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Re:Jolla Phone, Over 13 500 units sold on Friday June 26, 2026 @11:41AM (#48687969)
Personal experience with Jolla: I bought their first mobile (still have it somewhere) that would be a "Linux Phone that run android app". Wanted to support it and was ready to expect some bugs but it did not work all. No support at all, most of android app did not work. The OS was not finished that it was already obsolete. And now there are doing it again like the first one never existed. I have zero trust in this company
Re:Hyperflask – Full stack Flask and Htmx framework on Thursday October 16, 2025 @10:43AM (#45605979)
Curious choice of backend python. Indeed Flask is a famous python framework but it seems it has been completely overshadowed by FastAPI. I would suggest "HyperFastAPI"
Re:RubyMine is now free for non-commercial use on Tuesday September 02, 2025 @10:42AM (#45103767)
> It’s important to note that, if you’re using a non-commercial license, you cannot opt out of the collection of anonymous usage statistics.

Important indeed. This is not "free as in freedom"

Re:Show HN: We Built the Fastest Spreadsheet on Thursday February 29, 2024 @12:26PM (#39552321)
Looks really nice. Too bad you take businesses into hostage regarding the SSO. This is even one one the main argument in your Enterprise plan. I know this is common behavior but I find it sad to have such an important security feature proposed only on latest plan.

Hope this trend will end soon.

Re:LazyVim on Monday July 17, 2023 @10:58AM (#36759054)
I don't believe in 10x programmer and know this term only from HN. I live in France and after 10years programming, I never heard a collegue said "I am a 10x programmer". However, I always make sure any git project can be worked on with any IDE. I use vim, some use PyCharm and most of them use VScode and it works fine.

However, I can tell you my main pain point in using VS code vs vim: project switching. Many times I have to go quickly to another project and close it. When I code in vim this this :

ctrl+Z (go back to term) workon project_2 vim ctrl+P (select the file I need to see or quickly edit or show to a colleage to explain) :q! (let's say I didn't edit anything) fg (Go back to my main task)

Did not know how to be that fast to open/close project with a _real_ IDE.

To oppose this, there is one feature I envy of vs code: code in docker through ssh seamlessly. Unfortunately this is not even available in vscodium.

Re:LazyVim on Monday July 17, 2023 @03:23AM (#36755127)
Many people complain about the time you need to have a proper vim. In computer security, I learnt to make my own tools, to develop my own script that match what I want to do/scan.

For vim, this is exactly the same. I started with Python so my vim became the best Python IDE (for me) and that's all. What I said to junior dev is "Here my vim conf, you are allowed to copy/paste only what you understand". Then I did some Typescript and added a configuration that works for me. Thus, some pain point came from my old config in python, I found new good plugins and added them. And so on with rust and ruby. Everything is commited so now, on a new machine, it takes me the time to copy/paste my config and write :PlugInstall.

Everytime I test vscode, it does not do what I want and when I look into it, I can't configure it correctly. Vim has always my back.

Breaking changes are very common with Python Azure SDK. First version where not pep8 compliant so when they decided to respect it, everything broke. Azure servicebus in python went from version 0.50.3 to 7.0.0 with almost everything renamed, class moved and so on.
Re:Using Mypy in Production on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @04:53AM (#32562174)
Sorry, I meant linting. Editted
Re:Using Mypy in Production on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @04:05AM (#32561855)
Really like Mypy. I have coded many python micro service with different framework but my minimum core set is:

  - Black (formatting)
  - Isort (import order)
  - MyPy (typing)
  - Pylint (linting)
Edit: s/unit test/linting
Re:Paperback: An encrypted paper-based backup scheme on Sunday December 26, 2021 @12:14PM (#29694197)
One use case it is you can share different number of key shard to individuals. Thus, they have more "power" based on how much you trust them.

If this is your will, you can give 3 shards to your sister (that you trust absolutely) and requires 4 shards to decrypt it. Your "semi-trusted" friends needs to be 4 to decrypt it, but your sister only needs to know one of your friend to access.

