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Graal and Truffle could accelerate programming language design
Original EnglishI wouldn't use Rust for the syntax; I'd use it because I want properties like complete memory safety, manual control over memory allocation, easy (and …
The Developer's Dystopian Future
Original EnglishInteresting you should ask for more verification of my claim to fewer bugs because I'm about to embark on using Haskell in the new startup …
Passive Income Hacker vs Startup Guy
Original EnglishFocusing on our core business, policies, we never get tied up in 2-3 month/year adventures in uncomfortable territory.
It's hard to write code for computers, but it's harder to write code for humans
Original EnglishWe tried that already... and it comes with some substantial costs you may not realize.
Tell HN: I have the perfect job, why is it not enough?
Original EnglishAnecdote: As I deployed to Afghanistan from my duty station on Okinawa things got progressively shitty.
I won free load testing
Original EnglishWe built a tool for deploying static websites to Cloudflare [1].
Rclone syncs your files to cloud storage
Original EnglishBTW for my remote backups I do encrypt them but this is a choice the author of Borg left open.
Business automation: request dependencies are the hard part
API Parrot’s maker turned recurring request-correlation work into a visual flow and code-export tool.
Look for repeated investigative work, not just more endpoints.
The gigantic and unregulated power plants in the cloud
Original EnglishTurns out, the flow was only tested in portrait mode but my dad wants landscape mode easier for typing and so we never tried portrait.