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bootlegbilly

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bootlegbilly··on Show HN: misa77 - a codec that decodes 2x faster than LZ4 (at better ratios)
this is super interesting! im excited to give this a look this afternoon, since I specifically have wanted faster throughout for decompressing maps in a game engine.
bootlegbilly··on Bun v1.3.12
ah i apologize. can i get this post removed?
bootlegbilly··on Bun v1.3.12
The main thing I'm excited about is the new `Bun.Webview` feature, especially as a replacement for things like Puppeteer or Playwright.

> All input is dispatched as OS-level events — sites can't distinguish view.click() from a real mouse click (isTrusted: true).

This is especially exciting

bootlegbilly··on We rewrote large parts of our API in Go using AI
I'm unsure how to handle the title, since it misrepresents the content of an otherwise interesting article. I know there's HN etiquette around editorializing, so I submitted as is.
bootlegbilly··on Magic Wormhole: get things from one computer to another, safely
As someone who's been working on a file upload service for a while, this is the only real way to download very large files on Firefox.

The file system access API is a great way to write chunks of a file at a gime, but for now Firefox doesn't support it

https://wicg.github.io/file-system-access/ https://mozilla.github.io/standards-positions/#native-file-s...

bootlegbilly··on Building a Fly.io-like scheduler with resource requirements
Fly.io employee here. This is neat!
bootlegbilly··on When your coworker does great work, tell their manager (2020)
at my job, it's part of company culture to praise people publicly whenever they're doing great work. it's a great way of knowing you're on the right path.