Written in rust for extra HN creds /s

Re:How we built the Evervault Encryption Engine (E3) on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @12:55PM (#28131176)
Relay looks a lot like what Tanker (https://tanker.io/) does. Even the method seems quite similar. Why should I choose Evervault over Tanker ?
Re:$1 Unistroke Recognizer (2007) on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @03:24AM (#27047112)
It is the opposite. As state on the website you liked: > The name "1€" is an homage to the $1 recognizer.
I really like Sentry to track my bugs. However, it lacks some workflow, so I'd say I expect a Sentry with a light Jira (a Trello ?) to follow fixings
Re:Tracking the WhatsApp habits of random smartphones on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @09:47AM (#26889621)
His script start from the bottom of 06 XX XX XX XX (french mobile number) and increases. This is not the most efficient way to have working/active numbers.

As he said, starting with 06 numbers are saturated by now and we opened 07 XX... numbers. Thus, 07 numbers are more likely to be fresher et more used by "younger" people. While first 06 could be more used by professional and "older" people

As I said in a previous comments, older generation do not use WhatsApp very much as we had unlimited text message before getting internet on our phones (before iPhone 1). Before Covid, my parents did not use WhatsApp at all while texting daily. They use it now to video call during curfew

Re:Tracking the WhatsApp habits of random smartphones on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @09:40AM (#26889525)
This is in France, where text messages were free (unlimited with your subscription) long ago before we had internet on our smartphone. Thus people use text message a lot and did use WhatsApp only to contact people outside from France
Seems great. The pricing distrubs me. 75$/month this really nothing for big organization with 1000+ employee.

Also, all your testimonials seems fake. People are unfindable and no company is cited. Why do you do this ? This creates trust issues from the beginning

Very interesting. However many "Failed" lack of sources.

The links used as proof are usually Think Tank which are far from objectives about information.

Re:The best Parts of Visual Studio Code are proprietary on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @04:32AM (#24047877)
I don't think it says "Software not open-source is bad". But more something like "It is marketed as open source but it is not".

Developers should be aware that VSCode is not as open source as it claims it is. In my circles, developers could swear VSCode is fully open source without even knowing VSCodium.

If people were more aware about this, they might think twice before using VSCode for everything and getting lock-in (just like the article says)

Re:KDE Slimbook: Linux Laptop with Ryzen 4000 on Thursday July 23, 2020 @05:28AM (#23925606)
I agree. What made me use macbook for years is their touchpad.

Do you have recommandation of linux compatible laptop with good keyboard and touchpad ?

I find this quote as important as yours: "This mechanism ensures that high connectivity in a specific area of the brain, possibly manifested through some special talent (e.g. sports or music) is always countered by relatively low connectivity in another part of the brain"
Re:Linux Terminal Goods on Thursday September 19, 2019 @07:42AM (#21015278)
Other stuff with asteroids:

* RipGrep: Replace Grep and it is blazing fast

* exa: Replace ls with many more options

Re:Show HN: A few simple games not only for kids on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @09:45AM (#20746945)
This is so green and I was so focused that when I switch tab, all colors were different (like optical illusion).

I would appreciate you change the colors but it works well !

Re:A proactive approach to more secure code on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @11:33AM (#20460562)
For those who wants to see some rust in action, here are some OSS tool written in Rust and very efficient:

RipGrep[0]: Replace Grep and it is blazing fast

bat[1]: Replace cat with better display and colours

exa[2]: Replace ls with many more options

[0]: https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep

[1]: https://github.com/sharkdp/bat

[2]: https://github.com/ogham/exa

I do not have any affiliation with them, I just use them a lot

Edit: formatting

Ask HN: Apply your developper skills in completely different jobs

Hi,I have been a developer for 5+ years and I am considering changing completly my career and stopping any IT related activities. I feel like being able to script stuff and develop small apps would be really useful in most of the other jobs but do you have examples based on your experience which show how you re used your developer skill in something completely different.I know that my switch...

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Re:DungeonDelveXL (2017) on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @03:47AM (#19622662)
One might argue this is excellent MS Excel Pornography
Hi, I used to use parsec[1]. I had a Windows at home and worked with a macbook air anywhere the connection was strong enough.

You can even rent an AWS machine if you don't have one at home.

[1]: https://parsecgaming.com/

Hi. Thank you for your work, this will be useful.

However, the `Get folder link` does not work. Is it deactivated for now ?

Re:Why I’m Worried About Google on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @08:46AM (#18129624)

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