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heax··on My notes on Gitlab's Postgres schema design (2022)
It really depends but useful knowledege can be derived from this. If user accounts use sequential ids the id 1 is most likely the admin account that is created as first user.
heax··on What PWA Can Do Today
That it can break my back button is also what i took away from this before closing the tab and reopeing hackernews.
heax··on Acer Aspire 1 ARM Laptop Has Nearly Complete Upstream Linux Support
That is so true. The best supported Linux laptop nowadays is the Win11 laptop of your choice with WSL.
heax··on How to unit test code that depends on time
Time in software is fascinating. If you say time - everyone thinks he understands it perfectly as we use it in our everyday. But it has so many pitfalls in the details.
heax··on Comcast says hackers stole data of close to 36M Xfinity customers
Just give your pet a random 4096 Bit string as name and your safe, no need to add unneeded complexity.
heax··on Ask HN: What are some examples of cloud lock-in?
If you want the cloud to be a powerful tool you will use their higher level services. These are incompatible and cannot be reasonably abstracted away.

The simple services like files which you could reasonably abstract away in your code you can also migrate when needed.

If you don't want lock in you might be better of with a traditional hosting provider. The cloud is only really useful if you go in with a mindset to embrace what it offers.

heax··on One dead and nine wounded after accident with self-driving car
Exactly, if the self-driving is good enough after some time you will reduce your attention and will not be able to quickly take over if the car suddenly fails to self-drive in a corner for example.
heax··on MTV Opens Metaverse Experience Inside Roblox to Promote Video Music Awards
MTV is still exists? - Amazing
heax··on Ask HN: How to say no to a GitHub issue feature request?
If you don't see that the feature would fit your vision of the codebase then just tell them that.

If you think it is a useful feature tell him that you currently don't have time to implement it yourself but a PR is welcome.

Often people only want that there issue is tracked, so to avoid conflict and just do nothing just tell them that it goes into the backlog of future features to be considered ;)

heax··on Meta cracks down on low performers staffer says feels like a 'witch hunt'
https://web.archive.org/web/20220726092834/https://www.busin...
heax··on You Don't Need Microservices
Hmmm, great idea that way cloud providers can extract insane amounts of money from unsuspecting organizations. Let's call it function as a service :)
heax··on Code vs. No-code
Wake me up when they develop their No-/Low-code tool in their tool itself. Up to that point it is not better than code itself :)
heax··on Why is Apache clinging to OpenOffice?
They do declare projects dead. They even have a place for them https://attic.apache.org/
heax··on How to Paint a Crosswalk
I know it exists and it is used here everywhere. But those from the article are just using some latex paint, creating road hazards in their self righteous cause.
heax··on How to Paint a Crosswalk
For cyclists and motorcycles they create additional road hazards by adding paint that gets as slippery as ice when wet. Thanks for nothing.
heax··on The Future of Snapcraft
https://techwiser.com/remove-snap-ubuntu/
heax··on Locked-out New Zealanders outraged as visa scheme for rich foreigners resumes
The proles should try eating cake if they are out of bread :)
heax··on Ask HN: Is there a good reason why I can't set my oven below 200F?
It is a rather new (last year) Miele model.
heax··on Ask HN: Is there a good reason why I can't set my oven below 200F?
Not a problem with my oven which starts at 30C (86F) in 5 deg steps.

I guess they are using some cheaper components that are specified only for a temperature range above 200F.

heax··on Security firm Blumira discovers major new Log4j attack vector
That is how I understood it also.

The new part of their discovery is that visiting a malicious website can run the attack on servers in the private network via a JavaScript application and websockets.

That means even applications which are not exposed to the internet can be attacked.

heax··on What it's like to spend 40-50 hours in VR every week
Oh come on, im not an experienced poker player but even i know that reading the facial expression and body language of your opponent is a core element of the actual game.
heax··on A Chemical Hunger: Mysteries
I think the simple truth is we simply eat too much.

Possible the worldwide most known modern food product is the Big Mac. Named Big Mac, not Best Mac, think about it. And it doesn't stop there, large pizzas, pizzas with a lot on top, XXL Schnitzels, All you can eat Chinese.

A lot people make quantity a priority over quality, guess what happens :)

heax··on Crew of 'Ever Given' Could Be Stuck on the Big Boat for Years
Just scuttle the ship, call it an emergency and get to the shore.
heax··on Frameworkless Movement
I think they mainly employ a JavaScript perspective where a frameworks lifetime is measured in minutes.

Sure many classical backend frameworks use a central database technology which limits their scalability, but the mature frameworks with sufficient backing behind them still do the job and save a ton of time. With those you will end up with a maintainable application on the long term. Think of django, heck even JavaEE if done right.

Most of you are not Google ;)

heax··on Removed gem breaks Rails ActiveStorage
It allows you to deploy for a few more days. That fixes the "i can not deploy problem" if my customer needs a urgent fix.

Sure you will be as much in violation of GPL as without that (even if you don't deploy you will violate the GPL), but that is another problem which needs to be addressed.

heax··on Removed gem breaks Rails ActiveStorage
It is not nice, but aside from hobbyists everyone who seriously develops software caches all dependencies in a own repository like nexus etc.

It's similar to backups, if you don't have one your data must be worthless.

heax··on Access your JetBrains IDE remotely with Projector
Is it worth trying out when good ol X11 forwarding works for me?
heax··on The Mac price crash of 2021
It does not matter what you think how good the M1 is, what the author states is the opinion of the potential buyer of a mac out there. I do not see it as so much superior as he does, but the prices will crater because most think it is.
heax··on I discovered FaaS and what it changed for me
Funny, i toyed with it a since some time and think about abandoning it. They just removed the most interesting feature which is scale to zero from the open source version.