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JackuB··on Incident with Github.com
I feel you are correct. Throwing AI at this problem works reasonably well. “Rewrite this Actions workflow to run on $PROVIDER” is a sensible task.

It takes a while by hand, but I recently saw a migration of old Jenkins projects to Actions with AI (yea), and it was smooth.

JackuB··on Welcome (back) to Macintosh
I’m in a camp where Tahoe is just ugly, but worked fine on my mac and with my usage and devices. On the other hand, iOS 26 is so incredibly bad. Anything from anti-user choices, UI glitches, to keyboard… it’s tiring. It might be the one where I’m pushed to a different OS for the first time. I doubt Apple can fix itself in the near future, with the leadership they have.
JackuB··on Global Intelligence Crisis
Good read. If I imagine all these layers of Agent to Agent economic automations, I’m hopeful for a new class of technopriest hackers that are able to exploit nuances and weak security. And build new hidden empires within those systems.
JackuB··on Microsoft is closing its employee library and cutting back on subscriptions
I’d like to hear someone from MS if this has any impact, or if the report is overblowing it? Closing a library and pushing something called “Skilling” Hub sounds cartoonishly stupid and disrespectful.
JackuB··on Bricklink suspends Marketplace operations in 35 countries
It’s very close on their quality IMHO. Miles better on the value. I bought a Lumibricks set this year, after decades of buying Lego.

The set design (Cafe) was nice and it makes a good display piece. I liked their build techniques and integrated lights. The individual bricks were clean and with good color uniformity. But after a life of building Lego sets, I was able to quickly tell that tactile forces for connecting pieces were different to Lego. I will buy more of their sets, but I will keep buying Lego too.

JackuB··on Replicate is joining Cloudflare
I spent a moment wondering why did Cloudflare buy an on-prem tooling startup https://www.replicated.com
JackuB··on The beauty of a text only webpage
It sounds like the Lynx browser: https://lynx.browser.org/
JackuB··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2025)
Waratek https://waratek.com | Principal Java Engineer | Hybrid in Dublin or Remote in Europe

We are working on a specialised Cybersecurity Runtime Application Self-Protection (RASP) tooling.

We are seeking an exceptional programmer with expertise in Java, someone who will thrive in exploring the JDK ecosystem further. You will join a team developing the core technology behind our Java Agents, working on cutting-edge solutions to enhance security.

Feel free to reach out with questions or applications! My email is in my HN profile.

https://waratek.com/career/principal-java-engineer/

JackuB··on Show HN: I made a sandbox game to help with financial planning
I’ve just had a year like that and I can’t wait to spend money on nights out again
JackuB··on Bash_unit – bash unit testing framework
If you fancy more BDD-style testing with a Gherkin-like syntax, there is also Shellspec https://shellspec.info / https://github.com/shellspec/shellspec
JackuB··on Web Components could replace frontend frameworks?
This was exactly the reason I’ve abandoned them. As mentioned in other comments, they look like a good way to create a design/component system in them, because of the interop with any frontend JS framework (who doesn’t want that?!). So you deal with clunky CSS sharing and theming capabilities and there might be some solutions on the horizon. But now you want to build a static website with it (landing page, docs, blog…) and you can’t pre-render them, because there is no declarative Shadow DOM element https://github.com/w3c/webcomponents/blob/gh-pages/proposals... (rejected https://github.com/whatwg/dom/issues/510). Yeah, you can pre-render them without the Shadow DOM. Then if you want to make those chunks of HTML into WCT on load (sort of rehydration), it will trigger repaints, as you have to remove the chunk of HTML, put it into WCT and parse everything again. Or you don’t put it into Shadow Root, to prevent repaint - but at that point, if your components can work this way, why even use WCT?
JackuB··on Mark Zuckerberg Promised a Clear History Tool Almost a Year Ago
Noiszy does that https://noiszy.com
JackuB··on European Union has canceled McDonald’s trademark for Big Macs
So I went in an read the actual ruling document https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Bi... (only 8 pages) and it pretty much made sense for me (IANAL ofc).

