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webjunkieon Write code like a human will maintain it

This is far from a universal best practice and heavily depends on what code it is and for what reason you are duplicating it potentially.

webjunkieon Ask HN: What product analytics are you using?

PostHog has a free managed reverse proxy last time I checked. Did you try that?

webjunkieon What a year of solar and batteries saved us in 2025

A word of caution: It's worth factoring in battery depreciation. That 7p→15p arbitrage isn’t "free" profit: you pay round-trip losses and you burn cycle life. If you assume ~£X installed, ~Y usable kWh, ~Z cycles to 70–80% capacity, the wear cost alone is often several pence per kWh throughput, which can wipe out most of the spread.

webjunkieon That's a Lot of YAML

Does somebody else have manually written or at least edited Hasura permissions in YAML? Well that is for sure is a lot of YAML.

webjunkieon One Day You'll Find Yourself

Ah, thanks. Didn't see that. One more downside of all these little individual pages.

webjunkieon One Day You'll Find Yourself

Interesting. It seems that the book assumes its audience is exclusively male without explicitly stating it. Might be a fit here for Hacker News, but even that assumption is already reinforcing gender biases.

webjunkieon The rise of ChatGPT-enabled GitHub spam

This this this. You can ask it to write a test. You can ask it to fix it, if the test does not pass. You can ask it to check whether the code it wrote makes sense, and it will surely find most times that there is something to improve. Urgh, it's not "one prompt and done".

webjunkieon Why is OAuth still hard in 2023?

What I would like to highlight is that it's still quite an achievement to be able at all to authenticate users with dozens of different APIs. Could it be better? Sure. Could it be worse? So much. Just imagine everyone would be cooking completely there own thing, or there being fractions or competing "standards".

webjunkieon Show HN: I built a better UI for ChatGPT

Nice, I'm curious though, does the API also remember context from earlier conversations or can it be made to?

webjunkieon Four ways to build web apps

Just if you're interested in AWS: look into AWS Copilot CLI to get started really fast with getting a container up (and have a database with it).

webjunkieon Hundreds of changes made to latest editions of Roald Dahl's books

Using the term "female" to describe a woman can be perceived as reductive and dehumanizing because it reduces her to a biological category. By using the term "woman," the focus is shifted from her biological characteristics to her identity as a person, which is a more respectful and accurate way of addressing her.

Worth noting is that there is no equivalent term to "female" when referring to men, who are almost always referred to as "men." This is because there is an underlying cultural assumption that men are the default and women are the exception. While the use of the word "female" to describe a woman is not inherently wrong, using the term "woman" is more accurate and respectful, and nobody would use the term "male" to describe a man in the same way.

webjunkieon Pre-seed, seed startups with employees in office have higher revenue growth

> Working from home may offer more distractions by chores, family, network issues. Do those little things add up to meaningful productivity differences?

When you say "more", you have to compare both sides. Working in an office "distracts" me with noise, questions by others, spontaneous meetings, socializing in general, as well as other interruptions. I find it always baffling that in such arguments, the office is per default fine, and it's always remote which is the culprit.

webjunkieon Multi-Account Containers

Sounds like you are suggesting First-Party Isolation (FPI) which you can enable in Firefox. Don't know what the state of it is, seems to be off by default, or depending on the tracking protection setting.

webjunkieon Chat GPT is the birth of the real Web 3.0, and it's not going to be fun

Agreed. What is it with everyone wanting to see Chat GPT only in the light of accessing information and then complaining about it?

webjunkieon Freezing Requirements with Pip-Tools

Pip-Tools is great for pinning and freezing with hashes. Does what it should. So much faster than pipenv or poetry. Never looked back.

webjunkieon Dont think of price, think of cost per use

I like that thinking. It also became clear to me when moving. You can actually sell good furniture that you don't want anymore, and get quite some money back. And if you are considerate in which furniture you buy, you can assume you'll also get money for it, should you not need it anymore. Thus for example, a purchase of a $2000 designer table might not be that huge, if you use it 5 years and get $1500 for it afterwards, you only paid $100 per year to have the table you wanted.

webjunkieon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2022)

Artory is the leading blockchain provider for the art world. Responding to a need for building confidence in historical information surrounding highend artworks, Artory has evolved into the first blockchain partner for top art world institutions such as Sotheby’s, Christie’s, and Winston Art Group. In our exciting next growth stage, Artory will issue NFTs for trusted artworks, connecting the physical art world to the web.

