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Re:Ask HN: Modern Node.js Request Fault Tolerance Library? on Wednesday May 03, 2023 @06:13PM (#35808518)
Oops, forgot to include the Hystrix link, https://github.com/Netflix/Hystrix

Ask HN: Best Data Security / Privacy Vendors?

I am in the market for a PCI compliant Data Security vendor that can support things like tokenization or aliasing. Does anyone feel strongly about a particular vendor?I know of a number of options out there that I that I will not name by name because I would rather get all of your input and not immediately steer the conversation in a particular way.Thank you all

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Re:IPv6-only subnets and EC2 instances on Wednesday November 24, 2021 @02:21AM (#29327645)
Does GPC support ipv6 only subnets? Some cursory pokes around I can not tell. (I really only work with AWS). Azure? Any other notable services providers have done this yet? I can not tell if this is long overdue or actually something to take note of.
Re:AWS is playing chess, Cloudflare is playing Go on Monday October 18, 2021 @11:12AM (#28906218)
I consider Clouflare to be the least reliable cloud service provider out there. So many CDN and DNS related outages thanks to poor engineering release practices. Considering those are their bread and butter services I wouldn't ever rely on any of their other services.
Re:Ask HN: Kubernetes Firewall? on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @01:33PM (#28131736)
@sungrokshim, thanks for the input. Wallaram is on my radar. Glad to hear it recommended though.

With your setup (cert-manager + ALB + nginx-ingress) I suppose you are using the private ACM certs? Or does having nginx-ingress in the mix allow you to use certs from other CAs, i.e. letsencrypt?

Ask HN: Kubernetes Firewall?

I am curious what firewall configurations one would recommend for internet facing network traffic in a kubernetes cluster?I am using EKS but would love to hear any and all options, suggestions regardless if only available from another cloud vender managed solution.My first instinct was to use the new AWS Load Balancer Controller which can create an ALB + WAF setup. This guide seems like exactly...

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Ask HN: What Back End Framework with User Management Is Your Favorite?

I am curious what backend framework you would choose to run with for prototyping an application with run of the mill user management requirements. That is functionality along the lines of: session management, password policies, password reset, user verifications, etc.Sadly it seems there really are not any frameworks that have user management natively supported. The only one I am aware of is...

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With a few other other elements (i.e. weather) added to learning model I bet this would be super accurate! Pretty neat. I love finding use at home DIY use cases with commodity hardware, ESP32s ftw.
Re:AWS CloudShell on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @11:47AM (#25431992)
Hmm, I suppose this is useful for super large orgs? I feel managing the IAM policies around this is pretty much the same level of complexity as managing access to a bastion host to open a ssh tunnel through.
Re:Retool Raises $50M from Sequoia on Wednesday October 21, 2020 @01:41AM (#24845073)
I tried this product thinking it would be super useful... not the case. Ended up spending a few days total rolling our own internal tools and way happier we did. I love leveraging saas products but this one just fell flat for me. It felt too constraining.

Curious to hear from a real customer of theirs how they are using this service?

Re:Vapor – Decentralized Web over Bitcoinized HTTP on Wednesday October 07, 2020 @11:04AM (#24708988)
Encapsulating HTTP request in Bitcoin transactions? Sounds like the throughput limitations of Bitcoin would make this a super slow decentralized web protocol?
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2020) on Friday October 02, 2020 @12:22AM (#24658853)
Nexkey | Full Time | Lead Backend Engineer, Lead Deepstack Engineer | San Mateo, CA & Remote

Nexkey is smarter access for every workspace.

Founded in 2013, Nexkey is a startup based in San Mateo, and is well-funded by Upfront Ventures and K9 Ventures. Nexkey is the combination of hard- and software solutions to simplify access and key management.

Our unique hardware can make any door smart - main doors, meeting rooms, garages, and even file cabinets all connect to the Nexkey platform. Our easy-to-use app and cloud services let office managers control smart keys and unlock doors instantly with their phone. Nexkey improves workplace security while reducing office management costs and forever eliminates the need for physical keys.

This position has a ton of ownership. You own our backend.

AWS Service Oriented Architecture NodeJS + Express + ParseServer MongoDB Nginx Java

https://www.nexkey.com/open-positions?bzid=e869aedcb86a or email ray.smets <at> nexkey.com

Curious where you would consider chart.io to fall in this ecosystem?

