vcoppola

Re:FAA Issues National Ground Stop on Friday November 13, 2026 @05:31PM (#50490997)

I mean, Starlink/iMessage still work, right? Pilots text ATC like "" and "".

Re:Reasons I didn't become an EMT, ranked on Sunday October 04, 2026 @12:02AM (#49950513)

Yes, absolutely! I greatly value having come from a nontraditional background and recognize the diversity of thought and well roundedness that it's afforded me.

I agree with you that it’s a great job for anyone who can stomach it—especially early in their career.

Kind of like how people say everyone should work in the service industry at least once. I think caring for and serving others is messy work that forges a beautiful soul.

Re:Reasons I didn't become an EMT, ranked on Saturday October 03, 2026 @07:12PM (#49948707)

I kind of did this in reverse lol. I was an EMT on private ambulance for 5 years, went to paramedic school, then dropped out and became a software engineer. Coming from the other side, I can definitely relate to the experience of delaying something you want to do for reasons that, in hindsight, were mostly irrational.

Re:I've been waiting over a month for Anthropic support to respond on Wednesday April 08, 2026 @08:56PM (#47698090)

I had a similar experience. Pretty ironic that we can't reach a human given that "Anthropic" literally means "involving or concerning the existence of human life".

Show HN: Holywell – The missing SQL formatter for sqlstyle.guide

Posted by vcoppola on Friday February 13, 2026 @04:40PM
from the show-hn dept.

https://github.com/vinsidious/holywell

For nearly a decade, I've wanted a SQL formatter that followed Simon Holywell's style guide (https://sqlstyle.guide). If you're unfamiliar with it, one of its key (and most controversial) features is “river alignment” of keywords. I couldn’t find an existing formatter that implemented it, so I made Holywell.Try it in the browser: https://holywell.sh Repo:...

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