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Re:Google to pay Apple $15B to remain default Safari search engine in ...
on Thursday August 26, 2021 @10:28AM (#28315402)
Apple can't compete with Google Search by buying Duck Duck Go as it relies on Microsoft Bing's shallow index. Bing (by market share) has failed to compete with Google search. To be good enough it's about scale not necessarily fancy names
Re:Fastly Outage
on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @06:51AM (#27433307)
That doesn't take away their embarrassment. It's mean how many websites rely on fastly. Twitter hasn't been loading emojis in a while, and I believe it's for the same reason.
Re:Show HN: Status: An anonymous note sharing Progressive Web App
on Friday February 26, 2021 @03:12AM (#26272438)
Status is an anonymous public notes (statuses) sharing application similar to WhatsApp statuses (which i built a few days before my birthday during a personal hackerthon) It allows sharing short texts styled with optional custom background/foreground colors and font weight.
Underneath status is powered by socket.io. It's message exchange server is written in nodejs It handles incoming connections and assigns connecting clients a room with not less the maximum number of users allowed per room (or creates one simply to avoid congestion), Its also instructed to forward messages from each connected client to the room they were assigned to earlier.
On the surface status is a Progress Web Application offline mood supports the ability to read and publish private statuses locally without a server connection
Apple slashes commission fees to developers on its App Store
Re:Preparation for JS13K Gamejam
on Thursday August 20, 2020 @05:44PM (#24229384)
JS13K Is an annual gamejam (hackerthon) held on the 13th of August and participants are given 30 days to created a game using JavaScript less than 13KB in size minified (optional) and zipped including assets
On the 13th of August a 'secret' theme is announced and everybody must create a game inline with it.