I Left My Heart in San Francisco: The Exile of a Digital Nomad

https://medium.com/@danielkehoe/i-left-my-heart-in-san-francisco-272b36438a21

by DanielKehoe • 11 years ago

33 17 11 years ago

I have personally used Rails Composer (kickstarter http://kck.st/1KzZXVC) by Daniel and loved using it. Great thing is, if you think Rails Composer needs more added or run into a problem, he is very responsive.

funkdified2• 11 years ago

I also use Rails Composer for new projects. I'm glad to see that the kickstarter has met its initial goal. Hopefully Daniel continues seeing support for his work.

DanielKehoe5• 11 years ago

Thanks for the kind words!

pchristensen• 11 years ago

I'm grateful for Daniel's work on Rails Composer. It's a great way to setup a new Rails project. Good luck!

alanh2• 11 years ago

Pet peeve (I expect downvotes), but "setup" is not a verb; "set up" is. (Same with "sign up" and "log in.") This is a weird orthographic quirk many developers seems to share.

funkdified2• 11 years ago

I agree with you, and share this pet peeve. Also, can you downvote on Hacker News?

theoh• 11 years ago

Everyday for every day is another common mistake (both terms exist but have different uses)

DanielKehoe5• 11 years ago

Thank you! I've raised funds with the Kickstarter campaign but really it is the expressions of appreciation that keep me working on the project.

minimaxir2• 11 years ago

Don't ask for support/upvotes on this submission on Twitter: https://twitter.com/rails_apps/status/648290452962152450

abhinaykumar212• 11 years ago

can you tell me whats wrong in it? just want to understand

dang• 11 years ago

It breaks HN's rules, and gets accounts penalized and banned. We want users to vote for stories that they personally find intellectually interesting—not because they or a friend has something to promote.

DanielKehoe5• 11 years ago

Just for the record, I did not ask for upvotes or support. I asked for comments. And love. Considering how nasty HN readers can be, I think it's reasonable to ask for love. Heck, it's an article about how hard it is to survive as a full-time open source developer.

minimaxir2• 11 years ago

If that were the case, you would have linked directly to the submission, but you linked to the /newest page to utilize the non-direct-link upvote trick.

DanielKehoe5• 11 years ago

It made my day when I saw @craignewmark of CraigsList fame tweeted the article and offered encouragement: https://twitter.com/craignewmark/status/648143262281109505

He's got old school Internet values like it used to be.

I Left My Heart in San Francisco: The Exile of a Digital Nomad

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