>Did your laptop selection site just replicate the data from Amazon, or did it try and do something novel?
I thought it was novel. It was basically a guided questionnaire that asked you about your needs and price point and then spit out a laptop recommendation at the end
I assume this is using some kind of amazon pricing API under the hood. Does anyone know how to get access to that kind of API without already being a successful affiliate?
That wasn't the issue I had at the time. I had the required disclaimers but they still rejected me because the sole purpose of my site was to sell their products.
I'm a bit surprised Amazon allowed this page to do affiliate marketing like this. I had a similar page but much more generalized to laptops and they told me my site had to have some other content: it couldn't just exist to promote the amazon products. If they've changed their stance on this then great!
I working in XP for a bit and the constant pair programming aspect was simply too fatiguing for me. I enjoy pairing every now and then on certain problems, but the constant presence of another person left me utterly drained at the end of every day.
>The FAA said the inspections will take between four and eight hours per plane.
Seems reasonable. I was wondering if a single event should really be enough to "ground" all similar planes, but seems like they just want to do a quick inspection.
OP's solution isn't remote code execution though. It's all in-browser, which is why it's pretty cool. Assuming you're only running code that the client themselves are providing, you're in pretty good shape from a security perspective.
Congrats on HN post success. Did you get any criticism? How did you handle it? That's my biggest concern with writing and sharing more on the internet: people can be pretty darn ruthless when they don't agree with you.
I don't think I'm the intended audience for this. I don't particularly want to build the foundations of tomorrow. I want to enjoy a comfortable life with my family. If I get to write some fun software along the way then that's cool too, but certainly a distant second place.
It is pretty tragic that the most upvoted comments on almost every article anywhere on the internet tend to be people nitpicking the content or an unnecessary contrarian view.
I feel like "minted" should be in quotes, not "software engineer." Otherwise, yes, I deserve the snark for that. Also, thanks for the latter part of your comment, which is really insightful.
I have no idea if it's in the creator's interest but I'd love to see Solid get backed by a company the way React, Angular, and Svelte are. That might make people take it more seriously as an option but, as-is, it certainly feels like a risky option to use professionally.
I worked at a place a few years ago that was still writing coldfusion apps. The apps worked fine, but they had a ton of trouble recruiting developers. I pitched switching to Spring Boot to greatly widen the talent pool and was accused of trying to bolster my own resume. Now, Spring Boot ain’t exactly the trendiest tech, but I was trying to make a good decision for the organization and, yes, also for my own resume. Often not mutually exclusive.