I hate to harp on one minor point that he made, but I strongly disagree with his assertion that you could dump CoffeeScript, stick with the generated JS, and be happy with it. The generated JS he showed in those examples was terrible, and would be a maintenance nightmare.
Nitpick: BEQ, the guy who did that AMA, is a crossword puzzle constructor who has had some puzzles published in the NYT. Will Shortz is the NYT crossword editor.
Yes, HTML is not a regular language, and so cannot be matched with true regular expressions. As mentioned elsewhere, most "regex" libraries in existence today are not limited to simple regular expressions -- they simply wouldn't be powerful enough for many common tasks otherwise.
HTML is more accurately a context-free language (CFL). A regular expression does not allow you to do any sort of counting or stack-based matching in a match, which is required to do things like "I just saw <div>...<a>...<img> so I better see "</img>...</a>...</div>" later on.
The reason the linked solution works is because of the extended capabilities of PCREs, such as backtracking and things like that.
The author of this article seems to be unfamiliar with the concept of an internship. Peter is an intern because he's still in college, not because of some mythical gauntlet that new Apple engineers have to run through before Steve himself hands them keys to the repos.
Oooh, my favorite part is on line 136, when he claims "RSA 2048 was not able to resist in front of me". That's a pretty, um, "interesting" characterization of the level of sophistication of his attack.
Well, really, I have to agree. I mean, they've been hanging fire on 2. ???? for a very long time now, and probably should have given more thought to the question of project vs. startup before now.
Unless you just want to consider their equity revenue, which is basically how the 90's worked anyway. "End of the business cycle" my ass. I'm still mad about that.
I think this sentiment applies to more than just startups, but really any organization where there's a tendency to say "that's not my job" or "oh, if I don't do it someone else will". I think a lot of organizations could be more successful if more of their members -- employees of a startup, volunteers at a nonprofit, members of a club -- were willing to pitch in above (and below!) and beyond their title, experience, or pay.
I really don't want to change the subject or take away from the discussion about Bill, but I just want to quickly interject and say I disagree with this. I have now lived in Princeton for 18 years, unaffiliated with the University (I went to HS here, but go to college elsewhere). The town is picturesque, historic, and enhanced by the sterling reputation of the University. As for the isolation, NYC is just an hour train ride away, Philly an hour and a half. I suppose there isn't a ton of stuff to do in the town, but I've never found it to be a problem. In any case, Princeton is a great place to live.
You've lived there for 18 years. I assume that means you have 18 years worth of friends, family, neighbors, memories. Completely unrelated situation. Imagine if you knew no one there when you got there, didn't own a car, were single, had no kids, and your nearest family member lived 1000 miles away. That's the kind of isolation a lot of undergrads and grad students face there. And the town of Princeton doesn't really have a whole lot for them.
