Hacker News Reader

vedant_shetyon Show HN: Decoy – A native Mac app for mocking HTTP endpoints locally

Don’t want to dissuade you and happy that there are alternatives. But why would I pick it over mockoon

Mockoon is open source and is a lot more mature. What does decoy offer that is different

It probably has a little to do with marketing. Buyers will instinctively compare the M2 air with the M2 pro and the air will look much better.

“A 1080p web cam, thinner chassis, mag safe and 100$ cheaper. What a steal”

vedant_shetyon Ask HN: People who use different emails everywhere, who sold you to spammers?

Life pro tip: xyz@gmail.com and xyz+abc@gmail.com are equivalent in the eyes of the mail server

All the emails to xyz+abc will be routed to xyz@gmail.com. This is because the server ignores everything after the +

I use the + to identify the website I provided my email to so if I was registering for facebook my email would be xyz+facebook@gmail.com

So far I’ve received the most spam from 2 companies an Indian startup called dunzo(5-10spam a day) and adobe

Ive tried to get my data deleted from their site but I guess it’s too late now

vedant_shetyon Truck Art in Pakistan (2018)

https://youtu.be/WlriwanO4e4

If you prefer watching a video on the topic, vox has made pretty great video on truck art in north western India

vedant_shetyon Epic Games releases "Nineteen Eighty-Fortnite" ad

But doubleTwist was much smaller with a really niche audience.

vedant_shetyon Ask HN: How does your company manage its encryption keys?

This feels awfully familiar. My current company uses the same generic username-password combination for every server.

But we aren't allowed internet access on our workstations because "security"

vedant_shetyon Orb.Farm, a Virtual Aquatic Ecosystem

Was I the only one who was sadistic enough to fill the tank with water and over 50 fishes? Then watch as the O2 levels drop and bodies begin the pile up at the bottom of the tank.

The last remaining fish gets to live a life of luxury with all the food in the world

vedant_shetyon Guitar – Git GUI Client

What's your opinion on VSCode. It feels pretty snappy on my laptop, from what I understand it's written in electron