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Tips from the Pros: How Not to Suck at Valentine’s Day

Sharing a meal is one of the more intimate experiences two people can enjoy together. Food is love. So it’s no surprise that the most romantic day of the year is also one of the busiest days of the year for restaurants. Dining out for Valentine’s Day might seem as simple as making a reservation, but with so many people clamoring for a romantic table, you could easily end up annoyed and…

I Code to Procrastinate When I Should be Growing My Startup

Since I’ve launched YumHacker I’ve been feeling kind of unproductive. It’s not that I am not getting things accomplished, but now that I am shifting my focus from building YumHacker to growing YumHacker my schedule has radically changed. Between meetings, events and emails I’m not left with many good chunks of quality working time. I’m a maker trying to get things done and I’m no longer on a…

YumHacker: I Built a Social Network for Food and Here's How I Did it

tl;dr: After I finished the 180 Websites project I wanted to build a full scale, dynamic website. I saw a need for more personalized restaurant recommendations and spent the last 80 days making YumHacker . The backend uses Rails as an api and the frontend is powered by Backbone.js. You can check out the code on GitHub . I’ve always been fascinated by the internet’s ability to facilitate…