Lies we tell ourselves to keep using Golang
582 by 0xedb | 379 comments on Hacker News.
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New best story on Hacker News: Ask HN: Have you used SQLite as a primary database?
Ask HN: Have you used SQLite as a primary database?
483 by barryhennessy | 313 comments on Hacker News.
I periodically hear about projects that use/have used sqlite as their sole datastore. The theory seems to be is that you can test out an idea with fewer dependencies (and cost) and that it scales surprisingly far. There are even distributed versions being built for reliability in the cloud: dqlite by canonical (of Ubuntu fame) and rqlite Given the complexity it seems like there are use cases or needs here that I'm not seeing and I'd be very interested to know more from those who've tried. Have you tried this? Did it go well? Or blow up? Were there big surprises along the way? - https://sqlite.org - https://dqlite.io - https://ift.tt/SiEAcWu
483 by barryhennessy | 313 comments on Hacker News.
I periodically hear about projects that use/have used sqlite as their sole datastore. The theory seems to be is that you can test out an idea with fewer dependencies (and cost) and that it scales surprisingly far. There are even distributed versions being built for reliability in the cloud: dqlite by canonical (of Ubuntu fame) and rqlite Given the complexity it seems like there are use cases or needs here that I'm not seeing and I'd be very interested to know more from those who've tried. Have you tried this? Did it go well? Or blow up? Were there big surprises along the way? - https://sqlite.org - https://dqlite.io - https://ift.tt/SiEAcWu
New best story on Hacker News: Show HN: This AI Does Not Exist
Show HN: This AI Does Not Exist
429 by thesephist | 68 comments on Hacker News.
Hey HN! Author of the site here. I tried a few tricks to keep the text-generation part of the site up, but even leaning hard on Huggingface's API and bumping time-outs up, it looks like the site is struggling a bit. I'm going to see if there's anything I can do to keep the text-generation part available, but in the meantime, the pre-generated set should stay pretty stable. Not sure if there's much else I can do without burning a hole in my cloud bills — sorry for the troubles! I've put up a more detailed description of how this works on the GitHub - https://ift.tt/l0fm8rp PS - if anyone at Huggingface is reading this and wants to help out with keeping the API up, that would be super :)
429 by thesephist | 68 comments on Hacker News.
Hey HN! Author of the site here. I tried a few tricks to keep the text-generation part of the site up, but even leaning hard on Huggingface's API and bumping time-outs up, it looks like the site is struggling a bit. I'm going to see if there's anything I can do to keep the text-generation part available, but in the meantime, the pre-generated set should stay pretty stable. Not sure if there's much else I can do without burning a hole in my cloud bills — sorry for the troubles! I've put up a more detailed description of how this works on the GitHub - https://ift.tt/l0fm8rp PS - if anyone at Huggingface is reading this and wants to help out with keeping the API up, that would be super :)
Monday 25 April 2022
New best story on Hacker News: French fighter jet joy ride goes très, très wrong (2020)
French fighter jet joy ride goes très, très wrong (2020)
572 by curmudgeon22 | 203 comments on Hacker News.
572 by curmudgeon22 | 203 comments on Hacker News.
Sunday 24 April 2022
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New best story on Hacker News: Show HN: Make your PDF look scanned in browser
Show HN: Make your PDF look scanned in browser
553 by seedgou | 173 comments on Hacker News.
Implement scanyourpdf.com in JavaScript. No backend servers needed.
553 by seedgou | 173 comments on Hacker News.
Implement scanyourpdf.com in JavaScript. No backend servers needed.
Tuesday 19 April 2022
Monday 18 April 2022
New best story on Hacker News: Ask HN: Internet magically gets faster when opening speedtest?
Ask HN: Internet magically gets faster when opening speedtest?
630 by halgir | 329 comments on Hacker News.
I want to start by saying this is anecdotal, and I feel paranoid for even thinking it. But often my internet will feel very slow, so I'll open speedtest to check if something's wrong. When I do, all of my stalled tabs suddenly spring into action and finish loading. The tinfoil hat wearer inside of me speculates that my internet provider is overloaded and throttling my bandwidth, but immediately prioritizes me when it senses that I'm trying to check if I'm getting what I pay for. Has anyone else noticed this pattern? Is there a way I can test this more scientifically?
630 by halgir | 329 comments on Hacker News.
I want to start by saying this is anecdotal, and I feel paranoid for even thinking it. But often my internet will feel very slow, so I'll open speedtest to check if something's wrong. When I do, all of my stalled tabs suddenly spring into action and finish loading. The tinfoil hat wearer inside of me speculates that my internet provider is overloaded and throttling my bandwidth, but immediately prioritizes me when it senses that I'm trying to check if I'm getting what I pay for. Has anyone else noticed this pattern? Is there a way I can test this more scientifically?
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Tuesday 5 April 2022
New best story on Hacker News: Show HN: Warp, a Rust-based terminal
Show HN: Warp, a Rust-based terminal
583 by zachlloyd | 502 comments on Hacker News.
