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JaggerJoon Ask HN: Cheapest way to host a back end

I really like fly.io, but you’d need to provide more information about the kind of backend and the expected load. Also what does it currently cost?

I host a few sites on fly for pennies, but they don’t see a lot of traffic.

JaggerJoon Apple restricts Pebble from being awesome with iPhones

Hah, I'm not so sure about what happens during automatic notarisation.

Sideloading would at least allow JIT compilation.

The fee only applies to alternative app stores, not simple apps.

JaggerJoon Apple restricts Pebble from being awesome with iPhones

In Europe Apple was forced to allow side loading + alternative app stores.

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/117767

Might be possible to do more (like call private apis) when apps don't need to pass app review.

JaggerJoon F# for Fun and Profit

F# is a really good practical FP language.

- Great real IDE support (JetBrains Rider, Visual Studio)

- Large ecosystem of packages (F# is a .NET language, so you can just use all Nuget packages out there.)

- The language is stable and only gets small updates. There is no Scala 3 scenario on the horizon.

- It is fast, multithreaded (.NET TPL) and cross platform.

- Great for building cross platform UI’s with Avalonia.

https://github.com/fsprojects/Avalonia.FuncUI

JaggerJoon U.S. pauses all military aid to Ukraine

Yeah, kind of agree.

I don’t think this thought would have crossed my mind a few years ago, but I think more European countries need Nukes. Sad, but seems like the US can’t be trusted anymore.

JaggerJoon U.S. pauses all military aid to Ukraine

Crazy how you can ruin a nations reputation in weeks..

JaggerJoon Ask HN: Any "complete" books about developing CAD/CAM software/3D editors?

I wrote a post about building document based applications.

It does not specifically go into CAD/CAM stuff, but it still applies.

https://blog.voyonic-systems.de/leveraging-immutability-and-...

JaggerJoon Ask HN: What software do you dream about, but do not have time to code yourself?

Current .NET is crazy fast.

https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/...

JaggerJoon Ask HN: What are you reading/learning/working on over the holiday break?

This is one of the first holidays where I don't feel an urge to program. Feels strange. Guess I'm getting older?

Reading: The Snows of Kilimanjaro

Project: Logic Gate Editor + Simulator (but I can't really bring myself to work on it much)

Frohe Weihnachten!

JaggerJoon Busy Status Bar

Really nice design!

Would love to have one but.. can’t find a use-case for it

JaggerJoon Show HN: Tool to Remotely Install, Update, and Monitor Embedded Devices

Hey HN,

we've built FieldKit mostly for our own project at the start. We think it might be useful for others building embedded software.

AMA about the tool

JaggerJoon Show HN: Repaint – a WebGL based website builder

Congrats on launching!

What language / toolchain are you using?

JaggerJoon Ask HN: Is there any software you only made for your own use but nobody else?

I note that explains what happens with the location data would also be nice.

Like is my complete health uploaded to your server? (I assume not)

JaggerJoon Writing GUI applications on the Raspberry Pi without a desktop environment (2019)

I’ve used this in production. It’s great.

JaggerJoon Ask HN: Is there any software you only made for your own use but nobody else?

Wanted to check it out and was surprised that it requires an account.

JaggerJoon Ask HN: What keyboard and keyboard layout are you using?

I use two Ultimate Hacking Keyboards.

V1 had some issues, V2 is better.

https://ultimatehackingkeyboard.com/

JaggerJoon LunarML – Standard ML compiler that produces Lua/JavaScript

I’ve used Fable in production. It just works most of the time, but it’s not seamless.

JaggerJoon Aggregating all cinema showtimes in Germany with Clojure

The first two I checked are also missing.

JaggerJoon Vala Programming Language

We use AvaloniaUI in production for a handfull of apps.

Couldn’t be happier.

JaggerJoon AvaloniaUI: Create Multi-Platform Apps with .NET

What app are you starting?

For me it feels instant. Like opening sublime text. Faster than opening VS Code..

JaggerJoon AvaloniaUI: Create Multi-Platform Apps with .NET

Depends on what you mean by "all the features". In general Avalonia UI is a .NET library, so you can use it from any .NET language.

If you have questions about specific features I can give a more detailed answer.

https://github.com/fsprojects/Avalonia.FuncUI

JaggerJoon AvaloniaUI: Create Multi-Platform Apps with .NET

We are using Avalonia for embedded devices.

JaggerJoon AvaloniaUI: Create Multi-Platform Apps with .NET

70%? really?

I never even had that during the alpha days of Avalonia. Give it a shot again.

JaggerJoon AvaloniaUI: Create Multi-Platform Apps with .NET

> Start-up times and memory consumption are objectively bad.

Hah, interesting. On desktop (Apple M2) it pretty much feels instant to me. When targeting embedded, sure there is a delay.

Regarding memory consumption, can't really tell. It never was at the point where we had to intervene AND we target embedded devices with some apps.

What's your benchmark?

JaggerJoon AvaloniaUI: Create Multi-Platform Apps with .NET

We use it in production for a bunch of apps.

Has been great so far. The core team is approachable and really cares.

JaggerJoon AvaloniaUI: Create Multi-Platform Apps with .NET

When did you try it?

We use Avalonia for our Product and honestly couldn’t be happier.

JaggerJoon Simulating fluids, fire, and smoke in real-time

does not work on ios for me.

JaggerJoon Ask HN: What is the best stack to find a job currently?

Often (sadly) a non technical person from HR pre filters applications.

JaggerJoon Ask HN: What is the best stack to find a job currently?

It makes a huge difference what stack you specialise in.

- Java/C#/JavaScript/Typescript -> easy to find a job.

- Clojure/Haskell/OCaml -> hard to find a job.