We are looking for a data engineer experiences in JavaScript to join our team remotely. Existing work permit in Germany is required.

You will be responsible for extracting, and ingesting data using web crawling and other tools; improving crawl/scrape analysis, reports and data management; parsing data.

To apply: https://apply.workable.com/artory/j/A8C93D1606/

webjunkieon Stackit: Cloud and Colocation

I feel like the other way around it's also pretty bad, if not worse. Technical things written in, or translated to, German sound so boring and stiff that you want to immediately run away.

webjunkieon In defense of complicated programming languages

> Without a class or some system that keeps some bookkeeping data around with methods, every function has to have that bookkeeping state passed in as a handle, and all of a sudden all functions need to know something about how setup works, as opposed to what it does.

Classes make so much sense for me in this space, that I can hardly see why people would defend not using them.

Additional to your points, having things in classes with clear interfaces makes it possible to easily integrate new underlying functionality without changing the contract. For example you only store things on S3, have a nice class with store methods and so on. You can just add another different storage backend. How would you do that using functions only? If they also need to take care of setup? A nightmare.

webjunkieon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2021)

We are looking for a senior software engineer to join our team remotely (you must be based either in the US or Germany due to tax reasons).

Nice to haves: • Python • Django • Docker • TypeScript • JavaScript • React.js • PostgreSQL • CI/CD pipelines • Tokenization

To apply, please reach out to whoshiring at artory.com

webjunkieon Postgres Explain Visualizer

It's not so much an alternative as it's the original inspiration. That is explained here:

https://github.com/dalibo/pev2/#disclaimer

> The pev project was initialy written in early 2016 but seems to be abandonned since then. There was no activity at all for more than 3 years and counting though there are several issues open and relevant pull requests pending.

webjunkieon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2019)

Artory is the Registry for the art world and wants you to be a part of it!

We are looking for Python and/or fullstack engineers to join our team in Berlin. You will join our development team, who are currently working in the following areas:

- The Registry, a system that records millions of artwork transactions transparently on the blockchain

- A client to record data on multiple blockchains and create timestamp proofs

- An application for art collectors, providing secure key storage in a user-friendly way

- A secure messaging platform

The biggest challenges that you join solving are handling millions of artwork sale events as well as interacting with secure and encrypted data.

Tech Stack: Python, Django, TypeScript, React, Docker, AWS

For more information about working at Artory, please see: https://www.artory.com/careers/

To apply: https://artory.join.com/jobs/545103-senior-python-developer-...

webjunkieon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2019)

Artory is the Registry for the art world and wants you to be a part of it!

We are looking for Python and/or fullstack engineers to join our team in Berlin. You will join our development team, who are currently working in the following areas:

- The Registry, a system that records millions of artwork transactions transparently on the blockchain

- A client to record data on multiple blockchains and create timestamp proofs

- An application for art collectors, providing secure key storage in a user-friendly way

- A secure messaging platform

The biggest challenges that you join solving are handling millions of artwork sale events as well as interacting with secure and encrypted data.

Tech Stack: Python, Django, TypeScript, React, Docker, AWS

For more information about working at Artory, please see: https://www.artory.com/careers/

To apply: https://artory.join.com/jobs/447253-senior-python-developer-...

webjunkieon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2019)

Artory is the Registry for the art world and wants you to be a part of it!

