They're testing out 6tb drives early, so when the time comes to fully switch over. They know what drives to get from what manufacturer. They'll also have a better idea when to switch over.

But the whole problem about Reddit has with getting ad revenue with a current system, is the users. Users on Reddit arent interested in advertising as it stand online. Like a lot of Internet users. In my opinion the majority of adverts online are a waste of time, money and space. I dont think I've ever bought anything spurred straight from an advert, though I buy plenty online. It's nearly always something I've wanted, then researched.

The (previously) deleted comment was a general theory of reddit. Insightful, yes, but not relevant to my points above.

Mojang could be a future billion-dollar company. I dont think it was ever funded?

Themes should only be used as templates. Functionality for the most part belongs in plugins.

Thats a pretty bold statement. Kind of curious the reasoning

I guess I view this separation as an adaption of The Single Responsibility Principle. This is how I view themes & plugins, and their relationship. Your theme is used to display your site, it's navigation, content, it controls the markup browsers see.

Plugins are for adding functionality to your site, if you want a sitemap, there's a plugin for that. Not happy with your current sitemap? Install/Create a new plugin, replacing the old one. If your sitemap isn't working, where do you look? Your sitemap plugin's code.

The importance of having this separation of tasks, removes a lot of risks too in my opinion. If your site isn't working instead of risking having to change your theme, you can deactivate the troublesome plugin. Albeit finding the offending may be difficult, but at least you're not changing the total design of your site.

Hence why I believe in plugins and themes having distinct tasks. It really helped me organise the development, and maintenance of sites.

Here's a pretty decent setup for using git with WordPress too. https://github.com/markjaquith/WordPress-Skeleton

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_responsibility_principle

This is why I love HN. Such an in-depth smart response. Really making me rethink how I build on WP. Thank you

First time I've contributed something of value on here. Thanks!

I've been following Gittip's progress for a while, as a student funding someone through this isnt a priority for myself to be honest, I've started working now though so I'll have no excuses! Though I think the name means nothing to people outside of tech. I guess the decision to change the name depends on whether you're targeting nontechnical people who appreciate a developer's work.

Hana

Could you go into a bit more detail on how you do this?

I have a PayPal link on my site requesting donations, and for whatever reason, a lot of people donate money. That's all there really is to it. It's linked from my twitter page, so maybe generous people who enjoy reading my posts there stumble across it.

Now its not clear what the button does. Why not brand each link to match its respective network?

Edit: Your WordPress permalink code looks fine by the way.

Under 25 here, what would you hesitantly call tradition?