McD’s lawyers screwed up, not submitting required evidence of actual use in years 2011-2016. They printed out webpages with promo materials and a wikipedia page (as article correctly points, “duh, we are McDonalds”) - not a great proof of anything for any court. Then submitted some packaging of the product.

Not any evidence that the product was actually sold and trademark used in those five years - no sales figures, website traffic stats… As said, makes sense to me

Edit: that said, still makes no sense why were they challenging the use of Big Mac in the first place… shrugs

JackuB··on European Union has canceled McDonald’s trademark for Big Macs
They haven’t submited any actual sales figures:

> They claimed significant sales figures in relation to ‘Big Mac’ sandwiches

JackuB··on The Matrix Cookbook (2012) [pdf]
Binging with Babish could help https://www.bingingwithbabish.com/recipes/2017/6/27/chateaub...
JackuB··on Valve discontinues the Steam Link
Some Samsung models https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=5613-TAD...

It’s an app you can download

JackuB··on Valve discontinues the Steam Link
Tried Pi, and it can’t keep up with the video stream. You can always use an HTPC, with a GPU like GTX 1050 and use Steam’s in-home streaming. Works really well.
JackuB··on Valve discontinues the Steam Link
I’m using Steam Link that’s built into my smart TV. Way superior as it supports 4K and 50mbps stream. The original physical Link is catching dust on the shelf. It’s quite okay setup with a headless gaming PC. You have to use a remote desktop from time to time to click on some system dialog, so it’s not a 100% console-like experience.
JackuB··on Van Gogh Museum's High-Quality Reproductions
Yup there are tons of them in all price points. Read this a while ago https://medium.com/message/uber-for-art-forgeries-2c9c8bf416...
JackuB··on How does Tidelift pay maintainers?
There is thanks https://github.com/feross/thanks - with an open issue to read the URL from package.json https://github.com/feross/thanks/issues/2
JackuB··on Operation Serenata de Amor – An AI project to analyze public spending in Brazil
Slightly OT but combination of gov and data kind of reminded me of Project Cybersyn. If you like this project, you might find reading about Cybersyn interesting http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/10/13/planning-machin...
JackuB··on The GraphQL stack: How everything fits together
It got more approachable for me when I started to think about it as a specific "backend for frontend" pattern. I don't see it as a _real_ competitor to REST, even though it's trying to market itself this way.

I think recent "@rest" addition from Apollo ( https://dev-blog.apollodata.com/apollo-client-2-0-5c8d0affce... ) shows they can easily live together - backend uses REST and frontend can rely on GraphQL.

JackuB··on Introducing RESTful JSON
Is it too soon to ask about a GraphQL alternative to a hypermedia APIs?
JackuB··on Ask HN: Who's running a profitable productized service?
https://www.indiehackers.com/businesses Have a nice list with interviews
JackuB··on Blockchain, with Santa Claus, in shameless MS Paint
I need to point out the obvious because it disappointed me after reading the title: that was not made in MS Paint
JackuB··on Show HN: Your Social Media Fingerprint (maybe NSFW)
100+ days old account, love it!
JackuB··on News Feed FYI: Further Reducing Clickbait in Feed
"It is not a news story, but it is a slideshow" http://youtu.be/IVfslRsNXUc
JackuB··on News Feed FYI: Further Reducing Clickbait in Feed
This always depends on which receing end you are. If your book/blog/status is being _hidden_ by newsfeed, then you'll be screaming for freedom of speech and fairness in how people see their newsfeed and to let them decide what is worthy of their attention.
JackuB··on What Apple should tell you when you lose your iPhone
Those iMessages are pretty good indeed.
JackuB··on Attack of the Week: Apple iMessage
Should I feel bad for opening that link on iPad? (Got redirected here: http://no-hipsters-allowed.t28.net)
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