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andrew_k

964 karma · joined May 18, 2009

Cloud infrastructure, Python. Los Angeles, CA

GitHub: https://github.com/zen4ever

Twitter: https://twitter.com/zen4ever

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andrew_k··on OpenClaw surpasses React to become the most-starred software project on GitHub
Yeah, automation sounds good in theory, but you need to set it up, then it fails, and you need to fix the edge cases, maintain it. Even with OpenClaw, it still fails my daily briefing from time to time, and I keep debugging it, which isn't how I want to spend my time. At least with a bot I can keep asking it to "fix it"
andrew_k··on Coding with LLMs in the summer of 2025 – an update
Google has gemini-cli that is pretty close to Claude Code in terms of experience https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli and has a generous free tier. Claude Code is still superior in my experience, Gemini CLI can go off-course pretty quickly if you accept auto edits. But it is handy for code reviews and planning with it's large context window.
andrew_k··on Going Serverless: Migrating an Express App to AWS API Gateway and AWS Lambda
If you are creating connections outside of handler, it gets cached by Lambda between invocations. However you'll need to tune your database settings or you'll run out of connections on traffic spikes. Depends on your pattern of usage. Also cold start of lambda in VPC could take around 15 seconds https://www.reddit.com/r/aws/comments/49l91l/lambda_function... https://forums.aws.amazon.com/thread.jspa?messageID=735318&t... My experience with DynamoDb was much smoother than with Postgres RDS in VPC
andrew_k··on Patent US8296192 – Method for making money on the internet
For me the most interesting part in this patent was a "PATENT CITATIONS" section. Most of the patents in this section are quite obvious as well. Like Amazon's "Method and system for placing a purchase order via a communications network" basically describes every E-Commerce site on the internet.
andrew_k··on Surprises When Designing An iPhone App
Thanks a lot for the link, I was going to write Markdown -> NSAttributedString library myself, because I couldn't find one. Right now I'm just using DTCoreText and convert Markdown to HTML on the server.
andrew_k··on Show HN: Socrates.io - clean and shareable markdown
Going back to "Edit" mode in Safari seems to be broken http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1229269/Screenshots/58.png
andrew_k··on Vim Creep
That's why I switched to AppCode for Objective-C code editing. It has pretty good Vim bindings plugin, and you still have an autocomplete.
andrew_k··on How $99 and four hours every 2 weeks can provide rocket fuel to an Entrepreneur
Here is what I managed to extract from Bing's cache (cached page didn't load for me either, so I copied source, and removed css/javascripts from it)

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1229269/page.html

More readable version via Readability: http://rdd.me/eblpiyaf

andrew_k··on Abolish the Department of Homeland Security
Google Cache http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:pxxPIla...
andrew_k··on Best approach for self-taught developer looking for job?
Assuming that this project on GitHub is yours https://github.com/cirsteve/courseslate and you show it to potential employers, I would recommend you to learn pip/virtualenv, read about django best practices, (http://lincolnloop.com/django-best-practices/) Also I would recommend to cleanup your repository from files that are not completely necessary (varios .tar.gz files, .ssh folder, .bash_history, etc.) Those things give you away as a beginner.
andrew_k··on I have an idea for a iphone app but need major help
Here is a great course from Standford on developing iOS applications. http://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/developing-apps-for-ios-...
andrew_k··on Hackers to follow on G+?
Adrian Holovaty - one of the creators of Django, founder of Everyblock https://plus.google.com/113607435918549143249/posts

Armin Ronacher - creator of Flask (Python web framework) https://plus.google.com/116865269069705863179/posts

andrew_k··on Winklevoss syndrome
Lebedev has good article on the topic: Idea worth minus a million. http://www.artlebedev.com/mandership/161/
andrew_k··on Captain Crunch needs your help
The link has been posted on his twitter and facebook.

Here is the link to twitter status. http://twitter.com/#!/jdcrunchman/status/11219584119996416

His Facebook posts are seems to be for friends only, though.

http://www.facebook.com/jdcrunchman

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1229269/Screen%20shot%202010-12-05%2...

andrew_k··on Install Android 2.2 on a jailbroken iPhone over the air
Camera and video doesn't work. Also it seems like you can connect to internet only via WiFi. As for the speed, it runs ok on iPhone 3G
andrew_k··on Blind user of the iPhone
Google cache for the article, since the site seems to be down http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:z3Hq_TK...
andrew_k··on Meditation: Why Bother?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3047291.stm
andrew_k··on Bcvi - run vi over a 'back-channel'
Does it work on Mac?
andrew_k··on Open source Rails apps to study and learn from
For Django-based apps - you should definitely take a look at Pinax http://pinaxproject.com/

Satchmo has some interesting approaches to solving certain problems in Django (like allowing to override general site settings in admin) - http://www.satchmoproject.com/

For examples of more lightweight WSGI apps using Werkzeug:

Zine (blogging engine) - http://zine.pocoo.org/

Solace (forum similar to StackOverflow) - http://opensource.plurk.com/Solace/

andrew_k··on Alternative to Balsamiq for wireframing?
Not quite a "tool" but if you know basic HTML/CSS, you might consider using PolyPage with some CSS framework (like Blueprint)

http://wireframes.linowski.ca/2009/01/state-based-html-wiref...

andrew_k··on Your Office Chair Is Killing You
I bought a standing desk couple weeks ago. http://www.amazon.com/Euroflex-Stand-2dUp-Mobile-Workstation... So far I feel much better when I work standing, but my body still needs to get used to it. So I sometimes work sitting at the regular desk.
andrew_k··on Free the H-1Bs, Free the Economy
I know several guys, who were doctors in former USSR, came to US, and now are working in department stores, or driving a taxi, because the path to get licensed in the US is too long, overcomplicated, and costs lots of money.
andrew_k··on X Could Learn a Lot from Vista, Windows 7
You can try FreeNX or Google's Neatx server for session resuming.
andrew_k··on Fat Free CRM - Ruby On Rails-based open source CRM
Doesn't support Postgres?
andrew_k··on Ask HN: I've Got a Project, You Tell Me The Language
Try Django. Documentation on their site should be enough for you to get going. Also there a plenty of reusable django applications available on the internet, like djago-registration, django-comment-utils, which will allow you to create a website with a lot of bells and whistles in a day or so.