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avoidwork··on Show HN: Tiny-httptest – Lightweight HTTP compliant test framework
Hi,

I made this module to deal with test gaps I've noticed in libs/frameworks I've used over the last few years; specifically cookie & header capture/reuse, CORS & etags (special header case).

It's not doing anything new, it's just making things easier. No dependencies; should be usable in any task runner.

avoidwork··on Ask HN: What's your favorite diff merge tool on macOS?
I've been using Kaleidoscope for years... I don't know what feature you could want, maybe audio support? Handles my dev needs already.
avoidwork··on Should we switch from CoffeeScript?
I think you've confused static & dynamic typing; JavaScript has types, and a `typeof` operator.
avoidwork··on Ask HN: How do you access your dev environment away from home?
openvpn & a good isp
avoidwork··on DAO.LINK, the bridge between blockchain and brick-and-mortar companies
"For those unfamiliar with the concept of DAOs, Decentralized Autonomous Organizations are blockchain-based entities driven by immutable computer code as opposed to fragile, complex by-laws. Because DAOs consist of computer code, they interact with the physical world through Contractors."

lol wat

avoidwork··on Ask HN: What Laptop Is the Best for Web Development?
doesn't save you from needing visual studio to compile stuff :(
avoidwork··on Ask HN: What Laptop Is the Best for Web Development?
os x is like the best gnu system you can work with, followed up by any free gnu system you like, then windows, then chromeos. windows can be decent with a cli tool like scoop, or using cash* until the ubuntu terminal is available... then things will change slightly.
avoidwork··on Open source actually hinders teamwork
So you didn't know how to ask for help, and you think OSS was the root cause? lol.
avoidwork··on Ask HN: Are 4K monitors worth it?
worth it
avoidwork··on Why Node.js?
What you're describing now is how php was in the early years. I started using it with 2.0, just after it upgraded from perl scripts. It's pretty different ~15yr later (I think it's going on 20 now). Give node some time to mature.

There's a lot more to node than express; that's like the jquery of node.js.... every one uses it, and usually not very well.

avoidwork··on Comparing JavaScript IDEs
I think this person confuses 'IDE' with 'editor', and compares apples to oranges in the process.
avoidwork··on A Strong Mode for JavaScript
This is suspiciously absent from esdiscuss.org
avoidwork··on Cocoa – password generator service
Follow up point, which I missed. You can control the entropy of the password. Do you need ~50b, ~80b, >~100b? It's just a parameter.
avoidwork··on Cocoa – password generator service
Yeah I get that, and tbh as a mac user I considered it, but I don't subscribe to the idea that there can only be 1 incarnation for a word in software.
avoidwork··on Cocoa – password generator service
If you chose to send an email. Why would you want it? SOA with diff services that may have diff requirements, such as creating a temporal rep of the user.

Everything is eventually plain text. Should you use this to blast something out publicly? Of course not. Is it useful internally? Definitely.

avoidwork··on Cocoa – password generator service
Personal word association is not something I'm going to solve.
avoidwork··on Ask HN: 2015 13“ Macbook Pro vs. Latest 15” for Coding?
do you like a higher res? 15" retina scaled comes in at 1900x1200, which is perfect imo. i find less than 1200 vertical too short, but that's just me. 13" is 1600x1050, which is barely taller than a mba.
avoidwork··on Can we stop calling it currying?
the name isn't the difficult part, so changing it will not make it easier for people to grok.
avoidwork··on Ask HN: Which HTTP verb should be used for a json api action /user/:id/retry?
POST (create) is for creating an unidentified entity; this one is clearly identified via /:id, so PUT is appropriate (update).
avoidwork··on Apple releases MacBook Pro Update
I'm let down by the decision to use an obsolete GPU.
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