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BiraIgnacio

469 karma · joined October 8, 2023

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BiraIgnacio··on The recurring dream of replacing developers
"This time is different"

- Me, the last time it wasn't different

BiraIgnacio··on Michelangelo's first painting, created when he was 12 or 13
Related https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Agony_and_the_Ecstasy_(nov... Great book!
BiraIgnacio··on Yori, I made a CLI tool that compiles natural language into C++ binaries
Super cool project, thanks for sharing!
BiraIgnacio··on You are not required to close your <p>, <li>, <img>, or <br> tags in HTML
I'd think handling these cases would be nightmare for html parsers.
BiraIgnacio··on Ask HN: Best Podcasts of 2025?
The best ones I've discovered in 2025 - not necessarily the best ever

The David Frum Show - https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/the-david-frum-show/ Overthink - https://overthinkpodcast.com/ Singletrack - https://www.youtube.com/c/SingletrackPodcast The Glenn Show - https://glennloury.substack.com/podcast

BiraIgnacio··on Why is it easier to whistle in tune than to sing in tune?(2018)
Poor neuro-motor tuning of the human larynx: A comparison of sung and whistled pitch imitation

"[...]while participants who sung more precisely also whistled more precisely, sung imitations were less precise than whistled imitations."

BiraIgnacio··on Tell HN: Merry Christmas
All the best, take care!
BiraIgnacio··on Log level 'error' should mean that something needs to be fixed
It means something is wrong, yes. Now, if it's worth fixing (granted, most of the time it would), that's another story.
BiraIgnacio··on Ask HN: Should "I asked $AI, and it said" replies be forbidden in HN guidelines?
HN (and the community here) has a great system for surfacing the most useful information and therefore, pushing the not so good one away.

So no, I don't think forbidding anything helps. Let things fall where they should, otherwise.

BiraIgnacio··on Z2 – Lithographically fabricated IC in a garage fab
It's really amazing, great work! And please keep sharing progress and, if you want, how can other people follow on your footsteps!
BiraIgnacio··on Why xor eax, eax?
Also cool this got at the top item on the HN front page
BiraIgnacio··on No Leak, No Problem – Bypassing ASLR with a ROP Chain to Gain RCE
"No Leak, No Problem - Bypassing Address Space Layout Randomization with a Return-Oriented Programming Chain to Gain Remote Code Execution"

Expanding it, perhaps to the benefit of others like me.

BiraIgnacio··on Oracle hit hard in Wall Street's tech sell-off over its AI bet
Fascinating. I don't follow nor really understand this space. Is this type of fluctuation unusual?
BiraIgnacio··on Ask HN: How does one stay motivated to grind through LeetCode?
Grind is the operating word here, IMO. What I try, as a way of motivation, is to pick something easy and fun, just to get a quick dopamine jolt. Then it's all downhill from there
BiraIgnacio··on Visual Studio 2026 now available, 4 years since last release
Interesting that AI (well, copilot) appeared only in the bottom half of the list of features.
BiraIgnacio··on Ontario considering order that would kill new rental homes
> CBC Toronto first reported in 2022 about Sanofi Pasteur’s opposition to a three-building, highrise project at the corner of Steeles Ave. W. and Dufferin St., neighbouring its sprawling complex. At the time, the company claimed there's a “national security” risk having hundreds of residents able to look down on its facilities, where vaccine research and development takes place.
BiraIgnacio··on Canadian military will rely on public servants to boost its ranks by 300k
> The Canadian Forces is counting on public servants to volunteer for military service as it tries to ramp up an army of 300,000 as part of a mobilization plan, according to a defence department directive.
BiraIgnacio··on Don't panic yet, investors say as high-flying AI stocks tumble
It's mostly harmless
BiraIgnacio··on /dev/null is an ACID compliant database
A strong business opportunity right there.
BiraIgnacio··on AWS multiple services outage in us-east-1
It's scary to think about how much power and perhaps influence the AWS platform has. (albeit it shouldn't be surprising)
BiraIgnacio··on Migrating from AWS to Hetzner
In Canada

https://www.hostpapa.ca/

https://www.cacloud.com/

https://www.keepsec.ca/

https://www.canspace.ca/

BiraIgnacio··on A 4k-Room Text Adventure Written by One Human in QBasic No AI
This makes me wonder if there will be a time when "No AI" will be considered up-scale (of sorts) like hand-sewn clothes or artisan bread
BiraIgnacio··on Why Is SQLite Coded In C
"1. C Is Best"
BiraIgnacio··on Show HN: SQLite Online – 11 years of solo development, 11K daily users
thank you for doing this, congratulations
BiraIgnacio··on Goiaba: An experimental Go compiler, written in Rust
I love the name, more than anything else :D
BiraIgnacio··on Show HN: I built a web framework in C
Great work, thanks for this!
BiraIgnacio··on 1 Trillion Web Pages Archived
Congratulations!
BiraIgnacio··on City council's failure to act on Oracle rollout crashed its financial controls
Honest curiosity: I've never been in projects like these but have heard many similar stories.

If anyone can comment on the dynamics of the relationships and people's behaviours that lead to such outcomes, I'd love to hear about it.

BiraIgnacio··on Show HN: Zedis – A Redis clone I'm writing in Zig
cool stuff, keep at it!
BiraIgnacio··on In Defense of C++
Does it need to be defended? Does it need to be attacked?

I take the "use it if we can/want/is forced to" and "improve it if you want and can" approaches. Or else, leave it be.

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