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PagerDuty - http://www.pagerduty.com

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* Front-end Developer (http://www.pagerduty.com/jobs/engineering/frontend-engineer)

* Designer

What we do:

At PagerDuty, we're building an alerting and incident tracking system that helps IT operations groups detect and respond to high-severity issues.

We're not like the thousands of monitoring systems out on the market. In fact, we don't do monitoring at all. Instead, we plug into existing monitoring systems and handle the people part of the equation: alerting (via phone, SMS, email), on-call scheduling for teams, auto-escalation of critical alerts, and incident tracking.

Our current product helps IT ops people know about critical problems as quickly as possible, collaborate as a team to fix problems quickly, and help track and improve incident response performance over time. Our vision is to expand into the event management space. This means treating data from monitoring tools as events and intelligently filtering and correlating events across monitoring tools in order to reduce the noise. It's like spam filtering for events: a critical problem, such as a bad deploy, will automatically alert the entire team via phone call, while a minor issue like a server going down in a fleet of 20 will only generate a low-priority email alert.

Why you should work with us:

We are different than many startups out there: we charge money for a product. Companies like Intuit, National Instruments, VMWare, Square and 37signals love our product; that's a lot to say for a system that frequently wakes our users up in the middle of the night. We're also fairly early stage (13 people plus a few interns). This combination means you'll get a market-rate salary plus a decent chunk of stock in a company that has already figured out product/market fit.

We put a very big focus on the user experience (UI/UX), since some of our core concepts can initially be confusing to people who don't have a lot of experience in the operations and support realm. We want to guide people to use best practices whenever possible. Our customers span a gamut of sizes, from small start-ups just trying to monitor their websites to enterprise clients like Heroku who have to monitor thousands of servers and deal with complex infrastructural issues. As a result, our UIs have to scale and be intuitive with a wide range of data. Simply put, we're solving problems no one else has solved before, and we're doing so by designing clean, elegant, easy-to-use UIs.

To apply, please send your resume to jobs@pagerduty.com.
Yes, especially with encryption.

"Many eyes make bugs shallow".

And of course someone has read the source, someone wrote it. But the number of eyes on the code would be more than closed source.
Yeah, I saw an entire screen of players turn toward me once before as well and turn away immediately later. Hopefully players end up in the same world with just a lot of computer opponents as well...
president. while quite early, not considered a founder
It's fun to play thought experiments. Imagine you didn't want to work on weapons, but those employers had casual dress policy, versus the socially aware company which needs you to wear a suit. Which bit of integrity would you abandon?
Unless this allows you to access a Mac that has FileVault disk encryption turned on, without the key, it's a red herring. Also, today's FileVault is a completely different technology than the previous home dir encryption (which AFAIK was never broken, but had some frustrating limitations, mainly regarding backup).
xpilot.....nuff said
If you can find a good company and a day job where you have lots of freedom and control, potential to build something great, minimum corporate politics, and the ability to concentrate on building interesting stuff, that does indeed sound fantastic and in some ways more tempting than a startup.

However, I think that if you are operating in an environment like that, with that level of independence and creativity, you almost may as well go a step further and grab at least some element of ownership in what you are doing. It sounds like it would be a pretty small jump.
Wait, what does it matter that they were bootstrapped? The title could just as well be "startup that took investments and venture capital saved boatloads of money ...". The fact that they paid out-of-pocket seems immaterial to the article?
I built a Posterous export tool that backs-up all your Posterous data (posts, images, video, audio) after the Twitter acquisition announcement.

http://exportmyposts.com/

How I built it: http://blog.jazzychad.net/2012/03/21/launching-exportmyposts...
Well, 'masses' might be overstating the market of people willing to sit through streaming terminal sessions.
Draw Something CEO Backs Down When Notch Calls Out His Uncalled-For Twitter Rage
I understand how some of these techniques work like creating a story for remembering the order of a stack of cards but surely it depends on how you think as in some people are good at remembering language, others pictures or feelings..
I love it when new projects come out of the gate with a `/debian/` directory. Great way to reduce barriers to adoption. I'm actually surprised that it is not in experimental yet...
yeah it's the same with gambling and poker. In these worlds if you slip up you probably won't be given another chance, and once you lose your reputation, you have nothing left. Nobody wants to deal with you anymore. Sure gamblers are no angels, but to be honest, I have found that online poker players, especially at high stakes, are much more ethical and considerate of other people than a lot of the other people I see. The fact that they are constantly under scrutiny from their peers and the rest of society probably makes them think a lot more about what's ethical and what's not ethical.
So, paradoxically when you are part of a negatively connotated industry, there is a good chance you're actually much more ethical than the vast majority of other people.
What do you have in mind? A microframework, like Flask or Sinatra? I like that idea. I'd have to real dive into the internal of something like Werkzeug before trying to help out. But the Julia language itself looks fairly straightforward.

