Monday 27 February 2023

New best story on Hacker News: Keep your AI claims in check

Keep your AI claims in check
478 by deepwaters | 194 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: The Camera-Shy Hoodie

The Camera-Shy Hoodie
453 by alwaysbeconsing | 195 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: Signal says it'll shut down in UK if Online Safety Bill approved

Signal says it'll shut down in UK if Online Safety Bill approved
425 by rntn | 293 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: Most data work seems fundamentally worthless

Most data work seems fundamentally worthless
484 by ludicity | 224 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: Poor sleep drove me insane, and my long path to recovery

Poor sleep drove me insane, and my long path to recovery
470 by Wagthesam | 182 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: Help! Is This Arabic?

Help! Is This Arabic?
447 by davikr | 209 comments on Hacker News.


Tuesday 21 February 2023

New best story on Hacker News: Show HN: Turn your Pandas dataframe into a Tableau-style UI for visual analysis

Show HN: Turn your Pandas dataframe into a Tableau-style UI for visual analysis
642 by AwsmDef | 52 comments on Hacker News.
Hey, guys. I've just made a plugin which turns your pandas dataframe into a tableau-style component. It allows you to explore the dataframe with easy drag-and-drop UI. You can use PyGWalker in Jupyter, Google Colab, or even Kaggle Notebook to easily explore your data and generate interactive visualizations. PyGWalker (pronounced like "Pig Walker", just for fun) is named as an abbreviation of "Python binding of Graphic Walker". Here are some links to check it out: The Github Repo: https://ift.tt/KsQlCJz Use PyGWalker in Kaggle: https://ift.tt/YOaGsnd Feedback and suggestions are appreciated! Please feel free to try it out and let me know what you think. Thanks for your support!

New best story on Hacker News: Running large language models like ChatGPT on a single GPU

Running large language models like ChatGPT on a single GPU
632 by _nhynes | 230 comments on Hacker News.


Friday 10 February 2023

New best story on Hacker News: “Open source” seeds loosen Big Ag’s grip on farmers

“Open source” seeds loosen Big Ag’s grip on farmers
477 by dnetesn | 241 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: Ask HN: How do you deal with information and internet addiction?

Ask HN: How do you deal with information and internet addiction?
525 by rqtwteye | 197 comments on Hacker News.
I have noticed that I am getting more and more addicted to consuming information so I am listening to podcasts while working and I watch Youtube videos in my free time. This is all fun and interesting but I feel this makes me want to do things less and less. Instead of working on my own problems I distract myself by listening to ever more information. I get a lot of benefit from this information but somehow it feels shallow. I think part of it is that my work is quite uninteresting and doesn't really keep my mind engaged. But the work is tedious enough that I am too tried in the evening to do something interesting. After a few years everything feels like it's a repeat. Does anybody else feel that way? Have you been able to detach yourself from the constant flow of information and focus on your own stuff?

Monday 6 February 2023

New best story on Hacker News: The technology behind GitHub’s new code search

The technology behind GitHub’s new code search
612 by joshbetz | 148 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: Visual design rules you can safely follow

Visual design rules you can safely follow
496 by tontonius | 108 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: Ask HN: Did anyone else lose their marbles?

Ask HN: Did anyone else lose their marbles?
484 by throoowwawaayy | 286 comments on Hacker News.
Typical story I imagine-- ambitious, smart, promising career, was a technical co-founder at a small startup, and things seemed fine. Then I found myself wandering in the woods all day, crying for no reason and looking for non-existent fossils, which I found. I eventually saw petrified sea creatures everywhere and stopped going to work, or answering my phone, paying bills, etc. Things ended predictably, in horrible slow motion. Now I have a two year hole in my life, and I’ll never forgive myself for what I put my family through. But nobody else will ever know that. I’m functional and back in the industry, but it’s not the sort of thing people discuss at the water cooler. So I’d like to ask if anyone else had a secret breakdown? I’m curious if my story is an outlier, or if this is one of those things that “just happens” to some people.

