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Re:Speculative Decoding in vLLM on AMD GPUs on Monday September 07, 2026 @10:56AM (#49599136)
Very true, I see it for example when my co-workers apply DRY without actually thinking about the complexity it might cause. It objectively makes code smaller, but often comes with complexity cost.
Re:Thank HN: My bootstrapped startup got acquired today on Friday January 24, 2025 @01:45AM (#42811058)
I love how wholesome the comments are, probably the most wholesome thread about startups I've ever seen. congrats :)
Re:Show HN: ChatGPT with Access to the Internet on Thursday June 15, 2023 @08:29PM (#36349173)
Your API key is only stored client-side, on the server-side only a hash of it is stored. Your entire chat history is encrypted/decrypted on the client-side so there is no way someone else can read your history.

It's an Open Source project, if you want you can host it yourself. https://github.com/aminmarashi/gpt-api-companion/tree/main/c... I'll add a Github badge to build some trust.

Edit: you can read more in this page https://chat.lit.codes/privacy-and-security

It already mentions the GitHub repo, so I'm not adding the badge.

Show HN: GPT UI similar to ChatGPT but with sudo access

https://chat.lit.codes/

This is an interface on top of the OpenAI API for GPT-3 and 4. It looks similar to ChatGPT, but has a few more features.It does require you to have an API key for the GPT API. The API key is stored in your browser local storage , but a hash of it is used to make sure your history is unique to you. The hash is stored in the backend.There are two main reasons why I created this for myself, you...

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Re:Recent Apple updates leading to WiFi issues? on Friday December 09, 2022 @02:15AM (#33918545)
Came here to say this. It's unfortunately not a new problem. I use Shadow Tech on my M1 Macbook to play windows games, and this has been bugging me ever since. The irony is that this problem is non-existent on old Macbook pros.

Here's an example of SOF solution: https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/413735

But if you search around the internet you will see different solutions proposed for it, none worked for me except for this script.

This popping up on HN gives me hope that next versions give you at least a tool to disable Wifi direct.

Re:An Elixir/LiveView game written entirely by ChatGPT on Tuesday December 06, 2022 @12:03PM (#33883360)
> Can chatgpt replace software developer's job?

It is unlikely that chatbots or large language models like GPT-3 could replace the job of a software developer. While they may be able to assist with certain tasks, such as providing suggestions or generating code based on user input, they are not capable of the complex problem-solving and critical thinking required for software development. Additionally, chatbots and language models do not have the ability to learn and adapt to new situations like a human software developer can. Therefore, it is unlikely that chatbots or GPT-3 could replace the role of a software developer.

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P.S. It may be stealing part of my job, but it's the part that I don't enjoy doing anyway.

Re:An Elixir/LiveView game written entirely by ChatGPT on Tuesday December 06, 2022 @11:30AM (#33882693)
People said a lot of the same things about blockchain (and bitcoin) a couple of years ago. The world has changed in many ways since then, just not in the way they predicted.
Re:LXD containers on macOS at near-native speeds on Thursday December 01, 2022 @11:40AM (#33818738)
> Containers at near-native speeds

Wow, I'm dying to see how it works!

> brew install qemu

:|

Re:What’s so great about functional programming anyway? on Sunday November 20, 2022 @11:12AM (#33682073)
It looks nice in code, but it's a hell to debug.
Re:Open Source Personal Relationship Manager on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @01:47AM (#33619760)
Nothing wrong with getting some help from automation though. It makes things more effective, so if you want to keep relationship with friends/family then you will get that, if you don't want that person to be in your reminders, just remove them. It helps keeping your mind free for other stuff.
Re:Code Red: The Business Impact of Code Quality on Monday October 31, 2022 @01:03PM (#33408819)
I highly recommend the book "Kill It with Fire" by Marianne Bellotti
Re:The SAFe Delusion on Monday October 31, 2022 @12:31PM (#33408202)
SAFe sounds more like a cult to me than a methodology.
Thanks for sharing. The only actual useful thing I got from this post.
10 years of doing something wrong doesn't make it any better. 10 years of doing something and RTFM instead of random blog posts and SOF may help.
Re:Vim After 15 Years on Friday October 28, 2022 @02:05AM (#33368186)
Same thing happened to me since 2021, weirdly enough my VIM setup was quite close to yours. Nowadays, I'm using VSCode + vim plugin, which is kind of the best of the two worlds.

