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dritonon CLI agents make self-hosting on a home server easier and fun

Even behind a tunnel, if you happen to be running an older version of a service (like Immich) with a known exploit, you are still vulnerable to attacks. Tailscale sidesteps this by keeping the service completely "invisible" to the outside world, so the two don't quite compare in my view.

dritonon I fell in love with low-JS

For what it's worth, I gave RTK a go after a rushed, failed attempt at using redux. Initially started as a POC for some internal tooling within the company. Due to its simplicity, it was a breeze to set up. Two years later, it's still great, and things like RTK Query[0] have made it even better, by removing the need to write custom data fetching logic, and adding other perks like caching.

Thank a lot for your hard work!

[0] https://redux-toolkit.js.org/rtk-query/overview

dritonon Regolith Linux

Thanks for posting this. Decided to install it as a package and give it a try, so far I'm quite impressed.

dritonon TSMC eyes Germany as possible location for first Europe chip plant

What happened to the solar companies in Germany?

dritonon Onboarding to Elixir

That sounds very interesting and specific.

If it's not a random example and if you're at liberty to say, would you mind elaborating further how Elixir specifically excels in that particular use case, and what would an alternative approach, regardless how cumbersome, be?

dritonon I wrote a children's book / illustrated guide to Apache Kafka

Great job and excellent art style. It provides enough material to get any curious mind interested in reading further about Kafka.

dritonon Best practices around creating production ready web apps with Docker Compose

It's been a few years since I tried using it, so take this with a grain of salt, but my biggest gripe with it was that it would grind my computer (a beefy Dell) to a halt. Of course, this depends on what sort of environment you're trying to replicate. If it's 2 to 3 microservices and a database, I would imagine it's fine, but anything more, which is what I had to deal with at the time, it was a no-go. Especially so since this meant that running minikube and having a RAM-thirsty IDE, like Intellij IDEA, was practically impossible.

dritonon The absolute worst scenario happened

I am in the Netherlands, and my current contract stipulates that should they want to get rid of me, the company has to notify me 4 months in advance, whereas should I want to leave, I need to notify them 2 months in advance.

Do you have any sources on the legality of different notice periods in Europe?

dritonon The absolute worst scenario happened

Sounds very interesting, but the story seems to be behind a paywall. I found some other articles[0][1] related to the incident, however none of them seem to mention the flying of a hard drive across continents.

0: https://www.zdnet.com/article/ransomware-the-key-lesson-maer...

1: https://portswigger.net/daily-swig/when-the-screens-went-bla...

dritonon Magic Mushrooms Are Decriminalized in DC as of Today

I am unsure if this is the incident that they are referring to, however a teenager died in 2007 after jumping off a bridge while under influence[0]. As per the article, that was the catalyst for getting hallucinogenic mushrooms banned.

0: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-dutch-mushroom-idUSTRE4AR...

dritonon Firefox 84.0

That sounds interesting, can you please elaborate on the whys and hows?

dritonon First Ever Image of a Multi-Planet System Around a Sun-Like Star Captured by ESO

That was a great, informative video, thanks for sharing.

dritonon A React implementation of Spectrum, Adobe’s design system

The more competition there is in this space, the better, and this looks like a very nicely polished solution right from, the get-go. I would definitely give this a go for smaller projects, as an alternative to MaterialUI or ant.

dritonon How I Make Yogurt (2019)

Can you reuse the grains? If so, how many times until they stop working?

dritonon 75-year-old woman with shovel accidentally took down Armenia's internet (2011)

Interesting, thanks.

dritonon 75-year-old woman with shovel accidentally took down Armenia's internet (2011)

Not doubting your claim, but can you link to any news articles regarding this happening in the Netherlands?

dritonon Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

How is ElementaryOS doing nowadays? I used it for about a year a few years back and while gorgeous to look at, it had quite a few UI glitches.

dritonon Early Facebook and Google Employees Form a Center for Humane Technology

Cool game!

Is there a chance to get longer words in the mix? I could be blind, but the longest word I was able to spot was 5 letters long, I think.

dritonon Docker for Mac with Kubernetes

Have you ever tried docker-compose?

While the two solutions are obviously with different goals in mind, one being to fully run the kubernetes setup locally, and the other one to run a few docker containers who talk to one another, if it's for the purpose of running a simple-ish dev environment, in my experience, docker-compose is much faster and simpler than minikube.

dritonon Ask HN: For those programming 10+ years, what do you wish you knew 4 years in?

Thank you for the thorough reply!

dritonon Ask HN: For those programming 10+ years, what do you wish you knew 4 years in?

- Don't use the next big thing before actually understanding the benefits only because someone else tells you to. (Looking at you, Angular and Docker!)

I'm curious, what do you not like about Docker?