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Automated Unit Test Improvement Using Large Language Models at Meta
Original EnglishI don’t think a human engineer with 25% failure rate would be very helpful, if it’s a certain kind of failure.
Major Facebook security hole lets you view your friends’ live chats
Original EnglishI understand they must get a ton of these but as paying customers who rely on Facebook for key promotion you'd think they'd pay attention.
Netflix Splits DVD And Streaming Businesses
Original EnglishHeck I can rent a three year old server with similar specs for $300/month.
Launch HN: Sudden Coffee (YC W17) – Instant coffee that doesn't suck
Original EnglishFYI, we also proactively notify customers 3-4 days before a subscription renews.
Show HN: Deepstream.io – open-source real-time server with pub/sub and data sync
Original Englishwe largely use stuff that is well documented or very popular largely because we've been burnt on the consulting stuff before (no issue with paying …
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: Route your prompts to the best LLM
Original EnglishPricing-wise, we charge the same rates as the backend providers we route to, without taking any margins.
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.