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Software Engineer @_buf https://bsky.app/profile/castingcall.club https://siliconvict.com
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buf··on What went wrong at Techstars
Likely this is true.

I also think that the Techstars staff members were not adequate. Every single staff member had left by the next year. And when I would email the subsequent MDs about anything, I'd get no reply.

buf··on What went wrong at Techstars
Having done a Techstars program myself, I was also surprised at some of the companies that were allowed in.
buf··on What went wrong at Techstars
I did Techstars in London in 2013 (an early cohort there) after spending a decade in the Bay Area. Back then, it felt like the glue holding the entire program together were the founders themselves and one particularly good Techstars staff member.

I felt proud going through the program until I learned about the branded programs emerging "Techstars Disney" and "Techstars Barclays". It felt like the prestige was vanishing, and I rarely mentioned it on my CV afterwards.

Funny though, I raised about $1M through the Techstars program, and over $10M through other VCs. The Techstars VCs were the least helpful (but this could have been the London ecosystem at the time. London, these days, is quite good when it comes to early stage, especially some of the syndicates like Ventures Together. I digress).

buf··on Unveiling the big leap in Ruby 3.3's IRB
Am I the only one who never actually types in IRB?

I edit directly inside my code and use tmux's send-to-pane to send my current line(s) to IRB. Ex: https://cln.sh/xXNlf51m

buf··on Japan is experiencing nationwide credit card payments issues
Underrated comment. Japan still runs on fax machines.
buf··on Omegle 2009-2023
I'm not sure exactly the tech community needs to own up to. Allowing an 11 year old who has irresponsible parents to use the internet?

Do tech companies need to verify government issued IDs to register new users?

buf··on Omegle 2009-2023
Couldn't this have been any website with a messaging system on it? Twitter, facebook, even email.

I don't get how they can sue Omegle for this.

Edit: was it because of the video component of Omegle?

buf··on Why I'm using Next.js
Pretty sure you use it because vercel likes the frontend engineers who don't know how/or care to deal with the backend.
buf··on Show HN: Use your familiar Markdown editor to create and publish web pages
Honestly, this is exactly what I want as a technical blogger:

- markdown editing

- remote asset support (including js components)

- seo

amarkdown looks great, but I've been using vim. Obsidian points to that folder and I use that for publishing.

buf··on Tmux has forever changed the way I write code [video]
Here is a super basic example of running rails code: https://cln.sh/xXNlf51m

Now imagine instead of a empty rails shell, I had my server running there and I can set breakpoints. Or why not both a shell and a server?

buf··on Tmux has forever changed the way I write code [video]
not just a shell script. Any code.

I could have a rails console running below in a pane and send rails code directly from the file above.

Works with anything

buf··on Tmux has forever changed the way I write code [video]
the author goes in details on why tmux is great, which it is, but fails to mention it's greatest feature: send-keys.

I can have my code in pane 0 and my code console running a shell in pane 1, and simply use the send-keys command to execute the selected code (or line) instantly in pane 1.

I use this command more than 100 times per day.

buf··on Ask HN: What are some low cost payment processing alternatives to Stripe?
I've been using braintree for 9 years on one of my projects, and while it does "work", there doesn't seem to be much innovation happening, sadly.

I use them for their direct integration with paypal, who owns them

buf··on Ask HN: What are some low cost payment processing alternatives to Stripe?
This is the first I've heard of it. Thank you for bringing it to my attention.

Great for those starting in Europe, it seems. And PayPal!!!!

buf··on Fly.io Postgres cluster down for 3 days, no word from them about it
I would use Fly for hosting servers, but never databases.

For this very reason.

buf··on LazyVim
Just tagging in for comment OP.

Copilot really does work wonderfully for me, as expected with any AI code completion. I run copilot and coc.vim simultaneously, to be noted. So when I just want to autocomplete a word, it'll be coc.vim, but when I want a whole line/method/etc built I'll let copilot be my copilot.

buf··on We raised a bunch of money
I also don't use fly (yet) because of technical issues they have. They are in a really messy state at the moment.

Nevertheless, I'm excited for them and continue to cheer them on until they mature.

buf··on We raised a bunch of money
Having grown up on Heroku, it's such a breath of fresh air to see companies innovating in this space. Render, Fly are the big ones, but even little one-man shops like Hatchbox are good enough to deploy medium-scale production apps.

Kudos to these companies, the VCs, and the beta testers.

buf··on We raised a bunch of money
I'm at least 50 of them
buf··on Whatever you do, don't autoload Rails `lib/`
Yep - me too. Don't know what the author's on about.
buf··on AI won't steal your job, people leveraging AI will
There are two types of people:

1. People afraid AI will take their jobs

2. People using AI to take people's jobs

buf··on AstroNvim is an aesthetic and feature-rich Neovim config
Hah, I agree it's confusing. And it's funny you mention it, because even though I said vim, I use neonvim.
buf··on AstroNvim is an aesthetic and feature-rich Neovim config
As a 20+ year vim user, I love seeing new configs come out still.

Although I won't be using Astro because I like my current setup, I really enjoy looking through other people's configs.

buf··on Ask HN: Plans for Weathering the Tech Recession?
Tech is the fastest growing sector. More jobs created than lost due to advancements and bloat cut.
buf··on Ask HN: Plans for Weathering the Tech Recession?
IMO this recession is needed.

1. there is company bloat everywhere. Too many people going to work and 'hiding' instead of working.

2. tech is 10x better these days. You can do way more with way less.

As for weathering it, tech is still the fastest growing sector out there. It won't be hard to find a job.

buf··on Globalization is dead and no one is listening
If you play a game of monopoly it always goes the same:

- Everyone wants to scoop up as many resources as possible before everyone else.

- People lament the fact that certain players got lucky and have a head start.

- The majority of the board stops being salty and plays nice/negotiates to continue accumulating property.

- Eventually everything is purchased, the pecking order is firmly established, there is no negotiation because you either already have what you need or you lack resources to barter with, and the slow downward spiral begins until the game is over.

We are simply in the endgame now. The “you scratch my back, I scratch yours” phase of capitalism is over until we start a new game.

buf··on French startup unveils new residential thermo-acoustic heat pump
Is this the same tech used in James Webb telescope?
buf··on AI Voice Generator: Text to Speech Software
thanks for the bug report!

Is there an error on the page or just it just not play anything?

Trying to reproduce.

Edit: figured it out. Will fix!

buf··on AI Voice Generator: Text to Speech Software
Currently, projects asking for TTS model training are banned on the platform, but only because there was outrage amongst the users.
buf··on AI Voice Generator: Text to Speech Software
https://www.castingcall.club/

I'm an indie entrepreneur, so it's just me on this project, but it's been great fun.

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