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luizsantana··on Libre – An anonymous social experiment without likes, followers, or ads
This is actually really good
luizsantana··on Embeddings are underrated
Embeddings are indeed great. I have been using it a lot.

Even wrote about it at: https://blog.dobror.com/2024/08/30/how-embeddings-make-your-...

luizsantana··on How embeddings make your email client better?
thanks!
luizsantana··on Most Tech Jobs Are Jokes and I Am Not Laughing
They sound bitter
luizsantana··on Jsfxr: 8-Bit sound maker and sfx generator
For a brief moment I read JSFxr, as Java Server Faces xr and had terrible nightmares from the past
luizsantana··on What I talk about when I talk about query optimizer (part 1): IR design
As a Haruki Murakami fan, I appreciate this title
luizsantana··on Ask HN: How do you know it's time for you to quit your FAANG job?
I left my FAANG job recently.

Despite having a seed round when I left, which definitely weighted the decision, I pay a very little salary to myself, basically covering health insurance and a bit more, so I burn my savings.

I made sure to have around 2 years of savings (not counting my little salary), so if in 10 months the picture is too bad, I can simply get a new job.

Now, what really made the difference in my decision is: - You’re the average of the 5 people you hang out the most. My co-founders are great people with a great tracking record and this makes a huge difference - Learnings. You won’t learn nearly as much about building a business if you continue taking it as a side gig - we have already a product already generating some revenue. Not huge, but we believe in a great potential - as I mentioned, the seed round of course changes the perspective - “if I wouldn’t earn as much, would I stay at my job?”, every time I would think about this, the answer was a big NO! I really didn’t want to live this miserable day to day because of a pay check - lastly, which is very personal, every time I’d think of memories of my childhood and the “rich kids” friend of mine, none of them had parents that were employees. Even now, every “rich person” I know are entrepreneurs. Sure… the odds are low, but I rather take the risk and live the life I want

luizsantana··on Surf the web like it's 1999
This brings so much nostalgia and joy
luizsantana··on Random Animations
Exactly what I thought!!
luizsantana··on Google Search Has Gotten Worse, Researchers Find
No research needed for that.

Even recipes nowadays are SEO boosted

luizsantana··on The big alcohol study that didn't happen (2021)
The problem is that is not one to one. And isolating diet is very hard. Muslin countries don’t do alcohol, but they smoke a lot more than in comparison to some other countries. As well as different general diet behaviours.

So as much as your idea has some logic, it is still very hard to get the right picture.

And now if we all are being honest, most of those studies are done with intention of understanding how much one can drink with much harm. So comparing a group of people who doesn’t drink at all with one that drink is not the correct data points. We all know that alcohol is bad. If people want to be healthy they can simply not drink. We don’t do studies to understand “how many cigarettes a day is good for your health” we simple know the best amount is zero. But alcohol is deep into our society habits

luizsantana··on 9 years of Apple text editor solo dev
Well, migrating swift versions was not too fun
luizsantana··on 9 years of Apple text editor solo dev
This post is gold! Not only I love the app the post is so well written and well presented. The author care for details is crazy nice
luizsantana··on I'm skeptical of low-code
I never thought of the selling point. It indeed makes a lot easy to sell it, but from my experience, companies always regret using it.

Did you have any positive experience on the after seeking low code?

luizsantana··on [dead]
Elon would say the same about strikes anywhere
luizsantana··on Firefox is rolling-out Cookie Banner Blocker by default in private windows
This is so appreciated. Reminds me when they were popular bc they had popup blockers (before Chrome era)

Also… I feel old. I guess I am

luizsantana··on What I learned when I tried installing a wind turbine on my house
Appreciate that
luizsantana··on What I learned when I tried installing a wind turbine on my house
Heroes not always wear a cape
luizsantana··on Spotify will end service in Uruguay due to bill requiring fair pay for artists
Sad for Uruguay, but also small country with little return