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awirick

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awirick··on Ask HN: Google migrated Google Workspace billing to Squarespace, now what?
Another issue with Cloudflare's registrar is that it's almost impossible to move a domain between two Cloudflare accounts - https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/setup/manage-.... You have to kick it out to a third-party first which is just silly.
awirick··on After 6 years, I'm over GraphQL
I've run into all of these issues running a GraphQL API and, while they aren't easy, they aren't exactly intractable either. Let's not pretend that OpenAPI/REST or Protobuf are perfect alternatives. They've each got their warts and tradeoffs.

The thing that I still _like_ about GraphQL is that it's a nice approach for expressing complex domain models over a protocol. If you are working with either REST or protos, you may still have to reason about graph-like structures but without the benefit of a graph-like schema.

awirick··on Double-entry bookkeeping as a directed graph
Your bank account is an asset for you, so debits increase the balance while credits decrease it. This is also called a "debit normal" account.

Liability accounts are tracked in reverse and are "credit normal". You increase the value (how much you owe) with a credit to the account and decrease the value (payments you receive) with a debit.

awirick··on G9.js: Automatically Interactive Graphics
This could be extremely helpful for conveying trig or other math concepts in an education setting. I know a lot of visual learners that struggle with mapping the math to the visual space. Sprinkling in interactivity is a great way to help cement understanding.