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Re:Is Outbound Going to Die?
on Monday April 28, 2025 @07:43PM (#43827313)
Eventually, humans are going to get used to the constant spam and start mentally tuning out these hyper personalized initiatives.
haven't we already been doing this since email templating was a thing?
Re:Why I'm skeptical of rewriting JavaScript tools in "faster" languages
on Monday October 21, 2024 @11:44AM (#41905374)
i share some of this sentiment as well and i think a lot of my hesitance is that these solutions seem born of the popularity of rust. we have had c and c++ for as long as javascript has been a full-stack workhorse. is it just the barrier of entry / novelty of rust has prompted longtime js devs to make the leap into building tooling? along with it, it seems the "new framework every week" jab at javascript can be applied to the build system as well. in any case, i welcome the speed improvements and this certainly does not preclude me from using these new tools where i'm able.
Re:Keep your phone number private with Signal usernames
on Tuesday February 20, 2024 @02:49PM (#39446013)
in a world where iOS users won't install another free app from the app store because they already use iMessage, matrix is like asking for your friends to perform calculus just to talk to you.
Re:Htmx, Rust and Shuttle: A New Rapid Prototyping Stack
on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @01:23PM (#38101572)
this seems like great for rapid prototyping for those that are already well-versed in rust and really really hate javascript.
Re:My Journey Away from the JAMstack
on Monday July 31, 2023 @01:53PM (#36946340)
i completely agree. use the right tool for the job. if you need significantly dynamic content, you should consider another framework such as rails (as the author indicates).
if netlify is being portrayed as the only platform to deploy a statically generated site from git commit, then i suppose yes, the sane defaults of these frameworks are not the right tool _for you_.
Re:Ask HN: Is the market bad, or am I having the worst luck job hunting?
on Friday July 28, 2023 @11:21AM (#36908164)
it is very sad. i personally would much rather someone walks through their problem solving approach and identifies shortcomings/edge cases than to regurgitate a memorized algorithm.
it's really easy to identify code that is not optimal at code review time. it is far more challenging to have a conversation with a algorithm-regurgitating robot that their entire approach was wrong because they misunderstood the abstraction or that their code wasn't needed because Larry is refactoring that part of the system to a separate service already.
Re:Brave Browser introduces vertical tabs
on Thursday June 01, 2023 @04:52PM (#36157165)
close your damn tabs, heathens
Re:Conventional Wisdom as an Anti-Pattern
on Monday February 27, 2023 @12:21PM (#34959162)
i think TDD is a great method, but not dogma. likewise with code coverage. being prescriptive about one or the other just leads to angry people who get fed up with the principle and rebel.
Re:From Go on EC2 to Fly.io: +fun, −$9/mo
on Monday February 27, 2023 @12:11PM (#34959025)
don't know much about fly.io, but i would have definitely deployed my go binary + caddy w/config in a container, rather than setup a systemd service on the host. just me?
Re:GitHub staff are required to use Teams by Sep 1, 2023
on Monday February 13, 2023 @02:21PM (#34778795)
act like its so bad, they've been using ruby since inception.
Re:Apple’s 2½ year old iPhone 12 is 6% faster than the new Samsung Gal...
on Thursday February 09, 2023 @01:45PM (#34729028)
same experience here but am a pixel person, not samsung. why is the notification experience on iOS so bad? it feels like doing chores.
i figure system settings are annoying because the default is good enough for most users.
Re:Architecture diagrams should be code
on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @04:39PM (#34345301)
i rebuked in horror when haskell was mentioned much like i rebuke in horror when vizio is mentioned. :)
Re:Poll: Have You Caught Covid?
on Monday November 28, 2022 @04:49PM (#33780303)
there is no poll option for "caught it and died" :\
Re:Show HN: Open-source OAuth2 server Ory Hydra v2.0
on Thursday November 03, 2022 @11:33AM (#33452600)
excited to try this again!
