NODE_ENV=production definitely wasn't set based on some basic testing I did (that's my PR there), which accounts for the atrocious performance.
Also, the React component is created on each request instead of just being created once. Unless one's goal is to specifically colour the perception of React, I don't understand that decision alongside the code for Pug which precompiles the template a single time.
(Also declaring the map function outside the component and not creating a closure makes for a tiny extra boost.)
It's disappointing to see that the article took off to this extent given how misleading and inaccurate it is.
What's more, it doesn't even signal that the individual in question is better at their job than someone that puts in "only" 40 hours. I've worked with a good number of people who can talk big-talk when it comes to programming, have a countless innovative side-projects and yet can't deliver anything meaningful at work by the deadline. Some of them had very impressive github accounts and worked 10+ hours a day, but were consistently behind everyone else in the quality of their output.
I think it's a shame if someone quits the profession because they think they need to keep up with people who might or might not be delivering actual business value.
This seems like a very ignorant post that completely overlooks the realities of suffering from depression (and other mental disorders). Stating that you 'love life so much' just goes to highlight how little you seem to understand what you speak of and how little you've bothered to inform yourself.
You should probably try it again. It does indeed set DuckDuckGo as a search engine for the address bar when installed. The pop up button can be removed.
I don't really see the point of comparing IE10 (just released) to a browser that has a minuscule browser share and hasn't been actively developed or updated in something like 6 months.
ImageOptim can be configured to reduce the size by a lot more than any of the online tools will. If you're on a Mac, there's no reason to use anything other than ImageOptim and ImageAlpha[1].
The file was modified Oct 21st, which was right before the iPad Mini was announced. As has already been pointed out it's on every other international site too.
You can view source using Opt - Cmd - U as in the past, it just opens up in the Web Inspector now. Still the same, old source code though. You can switch between the source code and the DOM tree by clicking on that weird green icon above the source.
Unless I'm mistaken, H1B is not the visa that YC founders would use anyway. Even if you have an H1B visa, you would still have to re-apply for the appropriate visa.
"Much better performance" is perhaps a bit misleading since it's not black and white, but at the core OP is right. See this thorough SO answer for more info: http://stackoverflow.com/a/731625/886402
While most of your argument is solid, there's no need to bring the level of discussion down to Reddit standards by using terms like "neckbeards". Your last sentence overshadows an otherwise good comment.
Make sure to configure it first, you pretty much want to max out all the settings (and enable all the different tools) otherwise you will get underwhelming results.
That's a straw man if I ever saw one. This isn't a debate as to whether JS should be a server-side language or not. The fact is that if you're using Node and you're validating data, you can reuse the code to validate both on the front-end and the back-end. Front-end validation will likely improve the way your users perceive the app.
9 times out of 10 it's related to JS or some sort of external embedded resources. The other big culprit tends to be box-shadow which have pretty horrific performance in Chrome[1], but don't do that well in other browsers either.
I find that selector performance is not a problem unless you're dealing with large-scale one-page apps.
You probably know this but you can just specify something like "height: auto; max-width: 100%;" within a media query if you have an image that's supposed to at most fill the full column width. That would then override the inline height and width attributes.