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cloudyglideron Deno raises $21M

Weird... it's having the same affect on me, something about slowly fading to white background is making me flinch. Is this a known phenomenon?

cloudyglideron Tips for a Healthier Postgres Database

> On versions prior to Postgres 14, connections consumed extra overhead leaving idle connections as wasted space.

Does this mean PGbouncer is unnecessary for postgres > v14?

cloudyglideron Websocketd – It's like CGI, twenty years later, for WebSockets

Do any of these options support communicating via an http API instead of stdin/out?

Ideally I'd like to have a standalone websocket service that handles long-running connections and then calls my specified API eg. `POST <my-http-service>/websocket/client/<client_id>`. Then the service can respond by sending a `POST <my-websocket-service>/websocket/client/<client>`, like an opensource https://pusher.com? I realise it'd be fairly easy to build myself, just wondering if there is something off the shelf that achieves this?

cloudyglideron Ask HN: What is something important I should start doing in my 20s?

Start writing things down. If you have a terrible memory like me you might regret not documenting more of your life, especially because so many things happen in your 20s. I've started a weekly journal in my 30s and I'm so happy that I did.

It's also worth doing the same for things at work. Having a few stories written down about features you've implemented or bugs you've fixed may help you get through a few interviews.

cloudyglideron Shirley Cards

Yeah I thought it was really interesting, spoiler alert - in a random sequence of events Lena, the model from the JPEG study ends up becoming a Kodak Shirley girl too.

cloudyglideron Software developers have stopped caring about reliability

Ironically I recently gave up using aerc, an email client that the author had a part it writing, because it kept crashing on my machine. I know its a WIP and there is a disclaimer warning of bugs but I thought it was a little funny. I do agree we should be doing better as a industry, but I'm not sure saying "hey everyone do better!" is going to have any effect.