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Google Cloud Platform is the first cloud provider to offer Intel Skylake
Original EnglishI'm working on a migration to it, so I'm not very experienced with it, but so far, it's been very painful compared to GCE or …
Under the hood: Facebook’s cold storage system
Original EnglishIn addition I had the networking setup for a much more conventional network and we were doing the switch aware stuff in the config but …
BorgBackup 2.0 supports Rclone – over 70 cloud providers in addition to SSH
Original EnglishI've been using it for quite a while now both for my personal projects and paid work and have had a good experience with it.
The WebSocket Handbook
Original EnglishI reduced some test automation in my personal application from 45 seconds to 7 seconds by fully converting from HTTP to web sockets for messaging.
WebAssembly 2.0 First Working Draft
Original EnglishI tried optimizing a physics library a few years ago by putting everything in typedarrays and it was weirdly slower than using raw javascript arrays.
Paypal froze our funds, then offered us a business loan
Original EnglishIt was pricey, I think about $120/mo to support ACH for a few hundred clients, but the API is solid and well-documented.
My 70 year old mother has been using Linux on the desktop for the past 21 years
Original EnglishI've kept some version of Linux in a dual-boot configuration ever since (Red Hat, Suse, Mandrake, Ubuntu, Debian sid, and for 10 years Debian testing).
Show HN: Revideo – Create Videos with Code
Original EnglishWe are exploring fully client-side rendering too but I'm hesitant to use WebCodecs because of the limited compatibility with many browsers.
MailCatcher runs a super simple SMTP server
Original EnglishI use it for testing and local development.