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bugfactory··on I created a Hacker News redesign
But it's not fetching the actual Hacker News data?
bugfactory··on Plausible Analytics: GDPR Compliance w/o Cookie Consent Banner
Plausible can fetch and show the used "search terms" if you connect it to your Google Search Console.
bugfactory··on Plausible Analytics: GDPR Compliance w/o Cookie Consent Banner
Did you use the hosted version, too? I wonder if it is possible to seamlessly switch between hosted and self-hosted.
bugfactory··on Plausible Analytics: GDPR Compliance w/o Cookie Consent Banner
No, nothing new. I recently discovered Plausible myself and was more than happy to delete a few Cookie Consent Banners. That's all ;)
bugfactory··on Postgres: Dropping a column with index drops the index on all other columns
What else would you have expected? You can't index what's not there. It makes sense that DROP COLUMN would also cascade to DROP INDEXes.

The author of the question writes:

> If you overlook such situation, you can get serious problems in production.

Really? I hope you think it through before you DROP COLUMN in production!

bugfactory··on Ask HN: What are the best ways to promote SaaS?
Invest in SEO.

Maybe too abstract, so here is a piece of actionable advice:

99% of SEO is to publish interesting content for your target audience.

bugfactory··on Flow Charts with CSS Anchor Positioning
That's a good point. At the same time, I believe it can make a lot of sense, particularly if it is used to implement functionality that was previously implemented in JavaScript.

Given that CSS is not an actual programming language, browser vendors can optimize it in ways that JavaScript can't. This extra optimization is a big benefit in the world of mobile devices and batteries.

bugfactory··on Flow Charts with CSS Anchor Positioning
I'm constantly amazed by how much can be achieved with only CSS nowadays. It seems like it's getting more powerful by the month as developers find new and tricky ways to push the boundary ;)
bugfactory··on What Is a Monad?
Well, learning the textbook definition is one thing, but developing an intuition that allows you to use Monads in practice is entirely different.