AlexeyBrin

You can compile C++ to JS using Emscripten, but I doubt you will be able to do webdev this way ... For building webapps try CoffeeScript (inspired from Ruby and Python, compiles to JavaScript), Dart (…

> ObjC is a very small, simple language Objective-C is a small language only if you already know C. Otherwise you will have to learn C first.

Java is just a programming tool and, while I would have preferred to use C++14 for all my Android projects, it is what it is ( NDK make sense only for heavy duty applications). Now, imagine for a sec…

which is worth watching even if you are mere a brainwashed Java dev and this is why so many people are repelled by the Lisp (or Scheme) evangelism. I don't particularly like Java, but I…

I guess it depends on the client, if he is willing to take the risk that, for e.g., his app won't be compilable with the final version of RubyMotion. You can probably convince him it is a good id…

This seems like a viable approach in the future. I hope you are not suggesting that it is OK to send code compiled with a beta version to a client.

A lot of new laptops of today have touch screens displays, this trend will only grow in the future.

Have you tried using rvm under Cygwin ? If you can use rvm and Cygwin , you should be able to use the latest Ruby version.

The Octopress source was last updated a few days ago ... https://github.com/imathis/octopress Personally, I use Jekyll.…

Looking forward to see these in parallel with the actual video s of the presentations.

Check the comments, someone already solved this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8290769

Can't wait to see the new iPhone 6, time to change my old iPhone 4 :)

Does anyone know where/if the video of the presentation will be available ?

Ruby is not inherently a slow language. An ideal setting, will be a Ruby open source compiler (similar with what RubyMotion does) that could be used to package your code. I would use the the interpret…

Your link is dead, points to a non existent page on GitHub, maybe you should change it. This is the good link: https://github.com/dypsilon/frontend-dev-bookmarks an admin should …

This story was submitted 3 times in the last 2 weeks ... enough is enough ... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8247258 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8208776…

If you plan to make money in the long term with your blog, you should buy your own domain and use a shared hosting like BlueHost (or something similar). Alternatively, you can buy a domain and use Git…

Try to use Disqus for a while, you can transfer your Wordpress comments to Disqus and use WordPress as your blogging platform.

The title is a bit sensationalist - An airfoil that will never stall, no matter the angle of attack . They did CFD simulations that shows their wing not stalling at extreme angles of attack (not at…

I think Sublime Text was more influenced by TextMate than VIM. (I know that ST has a VIM like mode, vintage mode if I remember correctly).