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ayoisaiah

1,531 karma · joined October 8, 2016

Contact me: ayo@freshman.tech
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ayoisaiah··on Open-source Zig book
I also submitted it to Reddit before realizing it largely was AI generated
ayoisaiah··on KDE Connect: Enabling communication between all your devices
KDE Connect is great, but it sometimes doesn't work well enough on Apple Devices. I've been using LocalSend with better success when sharing to Android or Windows. But for Android to Linux/Windows and Vice versa, it's pretty much perfect.
ayoisaiah··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2025)
Dash0 | Multiple roles | FULLY REMOTE | Full-time | Salary + equity

Dash0 is a fast-growing, venture-backed startup on a mission to make observability radically easier for every developer.

We fully embrace OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, and open standards, and our "welcome present" to the OpenTelemetry community, OTelBin, a free tool for editing, visualization and validation of OpenTelemetry collector configurations, is being extremely well received by the community.

We’re currently hiring in multiple roles across engineering, design, and product:

* Senior Product Engineer – Backend (Remote EU)

* Senior Product Manager – Cloud Integrations (Remote EU)

* Senior Product Manager (Remote EU)

* Senior Technical Writer (Remote)

* Technical Writer (Remote)

Apply here: https://careers.dash0.com/

ayoisaiah··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2025)
Dash0 | Multiple roles | FULLY REMOTE | Full-time | Salary + equity

Dash0 is a fast-growing, venture-backed startup on a mission to make observability radically easier for every developer.

We fully embrace OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, and open standards, and our “welcome present” to the OpenTelemetry community, OTelBin, a free tool for editing, visualization and validation of OpenTelemetry collector configurations, is being extremely well received by the community.

We’re currently hiring in multiple roles across engineering, design, and product:

* Senior Product Engineer – Backend (Remote EU)

* Senior Product Engineer – Kubernetes Operator (Remote EU)

* Senior Product Designer – Observability (Remote EU)

* Senior Technical Writer (Remote)

Apply here: https://careers.dash0.com/

ayoisaiah··on iPhone 16 cameras vs. traditional digital cameras
I've been enjoying the Kino app for capturing in Apple Log with instant colour grading. Its my new default now.
ayoisaiah··on iPhone 16 cameras vs. traditional digital cameras
On Sony, one can use ISOAutoMinSs in aperture priority mode to influence the shutter speed https://helpguide.sony.net/ilc/1540/v1/en/contents/TP0000829...
ayoisaiah··on Show HN: F2 – Cross-Platform CLI Batch Renaming Tool
Thanks a lot Simon! I'm really thrilled to hear it's hitting the mark for you :)
ayoisaiah··on Show HN: F2 – Cross-Platform CLI Batch Renaming Tool
Thank you! I knew I had a winner the moment it popped into my head :)
ayoisaiah··on Show HN: F2 – Cross-Platform CLI Batch Renaming Tool
You can already do this with F2 by using capture variables:

  f2 -f '(\d+).pdf' -r '{$1}_renamed.pdf'
Does that align with what you're looking for?
ayoisaiah··on Google Pixel 9 Pro
I mean, my S10+ is 5 years old now so it's definitely going to be worse. I'm sure the latest devices are ~on par.
ayoisaiah··on Google Pixel 9 Pro
There's no reason to upgrade a phone more than once in five years at least for me.

I bought a an iPhone 15 Pro Max few months ago and compared it to my S10+ which I bought in 2019 and still have. There's practically no difference for regular day to day stuff, except for the camera advancements which are notable (but not night & day either).

It was only the frustrating battery life, and desire to enter the superior iPhone camera ecosystem that forced me to upgrade.

ayoisaiah··on Google Pixel 9 Pro
This hasn't been a problem on Android in 7-8 years. I bought my S10+ brand new in 2019, and it still works flawlessly till today (well, except the battery).

The S7 Edge was the last time I experienced slowdowns after 1-2 years.

ayoisaiah··on Nikon Z 28-400mm f/4-8 VR: The Best All-Purpose Lens I've Ever Used
I wish Sony would release a new version with updated "AI" auto focus, the new menus, and 4k60 10bit. The Mark IV is till great though as a single do it all camera.
ayoisaiah··on Zellij: A terminal workspace with batteries included
Yes of course, you can use keyboard to do everything in Zellij. One thing that eased my transition was the addition of (customizable) Tmux keybindings so that muscle memory was retained.
ayoisaiah··on Zellij: A terminal workspace with batteries included
Zellij has that too. I rarely use that though.

