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Re:Google pub/sub released an ordering feature
on Thursday October 08, 2020 @12:43PM (#24720898)
Thanks for this explanation. Can you give a similarly concrete example of how, according to the docs: "When you receive messages in order and the Pub/Sub service redelivers a message with an ordering key, Pub/Sub maintains order by also redelivering the subsequent messages with the same ordering key. The Pub/Sub service redelivers these messages in the order that it originally received them." I'm a little confused about what scenario with ordering would lead to the need to re-send multiple messages.
Re:Show HN: Suvie – The cool-to-cook multi-zone kitchen robot
on Tuesday February 06, 2018 @09:32AM (#16316393)
Hey everyone, thanks for taking a look at my team's project. I'm an ex-apple Software Engineer, mainly with Ruby chops. This project has really stretched me. C++ firmware, React Native mobile app, Ruby on Rails backend with React front-end, and Particle.io for the IOT glue. Our team is based out of Cambridge, MA and we even have one in China now. Let me know if you have any questions, happy to discuss.
Ask HN: What is the typical time your contracting invoices are paid?
We have net 30 terms that we pay our engineering contractors. Most seem to get nervous if we haven't paid in 10 days though. If you are a contracting engineer how long is it before you usually get paid from companies you are working with?
Ask HN: How can I verify that WhatsApp uses E2E encryption?
Everyone seems thrilled that WhatsApp has announced they they have switched to E2E encryption developed by Open Whisper. Is there a way I can verify this is happening?
Ask HN: Do we need a Mozilla for web apps?
Access to the internet in my opinion is a basic right that should be free and unencumbered. I love Mozilla's mission: "At Mozilla, we’re a global community of technologists, thinkers and builders working together to keep the Internet alive and accessible". While free, open, and secure browsers and mobile OS's certainly are important, you could argue that there are certain types of apps that...
Ask HN: App that helps pick a political platform/candidate, worth pursuing?
“Business as usual” is the name of the game for politics in a 2 party system. The 2008 and 2012 elections convinced me that given the right tools and people the internet could produce a viable third party candidate for the 2016 presidential election. As a programmer, I’d like to build a website that makes this possible. Here is how I imagine this website functioning:* Users vote up platform...
Re:Betas (TV Series 2013– )
on Saturday January 25, 2014 @02:37PM (#7121994)
People on here seem to think the show is terrible. Is the Big Bang Theory equally terrible? It similarly makes fun of stereotypes and many people love that show and many scientists often think it's atrocious. Maybe the same thing is happening here.. hitting a little to close to home for some people.
Re:Interactive Resume
on Friday October 18, 2013 @08:21AM (#6570947)
Wow, I really can't believe the negativity there. This is creative and amazing. The guy seems like a winner. The comments on here are dreadful. The point here was to make a statement and get eyeballs. This site already has accomplished that.
Ask HN: What are you more excited about Go or Elixr?
I think two fo the "hot" new languages are Go and Elixr. I'm trying to figure out what people are more excited about to gauge where I should devote more of my time. Just what the title says, are you more excited about Go or Elixr?
Ask HN: Foundation supported set of social web services?
Access to the web and its free flow of information is I believe not only healthy for personal development but societal development as well. Tools such as Twitter, Facebook, and Google have been seen as instrumental in transformations we have seen throughout the world (i.e. Arab Spring). Even still, they are still owned by corporations and maintain a corporate interest. When I look at the...
Would you accept a job offer from a company that wasn't writing unit tests?
I'm fairly new to the programming world (5 months), and I just got and accepted my first serious job offer at a great company. The company is stable, has a small dev team, 20 employees, and is profitable and growing. I couldn't be happier, but.. they don't write unit tests. As someone who sees learning as very important, I wonder if in some ways not writing tests at a company will stunt my...
Re:Show HN: First project and lessons learned
on Monday October 31, 2011 @12:36PM (#3177984)
Thanks Bill, an honest response. I think you nailed the emotion as well.
