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alprado50

37 karma · joined May 30, 2024

A developer from México. I love to create interesting things with Javascript.

https://alprado.com

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alprado50··on Ask HN: What are you working on? (August 2026)
I'm having some success doing work on my own, so I decided to create a version of my site for the US, specializing in providing maintenance services for WordPress sites. It is not the most intellectual work, but I enjoy helping small businesses with problems that can really affect them:

https://us.alprado.com

alprado50··on Elixir v1.20: Now a gradually typed language
Maybe it is only my experience, but i feel that languages that were not typed since the begining never work as well as "true" typed ones.
alprado50··on Linux gaming is faster because Windows APIs are becoming Linux kernel features
I have not seen the numbers, but even a game running 10% faster does not replace the fact that many games wont even start in Linux (League of Legends for example).
alprado50··on Spain's parliament will act against massive IP blockages by LaLiga
It is insane that you could block access to hundreds of sites just because some people decided to watch an ilegal stream.
alprado50··on Ubuntu 26.04
Is this even true? I mean, Windows is the main focus for all hardware vendors, and everybody who has owned a PC knows that malfunctions are unavoidable. If that is the case for Windows, then Linux cant be better.
alprado50··on The RAM shortage could last years
Im thankfull for buying 16gb of RAM, but what is gonna happen in 5 years when users PCs start to fail?
alprado50··on We have a 99% email reputation, but Gmail disagrees
I have seen many cases of Google doing something wrong, but maybe people dont enjoy those emails and they are reporting them as spam?
alprado50··on Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (April 2026)
Right now Im working on so many thigs, but none of them as interesting as the things that other people here do.

I manage a small store (https://amigurumis.com.mx) for my SO and im dropping Elementor (too expensive) to use only Gutenberg. Turns out that it is pretty good for simple sites.

Im having some sucess developing new websites for people who cant afford it, or who never though about having one, so i created one for an accountant (https://contadoranual.com) using only WordPress.

alprado50··on LÖVE: 2D Game Framework for Lua
Is Love2D a decent option for gamedev compared to Godot? I finished a really simple game using Unity3D and it was fun, but it sucks to use a closed source engine.
alprado50··on EmDash is not what the WordPress community requires
Fair point. I could have expressed it better, but what I mean is that as long as you install plugins trusted by the community (ACF, WooCommerce, Yoast...), your site should be safe.
alprado50··on Why are we still using Markdown?
Why would anyone dislike markdown when it is so simple to use? My only gripe with markdown is that sometimes i forget how to include links.
alprado50··on Death to Scroll Fade
Agree. I understand why people like those animations and sometimes even i want to implement these in my website with GSAP, but then i remember that these animations make my content harder to read.
alprado50··on Ask HN: How to be alone?
I dont know if this will help you, but i want to improve my english, so maybe we can chat a bit about life, or coding or whatever you have in mind.
alprado50··on Ask HN: Share your personal website
https://alprado.com is my main site. I didn’t want to share it because I felt I wasn’t sharing anything interesting
alprado50··on Ask HN: What's the best hackable smart TV?
Im using a 43 inch samsung tv as a monitor. It works fine as long as you never conect it to internet.
alprado50··on Ask HN: Has anyone else been unemployed for over two years?
Last year, I decided to leave the small agency where I had worked for almost 6 years because, being a family-owned business, it was terrible for everybody (except for the bootlickers). The first few months were decent, having time to do almost anything, but then I started to feel miserable seeing how my bank account was getting close to empty and not receiving any calls from my job applications. Job searching has to be one of the worst experiences I have ever had, but my blog (alprado.com) was an incredibly therapeutic tool.
alprado50··on Alto turns Apple Notes into a website
I think that it is kinda cool to convert your notes to a website, especially if you want to easily share them. I just created a Shortcut that sends my modified notes to an email address, and then I use Eleventy to build a website. Here is the result: https://albertoprado70.github.io/Mini/this-blog-uses-ios-not...
alprado50··on Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2025)
I'm migrating my blog (https://alprado.com/) to a custom solution built with Laravel. I know the HN community appreciates simplicity, but in my opinion, hosting static HTML is almost as easy as hosting PHP. However, PHP gives you the flexibility to build an interactive and optimized CMS.
alprado50··on Why Blog If Nobody Reads It?
When I was younger, I used PowerPoint to create pseudo video games that nobody played, and I only did it because they brought me a lot of joy. Today, I do the same thing with blogging.
alprado50··on The Big Problem Your Startup Needs to Solve
I recently resigned from my job to work on my own startup, and dealing with the chicken-and-egg problem is challenging. I think your solution is neat.