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andiareso··on An app can be a home-cooked meal (2020)
I would guess using Google's Places API. They have busy time reports and hours that are most likely updated by the business owner. No scraping needed
andiareso··on Clicks – Physical keyboard for iPhone
This existed before a lawsuit https://www.theverge.com/2014/1/20/5325272/typo-keyboard-rev...
andiareso··on Show HN: I made a dead simple logo maker
Why is this on here? There isn't anything novel about putting a background behind icons. Icons are not logos. If you're using Lucide which it seems like you are, users need to include Lucide's license in their product which doesn't make for a good logo.

[EDIT]: typo

andiareso··on Gemini "duck" demo was not done in realtime or with voice
I laughed out loud for this one
andiareso··on Okta says hackers stole data for all customer support users
Did 1password actually have a breach though? I think they stated due to Okta they reviewed their own systems and found nothing.
andiareso··on Okta says hackers stole data for all customer support users
10/10. Ory is top notch. Using on prem
andiareso··on Was Rust Worth It?
Isn’t that why GOPROXY exists though? Not sure why you would need an internet connection. URLs don’t necessarily equate to the internet. Our internal and external packages are all locally hosted and work regardless of the internet being available.
andiareso··on Protomaps – A free and open source map of the world
This is super impressive. Way to go Brandon! Excellent work on PMTiles!
andiareso··on Thunderbird 115
You're speculating, so no?
andiareso··on WWDC 2023 Livestream
Haha I died reading this. I was feeling the same. Like isn’t this not WWDC? Apple is definitely losing the appeal for devs to watch these. It’s no longer technical and all marketing.

I miss WWDC several years ago

andiareso··on WWDC 2023 Livestream
I miss live WWDC in person. It just lacks the same excitement.

Also this set so far is very dry. Probably the least exciting WWDC I’ve seen in the last 15 years

andiareso··on I wrote my own smart home software
I strongly disagree with anyone saying home assistant is support he’ll.

I enjoy automating and doing sysadmin things for fun, but I have a life and young children. I don’t have time to tinker as much.

Home Assistant has come a long way and has been extremely reliable the last few years. I mostly use it for automating camera detections and motion/contact sensors for security.

You can be as hands on or hands off as you want to be.

In general I’ve found if you want to do any sort of automation whether store bought or tinker-level, you’re going to be wasting some time.

andiareso··on I wrote my own smart home software
Home assistant is too involved to set up… Proceeds to code a basic display that will need endless support.

Home assistant can run on a pi and is actually decently lightweight. Just because behind the scenes it uses containers doesn’t make it complex and difficult to maintain.

My home assistant hasn’t needed and babysitting and is my least involved support project. Upgrades are stable and one-click and you can use as little or as much of its functionality as you want without the sacrifice for performance.

andiareso··on Pirate Weather
I am sorry. Fixed
andiareso··on Pirate Weather
Agreed. Guy above doesn't know how to save money or use resources efficiently in the cloud...
andiareso··on Pirate Weather
This reads as someone who has never designed a cloud architecture. If he wanted to use a VM he might as well use a VPS. The whole point seems to utilize the resources AWS provides... not some basic VM monolith. That's child's play.

[EDIT]: He's a Phd for chrissakes!

andiareso··on Pirate Weather
The OP states he wanted it to scale and cost-wise using AWS on-demand resources is much cheaper than running multiple EC2 instances which are over-provisioned to begin with. AWS functions and EventBridge is the same thing as CRON and a monolith. LOL why waste a full VM when you could pay pennies on the same system. Obviously vendor lock-in a bit, but who cares! lol ridiculous.

[EDIT]: Removed comment about user.

andiareso··on ChatGPT powered GitHub code review app
I think they are saying the app could be a pre-commit hook where their API is hit before code goes up to remote
andiareso··on Jetnet Acquires ADS-B Exchange, a community-fed ADSB aggregator
I'm interested in helping as well (software engineer). This is such a loss for the community. Like other's have stated, ADS-B exchange didn't have to follow the privacy requests as they didn't aggregate FAA data so it remained open. I'm wondering what the future will hold with the new ownership.
andiareso··on Surveillance Footage of Tesla Crash on SF’s Bay Bridge
You might be on to something there. I wonder if it was a vision-only version.

Anecdotally, my wife and I used FSD out in Oregon while on vacation a year ago and had these these "phantom brakes" occur two times on the same stretch of road. It was very sunny day through the gorge to Hood River from Portland and I'm thinking there definitely would have been sharp contrasting shadows from the trees and sunlight.

andiareso··on Safari's date-picker is the cause of 1/3 of our customer support issues
Agreed. I'm an iOS user primarily and have been since almost iOS 1. Some android intermittently.

