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Re:Safari Technology Preview 248 Released on Wednesday July 22, 2026 @10:56PM (#49016315)
omg it works.. why is this so hard?
Re:Safari Technology Preview 248 Released on Wednesday July 22, 2026 @10:55PM (#49016308)
option click does not fully maximise!
Re:Safari Technology Preview 248 Released on Wednesday July 22, 2026 @08:09PM (#49015206)
Please add way to maximize the window. I rage quit when it goes fullscreen or just tall.
Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (June 2023) on Thursday June 01, 2023 @10:27PM (#36160109)
Location: Wellington, New Zealand

Remote: Yes

Welling to relocate: No

Technologies: Rails, Vue, Postgresql, Docker. Full-stack lead dev for an open source startup for 12 years, designed and implemented entire product (now a profitable business) and looking for next opportunity. Would love to work in Rails, Zig or Clojure.

Email: [email protected]

Re:Are Magic Links Outdated? on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @06:56AM (#32081005)
MagicLinks are a mobile nightmare. Mobile email clients use their own browser and cookie jar which consume the session cookie you're trying to put into the user's main browser. This results in users 'never staying signed in' and a lot of frustration.

Sending a one-time code via email fixes this, and is in practice about as easy to use as a link on desktop.

In our app (Loomio) we default to magic/codes, but let users use passwords if they prefer.

That's sad. It was your recommendation that led my company to be a customer of DO for more than 5 years.

I'm sure they've gotten 10x more value from your recommendation than they realise, and it fueled their early growth.