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kkapelon

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Developer advocate at Octupus Deploy
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kkapelon··on UniFi 5G
The closest alternative is probably tplink omada.

Teltonika also has started to create a similar solution but it is not in the same level just yet.

kkapelon··on UniFi 5G
"It just works" with Teltonika and Glinet as well. In most of the openwrt based routers multi-wan is already enabled. It is also very easy to do with TP-Link Omada (just enable a checkbox).

So, implying that Unifi is the only company that does this in an easy way is misleading marketing.

Comparing against Mikrotik is a very low bar.

kkapelon··on UniFi 5G
There are several other companies (e.g. Teltonika, glinet) that offer similar solutions that can use OpenWrt today
kkapelon··on UniFi 5G
Unifi is the Apple of networking gear. When something new is released the HN crowd is excited even when the same functionality existed already with another company.
kkapelon··on UniFi 5G
> direct competitor to the pretty good Mikrotik LHG series

Is there a Mikrotik 5G version though? I am still waiting for that.

kkapelon··on UniFi 5G
Simplest solution is to get an unlimited card. Problem solved.
kkapelon··on UniFi 5G
OTD500 is antenna + router in a single box. There is nothing else needed. I just put it outdoors with a POE cable. Originally, I used it as a backup, but now I have an unlimited SIM, so I use it as a second internet connection.

If you mean the standard routers (like the Rutx50), Teltonika itself sells external enclosures with antennas. https://www.teltonika-networks.com/products/accessories/ante...

kkapelon··on UniFi 5G
I am already doing what is shown in the video with Teltonika OTD500, fully unlocked and with esim support as well.
kkapelon··on I took all my projects off the cloud, saving thousands of dollars
> He took a step towards more hands on management. And he saved a ton of money.

Then the article should be titled as

"Send this article to your friend who still thinks that AWS is a good idea"

or

"Save costs by taking a step towards more hands on management"

or

"How I saved money moving from AWS to Hetzner"

kkapelon··on The Case That A.I. Is Thinking
> If you took a Claude session into a time machine to 2019 and called it "rent a programmer buddy," how many people would assume it was a human?

Depends on the users. Junior devs might be fooled. Senior devs would quickly understand that something is wrong.

kkapelon··on Tailscale Peer Relays
What is the equivalent feature of netbird? Can you link the documentation please?
kkapelon··on Power over Ethernet (PoE) basics and beyond
Another smaller switch closer to the location of your devices.
kkapelon··on Production RAG: what I learned from processing 5M+ documents
> For example - if a "self hosted" service supports off-site backups is it self hosted or just well designed?

There is a big difference between communicating with external services (your example) vs REQUIRING external services (what parent is complaining about).

If in your example the system can run correctly with just local backups I would consider it self-hosted.

kkapelon··on Subway Builder: A realistic subway simulation game
>it's wildly unrealistic with the way you are able to just delete your existing "tracks" and construct completely new connections between your stations out of thin air

You can disable that in the settings.

kkapelon··on Broadcom to discontinue free Bitnami Helm charts
> Gitops is literally just...

Please check https://opengitops.dev/

kkapelon··on Google is building its own DeX: First look at Android's Desktop Mode
I meant for a pocketable setup as parent explained. You wear the glasses in a coffeeshop connected to your mobile phone (the single USB-C port).

Based on some quick testing this consumes about 1% per minute on my S24 Ultra which makes this scenario unrealistic (at least for me)

kkapelon··on Google is building its own DeX: First look at Android's Desktop Mode
I tried this and battery goes down very quickly on the phone. Do you have a solution for this?
kkapelon··on docker2exe: Convert a Docker image to an executable
This is just a simpler wrapper over the docker executable that you need to have installed anyway.
kkapelon··on Teach, Don't Tell (2013)
You actually need four https://docs.divio.com/documentation-system/

Explanation (why, what)

reference (API spec)

tutorials

How to guides

kkapelon··on Firing programmers for AI is a mistake
BT news suggest they made announcement to cut jobs back in 2023 and they are actually doing it now

https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/133443/03-12-2024...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2023/05/18/telecom...

kkapelon··on Firing programmers for AI is a mistake
"Telecom Giant BT Will Cut 55,000 Jobs By 2030—And Replace Thousands Of Roles With AI"

https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2023/05/18/telecom...

kkapelon··on Contradictions in photography advice
At least in beginner cameras, this makes shooting really slow and can become problematic for burst photo sessions

Also I believe some mobile phones can do exactly the same thing.

kkapelon··on Honda is testing a manual transmission for EVs
My own personal example (back in 2018)

Hyundai Kona (the middle package) 22k euros with manual

Hyundai Kona (the middle package) 27k euros with automatic

Main point was that you could not get just automatic transmission on its own. You also had to get the 4WD drive version at the same time.

kkapelon··on Honda is testing a manual transmission for EVs
At least in Europe there have been cases where automatic transmission costs an extra 20% in the price of the car.

For several people this is an important decision.

So some people don't "prefer" manual. It just made sense at the time they bought the car.

kkapelon··on I Quit Spotify
> I never understood people's fetishization of albums and "enjoying" an album and all the music app interfaces created around that

There are concept/themed albums where the songs tell a story and you are supposed to listen them from start to finish.

Also several times an album is actually how the artists themselves wanted to release/listen/publish their songs (instead of individual tracks with no relation among them)

kkapelon··on Ask HN: How do you go about finding a job?
As an example I wrote this comparison guide between 12 CI companies back in 2017 https://blog.codepipes.com/continuous-integration/hosted-ci-...

Most of them contacted me and asked me to update pricing or had other clarifications about their product

But 3 of them actually said they were impressed and asked me to join their team. I chose Codefresh and this is the company I still work today.

kkapelon··on Ask HN: How do you go about finding a job?
I have found 3 jobs (including my current one) by just writing blog posts. People read the blogposts and asked me to join their company.
kkapelon··on Getting 100% code coverage doesn't eliminate bugs
So how do you decide what should be the baseline on a brand new project? 70%? 80% 90% ? :-)
kkapelon··on Getting 100% code coverage doesn't eliminate bugs
I chose divide-by-zero because it is super easy for everybody to understand.

But that is not important. In a real application it might be a unicode error, a date error, a wrong-format error or something else.

kkapelon··on Getting 100% code coverage doesn't eliminate bugs
> No one ever anywhere (except for numerous strawmen) has claimed 100% coverage "will eliminate all bugs and produce the perfect software."

So don't we need some articles to defend against the existing articles by these strawmen?

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