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bosch_mind··on How would you design the Stack Overflow website?
Ironically saying to use a monolith an on-prem servers would never allow you to pass an interview.

Not sure why the default is to add insane auto load balancing redundancy with sharding, per service isolation and Kafka as a default for most services when something pretty simple with some cheap commodity hardware would suffice

bosch_mind··on Ask HN: How to research a new topic to write about
Gotta start somewhere?
bosch_mind··on 12% of Americans eat half the nation's beef
Lentils, much like most legumes, have a neat trick up their sleeve. They partner with root bacteria to capture nitrogen from the air and stash it underground. This not only gives the legumes a nutrient boost but also helps the soil retain more water and essential nutrients for the next crop. Plus, it reduces the need for those carbon-heavy nitrogen fertilizers.

When it comes to meat production, it operates quite differently from legumes like lentils. Meat production primarily relies on the consumption of feed by animals, such as cows, pigs, or chickens. These animals don't have the nitrogen-fixing capabilities found in legumes. Instead, they require protein-rich diets, often in the form of soybean meal or other crops.

The issue arises because these animals, during digestion, release a significant amount of nitrogen into the environment in the form of ammonia and other nitrogen compounds. This process is known as nitrogen excretion. Unlike legumes, which enrich the soil with nitrogen, meat production can lead to nitrogen pollution when excess nitrogen is not properly managed. This pollution can harm water quality and contribute to greenhouse gas emissions, making it less environmentally sustainable compared to legume cultivation.

bosch_mind··on Significant slice of the U.S. workforce believes their jobs have no purpose
I was just thinking about this on a walk this evening. Life is weird as hell and I find it rare to meet others that share a similar viewpoint
bosch_mind··on How I do my computing (2006-2022)
I’m sure I appreciate a lot of what Stallman has done for me directly and indirectly, but this dude is intense about computer usage to the point where the extremism is a bit much for me to admire
bosch_mind··on Why do so few people major in computer science? (2017)
Lots of weird opinion in this statement, maybe insecurity from never getting your degree? Software has proven to automate things just as important as “real engineering” in many fields. Hospitals, power grids, entire financial systems.
bosch_mind··on Show HN: PhotoProAI, upload a selfie, transform it into professional portraits
This is very buggy. I submitted a pic and it never finished. Mobile UX is pretty poor with minimal user feedback. The footer has a typo on the word conditions. Cool idea, needs work
bosch_mind··on Why yewtu.be was down: Data loss after being shut down by Oracle Cloud
Same here! The UX is so bad on both I just can’t use either. Not hard to quit when usability sucks and I find other things to do… like read or go outside.
bosch_mind··on Now you can search on Google for free: Solution with API
I also use searxng as my primary search engine protected by Authelia on a remote server. This way, the IP logged is my throwaway homelab using certs from Let’s encrypt. It’s pretty nice overall and takes not too much RAM (350mb?).
bosch_mind··on When digital nomads come to town
Not sure what kind of places you work at, but my entire team is distributed and we are all young and consistently working 10-12 hours a day. Plus I live on the beach! When I worked in an office I worked way less and got way more distracted
bosch_mind··on Ask HN: Reverse Cloudflare
I’m sorry but how is this not Cloudflare? I think I’m misunderstanding the question.
bosch_mind··on Ask HN: Suggestions to host 10TB data with a monthly +100TB bandwidth
Cloudflare R2 has free egress, cheap storage
bosch_mind··on Show HN: Create your own full-featured VPN server
How does this compare to me deploying wireguard on my pc or tailscale?
bosch_mind··on Show HN: ExecAPI – Zero-Infra Background Jobs as a Service
This is neat. How does it compare to Cloudflare Workers?

I’ve been thinking about building a tool like this for fun. Does the code run inside a Docker container? I’ve been looking at Firecracker VMs for sandboxing which seems pretty cool

bosch_mind··on Ask HN: What are the real dangers of AI that everyone is warning about?
- Realistic AI deepfakes spreading misinformation. - Language models making incorrect decisions within systems people depend on - Job automation that removes blue collar gigs that aren’t replaceable, putting money back into the pockets of the elite
bosch_mind··on DuckDuckGo’s building AI-generated answers into its search engine
Interesting to see Bard so high up on the list!
bosch_mind··on Textbook Recommendations for Mesh Networking
Go is great for networking. If you’re interested in tunnels and Ngrok, the original repo is easy to read.

Maybe build a chat app with TCP and UDP. Deploy it on a VM behind a reverse proxy like NGINX. Run the app in Docker or on the VM and setup iptables.

That could be a great summer project. If you want to do low level stuff, Beej is king. You could implement a DNS server. It’s not too terrible.

bosch_mind··on Best courses to revise SQL in 2 days?
https://planetscale.com/courses/mysql-for-developers/introdu...

Went viral 2 weeks ago, high quality

bosch_mind··on Ask HN: Is Anki still the recommended spaced repetition app?
Check out Mochi
bosch_mind··on Textbook Recommendations for Mesh Networking
How much do you know about networking in general? TCP/UDP/IP/DNS, etc?

I ask because building a simple p2p app is built on top of the foundational stuff.

bosch_mind··on Show HN: I made a non-trivial iOS app with GPT-4 in just a few hours
When you say chatGPT4 is this the plus account , API or Bing?
bosch_mind··on We need a good pre-AI archive of the web
It’s called internet archive before release of gpt
bosch_mind··on Ask HN: Getting disillusioned with DevOps job. How to find Joy again?
Can you discuss a bit more about what you do and what you dislike about it? Are you looking to dig deeper into the field but with a spark of passion or delve into other things?
bosch_mind··on Ask HN: Approaching 40 and trying to get a foothold into Software Engineering
Have you considered going to meetups, attending networking events or applying to internships?

I feel like right now it’s more of a who you know situation and less of a what you know. You’re in Oakland, CA, which is the land of networking. Good ops to squeeze into some role. Don’t be too picky and you can morph into whatever you find passion for.

Btw, neat projects!

bosch_mind··on Ask HN: Has anyone made the transition from app development to ML/AI work?
How do you get into a position to do a PhD not in a traditional academic setting?
bosch_mind··on Is Setting Up a VPS Worth It?
I manage my homelab VPS that’s on the cloud with Ansible. Pretty cool but leaning toward migration to Salt
bosch_mind··on Show HN: DarkHN – Hacker News with Dark Mode
How does it work? Do you proxy the request and overlay custom CSS through something like a CF worker?
bosch_mind··on Ask HN: Small scripts, hacks and automations you're proud of?
Nothing specific per se, but I recently retrofitted this IBM Thinkpad I bought off ebay and installed Linux Mint onto it running i3WM. I basically control the entire OS with my tiny keyboard. I have a ton of hotkeys to just map movement of everything insanely fast. Using this alongside VIM allows for very efficient usage of my machine. Highly recommend.

Aside from this, I basically just rely on things like cntrl + p for search, various bash/shell scripting + chatgpt to be efficient. Always improving!

bosch_mind··on Ask HN: V2 – Laid off folks, are you getting hired yet?
Think it’ll change at some point?
bosch_mind··on Ask HN: V2 – Laid off folks, are you getting hired yet?
Hang in there. I’d say your experience is pretty good. Maybe try AB testing your resume structure and wording, improving social media, etc.
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