What I'm talking about is this: https://imgur.com/lUvhjJe

The 3 floating windows above a Vim instance

ayoisaiah··on Zellij: A terminal workspace with batteries included
I was using a similar workflow before switching to Zellij.

The benefit is that you can only use one window for every project instead of 2 or more.

What I usually do is have Vim take up the entire window and use floating terminals for background stuff which can be brought in and out of view with a hot key.

The floating terminals are stacked by default, but they can also be arranged side by side if needed.

I won't claim it to be a huge game-changer for productivity, but its definitely a nicer workflow for me.

ayoisaiah··on Zellij: A terminal workspace with batteries included
I switched from Tmux to Zellij ~2 months ago. What I like most about it is the floating panes feature that makes it really easy to create terminals for running stuff in the background without taking up space in the main window.
ayoisaiah··on DevDocs
I've been using DevDocs in Neovim through this plugin: https://github.com/luckasRanarison/nvim-devdocs

Works great, and don't ever have to leave my editor to read something

ayoisaiah··on uBlacklist: Blocks specific sites from appearing in Google search results
I'm looking for something like this, but for YouTube search results / recommendations
ayoisaiah··on Log is the "Pro" in iPhone 15 Pro
I've been a long-term mcpro24fps and a user of Filmic pro before that. It's a great app, no doubt about it. The issue is not the app, but the OEMs who makes things difficult, artificially limiting the capabilities of the devices and even removing features in updates. Nothing is consistent and each device works differently from the next one, even from the same manufacturer. A long running joke in the McPro24fps Telegram chat is to never upgrade!
ayoisaiah··on Log is the "Pro" in iPhone 15 Pro
Log seems like a strong reason to finally switch from Android to iPhone if you're a photography/filmmaking enthusiast like myself. The ecosystem is so much more mature and the gap seems to be growing not shrinking.

Android has Raw Video with MotionCam which also produces insanely good results¹ (even better than iPhone's ProRes video), but everything else just sucks.

[1]: https://youtu.be/O5fnGDR4i9w?feature=shared

ayoisaiah··on Log is the "Pro" in iPhone 15 Pro
Best thing is to shoot in Raw or ProRraw and post-process yourself

Edit: Fix typo

ayoisaiah··on iPhone 15 Pro Max vs. DSLR photos: Real world camera comparison
I'm no longer interested in smartphone photography where everything is tuned to appeal to the lowest common denominator. The ergonomics, image quality, and customisability of dedicated cameras still put them leagues ahead. Even an Rx100 with its tiny 1 inch sensor is more enjoyable to use, and you can take it everywhere too.
ayoisaiah··on Foot – A fast, lightweight and minimalistic Wayland terminal emulator
This certainly looks interesting. I've been using Kitty for a while and it works great and supports so many features. It would be nice to see how it compares to Foot in terms of speed. I'm also curios about Ghostty, the in-progress (but currently private) terminal from Mitchell Hashimoto.

https://mitchellh.com/ghostty

ayoisaiah··on Yazi: Fast terminal file manager based on async I/O
I've tried using LF in the past, but it didn't stick. Will definitely give this a go, as I'm trying to move to an pure terminal workflow as closely as possible.

https://github.com/gokcehan/lf

ayoisaiah··on Spectral Contexts in Go
I tend to put the logger in the context as it becomes request-scoped when you bind the request ID to it in middleware. Zerolog has a useful method to get the logger from the context, which is really handy.
ayoisaiah··on Ancient Carthaginians did sacrifice their children (2014)
Still happens quite a lot here in Nigeria and many parts of Africa
ayoisaiah··on Ask HN: What are the best examples of “learn once, use everywhere”?
SQL
ayoisaiah··on Nigeria bans ATM cash withdrawals over $225 a week to force use of CBDC
$225? More like $135. The rates in that article don't reflect the reality of the situation. The naira has fallen off a cliff
ayoisaiah··on For developers, Safari is crap and outdated
I've always despised the fact that there's no simple way to test on Safari without owning Apple Hardware. It doesn't make any sense. Thankfully, I don't do much front end work anymore, so it's less of a concern for me now.
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