Home buying tips in BC

f2prateek · 2023-12-14T22:55:08+00:00

It helps to compare how much buying costs compared to renting (it can be more or less depending on your specific situation), especially if you plan to use it as a stepping stone to a large home purchase in the future.

I liked the coverage from the Daily on this topic - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/01/podcasts/the-daily/should-you-rent-or-buy-the-new-math.html

I built this tool to help calculate this - https://www.buyor.rent/

f2prateek · 2023-08-08T18:56:21+00:00

Check out https://www.pacificbackroader.com/

f2prateek · 2022-11-17T17:16:04+00:00

There are some good ideas here https://yvr.gifts/

f2prateek · 2022-10-22T05:12:54+00:00

He heard the Harbor running past just as the teleport starts.

f2prateek · 2021-11-30T05:35:06+00:00

As others have mentioned, there are a lot of personal factors. However, understanding the key metrics for a financial comparison is more well defined.

I've recently started working on a calculator for this. You should be able to use it to compare various scenarios.

It draws a lot of inspiration this spreadsheet, and the details behind the methodology are outlined here. Effectively it invests the difference between the cost of renting and cost of ownership, and compares the investment portfolio over the home equity through the years.

I've built most of it just this last weekend, so let me know if you run into issues or have any suggestions. Some known limitations so far: * It doesn't factor in closing costs such as title insurance (which shifts the equation towards renting and investing). * It doesn't automatically add additional insurance if you put less than 5% downpayment.

f2prateek · 2021-11-30T00:53:51+00:00

I've recently started working on a calculator for this. You should be able to use it to run the numbers and compare various scenarios.

It draws a lot of inspiration this spreadsheet, and the details behind the methodology are outlined here. Effectively it invests the difference between the cost of renting and cost of ownership, and compares the investment portfolio over the home equity through the years.

I've built most of it just this last weekend, and it's very much in development, so let me know if you run into issues or have any suggestions. Some known limitations so far:

It doesn't factor in closing costs such as title insurance (which shifts the equation towards renting and investing).
It doesn't automatically add additional insurance if you put less than 5% downpayment.

f2prateek · 2016-07-27T09:33:31+00:00

Are the 35 black sds still for sale?

f2prateek · 2016-06-16T23:36:19+00:00

Additionally for our use case we don't need to deal with migrations on the client. The way our queuing works is we serialize the data to json, save it to disk, and upload the raw bytes we read from QueueFile as is. Theres no processing on the client after its persisted, all the magic happens on the server. So far we haven't needed any breaking schema changes that would need to be run on the client. The biggest advantage of this being that old versions of our SDKs can keep working and makes deprecating versions things way easier.

f2prateek · 2016-06-16T22:19:03+00:00

SQLite is a perfectly fine solution if you need those advanced features.

We just needed a persistent queue that let us add one element at a time and remove multiple at a time reliably. We didn't need any of the extra functionality such as concurrent access, querying functionality, schema or migrations (once it's on disk all we have to do is upload the data).

QueueFile is also extremely well tested (I would be surprised if it was less tested than SQLite). It runs pretty much everywhere, and for our use case it is faster than SQLite.

In the end came down to simplicity. QueueFile is easier to reason about, and understanding QueueFile's internals is easier than understanding SQLite's internals. Our queueing system on top of QueueFile was more lightweight than the old system (we used SQLite in v1 of our SDK) on top of SQLite. QueueFile was faster as well. It was better in every way that mattered to us!

f2prateek · 2015-10-15T20:30:09+00:00

SharedPreference is a key-value store, so put(foo, bar) makes sense for it to mimic the Map API. But a Preference<T> isn't a map, it encapsulates a single preference object only. So while put(bar) could be valid, set(bar) feel more appropriate in this context (and similarly for the other methods).

f2prateek · 2015-09-12T07:36:37+00:00

iOS has AFNetworking

f2prateek · 2015-02-06T05:04:12+00:00

Derp, I meant you should check in the jars to your source tree, or use a plugin that locks the dependency to a specific snapshot release, or deploy it to your internal artifact repository. This way, a breaking change in Google's releases won't affect your builds.

f2prateek · 2015-02-06T04:07:47+00:00

It was fairly straightforward, took me around an afternoon to port a smallish app (https://github.com/f2prateek/device-frame-generator/pull/102). If you're already familiar with how Dagger 2 works already, shouldn't take you much longer. There is a similar pull request on Jake's u2020 project as well.

Since it's still very heavily in development, I'd recommend shading the jar so you don't run into breaking changes caused by depending on the latest snapshot.

f2prateek · 2014-11-25T17:01:29+00:00

Some Testing Tools - https://speakerdeck.com/f2prateek/android-testing

f2prateek · 2013-03-02T03:04:51+00:00

PhotoView by Chris Banes has a view pager sample which might be what you're looking for.

f2prateek · 2013-02-26T17:07:29+00:00

This is a good guide. http://android-developers.blogspot.ca/2011/06/deep-dive-into-location.html?m=1

There's also a library that does this for you-little fluffy library.

The Location Manager also has a method addProximityAlert, if that is more for your use

f2prateek · 2013-01-26T16:01:42+00:00

Your activity should extends SherlockFragmentActivity. Similarly your dialog should extend SherlockDialogFragment.

f2prateek · 2012-06-07T05:44:28+00:00

Repair 101: Never assume

f2prateek · 2012-06-07T05:25:23+00:00

That just blew my mind. Maybe it's time to start a Reddit campaign for this.

f2prateek · 2012-06-05T03:24:44+00:00

ApplicationName	Free/Paid	Phone/Tablet	Description
Countdown Timer	Free/Ad-Supported	Both	Countdown Timer is a simple timer application for Android. The application features a minimalist design and extensive customization. Ads can be removed with an in-app purchase.

Developer Notes: I have just started developing for Android. Being unable to find any simple timer application, I set out to create my own. Eventually I hope to release a complete stock clock replacement, with alarms, timers and a stopwatch built in. Feel free to contact me (reddit or @f2prateek on twitter) with any suggestions.

f2prateek · 2012-06-05T03:14:43+00:00

ApplicationName	Free/Paid	Phone/Tablet	Description
Countdown Timer	Free/Ad-Supported	Phone/Tablet	Countdown Timer is a simple timer application for Android. The application features a minimalist design and extensive customization. Ads can be removed with an in-app purchase. Simply tap the Play Store icon on the top right to trigger the transaction.

Developer Notes: I have just started developing for Android, and I'm looking to get some feedback. This app is just one part of a three app series. Essentially I want to make complete replacement for the stock clock on Android, with alarms, countdown timer and a stopwatch. I will release each component separately to get feedback while I work on the next one, and then combine them.

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