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agsilvio··on An introduction to RabbitMQ
Doesn't keep the messages for historical analysis. No deal. Kafka please.
agsilvio··on Lidl to Launch Rival to AWS
When all we want is for them to put the Parkside cordless jigsaw on sale.
agsilvio··on Show HN: Web App for generating mocked data from an OpenAPI specification
Great idea. Need that! I'll try it soon.
agsilvio··on The growth of command-line options, 1979-Present
While I can't disagree, we should recognise that this was appealing to early computer scientists.
agsilvio··on My productivity app for the past 12 years has been a single .txt file
Shameless plug. My webapp jumproot.com for organising everything from big ideas to minutia. Has memo feature for one-step notes.
agsilvio··on The Welcome Optimism of “Star Trek: Picard”
Isn't the permits that the federation has been corrupted? I haven't watched it but I thought that was the premise.
agsilvio··on Ask HN: What has your work taught you that other people don't realize?
Interesting. Care to elaborate?
agsilvio··on Using the URL to build database-free web apps
I love this idea, but it offloads the task of storage to the user. Of the user stores these URLs inefficiently (e.g. twitter), it would create a lot of digital garbage.

One big positive concerns sensitive info. The app wouldn't have to store it.

agsilvio··on Generating a Java program with 90% less code
Surprised I'm not reading many comments about Lombok. We use this with great success and predictability and it removes so much boilerplate. More importantly, it focuses on the boilerplate that is truly boring. The projects look great add a result.
agsilvio··on The Plain Text Project
Plain text is the cornerstone of my b brainstorming app at jumproot.com. there are other tools too but it all starts with plain text.
agsilvio··on Ask HN: Do You Email Yourself?
jumproot.com

Shameless plug.

agsilvio··on Test-Driven Development Is Fundamentally Wrong
I think TDD is fundamentally appropriate (and a blessing). I see it as generating proofs for claims that your software does X,Y,Z. This is invaluable to me and has given me confidence in rollouts to production.
agsilvio··on Ask HN: How do you share/organize knowledge at work and life?
I use my deep, mind-mapping tool: jumproot.com.
agsilvio··on My Favourite Git Commit
Wonderful. Thanks.
agsilvio··on Seizing the Means of Knowledge Production
This reads poorly.
agsilvio··on Hello from 2050. We Avoided Worst of Climate Change – But Everything's Different
Did we figure out the cause?
agsilvio··on Delicate wash cycles release more microfibres
Let's ignore it actually.
agsilvio··on GitHub releases an ImageNet for code and a CodeSearchNet challenge
I remember a search engine for developers called Symbolhound. Wasn't fruitful for me bit I'll never very forget it.
agsilvio··on Brain research on boys’ preference for video games and girls’ for social media
I don't see it that way.
agsilvio··on America has two economies, and they’re diverging fast
I stopped reading at "low-skill".
agsilvio··on [dead]
So it is completely passive? Doesn't qualify as a robot to me but still impressive. I only skimmed the video so I could be wrong.
agsilvio··on Show HN: I made a mind map tool meant for large, detailed node hierarchies
This is a very good point. Does it help that one can export his/her tree to a very readable JSON file? From that perspective, the data is not locked to jumproot.
agsilvio··on Show HN: I made a mind map tool meant for large, detailed node hierarchies
100% correct. It pains me but restricting to a tree was a compromise I wanted to make. Why? Because visualising a graph in a concise way is difficult. The point of jumproot is to have very broad and deep document structures and visual graphs simply don't allow it (to my standards anyway).

I'm always on the lookout for a widget that allows me to display a large graph in a very dense way. Please let me know if you come across one.

agsilvio··on Show HN: I made a mind map tool meant for large, detailed node hierarchies
Yup. We're on to it. God speed to you too!
agsilvio··on Show HN: I made a mind map tool meant for large, detailed node hierarchies
Great minds think alike. Let's work on it together. Give me some feedback on what you'd like to see. Thanks mate.
agsilvio··on Show HN: I made a mind map tool meant for large, detailed node hierarchies
I see a lot of comments revolve around the note taking, mind mapping aspect of jumproot (which is 100% on point). I just want to invite everyone to try the other aspects of the site, such as document structuring/viewing and the different node types. Have fun!
agsilvio··on Show HN: I made a mind map tool meant for large, detailed node hierarchies
Thank you. I don't mind sharing at all. Please be forgiving and constructive because I am a one man show here.

Tech stack: - This is a django app. MVC. No separate API project and UI project. - Front end is basically Bootstrap 4 and jquery. - The tree is FancyTree - The DB is SQLite because there are no users. When usage becomes significant, I can easily migrate to MySQL. - Rich Text is Summernote.

I am 100% sure I would do this differently now. But I started it a few years ago and have kept it pretty much private. Thanks for checking in!

agsilvio··on Show HN: I made a mind map tool meant for large, detailed node hierarchies
Yes it does! Someone showed me that and it looks great.
agsilvio··on Show HN: I made a mind map tool meant for large, detailed node hierarchies
The differences are mainly:

- Features (I'm a one man show) - The UI (I think mine is better organized) - Node Types (Jumproot has different and interesting node types)

agsilvio··on Show HN: I made a mind map tool meant for large, detailed node hierarchies
Thanks for the feedback. To answer your question:

To me, a mind map is a tool with which one can map his/her mind. I see some comments that claim that colourful and interesting graphics should be a part of that definition. I disagree. With such mind mapping tools, I've found that it's that "cartoony" nature that limits their size. I wanted a mind-map tool in which I could store every little piece of minutia that I want and have it organized. I don't need the graphics, have search.

I hope that relays my thinking a bit.

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