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mabynogy

2,406 karma · joined February 28, 2017

My resume in french - https://marc-abiven.github.io/cv
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mabynogy··on The Meta-Machine Code (MMC) Tool
An improved version (with a video demo) already submitted 8 months ago (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15706120).
mabynogy··on Ask HN: Got a CS degree, but I’m unable to be programmer. What can I do?
It's not programming. It's the stress to pass tests. Stop passing tests because you suck at them, they hurt you and they are not even your problem (it's the recruiter problem).

If you really like programming, you should continue.

mabynogy··on Ask HN: What would you work on, if you had enough free time?
A distributed OS made for programmers.
mabynogy··on Ask HN: Should you allow your employees to work on side projects?
Yes and you should give them time inside the office hours to work on their side projects even it's totally unrelated to your activity. They'll feel better and will be more productive.
mabynogy··on Ask HN: React or JQUERY. Which one should I learn in 2019?
None. Read MDN (like the QuerySelector page).

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Document/qu...

mabynogy··on Ask HN: How to cope with professional anxiety/self-confidence in tech?
It's a self-esteem problem. One easy thing you can do is not to express it too much. For example, avoid to be sorry about stuff you're not responsible for.

About the "career", it's an HR meme. You're supposed to be the perfect guy who is never wrong and always healthy.

Don't buy what the others say even if it's told by someone who is supposed to know (like someone on tv or a teacher). Make yourself an opinion on everything.

mabynogy··on Ask HN: Software eng, but not a web dev. Learn new frameworks to build MVP?
Create a chat for your 40 users. Start from what you have.

I wouldn't use a framework and I'd start with a static website.

mabynogy··on Ask HN: How to challenge trends without appearing like a luddite?
I remember a campaign few years ago telling startupers to use a cloud provider because hosting is a commodity and they won't earn money with it.

People like Elon Musk don't do that. When he needs a factory, he hires architects and builds the factory himself.

mabynogy··on Ask HN: How to challenge trends without appearing like a luddite?
Interesting. The mockup on their homepage give some prices. With their 1610$ example, one could rent a whole datacenter (1000 i3 with 4Gb and 4Tb HDD at 1.6$ per day - 50$ per month).

I sent you a mail yesterday. Maybe it went to the spam folder.

mabynogy··on Ask HN: How to challenge trends without appearing like a luddite?
Sadly no. I tried to find it.

There is a tool to build around that.

mabynogy··on Ask HN: Have any of you left a startup that was selling snake oil?
I detect that from the beginning now. In your case it can't become big because consulting doesn't scale. As they are into AI, they won't even think at trying to scale consulting.

Next time, negotiate nothing less than cofounder at least to get a control over the purpose of the company.

mabynogy··on Ask HN: How to challenge trends without appearing like a luddite?
I quote that number because I saw a study about that. The worst was AWS (x10) and the cheapest was Google (x2).
mabynogy··on Ask HN: How to challenge trends without appearing like a luddite?
They do that do minimize the risk. They just minimize the risk for some of their employees to be wrong. Who will blame a CTO who has chosen the cloud or SAP even if it's expensive?
mabynogy··on Ask HN: Should I abandon a functioning SaaS with no paying users?
It looks good. Transform that to a non-profit. I'm sure you can find a free place to host that (contact me if you don't).
mabynogy··on Ask HN: How to challenge trends without appearing like a luddite?
I share the opinions you've expressed. For the cloud, I say "it's expensive" (10x more than a bardebone server).

I don't try to be people-pleasing. I tell my truth. I'm never aggressive but people often understand something that is not is my words (something they believe).

I believe it's also a good strategy to create meaningful relationships. If you show the others who your are everytime, they can count on what they know about you. You become more trustful for them.

I wanna improve OSS. I wanna change the current meaning (keep the freedom for the users but add money for the programers). If I'm successful, the content of the Wikipedia page about FOSS should changed.

Feel free to reach me to talk about that.

mabynogy··on Image optimization decreased website's page weight by 62%
Thanks. I noticed a gain of 20% on my images with this method.
mabynogy··on Image optimization decreased website's page weight by 62%
Thanks, I'll try it.
mabynogy··on Ask HN: Is it a good time to switch to Ubuntu 18.04 desktop?
It's always the time for an Ubuntu user to switch to Debian. You won't even notice the difference.
mabynogy··on Ask HN: Should I worry about Android any more?
In the long run, Android and iOS aren't important. We don't know yet if Google will keep Java for Fushia. My theory is they will remove it because despite all their efforts Java is still the overhead that makes Android less performant as iPhones.

If you wanna bet on something cross-platform, bet on the web and Javascript.

mabynogy··on The Peril of the Laptop Sticker
Admiring someone who likes manipulate the people tells a lot about you and your values.
mabynogy··on Ask HN: Prepaid long-term web hosting
I know ramnode and ovh accept prepayment (maybe more than one year for ramnode).

The simplest is to make a static website, put it on GitHub pages, and make your domain point to that.

mabynogy··on Ask HN: Reasons to stay in Software Engineering
For the wage, being a manager is better. If you really like programming, you'll find that boring.

My strategy is to build stuff with other folks, create a value and try to transform that to real money (with a startup for example).

I think your real question is more around what you wanna do with your life.

mabynogy··on Ask HN: How do I find a tech job?
Send me your resume. There is probably a red flag in it (can be your name or something like that).
mabynogy··on Ask HN: How to disclose something without disclosing it?
Spread the word by sending that to WikiLeaks or post it on 4chan.
mabynogy··on Don’t listen productivity gurus: why waking up at 6am won’t make you successful
A guru saying the other gurus are wrong. Let people wake up when the want or can.
mabynogy··on V8n – Fluent validation library for JavaScript
I won't use it but it looks good. The readme is very clear.
mabynogy··on Ask HN: What’s some favorite recollections of your earliest days of computing?
Oh Spectrum one of the first computers I've touched with the Amstrad CPC 464 :-)
mabynogy··on Ask HN: What’s some favorite recollections of your earliest days of computing?
Not mine, but the story of Forth is amazing: https://colorforth.github.io/HOPL.html
mabynogy··on Ask HN: How to deploy into production large software project?
Write a daemon yourself to control the deployment on the machines. A kind of trojan but make it nice and safe. Do it on your spare time at the office and wait for a good opportunity to show it.

You probably have many levels of hierarchy working against you. If you have the opportunity to lead or manage anything, take it.

mabynogy··on ASK HN: SAAS liability insurance?
I'd stop doing business with a man who threaten me (if he is the boss. If he is an employee, I'd try to see that with the boss).

You can't protect you for that of it will be very expensive. You can proactively search for a good lawyer.

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