cmclaughlin

> Don't forget insurance; you'll want full coverage.

Most people in the US buy cars with loans and don't have a choice about insurance. So I don't see any point involving that in the comparison.

> Then you need a wall connector, and you'll of course want a mobile connector, and you'll need to call your electrician

I don't yet have an EV, but I expect to buy one soon... so I've been thinking about this scenario.

* While not optimal, charging from a common 120v will likely get you 30-40m of range. That would be fine for me since I don't drive much.

* For those of us with electric clothes dryers in their garage with 240v power - it's possible to use an adapter to plug directly in or for $200-300 purchase a smart splitter device that disables the dryer and routes power to the car.

Personally I like the idea of not needing to wait for my car to warm up - not everyone does this, but I'm into cars and try to take good care of mine. And I like the idea of not needing to waste time going to gas stations - for the foreseeable future I will have an ICE car for very long trips and towing, but expect to have an EV and almost only charge at home. Very rarely would I ever need to use public charging facilities.

One thing I don't like about EVs is the trend toward paying extra for self-driving features. I'm very much against idea of SaaS/monthly fees for that.

They also transfer heat to the house, whereas induction does not. Huge benefit in hotter climates

Yes it’s possible to use a transfer plate to adapt cookware that’s not induction compatible, but it’s very inefficient. One of the benefits I appreciate of induction cooking is not heating up my house while cooking - a transfer plate would negate that.

I understand not everyone wants to buy or can afford new cookware, but cast iron pans are very cheap. Also see brands such as t-fal that make affordable non-stick aluminum cookware with a small steel bottom to make them induction compatible.

No that’s not true for induction - the controls are immediate and very precise.

> Curious on your take here - whenever I am very hungry I notice that my sense are acutely aware of any smell and are generally sharper (outside of the hunger part). Wouldn't that similarity translate to after a post fasted run that your brain is also much more acutely aware since it has been starved of food and is now trying to (in a historical sense) forage or hunt for food on a short term need?

This seems to be normal and common when fasting. It happens to me personally and I’ve read comments from other people who experience it too.

I typically set a timer as reminder to switch the laundry from the washing machine to the dryer by voice, e.g “ok Google set a 1 hour timer”. Or I set a timer in my phone.

You must have a lot of free time if you’re engineering anything more complicated than that!

> I like PEX, but I know opinions vary

What’s not to like about PEX?

I totally agree. I use my Instapot all the time.

Another game changer for me is the Anova Precision Oven. Baking with steam and the ability to quickly and precisely switch between different baking methods is great.

I had a similar experience biking on Mnt Tam. It was pretty amazing. I also recall it being pretty hot and sunny on the way up and the way down and it only being cold, foggy and wet at the very top. The contrast made even more magical.

Totally agree. The old UI was much better. I think they ignored who uses the console. If I’m trying to load a UI with thousands of resources server side rendering is much faster. The new UI is frustrating. Luckily we mostly use cdk for terraform and don’t have to use the console much.

I recall OS 8 crashing often and loosing lots of work. Back then I was doing graphic design work and just getting into web programming. Photoshop, Illustrator and QuarkXpress all day with those apps crashing unexpectedly. MS Word for Mac was awful back then too. OS 9 was much better and Windows 2000 was actually really good. It's great that that sort of instability is a thing of the past!

Yes thin carbon steel cookware warps. My wok is a good example of that. But there plenty of high quality thick carbon steel cookware on the market that’s stronger.

What do you mean it leaks oil? I’ve never noticed any like that.

Cracking the glass of a induction cooktop is still a problem. So I recommend carbon steel over cast iron for this purpose. They’re similar in that they both need to be seasoned. But carbon steel is much lighter and it’s smooth unlike most modern cast iron cookware.

Getting a bit off topic here, but I’d like to learn more about this…

In most cases wouldn’t you need to run a thicker wire to replace a 120v outlet with 240v?

> I've ever talked to someone who cares about electric vs. gas ovens though, and I am not sure that either would necessarily have a performance advantage over the other.

Actually lots of people care about gas versus electric ovens. If you look at high end ranges, “dual-fuel” is the product category name which is gas stove with electric oven.

One reason why chefs prefer electric ovens, or rather why gas ovens are not preferable is that gas contains humidity. That additional moisture is desirable at times, but not always. On the very high end, an electric oven with a steam reservoir allows the chef to control the humidity. For instance, you can bake bread with steam for a soft rise and finish with no humidity for a crunchy crust. I’ve never seen a steam oven fueled by gas, but I haven’t sought one out. If this has peaked anyone’s interest Anova makes a countertop steam oven that’s great - previously this was only available on commercial equipment and the fanciest home ovens.

cdktf doesn’t really help with state problems in my opinion. Under the hood terraform is still storing state and if you’re working on a team you’ll need to share state, e.g to s3. If you don’t have any state and try to make a change, terraform will try to recreate and fail. Importing is a pain.

cdktf is great, but I would also rather do away with the state. I’ve gotten into too many problems that were only resolved by deleting everything and starting over.

