HNHacker News
TopNewBestAskShowJobs

interactivecode

696 karma · joined June 22, 2018

submissionscomments
interactivecode··on An appeal to Apple from Anukari
Oh please, every platform and programming environment has undocumented apis, workarounds and hacks.
interactivecode··on I decided to pay off a school’s lunch debt
why? income number input results in output number of support. or you know it could just be a of their part time income % with a fixed min and max. or something like a reverse income tax.
interactivecode··on I decided to pay off a school’s lunch debt
if feels like all too often malice is hidden behind the veil of incompetence.
interactivecode··on Performance optimization is hard because it's fundamentally a brute-force task
While actually measuring and profiling is great.

In my experience most webapps can fix so much low hanging performance issues by mapping the API in a way that matches how its used in the client. It can remove so much mapping and combining for data all over.

interactivecode··on A tuition-free school created by Zuckerberg and Chan will shutter next year
Instead of funding a school have they tried money to lift people out of poverty? I wonder what the success rate on that is.
interactivecode··on OpenAI asks White House for relief from state AI rules
There is so much "fun" to be had without new regulation shooting you down immediately. It's just that when you (or your niche) gets to a large enough size where it (might) impact enough people negatively. Regulations are needed. And if you ask me very sensible.

OpenAI has about 400 million weekly users at the moment. Can you imagine the regulations you would have to comply with if you want to serve 400 million sandwiches? or just run a parking lot for 400 million cars or literally anything else.

interactivecode··on Antidepressant use among teen girls and young women has skyrocketed (2024)
Completely vague if the method and rules for prescribing the drugs changed or more young women getting the medication they need?

The headline hints to outrage and drug abuse, but if the requirements of getting the drugs haven’t relaxed then this is a good sign.

Im so done with this idea that getting medication through doctors is somehow superfluous.

interactivecode··on HP Acquires Humane's AI Software
Hopefully it will also improve the product design engineering quality at HP. While the AI pin is a bit useless the industrial product design is at a high level. From what I remember it’s mostly an core of Apple engineers
interactivecode··on Using 2 Editors Because Xcode Is Dumb
Christian, have a look at how IceCubes [0] has their packages setup. We were having the same issues and copying their setup worked for us.

[0] https://github.com/Dimillian/IceCubesApp/

interactivecode··on Deere Goes Driverless Beyond Midwest Farms to Ease Labor Crunch
Wonder where the labour went?
interactivecode··on Dropbox Engineering Career Framework
Work that makes your boss (or your bosses boss) happy gets you job security and in some companies gets you promoted. If that aligns with “what is best for the company” or an even more distant metric “what is best for the customer“ then thats great, but its not a requirement.

If your boss cares about the customer, then you caring about the customer helps, but often it doesn’t matter much as everyone makes it out to be. On top of that there are way more direct avenues that have a bigger impact on your job development than whatever a user thinks.

interactivecode··on My favourite colour is Chuck Norris red
Having worked on large web project and large swift macos projects, Ive spend about equal time learning the painful details and ins and outs of platform specific quirks and issues. The only difference is I guess that the web gives you the option of avoiding types. While in swift there is no opting out
interactivecode··on My favourite colour is Chuck Norris red
I love how forgiving the web is. These days you can get strictness with typescript and the like, which is great for businesses and work. But the forgiving nature of html and css and even javascript has contributed to so much adoption. Plus grew one of the most important things in an platform the ecosystem itself. Seeing rust slow down with piles of crates and fall into the same issues, js and npm has, perhaps its not a language problem but a ecosystem size problem. Larger user base === larger problems

If you really want pedantic strictness and perfection, native applications are the place to work. But it isnt always better.

And the web is fast, like really fast in rendering highly markedup text layouts. Just because everyone uses a frontend framework for “maintainability” doesn’t mean the engine is slow.

interactivecode··on What did Ada Lovelace's program actually do? (2018)
Please share! Super curious what the cursor looks like
interactivecode··on We switched from Next.js to Astro (and why it might interest you)
For sure, but there is room for improvement there. Similar to how the <style> tag has scoping built in. An integrated way to access the data objects directly and a way to reference elements and events would be ergonomic.
interactivecode··on How do I pay the publisher of a web page?
Fully agree. We should just settle on a single internet currency thats fast, interoperable and not a market for speculation.

Hmm perhaps we don’t need more types of currency? Perhaps it’s better to push deep integration of modern banking changes like psd2, psd3 and others. Across the whole internet. So everyone can just do regular payments with their own bank in a safe and protected way, and hopefully with less intermediaries.

interactivecode··on We switched from Next.js to Astro (and why it might interest you)
I feel like astro needs some light state event handling. While building my site recently I wanted to filter & sort some lists and I either had to add in react or something or do a bunch of wrangling manually on the html.
interactivecode··on Australia: Kids under 16 to be banned from social media after Senate passes laws
this is the same argument as "why have government id cards, someone could just use a fake beard and use their older classmates id". Any system allows for some gaps, similar to how creditcard transactions make transactions safer but on either side of that transaction there some "insurance" and some leeway if someone really wanted to.
interactivecode··on Australia: Kids under 16 to be banned from social media after Senate passes laws
aside from limitations like, you can only setup 1 app, or things like 2f authentication. Usually things like this are stopped by laws and enforcement causing consequences. I'm pretty sure that sort of thing would be considered identity theft. same thing as stealing their father's drivers license and opening bank accounts in their name.

There are physical barriers and there are barriers that are enforced manually. Same with speeding. you are not allowed to drive faster than 60. even though your car can drive faster, laws in combination with police, traffic cams and speed traps will make sure it's enforced.

interactivecode··on When did estimates turn into deadlines?
Being reliable is very valuable for the company. Better for you, better for the company. Unrealistic deadlines is bad for everyone involved. Especially for day to day work
interactivecode··on Facebook and Instagram to Offer Subscription for No Ads in Europe
Like youtube? Paying 30+ and still getting ads
interactivecode··on 23andMe to lay off 40% of its workers
Soon 23andMe will enter its PE stage where it will truly start capitalizing on their data gold mine.
interactivecode··on New York Times Tech Guild goes on strike
Isn’t the whole point of a strike to withhold value?
interactivecode··on Cheap solar panels are changing the world
with all that output during the day, we might be able to revisit less "efficient" uses of energy like desalination plants that only make sense during the hours when energy is "free" because of overabundance.
interactivecode··on Cheap solar panels are changing the world
perhaps we need to shift some of our habits to high sun hours where possible. Like run the washing machine and dishwasher at mid day. So you need less battery storage for the nights. And perhaps build houses that store thermal heat better so you can run the heater less aggressively in the evening.
interactivecode··on Cheap solar panels are changing the world
plus with every advancement in cost and efficiency the amount of sun needed reduces. If you're a bit more north you might just need a couple extra panels compared to really sunny places. Even if it's just to offset instead of completely replace other fuels
interactivecode··on Mullenweg threatens to take over Paid Memberships Pro
My hunch would be that Matt is preparing for wordpress to be sold. So he is making sure the IP is protected and the borders are clearly drawn and valuated.
interactivecode··on Boeing, Union reach wage deal to end strike
So perhaps the free market doesn’t really exist. Only various sized barriers to entry
interactivecode··on Boeing, Union reach wage deal to end strike
Free market, it will open up a lot of opportunities for new companies
interactivecode··on A $1k Wheelchair
So about the price of a Herman miller chair. Honestly sounds pretty reasonable to me. Though ideally it was less so price doesn’t limit access
← PreviousPage 2 of 13Next →