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ecaroth

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Full stack dev, entrepreneur, and fitness nut.

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Gmail Add-ons 9 years ago

You can now build native add-ons for Gmail that work on desktop/mobile gmail, with native UI and hooks without needing to write hacky chrome extnesions.

Gmail Add-ons 9 years ago

There's still a shit ton of companies whose products live extensively (or exclusively) in Gmail - not to mention the examples they give are use cases that you would not use in slack. Slack is certainly winning as an external communication tool, but email/gmail dominates external (and customer) communication for gSuite-using companies.

What exactly is "dangerous" about this? The functionality is pretty straightforward - it just creates a parent element of the correct width/height around an element that dictates the original elements height, and then resizes the inside one proportionately as needed for responsiveness (using CSS only).

I purchased Paw about 6 months ago and used it heavily, until recently I have ran into multiple situations where it didn't properly include custom headers I specified into the request, and was causing odd errors that I assumed were the fault of the code I was testing (happened in multiple different languages/projects). I have since started using Postman, but would love to go back to Paw since I appreciated some if it's features (such as being able to save an API definition into the github repo for sharing with other devs)

EDIT - didn't realize this post was for Paw 3, which just became available. Installing now and excited to try it!

Not an answer to your question, but just a quick note- this is the first post in a long while on HN where I appreciate both the problem you are looking to solve and the honesty/sincerity you have in saying that you are not perfectly qualified to solve it but you know those here can help. From all of us on the community watching and lurking, thanks for your candor so we can all learn from this thread!

We have used Track.js for many months to track JS errors in our production application and it is truly key to helping me and our CTO be aware of any client-facing issues that exist, recreate/fix those issues, and sleep well at night. I also know the founders personally and they are extremely skilled developers with deep expertise in Javascript and the DOM and I have no doubt they will continue to innovate and give us even more bang for our already well-worth-it buck

I started programming python with webapp2 also, after coming from a php, java, and node.js background. I found it to be a bit more low-level and manual as far as frameworks are concerned, but I discovered that to be enjoyable. While it did force me to write a bit more scaffolding, request, and model/caching code I know that I have a MUCH deeper understanding of the frameworks works as a whole and communicates end-to-end. It might have forced me to do more work initially but I find now that I have a deep knowledge of the framework (not just it's APIs and methods) I am able to iterate faster and stretch and bend the framework to work outside of it's traditional modeling - very much unlike other similar frameworks I have worked with in PHP/node.js

Not sure where you are located, but most big cities have regular tech networking events, seminars, skillshare classes, etc. The VAST majority of rewarding, quality work I have done freelancing was for real-life people (businesses, many startups, etc) that I met at network events. Get a decent personal business card and make sure you tell people what you are capable of doing, and that you are available for work when you meet them. You will be surprised how many opportunities come out of the woodwork.

I have been longboarding for 10+ years, and riding Loaded boards for most of it (the company that makes the deck they are using). Loaded decks are friggin amazing, and i'm super excited to see a product like this exists. If they can make it function with similar flex as the normal loaded board, and disengage the motors as needed to ride like a normal longboard this could be the best short-range commuting vehicle ever!!

so if there are any similarities in your "personal brand" and your company's brand, I can assume that you lack creativity, are hesitant to try new design and features, and that your look/feel will soon stagnate?

Holy hell I wish this existed when I wrote addons for Safari, Chrome, and Firefox. Just the idea of IE support with no extra work is awesome - and the idea of having a single codebase is great too. I tried to modularize as many components of my addons as possible to make them all easy to update but it just wasn't perfect. I went as far as building a messaging class to extend for the communication across platforms and boy was that a hack and a half. DEFINITELY trying this out next time I'm building an addon!

I would also add "don't be a complete asshole" as an additional requirement. Obviously that was not good code, but good managers encourage people to make mistakes so they can learn from them (as long as it isn't mission critical stuff)

Looks awesome... can't wait to try it! Been on the wait list for what feels like (and probably has been) 1.5 years though... Plans/ETA for android version?

I use it every day, including tracking separate workouts so it should be loaded w/ data. Now it's telling me 'something is wrong with my username' when trying to login. Where can I find your email?

FYI - on a side note, I'm the creator of fitbolt.com, which also integrates w/ FitBit. It's cool to see the different uses of their API people are coming up with!

EDIT: found your email.. must be friday ;-)