We are looking for a Python engineer to join our team in Berlin. You will join our development team, who are currently working in the following areas:

- The Registry, a system that records millions of artwork transactions transparently on the blockchain

- A client to record data on multiple blockchains and create timestamp proofs

- An application for art collectors, providing secure key storage in a user-friendly way

- A secure messaging platform

The biggest challenges that you join solving are handling millions of artwork sale events as well as interacting with secure and encrypted data.

Tech Stack: Python, Django, TypeScript, React, Docker, AWS

For more information about working at Artory, please see: https://www.artory.com/careers/

To apply: https://artory.join.com/jobs/393795-senior-python-developer-...

webjunkieon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2019)

Artory is working to empower collectors with trustworthy data. We are using our dataset containing millions of artwork transactions to help collectors find and register their artworks. With this registration, we can then help them connect with companies in the art world (e.g. to attest their artworks).

We are looking for an experienced frontend engineer to join our team in Berlin. You would be in a central role, helping to build and expand both our public site (www.artory.com) and the secure messaging service (coming soon).

You should have extensive experience in React, TypeScript, HTML, CSS. It's a plus if you also have experience with React Native and/or building apps. Encryption is central to our messaging service and any experience in this field is also appreciated.

Our tech stack: TypeScript, React, Python, Django, Docker, AWS

Some of our perks:

  * Competitive salary, life-/family-friendly and flexible working hours, 25 days of paid leave

  * Nice, spacious office environment in Kreuzberg, Berlin

  * Hardware you want for your work and allowance for books you need

  * Flexible to remote work/working from home

For more information about working at Artory, please see: https://www.artory.com/careers/

To apply: https://artory.workable.com/j/3C387D8858

webjunkieon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2019)

Artory is the Registry for the art world and wants you to be a part of it!

We are looking for a senior software engineer to join our team in Berlin. You will join our development team, who are currently working in the following areas:

* The Registry, a system that records artwork transactions transparently on the blockchain

* A client to record data on multiple blockchains and create timestamp proofs

* An application for art collectors, providing secure key storage in a user-friendly way

* A secure messaging platform

Tech Stack: Python, Django, TypeScript, React, Docker, AWS

Some of our perks:

* Competitive salary, life-/family-friendly and flexible working hours, 25 days of paid leave

* Nice, spacious office environment in Kreuzberg, Berlin

* Hardware you want for your work and allowance for books you need

* Flexible to remote work/working from home

For more information and to apply, please see:

https://www.artory.com/careers/

webjunkieon 30th Anniversary of the World Wide Web [video]

For everyone congratulating the Internet here, when it says World Wide Web in the title, here is something to read:

https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/whats-difference-internet-web/

webjunkieon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2019)

Artory relies only on public blockchains for transparency.

webjunkieon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2018)

Artory is building the world's largest repository of data for the art world. Transparency and integrity is paramount in gaining the trust of the market and becoming the go-to resource for artwork-related information. Artory combines modern cryptography with blockchain technology to record significant events in the lifecycle of artworks and collectibles. We are transforming the market entrance experience for art buyers, and create additional assurance for everyone dealing with artworks.

Tech Stack: Python, Django, JavaScript, React, Docker, AWS

Please apply at: https://artory.workable.com/jobs/704903

webjunkieon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2018)

Artory | (Senior) Backend/Full-Stack Developer | Berlin, Germany | ONSITE, VISA

Artory is building the world's largest repository of data for the art world. Transparency and integrity is paramount in gaining the trust of the market and becoming the go-to resource for artwork-related information. Assembling a comprehensive registry of records of artwork-related information, as well as providing owners of artworks with means to prove their ownership while preserving their anonymity, we are transforming the market entrance experience for art buyers, and create additional assurance for everyone dealing with artworks.

Tech Stack: Python, Django, Javascript, React

Please apply at: https://artory.workable.com/jobs/704903