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Deployments at Yammer

mrduncan — Tue, 10 Dec 2013 01:20:28 +0000

Article URL: http://eng.yammer.com/deployments-at-yammer/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6878363

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Zero Downtime Database Migrations on Rails

mrduncan — Thu, 05 Sep 2013 17:17:41 +0000

Article URL: http://mattduncan.org/talks/zero-downtime-deploys/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6335427

Points: 1

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New comment by mrduncan in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2013)"

mrduncan — Wed, 01 May 2013 15:57:57 +0000

Yammer - San Francisco, London

At Yammer, our mission is to change the way people work, and that mission starts with us. We use our own product every day to promote and encourage our culture of openness and transparency. Yammer provides each user with a voice, empowering individuals to share ideas, ask questions, and voice concerns. We're passionate about building a great product that people love to use, and we're looking for similarly product-minded engineers to join us.

We work with all kinds of languages (Java, Ruby, Javascript, to name a few) and technologies (anything from Postgres, Riak, and Berkley DB to Rails, Dropwizard, and Backbone). We're also never afraid to try new things but not just for the sake of trying new things.

We've got all the standard perks: free food, free booze, lots of dogs, and amazing benefits.

Check our our blog or shoot me an email (mduncan@yammer-inc.com) - I'd love to talk.

http://eng.yammer.com/blog/

Yammer Drinkup - Services and Rails: The Shit They Don't Tell You

mrduncan — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 19:21:32 +0000

Article URL: http://yammerdrinkuprails.eventbrite.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5240062

Points: 10

# Comments: 0

New comment by mrduncan in "npm (Node's package manager) leaks all user password hashes and salts"

mrduncan — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 18:24:19 +0000

CouchDB uses SHA-1 hashes for passwords - you've got to be kidding me. What is the rationale for that over bcrypt?

The Way I Work: David Sacks, Yammer

mrduncan — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 16:34:43 +0000

Article URL: http://www.inc.com/magazine/201111/the-way-i-work-david-sacks-yammer.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3182851

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by mrduncan in "Clojure Conj 2011 Early Registration Open"

mrduncan — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 18:17:12 +0000

I've found Lanyrd to usually be the best bet for finding conferences - unfortunately, they don't list any either.

http://lanyrd.com/topics/common-lisp/

New comment by mrduncan in "Legal docs should be written like code."

mrduncan — Thu, 26 May 2011 17:26:09 +0000

It's not that easy though, for example, Jacobellis v. Ohio - how would you go about defining the threshold of pornography?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_know_it_when_I_see_it

New comment by mrduncan in "Y Combinator’s Paul Graham: We’re Looking For People Like Us"

mrduncan — Tue, 24 May 2011 17:17:05 +0000

Also, don't forget about Google Books.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Book_Search_Settlement_A...

New comment by mrduncan in "Square’s Disruptive New iPad Payments Service Will Replace Cash Registers"

mrduncan — Mon, 23 May 2011 18:21:18 +0000

Technically, it is not at all.

Socially however, I'd wager that fewer people would let you take a picture of their card compared to swiping it. People are simply used to having credit cards swiped, they aren't used to having pictures taken of them.

New comment by mrduncan in "Square’s Disruptive New iPad Payments Service Will Replace Cash Registers"

mrduncan — Mon, 23 May 2011 18:12:33 +0000

The numbers on cards become a lot harder to read after the coloring wears off of the numbers. Even as a human it can be hard to read them at times depending on the lighting.

Card layouts also vary a lot, even from the same issuers (for example: the Amex PASS).

Reading the mag stripe prevents fraud and therefore is subject to lower fees by CC companies.

Not to mention, having someone take a picture of my credit card would spook me out a little (yes, even if I'm familiar with the product).

Obie Fernandez: The Dark Side Beckons?

mrduncan — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:23:11 +0000

Article URL: http://blog.obiefernandez.com/content/2011/05/the-dark-side-beckons.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2568585

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

The Curve of Talent

mrduncan — Tue, 17 May 2011 19:31:08 +0000

Article URL: http://epaley.posterous.com/the-curve-of-talent

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2557519

Points: 21

# Comments: 0

Do you want to Test::Right?

mrduncan — Wed, 11 May 2011 14:15:39 +0000

Article URL: http://functionsource.com/post/do-you-want-to-testright

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2536501

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by mrduncan in "Mint’s Original Marketing Plan (circa 2007)"

mrduncan — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 21:22:49 +0000

Sorry, I never realized that - it is still interesting in any case.

New comment by mrduncan in "Mint’s Original Marketing Plan (circa 2007)"

mrduncan — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 20:22:17 +0000

If you've never seen it, their pitch deck is also pretty interesting:

http://www.slideshare.net/hnshah/mintcom-prelaunch-pitch-dec...

New comment by mrduncan in "Clever CSS Easter Egg: Search Google For “Tilt” Or “Askew” On Your Smartphone"

mrduncan — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 17:28:49 +0000

Since this article doesn't have much substance, if you're looking to do something similar, check out this article on CSS rotation transformations.

http://snook.ca/archives/html_and_css/css-text-rotation

New comment by mrduncan in "Redis 2.2.3 released"

mrduncan — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 13:27:39 +0000

A heads-up for anyone upgrading - 2.2.4 is now released.

    Warning, going to release 2.2.4 in seconds as I decided
    to change the semantics of OBJECT command to avoid
    problems in the future.

https://twitter.com/#!/antirez/status/55621384126201856

New comment by mrduncan in "PagerDuty (YC S10) Pivot - Fixing the Public Transportation System"

mrduncan — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 19:17:55 +0000

Care to elaborate on what is so bad about them (or, what you'd like to see improved)?

New comment by mrduncan in "How to Build a Fast News Feed in Redis (and Rails)"

mrduncan — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 17:11:07 +0000

I'm not sure what version of Redis you were using, but depending on the data you're storing, 2.2 uses significantly less space than previous versions.

Some data from GitHub: http://technoweenie-ruby-onales.heroku.com/#34