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chriszf

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April 24, 2008 (18y ago)
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I write programs, and I'm the first to admit that they're not especially interesting.

Sometimes I teach the things I know, and sometimes people actually understand what I'm saying.

http://chriszf.posterous.com

  1. Hacker Academies are popping up like weeds, and now it's just getting silly. (chriszf.posterous.com)
    2 points 1
  2. Getting bdb Python bindings working on Lion (chriszf.posterous.com)
    1 points 0
  3. Apparently Yelp has a no-fly list (chriszf.posterous.com)
    269 points 121
  4. Of course you should learn to code if you want to (chriszf.posterous.com)
    2 points 0
  5. Learn Rails the Hard Way (chriszf.posterous.com)
    1 points 0
  6. Ask HN: Suggested OS for teaching programming

    I don't like the term webapp, because it diminishes the nature of the work. When I say programming, I mean writing database-backed multi-user network applications with a web interface. So yes, a webapp, but there's more…

    9 points 7
  7. Ask YC: How big of a failure is SOAP?

    I'm trying to do something involving a web service that's only offered via SOAP (naturally, it's a microsoft technology: Mappoint). I remember hearing a lot of hype about interoperability and web services and remote…

    4 points 31
  8. Ask YC: When did we stop wanting useful software?

    Why is it that all webapps have to be 'fun' or 'social' applications these days? I wrote some software (as a webapp) that I think is pretty useful, but has only the barest and most rudimentary social networking…

    25 points 37
  9. Ask YC: When should you let people start writing about you?

    I wrote some software. Now, I want to make it explicit that it's not meant to be a startup. I wrote some program to serve my needs, and it's coincidence that it's in webapp form. Still, some people expressed interest in…

    3 points 1