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eMerzh··on Why Nextcloud feels slow to use
I think, some of the issues here is that first nextcloud tries to be compatible with any managed / mutualized hosting.

They also treat every "module"/"apps" whatever you call it, as completely distinct spa without proving much of a sdk/framework. Which mean each app, add is own deps, manage is own build, etc...

Also don't forget that app can even be a part of a screen not the whole thing

eMerzh··on Toon3D: Seeing Cartoons from a New Perspective
Not sure how related there are, but it looks like it could be used to do https://www.wakatoon.com
eMerzh··on Monitoring energy usage with smart plugs, Prometheus and Grafana
Homeassistant + Power calc (https://github.com/bramstroker/homeassistant-powercalc) really does wonder here,

you can "simulate" power of fairly stable appliances.

Then you chart that in a nice Sankey chart or in standard charts and enjoy

eMerzh··on Placemark is now open source – web-based geospatial data editor
would be interesting to find some mutualisation with umap-project.org ... or at least become a friend project :)
eMerzh··on OpenStreepMap 2012 vs. 2022
sorry but that is simply not true... I think there are areas where it can be, probably those more remote, or where there are less contributors but at least in western europe, the map is built and maintained by individuals like me. Maybe helped with external datas but still carefully handpicked and integrated by individuals
eMerzh··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2021)
Elium | Senior Software Engineer Front-End | Belgium | Full time, onsite/Remote (EU time zone) | https://elium.com Elium is a knowledge-sharing platform that helps users capture, curate and share essential information and successfully collaborate. Our stack is React, GraphQL, Relay, Webpack, Python, PostgreSQL, React Native. Apply here: https://apply.workable.com/elium/j/7DCB66650F/ Get in touch with us: jobs@elium.com
eMerzh··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2021)
Elium | Software Engineer Front-End | Belgium | Full time, open to remote (EU time zone) | https://elium.com

Elium is a knowledge-sharing platform that helps users capture, curate and share essential information and successfully collaborate. Our stack is React, GraphQL, Relay, Webpack, Python, PostgreSQL, React Native.

Apply here: https://apply.workable.com/elium/j/7DCB66650F/ Get in touch with us: jobs@elium.com

eMerzh··on Show HN: ActionsPanel – Manually Trigger Your GitHub Actions
hum, still stuck at https://www.actionspanel.app/auth/sign-in?next=/app ... trying to go to /app but redirect there again... clicking the button "does nothing" (goes to github and back in a glimpse).
eMerzh··on Show HN: ActionsPanel – Manually Trigger Your GitHub Actions
Nice I was looking to test this at work... But not sure if login does not work for me (and my buddy) or something else.... But we kept beeing redirected to the login button
eMerzh··on Show HN: IOU – Split shared expenses
No errors ...didnt type anything funky... Numbers ....
eMerzh··on Show HN: IOU – Split shared expenses
Nice... look slick... got some issues trying to add a item... it didn't want that i type in the amount

i also like https://github.com/spiral-project/ihatemoney which is opensource and goes with a mobile app.

eMerzh··on Common mistakes in PostgreSQL
Yeah but what it state here is that if you want to add a limit on field size, then add a check constraint... Much easier to deal with than changing type
eMerzh··on Why Wolfram Tech Isn’t Open Source
It's me or a lot of those points don't explain anything? I totally get they don't want to open source it as a company but don't try to give false reason for it.

It's not because it's open source that you can't have quality, central design, or good documentation.

eMerzh··on PostgreSQL Accessing MySQL as a Data Source Using mysqsl_fdw
I've used the mysql FDW for a project at work, it was really helpfull. We've replaced an old "ETL" using a bunch of hard to maintain scripts to mysql_fdw and some materialized view.

It was easier for us because it helps write maintainable logic, you can easily sync multiple databases, multiple servers, without much changes.

A few things to note though:

- we had issues with 0000-00-00 dates that are valid in mysql but not in postgres. So we had to write include a convertion in plsql into the mat view.

- We stumble upon a bug in mysql_fdw, in which the selected row is skipped if the size of a column exceed a given size. This is reaaaaally hard to catch and really bad experience as you won't get any error, notice or warning.

- we had trouble with a few type casting like json and others.

eMerzh··on Smugmug Acquires Flickr
nope... 25 time for me
eMerzh··on Show HN: Zazu App – An OSS app launcher, similar to Alfred
got it running on osx, first it didn't worked (nothing suggested), then i've restarted it and it seems to work.

pretty basic, but it more or less match my needs. the only thing that i miss is the file icons or app icons: it show you multiple match but the icons are all the same, dark, so you can't quickly disambiguate them

eMerzh··on GitLab 8.14 Released with Time Tracking Beta and Chat Commands – GitLab
I'm pretty happy with gitlab too, but if i had to compare it with github i would go: - gitlab.com is neat but often has 5XX or is often pretty slow - doc is somewhat messy i rarely find what i'm looking for. - UI/UX get better but still confusing. - notifications are not clear and i often get what i don't want (my own things) and not what i want (what other did)
eMerzh··on GitLab 8.10 Released with Wildcard Branch Protection and Manual Actions for CI
Oh and btw is there some sort of support for gitlab.com we got issues with new accounts and didn't really knew where to go...
eMerzh··on GitLab 8.10 Released with Wildcard Branch Protection and Manual Actions for CI
Nice! Good release !... One thing that make the user experience way less friendly and make me worry about pushing as our main repo is the git push/pull speed.... Coming from GitHub or bitbucket it feels really slow. But I don't give up hope!

Keep up the good work!

eMerzh··on GitLab 8.8 released with Pipelines
I'm also in the process of moving from jenkins to gitlab... and until now, the process is pretty smooth and easy ... gitlab-ci is easier to grasp and to work with... the only issues i got is about things like publishing build results (lints check or test results /counts ) althoug there is basic support for artifacts. it's not easily possible (at least for now) to fetch the artifacts for a given commit or branch without doing multiple api calls.
eMerzh··on OVH: PaaS DB PostgreSQL
Interesting .... and the prices seems to be low, but they run postgresql 9.4 which is a little outdated. and there is no details about what you'll be able to do / not do (like installing extensions, or other similar things)
eMerzh··on Meet the new Asana
Kind of like the new look, more modern but it's only a new css...

some of the polish i'd like to see:

  - @ mentions in firefox that works

  - link from 1 task to another, the linked task should have a mention of the link.
  - loading the task detail panel is waaaaay to slow
  - You don't have enough info about your sub tasks in the main view
  - desktop notifications?
  - desktop client ?
eMerzh··on A new way to lock your computers: just walk away
I already use proximity to do this ... it's little less user firendly ... but it works well :)