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atom-x··on Why and How I run 5 different applications on the same server
Well, sort of... but mostly it's not 'setting up from scratch' and instead is a handful of generic configurations for Nginx, etc.

How about repeatability? What happens when you need to set up a fresh dev environment again? Do you do all of this by hand again vs. using Docker or similar tools to build repeatable infrastructure?

atom-x··on Ask HN: Is Ansible best for K8s-first infrastructure?
It's a balancing act of using the right toolset with regards to project complexity. Are your current bash scripts simple to maintain and scaling with the project? If so, perhaps it's best to leave them for now. If not, then consider more powerful tools such as Ansible to handle configuration management.

With that being said, I'm working on a mildly complex K8S project which grew to a point where it made sense to switch to Ansible. We're still using one or two bash scripts, but everything else has been ported. I won't look back!

atom-x··on Native Runtime Performance for High-Level Dynamically Typed Programming Language
Wow, this is one of the ugliest new languages I've seen in a very long time. The author wonders why popularization is nowhere to be found... I think it's quite obvious just by skimming the first few pages of the tutorial.
atom-x··on Ask HN: Should Apple build its own search engine?
Oh god, no. Apple should very much stay out of the SAAS business and stick with their hardware and OS expertise.
atom-x··on Life with the MacBook Touch Bar is awful and I hate it
Here's a tip for anyone that feels the same way: Better Touch Tool.

I used to HATE the touch bar, but after installing BTT and making a few customizations, the touch bar is now my friend.

Oh, and the new 16" macbook with a slightly smaller touch bar and the addition of a proper ESC key makes it a dream tool.

atom-x··on Ask HN: How can I make a post in my static website from phone? Options?
You could always just embed your own twitter feed, depending on how much content you intend on posting.
atom-x··on Ask HN: Duplicate photos on MacOS
Yes, Photos will de-dupe on import. Import everything and only the originals should remain in the library.
atom-x··on 12 Ways to Improve Your Instagram Organic Reach
The author is a designer, and so I'm puzzled by the choice they've made to use faint header and typeface colors... the whole page looks washed-out, except for the images. Very strange.
atom-x··on Abstraction, the Anti-Pattern of Computation
I tried, but the article lost my interest after several typos and terrible usage of bold + italic, which makes it mostly unreadable.
atom-x··on [dead]
With less than 500 votes so far, I'd hardly call this an adequate sample of the worldwide developer community.
atom-x··on Sublime vs. Atom – who will win the editor's war?
+1 for mattkrea's comments. Sublime still wins, hands down, with it's ability to open many files, as well as large files, without slowing down.
atom-x··on Should Sublime Text goes open source to save itself from falling?
Until Atom can open multiple large files without slowdown, or very large files without just crashing, I don't see it as being a threat to Sublime.

They are definitely doing some great stuff with Atom for a free product; Sublime will maintain it's value as a paid product until there is full parity of features.

atom-x··on What if we could vote from our phones?
I would trust the fairness of the polling system even less than I do, now.
atom-x··on Show HN: Stream – Twitter Firehose for iPhone
"Twitter Firehose for iPhone" is really a misnomer. There is no way that this is a true implementation of a realtime feed of the full Twitter data stream...
atom-x··on I'm sleeping alot less thanks to Airbnb
Agreed, especially due to the inane way that the site's designers decided to covert vertical scrolling to sideways scrolling.
atom-x··on [dead]
Maybe just Android, or maybe just certain geo locations?
atom-x··on [dead]
Nope, working on desktop, mobile chrome, and mobile iOS app, here.
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From what I see, the Moments tab is still Live.

atom-x··on Is anyone else experiencing rapidly increasing health care costs?
Only $900? My partner and I are both under the age of 50 had to pay over $1200/mo this year for a personal plan with BCBS without ridiculous deductibles. This was an increase from ~$1100/mo from just 6 mos ago.
atom-x··on Show HN: Space Invaders built with React
Using this demo makes me want to not use React.
atom-x··on New US law requiring registration for all drone owners
How about the enthusiasts that build their own drones from parts?
atom-x··on Apple TV Parallax
Linking to stories that are paywall blocked is rude.
atom-x··on Ask HN: Are 4K monitors worth it?
Agreed as well. Moved to an Asus ASPB287Q, and absolutely love it. Using SwitchResX I enabled HighDPI modem and it's stunning. It's like having a giant Retina display.
atom-x··on A Few Weeks with Atom
Interesting. I'll check it out, but unless I can get the same level of integration, super-fast file loads and searching, and parity with packages... I'm likely to not be a convert.
atom-x··on A Few Weeks with Atom
Every article I've read on this topic tends to say the same thing: Atom is a decent (but somewhat performance-hindered) text editor that borrows some, but not quite all, of the features and nice bits of Sublime.

Given this, why would I want to switch until it has parity with everything I've come to expect from being a paying user of Sublime?