I have been using it for its seamless AWS Athena integration to get a handle on load balancer logs when needed. However it is pretty pricey. Would love to move to an open source solution. However my use case feels a little different than what was mentioned above?

Neat idea and the ease of use is certainly attractive! I have a question though...

Couldn't one simply use a traditional CDN where ever their customers are which would then allow the inbound network requests to jump on private interface routing to where ever the app truly lives quicker - essentially making for a more responsive "business logic" app feel? If all infrastructure was on the same cloud provider, say AWS.

I understand this approach is less dynamic in nature but would have been a solution for the Ars Technica problem presented I feel. If not, what am I missing? Thanks!

Re:How Spotify ran a large Google Dataflow job for Wrapped 2019 on Tuesday February 18, 2020 @03:57PM (#22360338)
I thought this was such a marvel! However, my excitement level was tapered when I realized the playlist Best of the Decade was not created by only my music listening habits.

Seems as though users were pinned to some general playlist that had characteristics similar to listening habits? Still hats off from an engineering perspective. I as well wish there was more technical detail provided.

The year recap playlists though are fun personal snapshot of time.

All of SED... learn so much every time I click play. https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/
Napatech also has some state of the art programable NIC product offerings as well.

https://www.napatech.com/products/napatech-smartnics/

I know a number of cloud providers are customers of theirs. Nice to see practical use cases for FPGAs.

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2019) on Monday July 01, 2019 @11:37AM (#20326412)
Nexkey | San Mateo, CA | ONSITE | Full-time

Seeking (2): (1) Web Developer & (1) Backend Developer

Nexkey - we are building the worlds best smart access control system with numerous awards from CES to ISC West with our small and agile team. We collaborate closely while also entrusting each member with plenty of space to work. We love exploring new tools and technologies. We believe in making data driven decisions and we take a customer-first approach when designing new features. As a member of the Nexkey software team, you'll be given ownership of a large project with ample freedom to explore areas that are both interesting to you and in the best interests of the product. Some key areas include Scalability, Security, and Reliability. Also by getting in at this early stage, you'll have the opportunity to help shape the product, define the software stack, and influence the culture of the company.

Tech Stack: React, Redux, Node, Java, AWS

Contact: ray dot smets at nexkey dot com if interested

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Re:Oracle Data Marketplace on Tuesday May 29, 2018 @03:38PM (#17182311)
Not new at all. Not sure why this was posted today though. Here is a similar marketplace / solution from one of their biggest competitors, Neustar https://www.marketing.neustar/identity-data-management-platf...

Adobe is also very much in this space.

Ask HN: What does your office dev cycle/workflow look like?

I'm curious what the development cycle workflow is at your place of work. I'm currently working for a mature mid sized company having come from a small nibble start up and having issues grabbling with the amount of processes one needs to jump through to get any code merged and deployed. We have a service oriented architecture. Here is our workflow:1) Jira for ticket creation / work progress2)...

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Re:YouTube Face is clickbait, attaining human form on Tuesday April 10, 2018 @07:08PM (#16806471)
I've always that human form clickbait could really only be attributed to walking through Amsterdam's red light district but this guy has a point! Interesting read.

Side note is he coining the term "YouTube Face"? I've never heard that before...

Re:Emoji.length == 2 on Thursday March 09, 2017 @11:29PM (#13836376)
(U+200B), zero width space, should be outlawed... got me good a couple years ago! Had todo a hexdump to see what was going on.
Re:The Other Half on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @01:40PM (#13766807)
Interesting story. Having a skilled doctor is essential to making it out of those situations unscathed. I was lucky enough to have one of those too.

I had an ischemic stroke at the age of 21 while studying abroad in Prague. Rushed to ER and emergency cutting edge surgery, intra-arterial thrombolysis, ensued. This is a 'test' procedure in many parts of the western world. They went through my groin to get to the blot clot in my brain. Woke up that evening in the ER with pretty much no clue what had happened.

While the quality of the care was pretty good, with the surgeon being spectacular, the language barrier made things a bit difficult for my two weeks stay there after! Not to mention I was hands down to everyone's junior in that section of the hospital I was moved to after the ER ha.

Anyway that's the short version of a story I should probably write down somewhere similar to yours. I'm 24 now and completely healthy =). For all the 'making the world a better place (at a macro level)' that us devs are doing it is a nice reminder that making the world a better place on an individual level is probably still the most impact any of us can have. I don't even know what my doctor's name was! But thank you to all you MDs.

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