred-workflows

willfarrell | 13 years ago | on: YouTube has an equalizer in their favicon

Play any music video to see.

willfarrell | 13 years ago | on: Dark Patterns - User Interfaces Designed to Trick People

I thought I found it hear years ago when I was trying to remember it. But was unable to find it. I was surprised when HN let me repost it.

willfarrell | 13 years ago | on: Dark Patterns - User Interfaces Designed to Trick People

Wound love to see it when it's done

willfarrell | 13 years ago | on: A Programmer's Guide to Data Mining

Txt cache : http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:2yOSY5y...

willfarrell | 13 years ago | on: A Programmer's Guide to Data Mining

Google cache: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:2yOSY5y...

willfarrell | 13 years ago | on: Ask HN: Your stack of choice for web development?

AngularJS + RESTler (PHP) + memSQL

willfarrell | 13 years ago | on: Egghead.io - short screencasts about AngularJS

lol, I posted this a week ago on HN and it didn't seem to get any traction. Strange the submission didn't combine on submit seeing how they have the same url. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5115302

willfarrell | 13 years ago | on: Living with HTTPS

SSL/TLS & Perfect Forward Secrecy - http://hackerne.ws/item?id=4267767

willfarrell | 13 years ago | on: Just Landed for iPhone helps you pick someone up from the airport.

Looks awesome, but not available to Canadians. Why does this keep happening?

willfarrell | 14 years ago | on: FREE Learning iOS Development Screencasts on YouTube

There are currently 5 (if I recall correctly) full courses from Stanford on iTunes U for FREE.

willfarrell | 14 years ago | on: I am disappoint, Wolfram Alpha

The result is accurate. Add a location (ie ontario, Canada) to the end of the query. Not every place has Daylight savings time.

willfarrell | 14 years ago | on: Passwords you’ll never forget, but can’t recall

Reminds me of XKCD: http://xkcd.com/936/

willfarrell | 14 years ago | on: 7 Crazy Tips That Will Help You Become a Better Coder

I found it more of a reflection on how developers have evolved over the last decade and that the understanding of the code / intricacies on how the languages work are slowly being lost. The tips I guess are aimed at those, hopefully few, that haven't been been programming on the web for the last decade and started with 'copy/paste' style.

Note in the article he mentions not to follow the tips when working on a project for a client where there are deadlines. Instead, apply them to personal projects as learning exercises.

willfarrell | 14 years ago | on: Ask HN: App pricing

My friend and I discussed this the other week before he launched his app. He had the same concerns.

I always try free ads if they have ads and I like them I go looking for the paid version. When there isn't one I get frustrated. If you're going to put ads, make sure you have a non-ad version.

What he ended up doing was releasing a paid version but ran a special promo where people could get it for free for a limited time. these initial free users will spread the word post reviews and will tell you if they think your price is too high.

Good luck on your launch.