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Elastic Tab Stops: A Better Way to Indent and Align Code
Elastic tabstops - a better way to indent and align code
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Tools & Productivity
The most popular blog posts about tools & productivity on Hacker News. 6,505 posts.
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Google releases a Chrome extension to identify web app performance problems
Insights from Googlers into our products, technology, and the Google culture
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Unlimited Virtual Assistant Tasks for $59 a Month - TimeSvr.com, a Review, Versus My Single Assistant
In a previous post I discuss how I outsourced my cooking for $60 a week . In this article, I discuss my experiences with a virtual assistant.
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A new kind of volume control
I'm David Friedman , a professional photographer who sometimes gets ideas for photos, designs, gadgets, and other projects. I write about it all on this blog. You can find the meaning behind the name “Ironic Sans” back in the very first post .
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Bookmarklet: Reddit-like Collapsible Threads for Hacker News
I enjoy consuming and participating at Hacker News by Y Combinator resp. Paul Graham .
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Fixed-Schedule Productivity, what is it?
My Schedule Should Be Terrible… I should have an overwhelming, Malox-guzzling, stress-saturated schedule. Here’s why: I’m a graduate student in a demanding program. I’m working ... Read more
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How we reduced chargebacks by 30% (as a percentage of sales)
We’ve never had a lot of chargebacks (a chargeback is when a customer calls their credit card company to dispute a charge they don’t recognize), but last year we made a simple change that reduced our chargebacks by 30% as a percentage of sales. I can’t be certain the reduction …
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Google Multiple Sign-in Now Available
Is this a trick by Google to catch cheaters using multiple accounts to get some extra storage space? :) Otherwise, why have such restrictions, if anyone may create as many accounts as needed?
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Problems with TDD
If you have not yet read it, please read Maria Siniaalto's 15 page " Test-Driven Development: empirical body of evidence ." It summarizes the few empirical studies done to evaluate the effectiveness of TDD. In the conclusion you'll find:
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Running Shells in Emacs: An Overview
One of Emacs's strongest capabilities is its ability to talk to external shells, like bash, or emulate an entire terminal. But this being Emacs, you have more than one choice to choose from − and which choice is right for you?
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Andy's Most Useful Knots
The Most useful knots to know. Review of the Best Knots. Which knots to learn.
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Rands in Repose: How to Run a Meeting
I bag on meetings. I bag on meetings because like any nerd I expect the universe to be efficient and orderly and there is no more vile a violation of this sens
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How a startup should leverage a personal assistant
People are shocked when they hear I've been able to pull off the use of virtual assistants in startups, and excited at the thought that they might be able to do the same. The conversation almost always turns to questions about where to find virtual assistants and how a startup can use one.
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Tracking Every Release
We spend a lot of time gathering metrics for our network, servers, and many things going on within the code that drives Etsy....