I have no trouble figuring out how to pick by year because the rest of iOS follows a standard UX.

It seems more important to me to support the native accessibility of the phone than use an external UI vendor.

I am a huge advocate of family members and elders to purchase devices they are comfortable operating. This is why my grandparents primarily use their desktop computer for any important things, and their iPhones for messaging/video chat.

andiareso··on Safari's date-picker is the cause of 1/3 of our customer support issues
I feel like this is such a silly post.

Using the date input field should always adhere to the UX of the browser OS.

If I'm on Android and I spend my whole life learning the UX of Android's date picker, wouldn't you want the web's date picker to follow the same UX?

This is less a problem the website should solve and more of a problem that end-users need to learn.

If my grandma doesn't know how to use a feature on her phone you bet she is contacting a family member first. Maybe we should encourage our family to use tools that they are proficient in...

I'm an iOS user majority of the time and it is very intuitive to tap the text with the > symbol. Like others state, Android's UX can be just as confusing.

I'd say you're following UX best practices and are supporting the native accessibility features of the phone so :shrug:... close and move on

andiareso··on Apple to allow outside app stores in overhaul spurred by EU laws
Yea I don't get the argument of "Just don't use Apple"

You can like the hardware and not care for the software. It really is A/B at the moment. It's difficult for the average user to choose C. You either allow Google to peer into your life, or trust that Apple's marketing isn't a gimmick and a lot of Apple is e2e encrypted.

From what I read, iCloud backups are finally getting e2e encryption. I see this as the biggest reason to stick with Apple. I trade off full-customizability for better security/experience.

If a jailbreak was available for my iPhone, I'd be on it though.

andiareso··on Apple to allow outside app stores in overhaul spurred by EU laws
I definitely see this as the biggest downside.

However, as someone who doesn't deal with these big companies to begin with, it wouldn't affect me at all if they move out. It would just fast-track me to recommending alternatives to everyone I know.

I already migrated my whole family into iCloud for photos and own Nextcloud server for Google Drive alternative. It's been great. Obviously not the average user, but I could see people sticking with Apple's services over Google's.

Might get a huge base of older adults off of Facebook for good if they decide to leave the App Store.

andiareso··on Apple to allow outside app stores in overhaul spurred by EU laws
One word. Jailbreak.

I've jailbroken my iOS devices since the first iPod touch. There are lots of tools and features that Apple doesn't allow developers access to which limits what features are ultimately available to the end-user.

Nearly every big feature release on iOS came first from the jailbreak community. App switching, call overlay, PIP video, Shortcuts, lockscreen widgets, home screen widgets... and an endless list of others.

Non of these features would exist without designers and developers having access to the core functionality of the iPhone.

I love iOS. I currently own an iPhone without a Jailbreak (doesn't exist for my iPhone). I'm also an engineer and there is a whole lot of potential that Apple limits strictly under the guise of security. You can have alternate stores without compromising those that choose not to install them.

I understand that Google may decide to create their own store and take all their apps with them... this I can see being a very negative thing which may be needs regulation in itself. IDK what that would look like, but I don't use Google anyways because I have no trust in them. I don't trust them in the App Store so I wouldn't trust them with their own store.

andiareso··on EasyList is in trouble and so are many ad blockers
Yeah... That just doesn't seem right. All web content is text...
andiareso··on Amazon to acquire maker of Roomba vacuum for roughly $1.7B
Please NO! I don't want to have to get rid of my Roombas! I just bought a new one.
andiareso··on FDA suspends Juul ban as company appeals
It seems like FDA overreach. I mean I get that we don't want teens to get hooked on a bad habit, but.... sugar is marketed like crazy to toddlers, kids, teens etc. in a much more aggressive way and is by far more harmful in the long run.

I don't vape anymore, but it was fun and passed the time. I'd much rather see FDA approved vape formulas than random suppliers with who knows what inside them.

andiareso··on Italian watchdog bans use of Google Analytics
Yikes... Have you ever heard of some of the alternatives?

I self-host Plausible which is GDPR compliant and gives me all of the features that Google Analytics is actually good for. There is so much bloat in GA that provides absolutely no extra value.

I'm skeptical that this is a bad deal for EU citizens.

[EDIT] missing and

andiareso··on Play with TailwindCSS in the Browser
Meh everyone ultimately has a personal preference so it's a bit hyperbole to say that everyone that hasn't used it would like it.

Just like everything, it would depend on the project, team, and individual.

I personally was against it until I used it.

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