I just finished up building a microblogging framework using Flask, and I'd love to do the same with a lean MVC framework in Julia, particularly if you achieve anything close to C-like performance.

Is Julia said to be fairly stable at this point?
IE 10 is a high quality standards compliant browser. Webkit rendering is not the web. You should support it. And Opera. And IE9 unless you absolutely require features it does not support.
I think you could just use Chrome Frame if it was absolutely required but it's just never come up.
You're forgetting Ada, a very interesting language, but one that has suffered from a constantly low rate of adoption.
I still have no clue about how to remember 500 random numbers.
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We're hiring a Product Designer and Front End Developer:
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Would you rather use a program vetted by a wide variety of unassociated security researchers, or one whose manufacturer merely insists it was very careful programming?
A full featured email non-delivery report processing module for Drupal, which has a sad lack of such things:

http://drupal.org/sandbox/exratione/1484526
I also recommend checking out the [semi-open] Beyerdynamic DT 880 pros (~$300). They're really crisp, with great clear bass reproduction, and have an amazingly 'analytical' sound with their wide soundstage.

Absolutely one of the best pair of headphones you could get if you do any sort of audio mixing work, but they're really nice for casual listening as well.
Totally agree. This was a great read. The only problem with the internet is it's greatest strength - it's free. Unfortunately, a lot of writers abuse it (and the English language) by trying to write when they should consume and comment instead.
Finished the second release of my appointment scheduling software:

https://www.appointlet.com/
Not a big deal these days.. most things behave the same in IE8/IE9 as they do in Chome, Firefox and Safari. It's only IE7 that's a headache and that's <1% of traffic for most techie-oriented sites. If they were doing this 5 years, it'll be worthy of a headline...
All the ships on the screen just stopped flying around and started shooting at me in sync.

Ok, it happend again now... Something strange is definitely going on.
Who was the second weakest? Third weakest?
Yes. Another way to see this is that few (perhaps even none at all) other ships are constantly firing at maximum rate. If this were multiplayer, that'd be what most people would be doing.
Seems odd to consider Gilbert "small" given that it's part of the Phoenix metro area. But I guess it technically only says that their police department is small.
"Who's Hiring" for non-engineers?
I think the "Who's Hiring" thread that shows up every month on HNN is fantastic, and a great way to help people network. However, a successful startup needs more than just engineers-- you need sales, marketing, PR, etc.

Is there any comparable thread on HNN or anywhere else for startups to source?
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500 > 75

I don't think anyone has trouble with the arithmetical inequality. The issue is that the recursive Fibonacci number algorithm is notoriously unrealistic (it's exponential in its argument, growing as φ^n). Because of this, the claim that the example is more "powerful" is a little dubious.
what do you guys think of http://bottomupcs.com ? I just started reading it and feel I've learned a lot already but it feels very unfinished. I wish they would keep the same pace but go more in depth in each topic.
Try unplugging the network cable.
The Indianapolis Python Workshop for women and their friends
Fiddler shows a connection to node.seb.ly on keep alive - not sure if any data is getting sent/received though....
Here's a good screenshot I got after playing for 10 minutes. This tended to happen to me about every 1-2 minutes. Either those are some incredibly synchronized humans or it's just an April fool's joke.

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/832/screenshot20120401a...
Yeah, the ships are not moving "natural" at all. If this is just a joke I must say I'm disappointed.
Foxconn plans new Iowa plant will hire 10% of states population
> Unfortunately cultural norms are very strong.

Racism was once the norm in the US. And yes it was deeply ingrained in society but it only came down because people started opposing it.
took the best methods from this comments here and put the in an ios app:
CheatSomething! is free in the AppStore:
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftwa...
....not sure if april fools joke or if i'm just really dumb
I released an iPhone app called the nap app which allows you to power nap effectively, making sure that falling asleep is taken out of the time that you actually want to sleep for. So you want that 20 minute sleep? The nap app makes sure you get a full 20 minutes, even if it takes you 12 minutes to fall asleep! http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-nap-app/id508709758?ls=1&...

