Sasha Chedygov

Portland, OR

Age: 21

Stuff I'm great at: Python, JavaScript, PHP, HTML/CSS, UX

Stuff I'm good at: Node.js, .NET (C#, WPF), Win32, Linux

Stuff I'm learning: Go, dev ops

Can't get the hang of Twitter (@RussianCow)

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Differences between Emacs and Vim

windows vim emacs asked Sep 15 '09 at 23:32

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26 votes

Advantages of stateless programming?

functional-programming state immutability asked May 10 '09 at 2:09

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26 votes

Is there any reason not to use HTTP PUT and DELETE in a web application?

http rest httprequest asked Jul 9 '09 at 4:51

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23 votes

What's so great about TextMate?

text-editor textmate asked Jun 20 '09 at 21:17

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20 votes

Clojure web application - where do I start?

java web-applications clojure asked Sep 23 '09 at 5:10

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20 votes

Why use a stack-oriented language?

stack factor asked Apr 8 '11 at 3:10

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17 votes

Is it good style to explicitly return in Ruby?

ruby coding-style return-value asked Jun 21 '09 at 3:38

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16 votes

Difference between a netbook, a notebook, and a laptop

laptop netbook terminology asked Jul 20 '09 at 4:22

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13 votes

Abstract classes vs. interfaces vs. mixins

oop interface terminology abstract-class mixins asked May 27 '09 at 22:59

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12 votes

Does storage capacity affect hard drive performance?

hard-drive performance asked Aug 11 '09 at 22:18

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jQuery multiple class selector

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How to get the last element of a list?

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return multiple values?

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Django filter — How do I go about filtering for empty or NULL names in a queryset

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How to send a GET request from PHP?

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Browser-native JSON support (window.JSON)

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What makes PHP slower than Java or C#?

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Why shouldn't I use Flash?

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MySQL versus PDO

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how to do a select max in django

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Which DATATYPE is better to use TEXT or VARCHAR?

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Why would you need a “Valid XHTML & CSS” notice at the end of a page

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Javascript - Use closures sparingly?

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Windows 7 on a 64-bit computer

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Django-like abstract database API for non-Django projects

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Recommend me an Embedded RDBMS to use with Python

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i can't understand “key=>value” this code in php?

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How to get abc from “abc def”?

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Using HTML comment tag <!— --> still relevant around JavaScript code?

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How to create and apply CSS to javascript Alert

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What is the point of having $this and self:: in PHP?

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Most helpful background app?

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What's the single biggest barrier to entry on Stack Overflow?

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Please introduce a multi-processing library in Perl or Ruby

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Two way/reverse map

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How to best store user information and user login and password

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Non-anonymous function for jQuery: $( ..selector.. ).click( myFunc())

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Distributing Python programs

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Open Source image editor that handles PNG Alpha transparency correctly?

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MongoDB or CouchDB - fit for production?

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