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jmstfvon The saddest “just ship it” story (2020)

As someone who built and sold an uptime monitoring service - don't*.

You will have a hard time attracting customers as most common marketing channels are very saturated.

*unless you're going to approach it from a unique angle AND have access to a customer base; even then, it won't be a walk in the park

jmstfvon Ask HN: Have you used SQLite as a primary database?

Lately, Rails has been complaining about connection timeouts, stating that all connections in the pool were in use (this usually happens when Sidekiq, a background jobs framework, processes multiple long-running jobs).

By default, the connection pool in Rails contains 5 connections, and they time out within 5 seconds.

jmstfvon Ask HN: Have you used SQLite as a primary database?

I'm using SQLite in Notion Backups (most of the workload happens in background jobs; the web app itself doesn't get that many visits)

Except for some rare exceptions, it's been doing pretty great. I don't have any plans to migrate from SQLite any time soon.

jmstfvon Ask HN: What bank is available for Atlas companies that is not SVB?

> SVB is not a good fit because of the fees and the experiences people have with them.

I started a company using Atlas in 2019 and have been using SVB since then. They're not great, but they're not terrible either. The monthly fee is annoying, but I treat it as insurance of sorts (so that I won't depend on the whims of one single bank).

I use Mercury as my secondary bank account and can recommend them.

jmstfvon How to Live a Happy Life (2016)

> Anticipation brings excitement and a certain taste of happiness.

It does bring excitement and joy, but this feeling is rather - you constantly have to chase it.

> If I wanted to maximize someone's happiness over time, I'd try to keep them in state where they are almost achieving their set goals for as long as possible.

There's a risk of burning out, so I'd be careful with that.

jmstfvon How to Live a Happy Life (2016)

How do you define happiness in the first place? Is it a bliss, joy, pleasure, an ecstatic state of mind, the satisfaction of one's desires, or the absence of them? All of the above? Perhaps none of them?

Personally, I define happiness as being content with where you are right now - you wouldn't want to be in any other place, in any other time, in any other state of mind. You're happy here, right now. You have your inner peace.

I was listening to a podcast some time ago, and one quote struck a chord with me: “Desire is a contract you make with yourself to be unhappy until you get what you want”.

Perhaps happiness is a choice after all.

jmstfvon Show HN: Visualize your day as 144 rectangles

Thanks for flagging this! I changed my time zone to Sydney, and it's indeed 1hr ahead of schedule. I'll look into it.

jmstfvon Show HN: Visualize your day as 144 rectangles

Fixed, thanks!

jmstfvon Show HN: Visualize your day as 144 rectangles

Done, thanks!

jmstfvon Show HN: Visualize your day as 144 rectangles

UPDATE:

* rounded corners to make rectangles look more pleasant

* switched to pastel colors to lower the contrast and make the grid less taxing for the eyes

Thanks everyone for the input!

jmstfvon Show HN: Visualize your day as 144 rectangles

You mean rotating between examples every X seconds?

jmstfvon Show HN: Visualize your day as 144 rectangles

Love the aesthetics of your app.

> I feel like tools like this are extremely valuable to those with time blindness from ADHD, Autism, etc...

I'll read up on this, thanks for bringing it up!

jmstfvon Show HN: Visualize your day as 144 rectangles

You should hover over the list items, not the individual rectangles. Also, it doesn't work on mobile devices, and I'm not sure what could be done about this.

jmstfvon Show HN: Visualize your day as 144 rectangles

Still haven't fully launched it yet. It's only me, and it's not the only thing I do.

jmstfvon Show HN: Visualize your day as 144 rectangles

Spotted it in the morning as well. Fixed, thanks!

jmstfvon Show HN: Visualize your day as 144 rectangles

You do have a point. Replaced Jupiter's day length with a good night's sleep. Thanks!

jmstfvon Show HN: Visualize your day as 144 rectangles

You're right. Fixed, thanks!

jmstfvon Show HN: Visualize your day as 144 rectangles

That's interesting - didn't cross my mind! Thanks for the pointer.

Btw, the website you linked doesn't work for me. I get the "Uncaught (in promise) TypeError: navigator.geolocation is undefined" on Firefox 98.0.2 on macOS 12.3.1

jmstfvon Show HN: Visualize your day as 144 rectangles

Looks pretty neat!

jmstfvon Show HN: Visualize your day as 144 rectangles

It wasn't intentional!

I experimented with different colors, but seems like all of them produce this illusion :/

I'll see what I can do.

jmstfvon Show HN: Visualize your day as 144 rectangles

Interesting. Thanks for the idea!

jmstfvon Show HN: Visualize your day as 144 rectangles

Yikes, I haven't thought anyone would venture there and see that monstrosity...

Well, now they're rectangles!

jmstfvon Armenia’s miserable dilemma

Wrong.

822:

> Calls for the cessation of hostilities and the withdrawal of all occupying forces from the Kelbajar district and other recently occupied areas

853:

> calls on the withdrawal of the occupying forces from the district of Agdam and other recently occupied areas of the Republic of Azerbaijan

874:

> Reaffirms sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Azerbaijani Republic

> calls for the preservation of the ceasefire, cessation of hostilities and withdrawal of forces from recently occupied districts of the Republic of Azerbaijan

884:

> calls for the "withdrawal of occupying forces" from the Zangelan district and the city of Goradiz

jmstfvon Armenia’s miserable dilemma

You don't get to call facts propaganda when they don't match your warped version of reality.

You haven't presented a single shred of evidence disproving my claims - because you can't.

Khojaly massacre is recognized by various governments and international organizations:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_recognition_of_t...

jmstfvon Armenia’s miserable dilemma

> Azerbaijan expelled the Armenian population from Baku in the 90s pogroms

Armenians started assaulting and expelling Azerbaijanis back in 1987 (Kapan/Kafan). This happened before Sumgait/Baku pogroms.

jmstfvon Armenia’s miserable dilemma

If we take international law as a basis for our arguments, then Armenia has illegally occupied territories that de jure belong to Azerbaijan [1], brutally massacred civilians [2], destroyed and looted cities [3][4], and left more than 700,000+ people homeless [5].

Armenia is the aggressor here.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_Nations_Securit...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khojaly_massacre

[3] https://www.meydan.tv/en/article/ghost-town-of-aghdam/

[4] https://www.reddit.com/r/azerbaijan/comments/jumrv3/on_the_l...

[5] https://reliefweb.int/report/armenia/armeniaazerbaijan-myths...

jmstfvon Cryptonomicon: Among the Bitcoin maximalists

Bitcoin is neutral.

It will be used by people and groups you like and dislike. And the great thing is that neither you nor anyone else can do anything about it.

jmstfvon Cryptonomicon: Among the Bitcoin maximalists

What the hell are you on about?!

jmstfvon I think I know why you can't hire engineers right now