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drenvuk··on We Don’t Use Docker
The same can be said for static c++ binaries. Setting up a machine is as easy as scping the bin to the host and running it. docker isn't necessary, it's just nice for repeatable builds.
drenvuk··on Ask HN: Is startup PTSD real and possible?
Any harrowing experience can cause PTSD. Usually time makes the feeling fade and understanding what specifically caused the stress during trying circumstances and avoiding or controlling those situations prevents them from occurring again.

I suggest you slow down and write cause, effect and solution for everything that seems to be circling repeatedly in your mind when your mind wanders. I also suggest taking a hike or few.

Healthy living, effective analysis, and time is a fix for most problems.

drenvuk··on Fuck Domainparkers
Make up a word.
drenvuk··on Linus and Pull Requests (2012)
They're only valid concerns if you're in the part of the chain that needs to be empathetic in the first place. That's the point I'm trying to make. His point of view is not representative of Torvald's, mine or possibly many others.
drenvuk··on Linus and Pull Requests (2012)
You sound like a middle manager to me. The people at the bottom or top don't worry about this crap and will call a spade a spade.
drenvuk··on Goldman Sachs: Bank boss rejects work from home as the 'new normal'
Anyone who thinks working at home is going to be the new normal is delusional. If I'm in the office the first people I'm going to talk to are the ones sitting across from me. After that we might move to the whiteboard and forget about everyone else we can't easily pull in.

The people working at home will be left out and it won't even be deliberate.

drenvuk··on Facebook says it will pay news industry $1B over 3 years
Thank you for this.
drenvuk··on Facebook says it will pay news industry $1B over 3 years
As an American I'm standing in a glass house when I ask this question but how does an Australian end up voting for these politicians? How do they get elected? There have been a couple of baffling laws that have passed and I'm wondering if Australians by and large are ok with them.
drenvuk··on Why Discord is switching from Go to Rust (2020)
that depends on your dependencies I believe. If the people who keep including serde into their crates would stop everyone would have faster compile times.

Stop using serde. please.

drenvuk··on Ask HN: Is it crazy that software developers have to study for interviews?
No big issues here. It's never been easier to jump from a lower paying job to a higher paying job. Just grind for a month and you're set.

The one issue that I can see are the low paying companies with simple work related problems to solve requiring LC Hard problem solving skills. They think they're google when they're nothing.

drenvuk··on Computers Aren't Fun Anymore (2020)
You're ossifying and it doesn't seem like you realize it.
drenvuk··on Why Flutter is overtaking React Native
I'd be more inclined to use react native with a cross platform native language backing it than touch flutter and with it dart.

Also, using google trends for this sort of thing with those terms is flawed at best and stupid at worst. Flutter is a generic word. React native is a fairly specific phrase in tech.

drenvuk··on Show HN: Pairagraph – our attempt to build a new high-quality discussion forum
All I see are easy mainstream topics of discussion right now but I can see this being interesting. bookmarked.
drenvuk··on Bad TypeScript Habits
I think using it would be the first one.

I don't think I'll ever be able to convert to using typescript, I'd rather have validators running in the code checking external inputs for the proper fields at runtime before the rest of the system blithely processes whatever it gets due to safe assumptions. Add integration test for specific modules and everything works fine.

I don't want to compile languages that don't need compilation and I don't like the fact that I need to create all of these fake feeling types which are actually just objects rather than javascript classes. It's just feels like boilerplate when you could instead include the 'type' that it's supposed to be in the name and look up a validator for that 'type'.

I'm probably wrong, but it really doesn't feel like it.

drenvuk··on I volunteered to be infected with 50 parasitic worms for a research study
I am disgusted but curious. This is great.
drenvuk··on Programming Fonts
If you're talking about monospace fonts well, eliminating layout variation eliminates noise. Spacing is predictable, so that gives you hints at a glance that your code is correct, line from line.
drenvuk··on Ask HN: What tools do you use to analyse server performance?
I use wrk to load test my endpoints and check caching behavior. If the server is still responding with 6000+ rps including round trips to the db and no 500 errors after an hour or so of blasting it then it's good enough. This is single core.
drenvuk··on Launch HN: Finmark (YC S20) – Financial planning software for startups
This sounds great. Could you explain to someone who might be incredibly naive about the whole process why I shouldn't just use quickbooks and its cashflow planner?
drenvuk··on Learning to Suffer
Your capacity for patronizing comments is noted.
drenvuk··on Learning to Suffer
A marathon is not just running. The prolonged length of time, distance and speed are heavy stressors.

The hike that the author discusses is just a nature walk with poor footwear. I did St. Olav's way back in 2019. There is no sanctity in hiking. It's just a walk and you either are prepared or aren't.

drenvuk··on Learning to Suffer
It's just walking. I'm not sure why this is here.
drenvuk··on FCC Democrats Set to Move on Net Neutrality, Broadband Subsidies
The FCC is kinda crappy. what's to keep a republican controlled FCC from reversing their stance again?
drenvuk··on Insurrectionists’ social media presence gives feds an easy way to ID them
You state authoritatively that the video footage supports your statement when you haven't seen all of the video footage. He shouldn't retract anything. You are the one who should retract your statement. Regardless of if they were following orders or not taking actions that benefit the rioters actions is supporting them.
drenvuk··on U.S. Capitol Locked Down Amid Escalating Protests
Have you seen the crap that people believe and the shitty sources that they're accepting the information from? The Facts AKA barely plausible bullshit is being served to anyone who wants to believe in an alternate yet more interesting reality fitting their own beliefs.

Social media has given everyone a soap box, a megaphone and a repeater and the ability to piggyback on other people's shouting directly into people's ears and eyes. Do you think this is a good thing? No one is vetting anyone seriously, no one is being consistently judged on their honesty, accuracy, track record or motives.

It's not entirely about being dumb, more and more it's turning out to be about how much time people are able to commit to understanding what they're reading. This is why people are known as experts in the first place. Do you really think everyone is capable enough to handle the highly nuanced planning and decision making necessary for governing millions of people on the balance of thousands of existing laws and regulations?

Sometimes you can't boil information down into something that everyone can understand in a short enough amount of time which would be what is necessary for each person to play a role in democracy. Just like we pay someone to fix our plumbing we should be paying our politicians to figure this stuff out for us.

We don't have the time or attention span. It's impossible.

drenvuk··on Mastering Pinterest SEO: An insider's guide
Who appointed you the fun czar?
drenvuk··on Tillis Releases Text of Bipartisan Legislation to Fight Illegal Streaming
I'm not so sure. If you get the word out people act. If you don't then legislation you don't want is more likely to go through. See the icann and .org issues last year.
drenvuk··on Air-FI: Generating Covert Wi-Fi Signals from Air-Gapped Computers
Nice handwavey incredibly broad statement you got there.

It's as simple as plugging a spark gap transmitter into the same outlet as the computer. If you want a guarantee just make computer cables with the jammer embedded.

This isn't hard.

drenvuk··on Air-FI: Generating Covert Wi-Fi Signals from Air-Gapped Computers
So then we need to airgap the computers and fill the bands with noise inside of the buildings. good to know, problem solved.
drenvuk··on Show HN: Devbook – Search Engine for Developers
Does it work without the internet? As of right now I'm using Dash to search the docs of every language I use and stack overflow while I'm offline for maximum focus.
drenvuk··on Zcash Open Major Grants
Those issues with monero in that paper were already fixed. Years ago.

Disclaimer: I wouldn't trust zcash for anything.

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