HNHacker News
TopNewBestAskShowJobs

d_luaz

120 karma · joined December 26, 2011

submissionscomments
d_luaz··on BYD's cheapest electric cars to have Lidar self-driving tech
Fair. So in a sense, the lidar vs camera argument ultimately can be publicly assess/proven through human babysitter (regulation permit) and accident rates. or maybe user adoptions.
d_luaz··on BYD's cheapest electric cars to have Lidar self-driving tech
Will there be major difference in ride experience when you take a Waymo vs Robotaxi?
d_luaz··on Ask HN: What are you working on? (April 2025)
After a 30 years delay, perhaps I can finally build a game with AI. https://youtu.be/5_73DO9juBA?si=DCRH89vXapOI3nWG
d_luaz··on Show HN: Lez – a list app for pleasurable tasks
I am not quite sure how to use the app :(
d_luaz··on Ask HN: Should I create a clone of a popular SaaS with rock-bottom pricing?
It's still possible in the case of Digital Ocean vs AWS: 5-10x price reduction, focus on a subset of core service. You still need to deliver friction-less service in the beginning, reliability and customer service eventually.

Not all will move from AWS, but the price saving is significant for small players who doesn't need the full suite of AWS.

d_luaz··on I Am Sam Altman, President of Y Combinator. AMA
Doesn't hurt if it takes you less than a day to apply :)
d_luaz··on Ask HN: Request Submission of Engineering Post of Stack Adoption
Similar but different.

stackshare.io like one liner, where I prefer people to be more descriptive on why and how they use it.

It show Company XXX use this and that, but didn't show why they choose it, and to do what.

StackBus also double up as your tech resume :)

d_luaz··on Ask HN: 23 year old loss in life. What to do now?
- I don't think "stuck in my room for 6 months keep trying to find "the right one"" is a good idea. Please change your plan/approach.

- Since money is not an issue, we can cross out the need to get a job to make ends meet and start thinking about fun things to do.

- I believe Idea is not a light-bulb moment after meditation for 6 months in your room; it sort of require you try doing different things in order to bump into the light-bulb moment.

More random advices:

- Do u like Hardware or Software? Assuming you are into tech ideas.

- Unless you have partners and funding, the scope of your project need to be within your own capabilities in order to reach mediocre success in terms of user adoptions.

- You don't need the best idea, just good enuf idea which interest you. Why passion/interest in important? So that you will work on it even though there is no money and users for 6 months, and you use/like your own product.

- Discipline. Build/Ship something every month is an interesting idea.

d_luaz··on Best practices for building large React applications
Caught, Guilty, Noted, Thanks.
d_luaz··on Ask HN: 23 year old loss in life. What to do now?
It's funny to ask for advice from others who barely know your passions and capability, but it will give it a few random shots:

- follow your passion, not the money. when you work on your startup, do you truly enjoy at least some part of it, or just following the hype or hoping to become millionaires?

- are you well off where money is not an issue? if money is an issue, get a job; you can choose to work with well-off Malaysian startup like GrabTaxi.

- rather than keep thinking about money making startup, just work on small projects which you found interesting. e.g. https://levels.io/12-startups-12-months/

d_luaz··on Centrifugo – real-time messaging server migrated from Python to Go
It would be great if you write of blog post about your experience in migrating Centrifugo from Python to Go.
d_luaz··on Show HN: StackBus, what stack you use, why and what you build?
Nice, thanks for the supp :)
d_luaz··on Show HN: Find a home close to work
I guess remote work is an option, but not quite a total solution at the moment. 1) not all work could be remote 2) self-discipline/communication is tough

Woofoo (about 7 people) did remote, but the founder admit it's tough and challenging even for such a small and motivated company (imagine your workforce > 1000 people), though there are some obvious benefits.

