ralston

25 year-old dev in the Los Angeles area looking for like-minded devs/hackers/whatever to build with. Just tired of building things by myself, and I think it'd be fun to team up with someone (or multiple) - not even…

Curious to know some of the reasons preventing others from turning their ideas/projects into businesses. I'm not at a point where I'm trying to make an actual attempt (yet), but I think about it constantly, I know it's…

I'm looking for resources/info related to the fundamentals of building a type of spreadsheet-ing software (e.g., Excel, Google Docs). Can anyone link me to any resources? Not trying to build actual tool like that, just…

Can someone do a code review (whether on StackExchange or here) for my Rust TCP Server? I'd really like to know how to do this better, and any (constructive) help or criticism would be greatly appreciated Link…

Can anyone point me to any code/blogs/documentation on building a robust TCP server in Rust (noob here)? I'm finding bits and pieces in the docs, but it would be great to see all the concepts in a single program. Edit:…

I currently have a FT job (thankfully isn't too taxing), but I also have several side projects that I'm working on (browser extension, autonomous trading bot, and just general learning as well). I'm getting to a point…

Recently (a few days ago) interviewed at a small startup (20 ppl) for a backend position. All in all it went decently well. I reached out today to follow up in regards to a timeline for them to make their decision. I…

This morning I got in my car to go to the gym, and on my phone's lock screen I could see a push notification from Apple Maps that read "15 mins to get to [gym_location]". I'm very picky when it comes to which apps have…

As part of the application/screening process, I was recently asked by the CTO of a startup, to build a feature as a part of of a 4 hour technical/coding challenge. His words were, "The challenge is setup to give you a…