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Re:Shell Tricks That Make Life Easier (and Save Your Sanity) on Thursday March 26, 2026 @08:57AM (#47529862)
Once you start using CTRL+r, you may find that you never reach for up arrow again.
Re:Ask HN: What are you working on (September 2024)? on Sunday September 29, 2024 @07:52PM (#41691988)
I really want to look at your art but it’s on twitter so I can’t!
This is the answer. I'd wager that almost every distributed system that runs at scale uses message queues in some capacity.
Re:Pulsar, the best code editor since Atom on Monday February 19, 2024 @09:29PM (#39437391)
Also, as a vim user, modes are completely fine and I do not believe that modes slow me down. I’m not sure why the author is so insistent on this point.
3-4 beers after work several days per week seems like a drinking problem imho.
Re:The lazy mysticism of Alan Watts on Saturday October 29, 2022 @06:15PM (#33388489)
Try the Waking Up app for a complete, organized collection of Watts’s work. I don’t take all of it at face value - some of it certainly hasn’t aged well - but I’ve derived a lot of wisdom from his work. If you’re interested in looking at the world a little differently then the typical western way, it’s worth your time to give his talks a listen.
> Notexisting is worse than pain and suffering.

That’s a stretch.

Far more important to come to terms with mortality than extend life indefinitely.

Is it even still living to have a heartbeat but with motor control, limited or no ability to speak, and no memory? Is “living” in this way best for the next of kin?

I found a recent episode of the Making Sense podcast in this topic to be thought provoking. You might give it a listen.

https://www.samharris.org/podcasts/making-sense-episodes/297...

Re:Ask HN: Examples of Microkernels? on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @09:12AM (#33079827)
That white paper is an incredible piece of technical documentation. Accessible to anyone with a basic background in computing and operating systems. I love hidden gems like this.
Re:Ask HN: Where are all the cool architecture diagrams? on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @10:28AM (#30685754)
Perhaps you’d like the Gruntwork reference architecture diagram made with CloudCraft:

https://gruntwork.io/reference-architecture/

Re:Stripe Atlas on Wednesday February 24, 2016 @07:48PM (#11171569)
And the annual tax is if you're doing business in CA, even if you filed articles of organization in another state. Once you clear $250k it goes up to $1700!
Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (September 2014) on Wednesday September 10, 2014 @08:31PM (#8300142)
Location: Berkeley, CA

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Linux, AWS, DevOps, CI/CD, Python, Golang

Resume: I am a part time independent consulting looking to help companies of all sizes with automation, deployment, and cloud architecture. I have years of experience in building and operating scalable web applications with notable companies in the bay area and beyond. Please get in touch for a free hour to discuss your problems and how I can help solve them.

http://www.bwhaley.com/

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