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benfrancom··on Company Manufactures Stamped-Steel Classic Replica Bodies for Mustang, FJ40
They use 3d scanning of the originals to create CNC-dies to re-create some classics.
benfrancom··on Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2026)
pod2book.com It converts podcasts to e-books for the deaf, hard of hearing or neurodivergent because transcripts are clunky.
benfrancom··on New iPad Air, powered by M4
USB security prompt disappears when multiple MacOS accounts signed in

Still a problem for me, and has been for years, but I may be holding it wrong. https://discussions.apple.com/thread/255929514?sortBy=rank

The solution posted in the discussion is not really secure.

benfrancom··on If you put Apple icons in reverse it looks like someone getting good at design
I’ve always liked Jakub Steiner’s Gnome icon work: https://jimmac.eu/
benfrancom··on Shai-Hulud compromised a dev machine and raided GitHub org access: a post-mortem
If github, take a look at gh cli or git credential manager:

https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/git-basics/caching-yo...

benfrancom··on Remote work on HN: Who is hiring? – 69% jobs in 2023 are remote
You could set up a custom domain if you don't have one already and forward the email for $8/yr. https://cloudflareapps.com/apps/email-forwarding
benfrancom··on FTC sues Amazon over ‘deceptive’ Prime sign-up and cancellation process
I canceled my account recently for the same reason. The two day or same day shipping would never happen even though on the product it was advertised as such.
benfrancom··on AWS releases Finch: An open source client for container development
AWS also mirrors docker official images: https://gallery.ecr.aws/docker

Announcement here (Nov 2021) https://www.docker.com/blog/news-from-aws-reinvent-docker-of...

benfrancom··on Docker on MacOS is slow and how to fix it
I’m interested to see how project finch works out compared to Docker on a Mac. It’s an open source client for container development.

https://github.com/runfinch

When I tried Rancher Desktop it didn’t work so well.

benfrancom··on Evernote to be acquired by Bending Spoons
Reminds me of Derek Sivers how he keeps all his writing in plain text, always, everywhere. https://sive.rs/plaintext

Edit: Apparently he posted this on HN 8 months ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30521545

benfrancom··on Ask HN: Do you recall any book or course that made a topic finally click?
Being able to time shift video instruction content made all the difference in the world for me. I could rewind and watch something multiple times until it clicked. Helped me significantly with college mathematics.
benfrancom··on Show HN: GitHub Org Audit Tool
Thanks for sharing! Love these other options!
benfrancom··on Show HN: GitHub Org Audit Tool
Nice, do you have anything you can share?
benfrancom··on Ask HN: Which books do you consider real gems in your field of work/study?
Using Unix 3rd Edition by Peter Kuo because it helps in understanding basic Unix principles and tools.
benfrancom··on Using Apache Kafka to process 1T messages
Thank you!
benfrancom··on Ask HN: Have You Left Kubernetes?
I migrated a company from k8s to ECS/Fargate in 2019. Kubernetes is very flexible, but I opted for simplicity.

The result of the migration was that there is little underlying infrastructure to maintain, and ongoing operational costs were lowered by 50% year over year. The CTO and I liked the setup so much, we started converting another large client of theirs. I followed up with them at the beginning of 2022 to see how things were going, and they still love it. There is so little maintenance, and now they have more time to focus on what they do best–Software!

Other options on the horizon that I'm testing include utilizing AWS Copilot with ECS/Fargate, and/or Copilot with Amazon App Runner.

benfrancom··on Using Apache Kafka to process 1T messages
I'd be interested in hearing if Cloudflare uses a managed Kafka service like MSK, Confluent, or Aiven. Also would be nice to hear the history and more pain-points in getting Kafka to scale to where they are at now.
benfrancom··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2022)
O.C. Tanner | Cloud Engineer | Full-Time | REMOTE US | Visa

Hello, We’re O.C. Tanner, a technology and services company focused on employee recognition and workplace culture. We've been named one of the 2021 Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For: https://fortune.com/best-companies/2021/

We run a modern platform stack including AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Grafana, NodeJS, & Go. I'm looking for a Cloud Engineer that has DevOps experience. You'd also get to work with our Open source PaaS called Akkeris (running k8s under the hood): https://beta.akkeris.io/ and https://github.com/akkeris

More info and apply here: https://recruiting.adp.com/srccar/public/RTI.home?c=1116141&...

benfrancom··on It's time to bring back the AIM away message
Google voice does this for free (aside from what Google normally does with your data). Could forward voicemail there.
benfrancom··on Zero-Day Exploitation of Atlassian Confluence
Smaller attack surface internally, for sure. I also assume internal networks are hostile, not just from internal threats, but from external lateral movement.
benfrancom··on Ffmpeg Buddy
Yep, or turn it into a script and use an IDE/Vim/etc and test in the terminal.
benfrancom··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2022)
OC Tanner | Senior Software Engineer NodeJS/JavaScript | Full-Time | REMOTE US | VISA

About OC Tanner:

O.C. Tanner is an HR technology and services company based in SLC, UT, and the global leader in engaging workplace cultures. Every day, we help thousands of top companies create peak moments that inspire people to achieve, appreciate, and thrive at work. From Boston to Bengaluru, clients use our Culture Cloud™ suite to attract, engage, and retain talent, bond teams, drive innovation, fuel great leadership, communicate company values, and craft employee experiences people love.