Similarly, my hands would go numb if I worked like that

Costco delivery is available via Instacart. They also have a rebranded version of the Instacart website here which might avoid some fees:

http://sameday.costco.com

Maybe this isn’t available in your area…

I'll add that a lot of kids bike to school in Davis. I'm mostly disappointed that more adults don't bike as much as I'd expect.

I live in Davis. Biking is great here, but it’s not perfect.

The network of bike trails has been poorly maintained. The asphalt is badly cracked, which makes for a very bumpy and uncomfortable ride.

There are plenty of bike lanes on most streets, but almost no protected paths. Biking amongst cars is always stressful.

Most residents in town don’t actually bike that much. UC Davis students are forced to bike because most live off campus and obviously there’s little car parking available there. But I don’t see a remarkable amount of biking around town. I wouldn’t be surprised if more people in SF bike for day-to-day activities per-capita, such as shuffling kids around and picking up groceries.

All of this said, it’s still a nice place and biking here is nice. But it could be better.

The author of FastApi wrote an ORM too:

https://github.com/tiangolo/sqlmodel

I have not yet used it, but I think that’s the best approach now

I used the intercooler, which is the predecessor to htmlx and really liked it. I plan to use htmlx on my next web development project.

I recently took a look at Hotwire and Unpoly just to make sure I wasn’t missing out on something better. I found htmlx simple and intuitive.

Wow, that Polyscience/Breville Control Freak looks great - if anyone knows of a mid-level/affordable induction cooktop that preforms similarly I'd love to know if one exists.

Currently I have two induction cooktops (counter top models, not built-in hobs) - one from Ikea and one Nuwave brand. The Ikea one looks pretty good, but it lacks precision. Looks like the Ikea one is no longer available in the US, but here it is on their AU website:

https://www.ikea.com/au/en/p/tillreda-portable-induction-hob...

The temperature settings go from 20 to 70 degree F increments. In particular, the jump from 210F to 280F really sucks. But it's great for boiling water, cooking pasta, etc.

The Nuwave induction cooktop I have allows 10 degree F increments, which is great for accurate precision. But it doesn't look very good in my opinion.

I'm also in the process of remodeling my kitchen and have a built-in Bertazzoni cooktop, which I've yet to unbox or install. I choose that because my wife wanted physical knobs instead of digital buttons and I agree that that does provide a nicer UI. I'm optimistic the knobs will provide precision temperature control.

Overall, I love cooking with induction - for control and clean air inside the house. However, one other issue I've struggled with is uneven temperature. Originally I thought cast iron would perform well, but it's not great with induction. I recently got some pretty decent stainless steel pots/pans from Tramontina, which are affordably priced compared Allclad, and those heat much more evenly. I also hope that when I install my built-in induction cooktop it will heat more evenly, perhaps with more magnetic rings.

It doesn’t smell like cows everywhere :)

But when I ride my bike to the campus farm to buy meat, depending on the weather and perhaps other conditions it might smell like cow shit! It doesn’t happen often though.

That doesn’t really bother me. However, one year when I was in college something happened to the tomato harvest that caused lots of huge flies all over the city. I generally like the weather here and all the other sort of agricultural elements, but that was the one gross think I can think of.

Kevin (the author) and I worked together around 10 years ago at Atlassian. It’s always great to see his blog posts here!

This one rings home because I moved from SF to Davis during the pandemic. I attended UC Davis around 15 years ago and moved back because it’s a great place to race a family.

I would like to see more infill development here. It’s a shame that so many smart and successful people that work here can’t afford to buy homes here.

I’ve toyed around with the idea of building multi-family housing here. Generally, there are easier places to make money in real estate but I would feel pretty good about making something like this happen.

Crazier things have happened, but if there are other HN readers that would like to chat more about this idea I’ll put my email address in my profile if it’s not there already. I’ve become friends with the realtor that helped me buy a house here (Tanner Mohr) - we’ve previously talked about getting a small group of people together for projects like this. So far we looked at one empty lot, but the seller already had plans for something like I had in mind.

Personally I don’t think I could stomach the risk of trying to build something huge here. That sort of speaks to the point Kevin is making about nimbyism. I certainly wouldn’t want my money tied up in a legal fight. But I could imagine more 4-5 story condos close to campus and downtown doing well here.

Reminds me of Typer - from the creator of FastAPI:

https://typer.tiangolo.com/

I’m not familiar with dotnet, but I’m not sure if blaming Python is the problem.

A more even comparable rewrite would have been FastApi with an asynchronous library for Postgres (such as SQL Alchemy or TortoiseORM).

There are probably ways to achieve similar results with Django or Flask, but it’s pretty easy with FastApi.

Nice setup!

It’s a bummer Google discontinued Chromecast Audio. I still have three of them and love them.

The new Nest Speakers don’t have audio out, so there no integration with nicer audio equipment.

Also not a car - but I recently got a gas fireplace insert that came with a remote control with a touch screen. It takes a few seconds for the remote to “boot up” every time I try to use it. Long enough for me to get frustrated and look away. But if I don’t stay focused the screen will turn off and I’ll have to start over. It’s frustrating enough that I’ve started research “dumb” remotes with real buttons

> Why isn't it a commodity

From a friend - in recent years draught conditions in California have reduced hay production