Hi HN community, I’m Zach, founder and CEO of Warp, and am excited to show you Warp, a fast Rust-based terminal that’s easy to use and built for teams. As of today, Warp is in public beta and any Mac user can download it. It works with bash, zsh, and fish. The terminal’s teletype-like interface has made it hard for the CLI to thrive. After 20 years of programming, I still find it hard to copy a command’s output; I always forget how to use `tar`; and I always have to relearn how to move my cursor. To fix fundamental accessibility issues, I believe we need to start innovating on the terminal, and keep pushing further into the world of shells, ultimately ending up with a better integrated experience. At Warp we are building a Rust-based terminal that keeps what’s best about the CLI while modernizing the experience. We’ve built 1) An input area that works just like a code editor: selections, cursor positioning and completion menus 2) Grouped commands and outputs: so you can easily copy, search, and share terminal outputs 3) AI-powered Command Generation and Community-sourced Workflows [0]: so you can find useful commands without leaving the terminal 4) The ability to share your outputs with teammates: no more pasting long unformatted code into Slack 5) Project Workflows: save your team’s common commands into your project so your teammates can run them from Warp See a demo here: [1] We built Warp in Rust with GPU-accelerated graphics, and along the way we built our own UI framework, a text editor that’s a CRDT, and an out-of-the-box theming system. You can learn more here [2]. Huge thanks to our early collaborators: Atom co-founder Nathan Sobo, Nushell co-founder Andres Robalino, and Fish shell lead developer Peter Ammon. We are planning to first open-source our Rust UI framework, and then parts and potentially all of our client. As of now, the community has already been contributing new themes [3]. And we’ve just opened a repository for the community to contribute common useful commands. [4] Our business model is to make the terminal so useful for individuals that their companies will want to pay for the team features. We will never sell your data. We are calling today’s release a “beta” because we know there are still some issues to smooth out. You will notice that a log-in is required and that we do collect usage data and crash reports. We do so to enable team features and also to keep improving the product. Post-beta, we will allow users to opt out of usage data. You can see our privacy policy here [5]. While it is a “beta”, we are confident that even today the experience is meaningfully better than in other terminals. If you use a Mac, please give it a shot at warp.dev and let us know how it goes. Otherwise, sign up here [6] to be notified when Warp is ready for your platform. Join our community on Discord [7] and follow us on Twitter [8] Let me know what you think! Ask me anything! [0] https://ift.tt/vl78nKT [1] https://youtu.be/X0LzWAVlOC0 [2] https://ift.tt/jl9xTFc [3] https://ift.tt/1kN4ngh [4] https://ift.tt/xG6pQHw [5] https://ift.tt/SLATcyH [6] https://ift.tt/rhN2npy and https://ift.tt/UhkPmw7 [7] warp.dev/discord [8] twitter.com/warpdotdev
583 by zachlloyd | 502 comments on Hacker News.
Hi HN community, I’m Zach, founder and CEO of Warp, and am excited to show you Warp, a fast Rust-based terminal that’s easy to use and built for teams. As of today, Warp is in public beta and any Mac user can download it. It works with bash, zsh, and fish. The terminal’s teletype-like interface has made it hard for the CLI to thrive. After 20 years of programming, I still find it hard to copy a command’s output; I always forget how to use `tar`; and I always have to relearn how to move my cursor. To fix fundamental accessibility issues, I believe we need to start innovating on the terminal, and keep pushing further into the world of shells, ultimately ending up with a better integrated experience. At Warp we are building a Rust-based terminal that keeps what’s best about the CLI while modernizing the experience. We’ve built 1) An input area that works just like a code editor: selections, cursor positioning and completion menus 2) Grouped commands and outputs: so you can easily copy, search, and share terminal outputs 3) AI-powered Command Generation and Community-sourced Workflows [0]: so you can find useful commands without leaving the terminal 4) The ability to share your outputs with teammates: no more pasting long unformatted code into Slack 5) Project Workflows: save your team’s common commands into your project so your teammates can run them from Warp See a demo here: [1] We built Warp in Rust with GPU-accelerated graphics, and along the way we built our own UI framework, a text editor that’s a CRDT, and an out-of-the-box theming system. You can learn more here [2]. Huge thanks to our early collaborators: Atom co-founder Nathan Sobo, Nushell co-founder Andres Robalino, and Fish shell lead developer Peter Ammon. We are planning to first open-source our Rust UI framework, and then parts and potentially all of our client. As of now, the community has already been contributing new themes [3]. And we’ve just opened a repository for the community to contribute common useful commands. [4] Our business model is to make the terminal so useful for individuals that their companies will want to pay for the team features. We will never sell your data. We are calling today’s release a “beta” because we know there are still some issues to smooth out. You will notice that a log-in is required and that we do collect usage data and crash reports. We do so to enable team features and also to keep improving the product. Post-beta, we will allow users to opt out of usage data. You can see our privacy policy here [5]. While it is a “beta”, we are confident that even today the experience is meaningfully better than in other terminals. If you use a Mac, please give it a shot at warp.dev and let us know how it goes. Otherwise, sign up here [6] to be notified when Warp is ready for your platform. Join our community on Discord [7] and follow us on Twitter [8] Let me know what you think! Ask me anything! [0] https://ift.tt/vl78nKT [1] https://youtu.be/X0LzWAVlOC0 [2] https://ift.tt/jl9xTFc [3] https://ift.tt/1kN4ngh [4] https://ift.tt/xG6pQHw [5] https://ift.tt/SLATcyH [6] https://ift.tt/rhN2npy and https://ift.tt/UhkPmw7 [7] warp.dev/discord [8] twitter.com/warpdotdev
Monday 4 April 2022
New best story on Hacker News: Tell HN: My kid's school installed spyware and I can't remove it
Tell HN: My kid's school installed spyware and I can't remove it
534 by ccleve | 272 comments on Hacker News.
