Hacker Newsletter #227

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Issue #227 // November 21, 2014 // View in your browser

It was awesome to run into several of you at RubyConf this week. Speaking of, what conference(s) are you looking forward to attending in 2015? –kale #SPONSOR Server Monitoring with Collectd & Librato Tracking server metrics is smooth sailing with Librato’s collectd integration. Whether you're running cloud instances or physical hardware, collectd and Librato is a powerful solution for systems monitoring. Learn More #FAVORITES Launching in 2015: A Certificate Authority to Encrypt the Entire Web //eff comments→ Cache is the new RAM //memsql comments→ The TechCrunch Bubble Index: Parsing Headlines to Quantify Startup Hype //toddwschneider comments→ How I Start: Haskell //howistart comments→ Bup – towards the perfect backup //github comments→ Handmade Hero: C game from scratch //handmadehero comments→ Keeping Secrets //medium comments→ How I Built a BBQ Restaurant in Brooklyn: The Toll of Owning Your Business //seriouseats comments→ GTD in 15 Minutes – A Pragmatic Guide to Getting Things Done //hamberg comments→ The Current State of Smart Locks //schuylertowne comments→ #SHOW HN 𝑼𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒐𝒅𝒆 𝑻𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒓 //panix comments→ MetricsGraphics.js – D3-based library optimized for visualizing time-series data//metricsgraphicsjs comments→ Explained Visually //setosa comments→ ChartSQL: Create Charts and Dashboards from SQL //fnordmetric comments→ Jolla Tablet //jolla comments→ APIs.io – The API search engine //apis comments→ Z Launcher //zlauncher comments→ CotEditor – Text Editor for OS X //coteditor comments→ #CODE Facebook Launches Flow, Static Type Checker for JavaScript //facebook comments→ Go is moving to GitHub //google comments→ WatchKit //apple comments→ Why Python Is Slow: Looking Under the Hood //github comments→ A Python Spider System with Web UI //github comments→ #DESIGN Rules for Creating Gorgeous UI (Part 2) //medium comments→ Interact.js – drag and drop, resizing and multi-touch gestures //github comments→ Don’t use IDs in CSS selectors //oli comments→ #LEARN Algorithms on Khan Academy //khanacademy comments→ Chemistry of Cast Iron Seasoning: A Science-Based How-To //sherylcanter comments→ Damm algorithm //wikipedia comments→ #BOOKS How My “Game Programming Patterns” Book Launch Went //stuffwithstuff comments→ Compiler Design in C //holub comments→ J for C Programmers //jsoftware comments→ #WATCHING Math and Movies (Animation at Pixar) //youtube comments→ Theo Jansen’s wind-powered sculptures //youtube comments→ Emacs Rocks Screencasts //emacsrocks comments→ What's New in C# 6.0 //msdn comments→ #WORKING The Programmer's Price: Want to hire a coding superstar? Call the agent. //newyorkercomments→ Your developers aren’t slow //sprint comments→ #FUN SineRider, a game inspired by my TI-86 //sineridergame comments→ Axis: a React.js multiplayer math game //axisthegame comments→ Gravity: An orbital simulation game written in Elm //github comments→

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