What I miss however from the good-old development in Terminal days:

1. How distraction-free terminal is by default without all the popups and extra things on the screen

2. How I could do anything in my development environment without having a mouse

Therefore naturally I checked your dotfiles and I think I will try to adopt your keybindings. Thanks for sharing.

Re:Ring0VBA – Getting Ring0 Using a Word Document on Thursday October 27, 2022 @02:28PM (#33361852)
The author seems more about having fun than actually making a point.
Re:The Cult of Dd on Wednesday October 26, 2022 @12:09PM (#33345802)
This post makes me wish I could down-vote posts on HN.
Re:Debugging C with Cosmopolitan Libc on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @04:14PM (#33335549)
If anyone's interested in how this actually works, take a look at this (originally linked) article: https://justine.lol/ape.html

This reminds me a little bit about how "Wine" works, but because the support doesn't involve "everything an OS has to provide" the footprint is smaller.

I love it, I'm not the only person who likes to drive fake cars to relax.
Re:AWS doesn't make sense for scientific computing on Saturday October 08, 2022 @04:39AM (#33130768)
I'm surprised no-one mentioned Amazon Lightsail by now. Anyway, yes, AWS can be super expensive especially if you don't know what you're doing, regardless of type of processing.
Re:Norvig's Law (2002) on Monday October 03, 2022 @01:28AM (#33063757)
I have the same feeling, that's why I decided to filter out all that noise for myself, and created this blog: https://rubberduck.so I read the posts every day and filter out "amusing" topics and keep the ones that I actually come back to read again later. It is published on Mondays and updated every day with the articles from the day before https://news.ycombinator.com/front
Comparing React Testing Library with Cypress is comparing apples and oranges. They provide tools for writing different kinds of tests. React Testing Library is useful for testing React components, meaning: it is React specific, and it is used for writing unit tests. However, Cypress is an end-to-end testing platform useful for any frontend application not just React apps. Also it is not useful for writing unit tests.

I don't have any strong opinion about the end-to-end testing tools though, but some mentioned Playwright is a better alternative if you are looking for e2e testing.

Re:DuckDuckGo email protection beta now open on Sunday August 28, 2022 @03:59PM (#32631530)
Let's say I have made an alias from [email protected] to [email protected], I don't need any verification from Bob to be allowed to do that. Therefore I can do stuff with that email now, including registering in websites with the duck email, and send emails to Bob from that website.

Well I can't tell in how many ways that can be harmful, but for example if Bob is tricked to click to the legit link from the website and enter his personal information, then I can change the alias to my own email, reset the password and have full access to Bob's verified account, so yeah, that's one big flaw IMO.

Re:DuckDuckGo email protection beta now open on Friday August 26, 2022 @03:39AM (#32604309)
Another thing that worries me is that you can pretty much direct email to anybody without their consent, no verification is required from their side. Dream work for spammers and scammers.
My first thought was this is exactly what I'm looking for, ah it needs installing Nix package manager on my Mac, I'll pass for now.
Re:Move fast or die: Key startup lessons on Thursday August 25, 2022 @04:15PM (#32599409)
The advice is very much in alignment with the "Zero to One" book. They are explaining how they made their startup "successful". But that doesn't mean if you follow their foot steps your startup will be successful as well.

This line of thinking is not far from the type that leads to cargo cult or any other superstitious belief.

So, not necessarily good or bad advice, do whatever works best for you, but it's important to measure often to know if things are actually working.

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