My middle schooler goes to Chicago Public Schools. They use Google Classroom for assignments and other communications. I bought him a Chromebook for schoolwork, but also for other private things. When we logged in, the system installed GoGuardian monitoring software on the Chromebook without notice or permission. And now I can't remove it. I wrote to GoGuardian support, and they replied that I had to contact the school or remove my son as a user. The instructions for removing him as a user do not work; on the contrary, I see the message "cps.edu manages this user and may remotely manage settings and monitor user activity" and he can't be removed. I did a full factory reset, signed in to his account again, and now the system is once again locked down. So now I'm in the position where I have to ask permission from a local government entity to please let me install stuff and don't monitor the computer I bought and paid for. Does anyone know how to refer these people to law enforcement for prosecution?
534 by ccleve | 272 comments on Hacker News.
My middle schooler goes to Chicago Public Schools. They use Google Classroom for assignments and other communications. I bought him a Chromebook for schoolwork, but also for other private things. When we logged in, the system installed GoGuardian monitoring software on the Chromebook without notice or permission. And now I can't remove it. I wrote to GoGuardian support, and they replied that I had to contact the school or remove my son as a user. The instructions for removing him as a user do not work; on the contrary, I see the message "cps.edu manages this user and may remotely manage settings and monitor user activity" and he can't be removed. I did a full factory reset, signed in to his account again, and now the system is once again locked down. So now I'm in the position where I have to ask permission from a local government entity to please let me install stuff and don't monitor the computer I bought and paid for. Does anyone know how to refer these people to law enforcement for prosecution?
Saturday 2 April 2022
New best story on Hacker News: Ask HN: When did 7 interviews become “normal”?
Ask HN: When did 7 interviews become “normal”?
548 by geeky4qwerty | 664 comments on Hacker News.
edit: I love this community! Thank you so much for all the insight. For those who complained, I'm sorry if this post comes across as complainy or redundant, I respect the HN hive-mind and was genuinely curious about everyone's thoughts on the matter. Hello fellow travelers, I'll do my best to keep this brief(ish). I've been in IT professionally since Y2K, data entry->QA->SysAdmin->PM->consultant->founder->sold and with the money took some years off, bought some property and a fixer upper and went to school and got a BSBA degree (never graduated from high school but wanted to show my kids the importance of a degree). I missed working and creating things with people so decided to reenter the job market in the PM space. So now that my hat is in the ring I have been told by recruiters what I need to "expect" in this "new market." I was told "5 to 7 interviews is normal". What? I genuinely feel like I'm having a 'Blast from the Past' moment in this whole thing (good 90s romcom kids, look it up). When did a hiring manager lose their authority and the trust of the organization to do their job? Am I just out of touch? How is a process like this in any way shape or form efficient or productive? Am i missing something? HN, please help!
548 by geeky4qwerty | 664 comments on Hacker News.
edit: I love this community! Thank you so much for all the insight. For those who complained, I'm sorry if this post comes across as complainy or redundant, I respect the HN hive-mind and was genuinely curious about everyone's thoughts on the matter. Hello fellow travelers, I'll do my best to keep this brief(ish). I've been in IT professionally since Y2K, data entry->QA->SysAdmin->PM->consultant->founder->sold and with the money took some years off, bought some property and a fixer upper and went to school and got a BSBA degree (never graduated from high school but wanted to show my kids the importance of a degree). I missed working and creating things with people so decided to reenter the job market in the PM space. So now that my hat is in the ring I have been told by recruiters what I need to "expect" in this "new market." I was told "5 to 7 interviews is normal". What? I genuinely feel like I'm having a 'Blast from the Past' moment in this whole thing (good 90s romcom kids, look it up). When did a hiring manager lose their authority and the trust of the organization to do their job? Am I just out of touch? How is a process like this in any way shape or form efficient or productive? Am i missing something? HN, please help!
Friday 1 April 2022
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