Re:“Privacy”.com–Yeah Right
on Monday October 03, 2022 @11:24AM (#33068826)
i have quite a few credit cards and haven't seen this feature on a single one. discover eliminated this feature years back.
Re:Ask HN: I'm considering taking a break from startups to join big tech
on Saturday September 17, 2022 @11:38AM (#32878373)
great idea. take some time and let work be your source of income and not your entire life. you won't get a do-over of your 20s. whatever you decide to pursue, inquire thoroughly about work/life balance. you can always go back to the startup grind later.
Re:Apache Apisix: Open-Source API Gateway and API Management Platform
on Thursday September 15, 2022 @01:58PM (#32855948)
doesn't traefik provide much of the functionality you'd want from an api gateway?
Re:I love my GPD Micro PC
on Thursday August 18, 2022 @10:12PM (#32517004)
the keyboard is so small, why not just use your cell phone? yes your on screen keyboard is far from ideal but it has already built some muscle memory. typing on a tiny keyboard with a non-standard layout is just painful.
Re:Show HN: Superblocks – IDE for Internal Apps, APIs and Cron Jobs
on Thursday August 04, 2022 @12:24PM (#32344970)
yes! more options to save me from powerapps. looks good so far.
Re:Where Did Architecture Go?
on Wednesday August 03, 2022 @11:37AM (#32333167)
in my experience, having access to the aws dashboard rarely indicates mastery of the platform and knowledge of which tool is best for the job. it is incredibly common to lift and shift on premise workloads to ec2 with an rds instance to save the cognitive load of application refactoring. this creates a different flavor of infrastructure complexity without taking full advantage of the services on offer.
Re:Tell HN: My new free note taking tool
on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @03:45PM (#32156961)
yeah syncing works fine so long as you rely on ... some other thing that actually works :D
Re:After roasting Apple about headphone jacks, Google dumps it from Pi...
on Thursday May 12, 2022 @08:55PM (#31361940)
can't help you with the sd card slot but if you don't mind carrying a wired headset, a usb-c > 3.5mm adapter can't be the dongle that breaks the camel's back..?
Re:Virtual offices are not remote-friendly workplaces
on Monday May 09, 2022 @12:39PM (#31316370)
so back when i used to spend an hour or more reading and responding to email every morning i was closer to this definition of "remote" even though i was sitting in an office.
Re:pnpm: Fast, disk space efficient package manager for JavaScript
on Wednesday April 06, 2022 @12:21AM (#30928442)
very much the opposite of my experience. i'd gladly have 30 copies of left-pad living in my project rent free if it meant i never had to see "Your requirements could not be resolved to an installable set of packages" ever again.
Re:Vulnerability in Honda's Remote Keyless System
on Friday March 25, 2022 @02:21PM (#30805484)
at least my dystopian future toyota keyfob subscription could be patched to fix this...
Re:/tap – Powerful and customizable note-taking system
on Thursday December 23, 2021 @01:02PM (#29664502)
a subscription to a notes service that is intentionally more barebones than the other options is something i really don't need. currently using joplin and its been working pretty well.
Re:How Not to Learn Rust
on Thursday December 16, 2021 @05:00PM (#29584565)
this was super effective at convincing me not to learn rust
Re:Is Ford about to reinvent the bicycle derailleur?
on Thursday October 07, 2021 @02:21PM (#28790214)
they're called motorcycles, just go to a dealership to have someone sell you those bells and whistles instead.
Re:Apple's Power Move to Kneecap Facebook Advertising Is Working
on Friday September 24, 2021 @01:16PM (#28645258)
you bet your ass consumers would care. ignorance is bliss.
Re:Amazon’s new Kindle Paperwhite
on Tuesday September 21, 2021 @11:30AM (#28606023)
i almost bought a Kobo earlier this year but talked myself back into the Kindle ecosystem just for whispersync. while i vastly prefer reading on the kindle itself, i do often find myself reading on my phone during unexpected downtime. MOBI sucks but even self-converted epub MOBI seamlessly syncs progress.