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didip··on You are not required to close your <p>, <li>, <img>, or <br> tags in HTML
Early Google did not close their tags, I think it was for the sake of payload size?

That said, your linter is going to drive you crazy if you don't close tags, no?

didip··on Creators of Tailwind laid off 75% of their engineering team
How does Tailwind make money?
didip··on “Stop Designing Languages. Write Libraries Instead” (2016)
It’s possible to have something like Express, take a look at Javalin.

But Java problem is not the mechanics, it’s that the community doesn’t want nice things.

didip··on Many hells of WebDAV
I have a fun experiment for OP, since you already walked the reverse engineering route.

Why not download the most popular DAV libraries from various languages, Java, C++, PHP, etc. Regardless how ancient they are.

And then have AI like Claude to analyze and bring in the improvements to your own Go library?

I was doing something like that for Kerberos and Iceberg Rest Catalog API, until I got distracted and moved on to other things.

didip··on Self hosting my media library with Jellyfin and Wireguard on Hetzner
Dumb question, where do you actually buy digital copy of music these days? Or find a big library of music that you can download.
didip··on Why is the Gmail app 700 MB?
Because big enough tech companies always shipped their org charts in their products.
didip··on 2025: The Year in LLMs
Indeed. I don't understand why Hacker News is so dismissive about the coming of LLMs, maybe HN readers are going through 5 stages of grief?

But LLM is certainly a game changer, I can see it delivering impact bigger than the internet itself. Both require a lot of investments.

didip··on I canceled my book deal
You didn’t share the complete deal details but just from what you shared, it seems like the payout is not worth it for this big of an effort.

What if you self publish yourself using Amazon toolings? Will the numbers be worse? At least you will be in charge of your own quality and deadlines.

didip··on Stardew Valley developer made a $125k donation to the FOSS C# framework MonoGame
Because no middle managers will get promoted for doing this. All large corporate structures are the same: What's the incentive for the mini warlords to expand their mini empire? Nothing else is worth doing (to them).
didip··on Stepping down as Mockito maintainer after ten years
As someone who is not in the Java world, why does Java need a mocking library? Interface based polymorphism is not enough?
didip··on Calendar
As an enhancement, it would be cool to be able to spread into multiple pages. 1 month per page, or 2 months per page, ..., 12 months per page.

It's hard to write on such small boxes.

didip··on Publishing your work increases your luck
Exactly this. Word by word. Some of my OSS projects got popular accidentally and oh boy… pain in the butt for real.

And for little benefits to myself. Hitting HN front page or r/programming was nice for my ego. But that’s about it.

didip··on Always bet on text (2014)
I agree. As a simple exercise, look at all software tools that’s GUI only. They become a large walled garden unable to be penetrated by LLM.

Tools that are mostly text or have text interfaces? Greatly improved by LLM.

So all of those rich multimedia and their players/editors really need to add text representations.

didip··on How uv got so fast
If UV team has a spare time, they should rewrite Python in Rust without any of the legacy baggage.
didip··on Package managers keep using Git as a database, it never works out
So… What we need is a globally distributed git seeders of all open source github content, then?

Seems possible if every git client is also a torrent client.

didip··on Ask HN: How do I bridge the gap between PhD and SWE experiences?
It’s there, in data science or data analytics positions.
didip··on Avoid Mini-Frameworks
The problem in big tech is that: Sending upstream patches to THAT team (that owns the original framework) is like pulling teeth.

Those people have their own OKRs and promo desires.

Often times, sending patches to OSS orgs are easier.

So naturally, extension to the original framework happened.

didip··on Show HN: Vibium – Browser automation for AI and humans, by Selenium's creator
And this handles login sessions, cookies, etc.? So much of the modern web is now hidden behind login sessions.
didip··on Tell HN: Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas everyone!
didip··on Fabrice Bellard Releases MicroQuickJS
For real. The GOAT is at it again!
didip··on Test, don't just verify
I agree. And learning a typed language is significantly easier now that AI can explain everything. The types also help AI to write a correct code. A very positive feedback loop.
didip··on A guide to local coding models
When you look at how capable Claude is, vs the salary of even a fresh graduate, combined with how expensive your time is… Even the maximum plan is a super good deal.
didip··on Please just try HTMX
I love HTMX. It felt like a rebirth of PJAX. Server side template rendering is simply the best.

Too bad that the world insists on going nuts with JS everything.

Oh as a plus, AI agents are a lot more productive when dealing with server side logic.

didip··on Germany: Amazon is not allowed to force customers to watch ads on Prime Video
This is good. It upsets me that I am already a Prime member but I still have to pay on top of that. I actually prefer they increase the price but bundle everything in 1 membership.
didip··on Claude CLI deleted my home directory and wiped my Mac
Here I am keep fighting against Claude because it thinks I am a leet hacker trying to hack my own computer, and this dude made Claude do whatever it wants.

Some men get all the fun...

didip··on Useful patterns for building HTML tools
To make it extra useful, they should come with REST API and swagger docs on how to use the API.
didip··on Duplication Isn't Always an Anti-Pattern
I don’t understand why so many engineers have tendencies to dedupe code.

Data, which is more important than code imho, are constantly duplicated all the time. Why can’t code have some duplication?

didip··on Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros
Hm… I don’t know, I can at least cancel my separate HBO Max subscription on Prime Video now (since I already paid for Netflix).
didip··on Transparent leadership beats servant leadership
Can’t wait for AI Slack plugins to replace all low tier middle managers. You can achieve so much transparency since the data is already out there anyway.

There has to be a better way to organize how ICs communicate. More productivity to unlock.

didip··on All it takes is for one to work out
This is what I keep telling my son even though he is still a bit too young:

Here in Bay Area, in Silicon Valley, all you need is to try hard and get lucky once.

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