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jSherz··on Show HN: I ranked every Paris bakery's pain au chocolat using an LLM
I spot checked a few and can't agree with the derived ratings. At "normal prices", I still can't beat 'La Couronnée'.
jSherz··on Set Next.js public environment variables without rebuilds
Wouldn't source maps be broken by changing characters around in the built code?
jSherz··on The deception of “buying” digital movies
Do the downloaded movies have DRM attached that requires a network connection or limits their usage?
jSherz··on Signal TLS Proxy
This project wraps existing software (e.g. nginx) to function. It's not as simple as providing a binary.
jSherz··on Gitlab U-turns on deleting dormant projects after backlash
The annualised billing winds me up - I wanted to build an integration with GitLab recently and needed group level webhooks. ~$20 / month but I'd have to pay for a full year upfront that I'd then not use.
jSherz··on Sound of Colleagues
I wish it would save your slider levels, e.g. in the URL, so you can bookmark your favourites.
jSherz··on Vercel Edge Middleware: Dynamic at the speed of static
Ran into the same thing - shame it's hidden away under a tooltip on the pricing page.
jSherz··on PyPI: Python packets steal AWS keys from users
What's HN's go-to solution for egress control? It seems to be a murky mix of expensive vendor products and hand-rolled Squid.

With supply chain attacks much more common, I'm starting to think that egress control is essential for all.

jSherz··on Electric vehicle battery capable of 98% charge in less than ten minutes
You could do a heat exchanger - no mixing of the water then but added complexity.
jSherz··on History of 127/8 as localhost/loopback addresses (2021)
I assume that most ISPs push out updates automatically unless the hardware is user provided (and thus user supported)? I've been through several rounds of "we're sending you a new router" with UK ISPs where you're aggressively reminded to switch.
jSherz··on Unofficial firmware upgrade for Dyson V6/V7 vacuum battery management system
Has anyone had success with aftermarket battery packs for these vacuums? eBay is full of questionable quality options and my vacuum lasts all of 3 minutes.
jSherz··on Ask HN: Cloudflare broke my domain's DNSSEC making it unreachable since 4 days
Does your TLD definitely support DNSSEC?
jSherz··on Compost Heater
I recommend a hot compost bin if you haven't tried one. Not sure if I'd use it to heat my house.
jSherz··on Smolpress – Smol Website Builder
At first I thought this built the website for https://smolproducts.com/
jSherz··on Some Gotchas (and Solutions) Migrating from Ngrok to Cloudflare Tunnels
I wonder if the author could've used the TCP ngrok tunnel with a certificate they acquired? Might have eased the iOS issue without a migration.
jSherz··on StackOverflow Jobs Alternatives
I had no clue that SO jobs was closing down. Easily my best experience as a job seeker.
jSherz··on Vercel raises $150M Series D
I have no quarms with tiers of pricing or restrictions, if that information is presented clearly. The current UI feels like a sneaky dark pattern.
jSherz··on Vercel raises $150M Series D
Take careful notice of the restriction hidden behind an "i" icon on https://vercel.com/pricing that you can have max 10 users on the Pro plan before your frontend team has to have a sheepish conversation about how much the Enterprise tier is.
jSherz··on AWS Communism: How we cut our Load Balancing cost by more than 96%
I'm not normally a fan of sharing ALBs between services as a lot of the metrics [1] are only recorded for the load balancer as a whole, not each individual target group (an application attached to the load balancer).

I can see the advantages of cost savings, but it's definitely a tradeoff.

[1]: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticloadbalancing/latest/appl...

jSherz··on Canon sued for disabling scanner when printers run out of ink
Any tips on choosing an ink supplier? It seems to be a bit of a crap shoot.
jSherz··on GCP releases Spot VMs, the next generation of Pre-emptible VMs
AWS SSO [1] negates a lot of that pain, but still won't let you have two accounts open in the same browser window. You can use email/password logins or a SAML source like Active Directory.

[1]: https://aws.amazon.com/single-sign-on/

jSherz··on AWS Lambda Cold Start Times
CPU allocated to Lambda functions scales with the memory allowance [1] and you can use power tuning [2] to find the optimal values.

[1] https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/configuration-f...

[2] https://serverlessrepo.aws.amazon.com/applications/arn:aws:s...

jSherz··on How to Secure a Linux Server
The CIS benchmarks are a great place to start for hardening a system (https://www.cisecurity.org/cis-benchmarks/) and there's also OpenSCAP gives you a nice way to scan systems for compliance against a set of hardening rules (https://www.open-scap.org/).
jSherz··on Introduction to HAProxy ACLs
Any losses from Traefik now that you're fully HAP?
jSherz··on Learn You a Haskell for Great Good
Are there any similar resources with practical examples (other than the book Real World Haskell)?