Re:Show HN: First project and lessons learned
on Monday October 31, 2011 @11:42AM (#3177749)
Thanks Danso, duly noted. Will change some wording today to make it clearer and will think about longer term fixes as well.
Re:Show HN: First project and lessons learned
on Monday October 31, 2011 @11:41AM (#3177748)
If this is a flawed idea you can let me know (and I'm open to your thoughts) but this is what I'm operating under right now: I, nor no one I know, uses FB events for casual get togethers. Want to get together for drinks at the bar tonight after work? I wouldn't use FB events. I could send text messages to friends sure, or I could call them sure, but this is a fun easy way to accomplish that. That's what I want, and I don't have anything else that fulfills that.. if there is something else it hasn't made its way onto my desk yet. So its just a simple way t odo that, that's the value proposition at the moment.
Re:Show HN: First project and lessons learned
on Monday October 31, 2011 @11:05AM (#3177587)
Thanks for the feedback, someone else mentioned this too.. so clearly its something I should address. And here I was thinking it was obvious :) I wonder if G+'s 'hangout' feature being a webcam thing made you think it could be as well?
Re:Show HN: First project and lessons learned
on Monday October 31, 2011 @10:44AM (#3177505)
I should add some of the lessons I learned:
1) When you don't know how to do something you don't know how much you should pay.. and surprisingly it takes less time to learn than you would think. I wrote off learning Rails thinking it was harder then it was.. Sure it has its nuances, but in 45 days I've gained a really good perspective on building an app. But to learn, really commit! Build an app then when you are done, build another, and then another.
2) You have to launch and as soon as possible. Nothing else is as important. Motivation will die, money will be lost, and you'll have no idea what people will want unless you do. Period.
3) People telling you something is a good idea is not the same as people willing to use it. You can't base spending money and time off people, especially your friends, thinking something is a good idea. You have to test the waters (see point 2).
4) Join the community. If you are a reader of Hacker News, but don't code join the community of coders. I can't tell you how much more fulfilling it is to show up at local Ruby events as a coder, feeling welcome as "one of them" as opposed to as an entrepreneur seen as just 'hawking an idea'. Really, it's a great community of people once you are on the same side of the equation.
5) Distill your idea down to its simplest form possible. Convoluted ideas are difficult to pull off, difficult to convey to potential users, and difficult to convey to investors. Focus focus focus.
Re:Show HN: First project and lessons learned
on Monday October 31, 2011 @10:33AM (#3177468)
The weblink http://www.hangout.io
Show HN: First project and lessons learned
A little background. For the last 1.5 years I lost what could be considered an embarrassing amount of money hiring other people to work on a project that I thought had potential, I got some important people involved, had some great coders, but couldn't launch. The failure was depressing, rejection by YC didn't help.. I had to take a job, I didn't enjoy and I had a girlfriend who stood by me...
Re:Do you have trouble waking up? Please take a survey and help our #s...
on Saturday June 11, 2011 @08:11PM (#2645237)
I think the best idea so far is that you decided to ask others what they think.
Ask HN: Any interest in a telecommuting communal office space/incubator?
As a telecommuting startup my team can't take advantage of some of the great communal workspaces that entrepreneurs use. However, virtual offices such as Sococo are changing that. I propose a online communal workspace / incubator. I imagine mentors and investors becoming a part of the hand selecting / demoing / and fund raising processes. I've written up some my thoughts at...
Re:Disregard ideas, acquire assets
on Tuesday March 29, 2011 @05:09PM (#2384496)
Well said. I have found this to be true in my own life. My entire business education in college was a rehash of things I had already learned working on a pre-college startup.
Time is one thing in life you can't get back. From that perspective choosing to go the 'safe' route is as much a risk as taking a risk itself.
Re:Secret Fears of the Super-Rich
on Thursday March 24, 2011 @02:39PM (#2365320)
A quote attributed to Rudyard Kipling that's been floating around the internet:
"Some day you will meet a man who cares for none of these things. Then you will know how poor you are."