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samdixon··on Small programming tricks
ctrl+r still great for targeting your make targets :)
samdixon··on iPhone Duo
now that the duo is out, the air seems like a tech demo they needed to validate sold to the public
samdixon··on I Used AWS Cognito for a Startup. I Wouldn't Do It Again
Regardless of AI gen'd article... Cognito does have some rough edges. One day I'd like to make a best practices Cloudformation template (if doesn't already exist) that includes things like which login name to set, notification lambdas and the like.

One big pro about cognito.. can't beat the price.

samdixon··on “Code was never the hard part” is an insult to all programmers
> stakeholder buy-in

Fixing bugs, improving performance, paying down technical debt all require this as well, which makes them significantly more difficult to actually implement.

samdixon··on Ferrari Luce
Knobs on wheel, especially for the controls on this, are normal in performance vehicles.
samdixon··on Anthropic takes $5B from Amazon and pledges $100B in cloud spending in return
From my understanding, if you want to use native Claude in AWS Bedrock, it runs from an AWS datacenter. I'm guessing that's why regardless of running your own stack... they still need a footprint in all the major clouds.
samdixon··on I went to America's worst national parks so you don't have to
Sorry - significantly better was overreaction from my part. My view of Myrtle beach is somewhat muddied by the reason I was there in the first place. Was in GA for a wedding, was going to go to FL, but couldn't due to a hurricane and ended up quickly shuffling to Myrtle Beach. Felt like a memory of a town. I do have a coworker who recommended me some good spots, but not sure if I will ever make it back there https://maps.app.goo.gl/EbWrjJ92qgV3vx598.

Gatlinburg is maybe the ultimate tourist trap. Was hilariously enough also around there for a wedding.

I can't really argue for either as destinations. Both of these places I don't think I would go over other available options.

samdixon··on I went to America's worst national parks so you don't have to
Gatlinburg is not my thing... but is significantly better than Myrtle Beach.
samdixon··on Škoda DuoBell: A bicycle bell that penetrates noise-cancelling headphones
Yes haha - a bike coming from _somewhere_
samdixon··on Škoda DuoBell: A bicycle bell that penetrates noise-cancelling headphones
Its pretty safe to assume on a trail if you hear a bell that a bike is coming up behind you.
samdixon··on Dobase – Open-source, self-hosted workspace with installable tools
Here are a few things off the top:

- horrible optimization

    - video calls will easily bloat 1-3gb of ram
- buggy, things that should work sometimes don't

    - e.g. sometimes you click to write... you get a spinner, wait 10 seconds
- poor ux. I have been using it for 4+ years at work, still have trouble finding things

- yeah, all things in one interface

These are opinions. People can have different. To me, its just a slow and difficult to navigate mess that doesn't know what it wants to be.

samdixon··on Dobase – Open-source, self-hosted workspace with installable tools
Clickup is kinda like this (trash software btw) where it combines all these things. Its super cumbersome to deal with all of them in the same UI. For example, you will be chatting with someone, need to look at ticket, you have to completely leave the context of the chat to find the ticket. Yeah you can have multiple tabs, but still cumbersome. Would rather have a chat app for chat, documentation in documentation... so on.
samdixon··on We might all be AI engineers now
> I’m shipping in hours what used to take days. Not prototypes. Real, structured, well-architected software.

> If I don’t understand what it’s doing, it doesn’t ship. That’s non-negotiable.

Holy LinkedIn

samdixon··on Welcome (back) to Macintosh
When even my "boomer" aged and non-tech savvy dad who has always used an iPhone notices the update is bad, I think you are in at least a little bit of trouble if you don't quickly course correct.
samdixon··on Dell UltraSharp 52 Thunderbolt Hub Monitor
this looks like a rip off of another monitor that I can't quite put my finger on...
samdixon··on Show HN: Base, an SQLite database editor for macOS
So apparently this has been around for 15 years? I would have bought this years ago, but it never showed up on any of my searches... google, reddit, producthunt, alternativeto... feel like I just shifted into another dimension where this has apparently... always existed?
samdixon··on Do things that don't scale, and then don't scale
This reads like a LinkedIn post
samdixon··on Gartner's grift is about to unravel
What do they use it for?
samdixon··on Cash: A small jQuery alternative for modern browsers
This seems pretty different from the functionality alpine provides, no?
samdixon··on Windows 11 available on October 5
I would assume it's because they've already won the younger market via near total dominance in the k-12 education sector, so no reason to advertise to that crowd.
samdixon··on Amazon acquires MGM for $8.5B
I don't know how large of a concern this is, but Amazons wide growth allows using revenue from their higher profit sectors (such as aws) to force out competitors in other lower margin sectors they are involved with such as grocery stores. This also may very well be a strategy other large conglomerates utilize.

Video on subject: https://youtu.be/EYPs-ya_GDA?t=128

samdixon··on Mighty Makes Google Chrome Faster
To me this doesn't really make much sense to me as its own product, but it seems ripe for an acquisition play. This would make an excellent addition to say the Office 365 or Dropbox suite of tools.
samdixon··on The Blue Hole in the Red Sea is the deadliest dive site in the world
I have a similar theory about motorcycles. It's not batteries included, and some people ride like absolute madmen increasing the fatality rate.
samdixon··on Don’t Underestimate the Power of a Walk
One other important thing when walking in snow/ice is that even the smallest slip can potentially strain/pull a muscle just due to the rapid movement.
samdixon··on Right Forge
At the core I think a service like this is a good idea, but the amount of political rhetoric in the landing page would make me not want to use this service. Would prefer the service be completely agnostic to the underlying users and not favor a political party or ideology.

That being said, I think this is more a reaction to a business need/market opportunity that exists rather than a true attempt at a platform that is free for all to use.

samdixon··on I am closing down the Cordless project
I wonder how long until Discord starts blocking things like Matrix or IRC Bridges. That or the Bot API may already be useful enough to say something "works", but is so functionally useless that you have no reason to use it. (e.g. you can bridge to a channel, but not bridge instant messages)
samdixon··on Salesforce Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Slack
Ha, then mark that problem solved :)
samdixon··on Salesforce Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Slack
That’s somewhat the solution irccloud provides, however they need a mobile app. I think the biggest issue with irc is the backlog. It’s somewhat nice to be able to easily search a companies chat history and find some context. The solution to that is correct documentation, however that problem is much harder.
samdixon··on Ask HN: Crashed founders, what was the point of failure?
Feedbin is $50/yr, but well worth it. Light memory footprint and vim keybinds.
samdixon··on Linux on iPad
Something like this would be great. Linux running on an iPad pro would be a dream mobile setup.
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