I also released updates for my other two apps
My Audiobook player:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/my-audiobook-player/id4593930...
Specialises in playing audiobooks you download from 'those' sites

Daily positive affirmations:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/positive-affirmations-daily/i...
Positive affirmations sounds silly (my girlfriends idea!) but they are all quotes about success and whatnot. It really does keep me motivated. I look forward to getting my quote!
On twitter, it looks like he apoligzed: "sorry for what I said ... no excuses." But then he e-mails VentureBeat with--you guessed it--a bunch of excuses:

When the game blows up ... and one employee, who didn’t work on the product,
and is more about his own games then the team, jumps in the press and becomes
the story, it is very hurtful to all the people who are on team.

[W]hen you give blood, sweat and tears on something and someone who doesn’t
even work on the project, and prioritizes his own games as his own professional
development over the team, becomes the story it is very demoralizing.

[M]y point is that it wasn’t about Shay. It was about the 41 other people who
made it happen. Those are the people I would throw myself in front of the
train for and those are the people I want to celebrate.

So, to recap, Shay was fired (for refusing to accept a change in the terms of his employment) and wrote about it. Porter still seems to take offense that Shay wrote anything to distract from OMGPOP's preferred message, continues to call out Shay for not being a team player, and says he would throw himself in front of a bus for every OMGPOP employee except Shay.

He didn't apologize. After an apology, you need to back up your words with actions.
مسلسل ماري تشوي الحلقة 117 
مسلسل ماري تشوي الحلقة 117

ماري ,تشوي ,الحلقة, 117

http://video.qlbak.com/10750.html
For those who can't be bothered - the game just keeps playing, with all the players following/attacking etc.

I.e - it's fake. Such a shame!
I wonder if people said the same thing about EA? And look where that got us :(
"strict about the title submission matching"

Is this the case?

I thought the one of the explicit rules was to remove "Insert number ways/apps to increase productivity" and similar enumerations from titles. I also thought there was a general rule of thumb to remove hyperbole?
I just did and it's either so next level you no longer need a network connection to play against 2000 other players or a hoax.
It's easy to get this to happen. Just stay motionless until you have the attention of 3 or 4 ships. Then book it in a straight line. Suddenly, it zooms out and the ships start behaving like schools of fish.
Too bad it's fake. I wouldn't mind an xpilot revival at all.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XPilot
For sites with a technical audience, IE is pretty much expendable nowadays. For example, looking at the analytics for railstutorial.org shows that more than 96% of visitors use something other than IE.
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We work mainly with JS (jquery and node.js) and HTML5. Mobile developers should be familiar with iOS/Android.

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never thought I'd see a rails cast by walken. Really funny stuff guys.. Loved the mongodb one.
Like the one that says that 1 in 4 women was sexually assaulted?

How many of those are on the street by strangers? Does that include molestation? IIRC, 1 in 6 boys are molested in the US.

Here is someone's take on the 1-in-4 figure:
http://aspiringeconomist.com/index.php/2009/09/11/rape-stati...

I don't think the 1-in-4 figure should be used when talking about the potential to be attacked and/or raped by strangers on the street.

men wouldn't even consider a sexual attack by a woman unpleasant

That's just more sexist B.S.

If the raper is that kid ... you are at that remote area?

Again, scary, fictional anecdotes. You're not going to sway me with that tactic.
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The reason people go to so much effort to save money on smaller purchases, is they make them so much more frequently. You make a $31k purchase once a decade, so saving $100 on that purchase is way down on the list of priorities - location is much more important if you are visiting the dealership for the next 10 years. Time and gas alone to go an extra 5 miles will add up to hundreds of dollars.

If i can save $100 every two-three months, with no downstream liability as a result (like the cost of taking my car the extra distance to the dealership) then I've profited $4000 over 10 years.
"Properly"... What is "properly"? How was "properly" determined? What qualifies you to judge whether someone is dressed "properly"?
Associate the thing to be remembered with a bizarre visual, then imagine going through some place familiar (say, your house) and putting these bizarre visuals in order along a tour.

For stuff like decks of cards and long numbers this is very difficult and requires practice. But there are easy examples you can do to show you the power of this method. For example, I tried memorizing the basic layout of the electromagnetic spectrum about two years ago. This was accomplished in about five minutes and I can still recall everything with clarity at this very moment.
Which of the world wars do you mean?
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"But what about all the stupid stuff you have to deal with when you work for the man? That stuff just isn’t that important. If I forget to log my task estimation hours my manager might send me an email. If I forgot to pay my companies electric bill the consequences are a little more severe."

Huh.

