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armini

232 karma · joined August 30, 2011

Armin is passionate about open source https://thanks.dev/
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armini··on Microsoft Designer
Looks like Microsoft are starting to flex their partnership with OpenAI & stable diffusion into their tech stack.
armini··on Ask HN: Any tips for promoting an open source package on Hacker News?
Hi @orhanerday, You can do a video interview talking about your project & we would be happy to help you promote it https://docs.google.com/document/d/1njztzOwSXmfQCBoVRUul0AQX...

I can also help you connect with other community members in the PHP ecosystem but you should also try to engage those communities.

armini··on Ask HN: Who's an open source maintainer/project that needs sponsorship or help?
Hi @devstein, thank you for your contribution. I couldn't find your details online for a DM. Are you able to book a time for us to chat https://calendly.com/thanks_dev/30min I'd love to see how we can help.
armini··on Ask HN: Who's an open source maintainer/project that needs sponsorship or help?
It’s great to see there has been regular updates on this & thanks for bringing it to our attention.
armini··on Ask HN: Who's an open source maintainer/project that needs sponsorship or help?
This is definitely something that could have huge impact & needs more love. Are you associated with the team or the project @kwk1?
armini··on Ask HN: Who's an open source maintainer/project that needs sponsorship or help?
That’s an awesome project, what made you decide to start this?
armini··on Ask HN: Who's an open source maintainer/project that needs sponsorship or help?
I also like sentry’s strategic approach https://blog.sentry.io/2022/10/27/we-just-gave-260-028-dolla...
armini··on Ask HN: Who's an open source maintainer/project that needs sponsorship or help?
Thanks for sharing the link @pabs3 more people need to know of all the solutions out there
armini··on Ask HN: Who's an open source maintainer/project that needs sponsorship or help?
Thanks @hampelm, they are working on something impactful
armini··on Ask HN: Who's an open source maintainer/project that needs sponsorship or help?
Thanks @Franky47, I’ve reached out to them to see if we can help them in any way
armini··on So what’s next (personal news from developer of popular CoreJS polyfill)
That's a great idea hiccuphippo! Consider it done :)
armini··on So what’s next (personal news from developer of popular CoreJS polyfill)
Thanks Paul, yes I do work for thanks.dev & non-web-projects are on our roadmap. Let me know if you’d like to be a early pilot user when we’re ready for testing…
armini··on So what’s next (personal news from developer of popular CoreJS polyfill)
Maintainers like Denis shouldn't be asking for donations, they should be sponsored the same way Nike sponsors athletes. If you're a burnt out open source maintainer or know someone who is, I'd love to talk to you. My job is to help create awareness about the issue with companies that depend on your package. I reached out to Denis because we all know he deserves better. Appreciate any leads you could additionally share with me.
armini··on FOSDEM 2023 is live now
Yeah this is my first year attending & the tracks are great. It’s an awesome community & will look to see how I can help more next year.
armini··on Urllib3 in 2022
If other large companies are considering donating we'd love to help with thanks.dev https://youtu.be/WX3_-cuDXgA
armini··on A day in the life of almost every vending machine
In my last job we built this pretty epic vending machine that made hot oats & noodles. If anyone is interested to know what’s possible https://youtu.be/tB6Bb9NbQHk
armini··on Show HN: Tenebra game PC port of popular Commodore 64 game
That’s an awesome next project! There goes 2023 :(
armini··on A Chinese American gangster transformed money laundering for drug cartels
Why don’t they use crypto to take money out?
armini··on Show HN: StackAid – Fund all your open-source dependencies
Valid point about tweaking allocation, I don’t think React/Facebook needs more money compared to some other projects.

Check out https://thanks.dev/ they have a similar solution but allow allocation control.

armini··on PayPal to increase fees next month
Creators need to start sending & receiving payments on blockchain apps. The sooner we make that transition the sooner we don’t need to put up with fee increases. We’re working on that liberation with www.Kuky.com
armini··on Lithium battery costs have fallen by 98% in three decades
thanks for sharing your wealth of knowledge on EV & power storage, comments like this are why I love reading hackernews :) Now I need to spend a few hours absorbing this information.
armini··on Berty: Peer-to-peer messaging app that works with or without internet access
I love the way you thought about solving the problem Peter. You clearly have a lot of experience peeling back the layers of technology. I wish more people left thought out comments like yours.

Let me know if you're interested in brining to life your suggestion :)

armini··on Ask HN: What are you working on?
I hope you have www.chainoforigin.com listed on your site :) message me when your site is ready
armini··on Ask HN: What are you working on?
we're building a decentralized network with real social capital, Users on the network can recognize & reward each other rather than depending on advertiser revenue https://kuky.com/about/

Would love some early adopters & feedback :)

armini··on China Uighurs: A model's video gives a rare glimpse inside internment
If you're interested in this topic, I strongly suggest you all read The China Crisis By: James R. Gorrie It provides amazing insight into what's happening in the region & what we can expect to see over the coming years.
armini··on Ask HN: What did you make during lockdown?
Given the current economic climate, we decided it was time to build a game showing how China works.

Game Story: Little Jinping must pass through cities intercepting messages with no human contact. To prevent detection Jin can collect various artefacts to avoid contact. During the mad dash to his house, Jin must intercept as many messages as possible in order to unlock other cities in his quest for world domination.

https://apps.apple.com/app/id1510483891

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eronka.jin...

armini··on Ask HN: Best questions for an engineer to ask a CEO during a job interview?
The most important question you need to ask is to yourself when you walk out of the meeting:

1- Did I understand their purpose and mission? 2- Was the leader someone inspirational & respectable that I'd be whiling to support during a crisis?

If you don't understand the mission and if you can't respect them then find something that's more suitable.

armini··on Oracle v. Google and the future of software development
It can be API for Oracle or it can be how electronic components are assembled on a ford windscreen wiper https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Kearns The reality is that one person did the hard work (trail and error) while another party commercially benefited with minimal effort.

We need a system that rewards those who experiment & innovate, if anything by Oracle winning this case it further highlights the value in Oracle's IP (promoting innovation and competition).

armini··on Oracle v. Google and the future of software development
Evolution theory is the foundation but in business & technology it's even sighted as porters 5 forces https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porter%27s_five_forces_analysi...

While it may seem unfair & I'm getting down votes for stating the obvious, weather we like it or not that's how the world operates.

armini··on Oracle v. Google and the future of software development
While I don't endorse the sneaky way Oracle purchased the rights only to sue Google it does highlight what happens when you become complacent and lose focus on what's important.

In an open market Google also had the change to buy those intellectual properties but at the time, they thought they are too smart for everyone with silly bids like the Pi bid https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/jul/02/google-pi...

If you're serious about an industry, you work to reinvent it like apple has done with their operating system and hardware. If you take shortcuts then you need to face the music and in this instance Google has been out smarted by another industry competitor.

If we support open competition and we believe in Darwin's theory of evolution then Google is the inferior because they took shortcuts & didn't make serious investments in owning the mobile landscape.

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