It's not just about tools (slack, skype, etc.) and finding a procedure that works, but more about company culture, motivation, discipline, adaptation to remote environment, family at home, etc. Not every employee could survive a remote environment and continue to be productive :(

Before everyone could work from home, maybe the idea of multiple office location/work-space (rather than centralized) could be explored, yet it will have many pros and cons.

d_luaz··on Show HN: StackBus, what stack you use, why and what you build?
Thanks. Quota exceeded. Fixed now. Sorry.
d_luaz··on Show HN: StackBus, what stack you use, why and what you build?
StackBus is my weekend project.

The purpose is to provide more insights and usage statistics when evaluating something new (server, language, framework, database, IDE, etc.).

It also double up as your online tech resume.

Hope you guys find it useful :)

d_luaz··on PyJS: write your JavaScript-powered web applications entirely in Python
Flask, Python, Brunch, Backbone, Google App Engine http://www.stackbus.com/@d_luaz
d_luaz··on PyJS: write your JavaScript-powered web applications entirely in Python
I do have reservation about Python to be the language to be cross-compiled to anything, then there is NodeJS on server side as well, so what the hell :(

Whenever a new stack popup, I always wonder 1) who us it 2) why they use it 3) what they use it for

Hopefully more people share their stacks on http://www.stackbus.com/ (FYI, I build it) so that it help others to decide better.

d_luaz··on Announcing Rust 1.2
Whenever a new language popup, I always wonder 1) who us it 2) why they use it 3) what they use it for

Hopefully more people share their stacks on http://www.stackbus.com/ (FYI, I build it) so that it help others to decide better.

d_luaz··on Using React in the real world
Do share your stack with us (why you use them and what you use it for): http://www.stackbus.com/
d_luaz··on Ask HN: Which JavaScript frameworks do you use?
A place to share which framework you use and why you use them? http://www.stackbus.com/
d_luaz··on Ask HN: How do you come up with hobby projects?
I just think of stuff I would like to build, found interesting or useful. If you are the intended user, it's a lot easier.
d_luaz··on App Engine for Go Now in General Availability
- User: I usually just skip this service and use OAuth + Login management library

- Email: I remember it works with gmail; you can overwrite the "reply-to" header.

- Image Upload: seems to work fine by uploading to blobstore or GCS. Image serving is superb with images.get_serving_url!

d_luaz··on App Engine for Go Now in General Availability
You cant compare AppEngine with DO or Heroku with AWS. Yes, AppEngine is costlier than DO 5-10X is comparing cost of computation power. You pay the price for not having to deal with DevOps, scalability and some cool API/services.
d_luaz··on The next version of Safari will let users block ads on iPhones and iPads
Wikipedia could survive with donation. If AdBlocker is detected, website should prompt for donation (like Wikipedia) until a certain yearly amount is reach.
d_luaz··on Jennifer Pawluck convicted in police graffiti case
I wonder what will happened if 100,000 people shared the photos?
d_luaz··on Microsoft and Arduino Announce Partnership
Assuming M$ is always evil is still a personal opinion, doesn't mean it's bad. Replace M$ with Google, Apple, Amazon or any other company doing the same thing, does it actually bring out any meaningful conclusion?

I assume better Ardruino support on Windows is a good thing.

d_luaz··on Microsoft and Arduino Announce Partnership
The author did mentioned "it's meant to complement it", I assume that is good: use if if you like it, ignore it if you don't.

I guess the opinion of "not worthwhile" doesn't constitute good or bad either for the Ardruino community.

d_luaz··on Microsoft and Arduino Announce Partnership
How is it bad?
d_luaz··on The days are long but the decades are short
No one say it would be easy to work on the things you love: sacrifice have to be made, and there shall be big challenges.

We could argue it's impossible for someone to do it due to external circumstances of being less privilege; think about some of the public figures who made it? Are these people doing the impossible more privileged than you are?

d_luaz··on Race conditions on Facebook, DigitalOcean and others (fixed)
So the best solution is not to have a reward? Or not to have a publicized reward? Or don't depend on the public on bug hunting? Or just hope on goodwill?
Page 1 of 2Next →