About the team:

The cloud operations team is responsible for building, deploying, integrating and maintaining cloud infrastructure. The team is proactive and forward-thinking, automating wherever we can and focused on creating a calm culture, with a great work/life balance (Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® 2021).

About the role:

We have developed an open-source PaaS system called Akkeris written in NodeJS and Golang (see beta.akkeris.io and github.com/akkeris) that is the backbone of our company. Akkeris is basically an abstraction layer for Kubernetes to make it easy for application developers to focus on shipping code. This role will focus primarily on development of this platform including API’s, UX, CLI, add-ons, plugins and other integrations using Node.js and Golang. This position will be remote, US based.

For more details, please see: https://recruiting.adp.com/srccar/public/nghome.guid?c=11161...

benfrancom··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2022)
OC Tanner | Senior Software Engineer NodeJS Golang | Full-Time | REMOTE US | VISA

About OC Tanner:

O.C. Tanner is an HR technology and services company, and the global leader in engaging workplace cultures. Every day, we help thousands of top companies create peak moments that inspire people to achieve, appreciate, and thrive at work. From Boston to Bengaluru, clients use our Culture Cloud™ suite to attract, engage, and retain talent, bond teams, drive innovation, fuel great leadership, communicate company values, and craft employee experiences people love.

About the team:

The cloud operations team is responsible for building, deploying, integrating and maintaining cloud infrastructure. The team is proactive and forward-thinking, automating wherever we can and focused on creating a calm culture, with a great work/life balance (Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® 2021).

About the role:

We have developed an open-source PaaS system called Akkeris (see beta.akkeris.io and github.com/akkeris) that is the backbone of our company. It is basically an abstraction layer for Kubernetes. This role will focus primarily on development of this platform including API’s, UX, CLI, add-ons, plugins and other integrations using Node.js and Golang. This position will be remote, US based.

For more details, please see: https://recruiting.adp.com/srccar/public/nghome.guid?c=11161...

benfrancom··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2022)
O.C. Tanner | Cloud Engineer | 2-3 Year Contract | REMOTE US

Hello, We’re O.C. Tanner, a technology and services company focused on employee recognition and workplace culture. We've been named one of the 2021 Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For: https://fortune.com/best-companies/2021/

We run a modern platform stack including AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Grafana, NodeJS, & Go. I'm looking for a Cloud Engineer that has DevOps experience. You'd also get to work with our Open source PaaS called Akkeris (running k8s under the hood): https://beta.akkeris.io/ and https://github.com/akkeris

Please feel free to contact me ben.francom at octanner.com for more details.

benfrancom··on Ask HN: Where are you getting your money's worth?
Brave browser does it for free by “Enable background audio” in settings. It blocks ads by default too.
benfrancom··on Using two keyboards at once for pain relief
I had rsi as well, so bad I couldn't shake anyone's hand. I thought my wrist was broken. What fixed it for me was to drop the keyboard down onto my lap using a laptop desk, or "lapdesk." I believe my pain was from resting my wrists or forearms on the desk or chair armrests...So I also removed the chair armrests. Also, removing the distance from keyboard to mouse by utilizing a tablet keyboard w/o a numeric keypad. Using the i3 window manager in Linux was great, and I need to do better at using vimium in the browser to reduce mouse usage. It took me forever to find the lapdesk thing out, and there is research behind the ergonomics: http://ergo.human.cornell.edu/ergoguide.html

http://ergo.human.cornell.edu/AHTutorials/typingposture.html

In my opionion, it's worth a good read-through.

benfrancom··on OWASP Top 10 2021
Another data point referenced in InfoSec circles is the "Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report"

https://www.verizon.com/business/resources/reports/dbir/

benfrancom··on Ask HN: Managing career progression for those with no interest in progressing?
Perhaps if you negotiated, you could have gotten substantially more?
benfrancom··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2021)
O.C. Tanner | Senior Cloud Engineer | Full-Time | REMOTE (~36 States) US | VISA

Hello. We’re O.C. Tanner, a technology and services company focused on employee recognition and workplace culture. We've been named one of the 2021 Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For: https://fortune.com/best-companies/2021/

We run a modern platform stack including Docker, Kubernetes, Grafana, NodeJS, & Go. I'm looking for a Senior Cloud Engineer that has DevOps experience. You'd also get to work on our Open source PaaS called Akkeris (running k8s under the hood): https://beta.akkeris.io/ and https://github.com/akkeris

Senior Cloud Engineer: https://recruiting.adp.com/srccar/public/nghome.guid?c=11161...

Other teams are also hiring for multiple engineering positions, see a full list here: https://www.octanner.com/company/careers.html

benfrancom··on Ask HN: Is it just me, or is the inbox is the worst place for newsletters?
I've found that most places offer the same content in an RSS feed as their newsletter. I prefer the terminal newsboat RSS reader running in Docker. : https://newsboat.org/ https://github.com/newsboat/newsboat ...and lynx is also in the container for browsing.
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