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Croak··on Authentication issues related to API requests
I just set up Forgejo on one of my machines. It works very well, have not had any problems yet.
Croak··on Do you even need a database?
You remove a bit of complexity. Sure Postgres is not hard to set up sn to connect to, but Sqlite is just opening a file. It being a file makes it also very easy to test or debug you application.
Croak··on Ask HN: Should we collectively stop spell checking and fixing grammar
That's correct, but I haven't set it up for my native language.
Croak··on Ask HN: Should we collectively stop spell checking and fixing grammar
I write most of my stuff in vim so use a neither a spellchecker or grammar-checker. I have found that since I started doing that my spelling has greatly improved. My grammar can be janky sometimes, but I have doubt programs will help with that. If I want to be sure of my spelling I might find some textbox on some website and paste the text there.
Croak··on Email obfuscation: What works in 2026?
There exist lists of email providers. Those you can whitelist, ie. they can't get on the blacklist. Even then they would only be blocked temporarily. There also exists postmaster@domain.com which should not filter at all. I am aware that you are able to abuse said system but if you monitor logs those issues would only be temporary.
Croak··on Email obfuscation: What works in 2026?
One trick is having an tarpit email adress on your website. It is hidden using CSS so no real visitor sees it but it is visible in source. If your mail server recieves mail for that adress you can just block that IP for 24h.
Croak··on Email obfuscation: What works in 2026?
My email provider allows me to send from + email addresses, just change the from header.
Croak··on Show HN: Safe-now.live – Ultra-light emergency info site (<10KB)
You can also just use proper HTTP cache headers. ETag and a very long Expires header.
Croak··on I was right about ATProto key management
That is a really cool project, thanks for posting
Croak··on To those who fired or didn't hire tech writers because of AI
Ai doesn't read it guesses.
Croak··on Raspberry Pi's New AI Hat Adds 8GB of RAM for Local LLMs
For example camera based object detection. People have been using usb Dongel Google Tensors for that previously.
Croak··on Raspberry Pi's New AI Hat Adds 8GB of RAM for Local LLMs
For example camera based object detection. People have been using usb Dongel Google Tensors for that previously
Croak··on Raspberry Pi's New AI Hat Adds 8GB of RAM for Local LLMs
People have for quite some time been using Googles Tensor chip to accelerate AI workloads on the Pi. I doubt that anyone runs Llms on Pis but stuff like security cameras with object detection...
Croak··on Rust GCC backend: Why and how
When gcc was built most compilers were proprietary. Stallman wanted a free compiler and to keep it free. The GPL license is more restrictive, but it's philosophy is clear. At the end of the day the code's writer can choose if and how people are allowed to use it. You don't have to use it, you can use something else or build you own. And maybe, just maybe Linux is thriving while Windows is dying because in the Linux ecosystem everybody works together and shares, while in Windows everybody helps together paying for Satya Nadellas next yacht.
Croak··on Nvidia uses the Rust game logo [video]
Instead of the logo for the Rust programming video, Nvidia used the logo of the game called Rust. Second 10.
Croak··on Today is when the Amazon brain drain sent AWS down the spout
I don't believe they can keep this up forever. Take Google which is dependent on Google Search. That their search is becoming actively worse is common knowledge, reason being more searches equates to more ads shown. If a company which respects you as a user comes around people will jump the boat. We can see this with YouTube. YouTube shows so many ads, that people have been using TikTok instead. They say TikTok is also bad for them, but they rather use it than watch an ad every 30s.

Point being entshittification comes at a cost, and companies partaking in shitty activities can only keep this up for so long.

Croak··on Android's sideloading limits are its most anti-consumer move
Thats a recent addition; hope consumer protection laws around the world become better.
Croak··on Ask HN: A real life dating app
That's just real life. No app needed.
Croak··on Helsinki records zero traffic deaths for full year
For example make roads smaller in width. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6LIYQRglnM
Croak··on Encourage Engineers to Build Side Projects
Better question: Why does my manager care about my free-time.
Croak··on [dead]
Svelte is not like other frontend frameworks. It compiles down to JS. It is not like you have to follow the warnings, the compiler then just can't ensure that it will work properly. I am sure LSP settings can also tune which warnings you see and there is also the `svelte-ignore`.
Croak··on Ask HN: What do you do to kill time that isn't social media?
I have started reading articles on HN... That way I get to read and something to think about.
Croak··on Bootstrapping a side project into a profitable seven-figure business
Choose not to pursue CS because of that. I like coding a lot and can spend lots of brainpower and time coding things I am interested in. Once you start working as a programmer, coding becomes something else. Therefore I rather take a different career path and can keep enjoying my little projects.
Croak··on More on Apple's Trust-Eroding 'F1 the Movie' Wallet Ad
Rules for thee not for me
Croak··on OpenAI spent 119% of revenue for employee stocks
Ed Zitron over on wheresyoured.at has done some great work showing how all of these companies are just burning through money.

No reasonable businesses would spend such money if they have none. They should work on becoming profitable. OpenAI can't really be called a startup anymore and they should have for a long time have had a path to profitability. Right now it feels like they are all just running around aimlessly, like chicken without a head, trying to make up the promises they made 2 years ago. All the while they are burning through money, like it is growing on trees, until they have none left.

This is also not limited to OpenAI. Just watch what is happening at Facebook and their hiring bonuses. Feels like a bubble ready to burst.