Maybe this is just a difference in outlook, but if I were forced to log my hours it would probably either send me into a fury or the depths of despair. Actually, more likely, I'd quit. Or be fired. It's happened before.

Yet I have basically no problem having no safety net, and taking responsibility for my employees, millions of dollars, and the fate of the planet.

Weird.

The only discriminating factor I can see is that being forced to log hours makes me feel like a kid unworthy of trust. Any others?

I feel like I've learned something about myself.
Nice little WebGL random globe

http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~jpmayer/hegemony/demos/backed-geo...
Lua: Good, bad, and ugly parts
You are right, this is not multiplayer.

How I know? I turned off my internet connection, and the game continued to work .
I hear letsfreckle.com is good for this?
You lost me at "And Opera"
Foreign investors who do not first research the region and culture they are investing in deserve to be insulted, they've conclusively demonstrated incompetence.
I don't think its an april fools... It looks legit and scary part is it Looks like it could be weaponized.
You can retrieve the key if the computer is turned on by dumping the memory from a Firewire or Thunderbolt port. If these ports are disabled you could use the Cold Boot Attack. This is the same with all computers, it's just that Apple continue to make them with Thunderbolt.

There may be other ways...

'Unlocking FileVault': http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doGzuOYCNJE
The window is the unit of focus (not apps), so I can rightly argue that switching focus should work on the unit of focus i.e. windows.

Note that I'm not arguing against having an app concept or a "switch app" action. The problem is killing the "switch window" action.
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So this guy Pierce wrote his game Connectrode before he even went to work for OMGPOP. It's completely standard to NOT seize ownership of preexisting IP as part of hiring, unless that's a negotiated part of the deal for which one is compensated. I always have a disclosure list of my preexisting IP as a rider to contracts, this has never been an issue anywhere. Trying to seize ownership without negotiation and compensation is an instant "no thanks" as far as I am concerned; it indicates bad faith.

It seems since Pierce is the only one who ran into this problem that he is the only person working there who had actually written an entire game from start to finish and created a company to sell it. That means he is the most experienced and competent person there. The assertion that he is incompetent and they were about to fire him can't be taken seriously at all; it's obviously said in spite.

It is interesting that CEO Dan Porter identifies himself in the tagline to his @tfadp twitter account as "creator of epic game Draw Something". This pretty clearly suggests he created that game. Which actually, he didn't. He doesn't even know how to code or to design, and the game itself is a clone of another game so he didn't come up with the concept either. Only in this blow-up's damage control attempts does he even acknowledge that anyone other than himself was involved in creating the game. His assertions that Pierce was stealing credit are obviously psychological projection about his own actions.

In his CV we see that Pierce has a long history of positions, quite varied, and none of them held very long. This is consistent psychologically with the sort of person that the rest of his situation indicates he is.
There's a world difference between speaking ill of an open source project and speaking ill of someone you couldn't negotiate a contract with. We're used to people ranting about open source projects. It happens every day.

In a perfect world, people would be able to expose employers who are doing wrong with impunity. In the real world, it's difficult to do so without repercussions. How do you think companies like Zynga can still recruit developers?
There's a great entrepreneurship network at MIT (speaking as an alum and as past lead organizer of some of the clubs there). You could always go and work on your PhD while getting networked into the community there. As you build your network and learn, there's always the possibility of taking leave to found a startup if the right opportunity happens before your thesis is done - happens all the time.
> do you want to fill in some of the theoretical gaps that might be useful to you as a coder, or do you actually not care so much about the theory and just want to be a better programmer

Definitely yes, and yes. I suppose I want to see a few examples of writing better code, see how and why things break when they scale, understand useful principles that I just "worked around" before (ie recursive functions), and then also some primers on other subjects - so for example I studied poli sci, but they made me take anthropology, geography, economics and some other related but not completely aligned fields. What are some examples to complement web dev?
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2007 USA Memory Champ from the high school division here-

Yes, it's very difficult to become a national champion (or be competitive at that level). However, these skills really do help in real life at a much less intense level - grocery lists, names and faces, cough card counting... lots of practical applications.
I also miss the Android ball. It made Android feel geekier and less like trying to rip off Apple. But alas, the world decided that Phones Must Be Buttonless and now we are awash in a sea of shiny minitablets.
I built http://www.iosuserfeedback.com

Lets you get feedback on your iTunes landing page vs a competitor
New redesign of BCC, complete with obligatory A/B test. Scroll way to the bottom and click the link if you can't see it. (Might need to click twice.) http://www.bingocardcreator.com
I built Narf - http://narf.com - A topic based social network.
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