New best story on Hacker News: Path to a free, self-taught education in Computer Science

Path to a free, self-taught education in Computer Science
495 by netfortius | 130 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: Tell HN: DEI initiatives undermine the self esteem of PoC within a company

Tell HN: DEI initiatives undermine the self esteem of PoC within a company
621 by qzx_pierri | 354 comments on Hacker News.
As a black man, I have some issues with the DEI (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion) trend. As it exists within some (most?) companies, it seems to perpetuate imposter syndrome significantly. For example, I know I'm talented - I've got the projects, certs, and experience to back it up. However, when I have to join a cheesy townhall once a month to discuss diversity hires, it makes me feel like I have no right to feel proud of any accomplishments I've made within the company. "Why should I feel proud of my accomplishments, when the accomplishments were spoon-fed to me by the company because of my skin color? If I were a white man with the same experience, I might not even be here?" In my opinion, it would be beneficial if DEI initiatives were confidential and kept "hush hush" within a company. Diversity is able to be seen. If you're actually a diverse company, then people will notice. I could understand publishing a quarterly report, but creating townhall meetings and parading your black/brown employees around like show ponies is nothing short of corporate virtue signaling. I realize this isn't the type of content posted to HN usually, and I realize it is in 'rant' territory, but I know a lot of managers in a lot of influential companies hangout here, so I figured posting this could spark some meaningful discussion.

Friday 3 February 2023

New best story on Hacker News: Starting February 9, we will no longer support free access to the Twitter API

Starting February 9, we will no longer support free access to the Twitter API
734 by davidbarker | 413 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: Tell HN: Firefox Is an awesome browser right now

Tell HN: Firefox Is an awesome browser right now
768 by rrishi | 420 comments on Hacker News.
I was having trouble loading GMail in Chrome. I wasn't sure if it was my spotty internet or the browser acting up so I gave Firefox a shot. And behold! Firefox opened it in a jiffy. What impressed me most was that it was able to import saved passwords, bookmarks and websites history from Chrome pretty quickly. Previously, I had imported these to Chromium based web browsers (Brave & Edge) but was afraid that it might be an issue for non-Chromium browser like Firefox, but to my pleasant surprise, it wasn't. Some really cool observations in first 30 mins of using it : 1. It opens websites really quickly, much faster than Chrome 2. All parts feel really customizable. I was able to get rid of the Firefox View tab really easily (I may explore it in the future because it seemed quite interesting to send links from phone to desktop). It was also easy enough to customize bookmarks bar to only show up in new tab. 3. Extensions ecosystem is thriving . I was glad to find my old favorite: Dark Reader. But I have also found a new favorite - Tab Stash. I also found an extension to download Youtube videos - Video Downloader, something I didn't find in Chrome 4. Clean look that gets out of your way. I had given Firefox a shot in the past and had found Chrome to be a better performing browser at the time. But this time, Firefox seems to really have clicked with me. I'd be glad to learn of any other cool features and extensions that y'all might want to share.

Wednesday 1 February 2023

New best story on Hacker News: Show HN: We built a developer-first open-source Zapier alternative

Show HN: We built a developer-first open-source Zapier alternative
482 by eallam | 137 comments on Hacker News.
For the past few months we’ve been building Trigger.dev and can now share our beta with you: https://ift.tt/GdE8SMg . Trigger.dev is an open source platform that makes it easy for developers to create event-driven background tasks directly in their code. You write workflows using our SDK, and can view all the runs in our web app. Why we built this: - We found current workflow / automation tools like Zapier and n8n are good for simple tasks, but not for more advanced use cases. - Dropping down into code in these tools is just not a great experience. We prefer using our own IDEs, version control, and having access to GitHub Copilot etc. - Sometimes, a workflow requires us to query a database or handle some sensitive information. It would be great if this data wasn’t sent to a third party. Our beta version lets you: - Trigger workflows from webhooks, custom events or schedules (CRON) - Use API integrations with Slack, GitHub, Shopify and Resend. We’re adding more of these each week. - Add delays of up to 1 year. Workflows will resume where they left off, even if your server has gone down. - Support for Fetch and subscribing to generic webhooks. - Observe every workflow run in the app (great for debugging). - Open source MIT license so anyone can self-host the platform. We’re still early so would love your feedback and opinions. Feel free to try us out for free – and if you want a specific API integrated, just let us know. Main website: https://trigger.dev Github: https://ift.tt/GdE8SMg

New best story on Hacker News: ChatGPT Plus

ChatGPT Plus
503 by davidbarker | 473 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: Instagram’s co-founders are back with Artifact, a kind of TikTok for text

Instagram’s co-founders are back with Artifact, a kind of TikTok for text
431 by gwill | 362 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: I want to lose every debate

I want to lose every debate
468 by Tomte | 357 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: Ask HN: How do you test SQL?

Ask HN: How do you test SQL?
575 by pcarolan | 277 comments on Hacker News.
I've been looking for resources for our data team to apply best practices for testing SQL pipelines (we use DBT) but have not found anything. How do you test SQL pipelines? What patterns, tools and best practices would you recommend? Any good reference material you know of?