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Posted by
mkumm on Monday March 30, 2026 @02:59AM
from the show-hn dept.
https://github.com/mkumm/kafka-sensor-city
I'm an Elixir developer with a RabbitMQ background, currently learning C# and Kafka. To make the concepts stick, I built this self-contained demo — it gets you up and running in about 5 minutes.It helped me understand the practical differences between Kafka and RabbitMQ. Sharing it in case it's useful to others in a similar spot. There's also a Claude AI skill included for setup and teardown...
Posted by
mkumm on Saturday March 07, 2026 @09:09AM
from the show-hn dept.
https://anyonewilldo.com
A random selector and small groups formation tool. Includes quick demo links on top. No ads, no account needed. Looking for feedback.
Looking for any software projects that have successfully adopted this approach for extensibility.
Has anyone successfully implemented this? Fascinating approach, but outside of the "manual" I can't seem to find much information about it.
Using a notebook. Just writing down observations (code, health, whatever) was incredibly powerful in making and evaluating changes.
Love the site, but $348 a year feels really steep. Glad I purchased most of the library before the pricing model change.
Finding 5 people to buy your product/service does not validate your idea; but if you can't find 5, then you can save yourself some time and money.
Anyone else find it strange that the "blog" only has one post?
I have never seen someone successfully guess at how long tasks will take and use that as a method of planning. At some point you are dropping tasks off, or adding them to your day which means you are still working with some prioritization system. Save your calendar for time-critical events/tasks, everything else is a list, hopefully prioritized.
Nice and clean but I am not sure what problem it is really trying to solve.
I wonder how much of the $2k decrease could be contributed to geography? I think we are seeing more opportunities for technical jobs throughout the US, lowering the percentage of developers that need to be paid a Silicon Valley wage.
I have been through both, K&R and Shaw. K&R is the resource I point new developers to who want to learn C.
Will give this a go next week with a limited number of our admins
This looks pretty interesting, I will give it a go
I am sincerely encouraged. My biggest block has been that writing is hard and I have been way too critical of my own work. Looking for the perfect method, etc has stopped me from progressing. Thank you for your comments
I don't see this solving a problem that doesn't already have a (few) solutions. It is early and I will add this to my radar
I actually agree. I have been programming for the web for about 8 years now and looking back, I wish that the web server had not been such a mystery - it would have been helpful.