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Andugal

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CTO @Leexi

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Socials: - github.com/blombard - linkedin.com/in/baptiste-lombard-leexi - stackoverflow.com/users/3956205/btl

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Andugal··on Tell HN: GitHub Is Overloaded
Yes it is https://downdetector.com/status/github/
Andugal··on Cloudflare was down
So DownDetector is down, but DownDetectorDownDetector does not detect it... We probably need one more DownDetector. (no)
Andugal··on Cloudflare was down
Notion is also down as a result
Andugal··on Cloudflare Global Network experiencing issues
Indeed, it worked for 2 minutes, but not anymore.
Andugal··on Cloudflare Global Network experiencing issues
OK, it seems to be working again.
Andugal··on Ask HN: What API or software are people using for transcription?
Bonus question: what API or software are people using for diarization? (On top of transcription)
Andugal··on Launch HN: Chonkie (YC X25) – Open-Source Library for Advanced Chunking
Congratulations for the launch!

You said that Chonkie works with multiple vector stores. I was wondering what RAG database HN uses? Do you need a specialized one (like Chroma) or is Postgres just fine?

Andugal··on Show HN: A toy version of Wireshark (student project)
Yes especially since Vanta is an already well known company.
Andugal··on AI Horseless Carriages
> I’m actually having a really hard time thinking of an AI feature other than coding AI feature that I actually enjoy.

If you attend a lot of meetings, having an AI note-taker take notes for you and generate a structured summary, follow-up email, to-do list, and more will be an absolute game changer.

(Disclaimer, I'm the CTO of Leexi, an AI note-taker)

Andugal··on Ask HN: Would you still choose Ruby on Rails for a startup in 2025?
I am the CTO of https://www.leexi.ai/ which is powered by a Rails API (Vue/Nuxt in the frontend).

I chose Rails 3 years ago when I started coding it at night because it was the stack I knew best. And I don't regret it, quite the opposite.

We now have thousands of customers using it daily and it has been nothing but a joy to create and maintain this app.

Andugal··on WXT: Next-Gen Web Extension Framework
WXT is heavily inspired by Nuxt (with emphasis on DX) and we gladly use both at my company.
Andugal··on Show HN: Non SaaS – Directory of Non SaaS Apps
Great marketing strategy since the creator of this website is also the creator of several of these "non-SaaS".
Andugal··on Heroku Postgres is now based on AWS Aurora
For a lot of use cases, nothing beats « git push » and tada your app is deployed.
Andugal··on Magika: AI powered fast and efficient file type identification
I have a question: Is something like Magika enough to check if a file is malicious or not?

Example: users can upload PNG file (and only PNG is accepted). If Malika detects that the file is a PNG, does this mean the file is clean?

Andugal··on How does Sidekiq really work?
I chose to build our backend in Ruby (front end in Vuejs) 2 years ago when I started leexi.ai because I wanted to have a quick MVP on the market and we sticked with it because it's so good for what it does!

Rails, Sidekiq, Postgres, Redis, boring technologies powering thousands of customers.

Andugal··on Ruby on Rails: The Documentary [video]
Honeypot documentaries are really good ! I highly recommend them.
Andugal··on Tell HN: There is a highlights page on HN
Is there a place where HN publishes some sort of changelog?
Andugal··on I asked Bard to roast my landing page. And roast it did
Of course it is, like many other links shared on HN.
Andugal··on Stack Overflow Is Down
A status page that is down at the same time as the real website is not a good status page...
Andugal··on HN Badges
When the website retrieves your bio, if it finds that link, it will give you a new badge.
Andugal··on Learning to summarize from human feedback (2022)
Sorry if the answer is obvious but can we use this for our own usage? If yes, how?
Andugal··on Show HN: Minesweeper on a chess board with chess pieces as mines
This is actually good! Well done :)
Andugal··on Revue will shut down and all data will be deleted
"You would have to be a complete idiot to try and build your revenue on something owned by Twitter. They will shut you down at any time, for any reason, with no recourse."

Indeed they did.

Andugal··on Dear Chess World
So Magnus can't prove it (yet?) but has a strong feeling about it.

It reminds me of other cases in cycling or athletics...

Let's hope the truth also triumphs this time.

Andugal··on Removal of Heroku free product plans
Maybe you could try the auto idle heroku add-ons?
Andugal··on Ask HN: What is the best book you have read with the greatest impact on you?
For my work "Inspired" from Marty Cagan has been such an eye opener!
Andugal··on Post-incident review on the Atlassian April 2022 outage
If I understand correctly, since they deleted only a small subset of all their customers, they could not restore a clean backup of those customers without losing data from other customers not impacted by the outage.

So how would one have a clean "partial backup" strategy if something similar would happen in his company?

Andugal··on Stack Overflow is currently offline for maintenance
Does stackoverflow have an official status page?
Andugal··on Squabble.me – Multiplayer Wordle Royale
Why am I able to get competitive on anything? ^^
Andugal··on Rare real colour photos of WWII
You have to wait a bit because of HN hug of death but the pictures are worth it!
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