Recently 3 gigabytes of bonus space I had in my Dropbox expired and I found myself over my Dropbox storage limit. Dropbox decided that this was a good time to offer me a discount to try and convert me to a paying customer. Many people would probably convert at this point because they use Dropbox not just to share files but also as a backup service. However I already use Backblaze to backup my computer. Backblaze does about eighty percent of what I need. I can access files on my iOS device, get previous versions from the website, and have a full backup of my entire hard drive. I just use Dropbox to share files and for shared folders.
Read MoreOver the past year I have been mostly using MySQL on Amazon Web Services RDS for a database server when I needed one. It has worked well enough for me and I have learned a lot along the way. There is a great Mac OS X GUI for it called Sequel Pro that I recommend any SQL beginner check out. It makes importing CSVs into a database brain dead simple. Large companies like Facebook, AirBnb, and Wordpress use MySQL and it works great for them.
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Read MoreI have been off and on playing with and learning Ruby on Rails and am finally in the process of using it. I consulted numerous resources in attempting to learn Rails including Code School and a book called Agile Web Development with Rails. However by far the best written material for beginners is Michael Hartl’s Rails Tutorial.
Read MoreBerkshire Hathaway’s annual letter is always an interesting read. Buffett is a talented writer and is able to articulate complex ideas with fun metaphors. Some interesting nuggets of wisdom that stuck out:
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