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jdboydon Just Use Postgres for Everything

My leading use for redis on a system where I am already using Postgres is to use Celery. I suspect this is just one of many cases where people add an additional datastore because their frameworks and/or libraries make it easier to to that than to use Postgres for that type of data.

jdboydon Writing GUI applications on the Raspberry Pi without a desktop environment (2019)

I have an application deployed on Raspberry Pi 3 machines running a GUI touch application running on EGL without X11. To do so you set the Window provider to `egl_rpi`. My recall is that I had to do a custom build of Kivy to do this at the time. I'm pretty sure you can do this with a Raspberry Pi 4, but I don't know for sure about a Raspberry Pi 5.

jdboydon Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (July 2024)

SEEKING WORK | USA | REMOTE

I am a 20+ year experienced developer.

Most of my work has involved embedded development (Linux, RTOS, baremetal, C/C++/uPython), including various forms of networking and distributed systems, audio/video, as well as backend services (usually using Python, Django, and Go), deployments (AWS, DO, Ansible, Docker, etc). I also do iOS and Android development. I do some frontend work, but that isn't my specialty.

I love helping people develop new products to meet their goals and needs, especially with a focus for getting it in use and making money as soon as possible to demonstrate utility and make money. I also have extensive experience taking over existing legacy code bases.

I am available for part-time or full-time contract work, long-term or short-term. I would love for every project to turn into a lasting business relationship.

Github: https://github.com/jd-boyd Website: https://boydtechnicalsolutions.com/ https://blog.jdboyd.net/ Email: jdboyd@boydtechnicalsolutions.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jdboyd/

jdboydon Composing this post on my MSX while listening to my Walkman

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSX

It is a 1980 Japanese standard for home computers based on the Z80.

jdboydon Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (June 2024)

SEEKING WORK | USA | REMOTE

I am a 20+ year experienced developer.

Most of my work has involved embedded development (Linux, RTOS, baremetal, C/C++/uPython), including various forms of networking and distributed systems, audio/video, as well as backend services (usually using Python, Django, and Go), deployments (AWS, DO, Ansible, Docker, etc). I also do iOS and Android development. I do some frontend work, but that isn't my specialty.

I love helping people develop new products to meet their goals and needs, especially with a focus for getting it in use and making money as soon as possible to demonstrate utility and make money. I also have extensive experience taking over existing legacy code bases.

I am available for part-time or full-time contract work, long-term or short-term. I would love for every project to turn into a lasting business relationship.

Github: https://github.com/jd-boyd website: https://boydtechnicalsolutions.com/ https://blog.jdboyd.net/ Email: jdboyd@boydtechnicalsolutions.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jdboyd/

jdboydon Emacs used as a message router in Germany's ATC systems in the 1990s (2021)

Sounds like a story that should be submitted to the above linked website!

jdboydon Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (May 2024)

SEEKING WORK | USA | REMOTE

I am a 20+ year experienced developer.

Most of my work has involved embedded development (Linux, RTOS, baremetal, C/C++/uPython), including various forms of networking and distributed systems, audio/video, as well as backend services (usually using Python, Django, and Go), deployments (AWS, DO, Ansible, Docker, etc). I also do iOS and Android development. I do some frontend work, but that isn't my specialty.

I love helping people develop new products to meet their goals and needs, especially with a focus for getting it in use and making money as soon as possible to demonstrate utility and make money. I also have extensive experience taking over existing legacy code bases.

I am available for part-time or full-time contract work, long-term or short-term. I would love for every project to turn into a lasting business relationship.

Github: https://github.com/jd-boyd website: https://boydtechnicalsolutions.com/ https://blog.jdboyd.net/ Email: jdboyd@boydtechnicalsolutions.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jdboyd/

jdboydon A quick look at my homelab [video]

I use Proxmox, but I feel ambivalent about it. If you are debating between ESXi, Proxmox, or Hyper-V, I would probably suggest Proxmox.

However, my feeling is that with the rise of containers, VMs are less relevant, and so I want a compute server OS that is more container forward (while still supporting VMs).

jdboydon Ubuntu 24.04 Noble Numbat

I wonder if that explains the BitWarden problem that I saw then.

jdboydon Ubuntu 24.04 Noble Numbat

I understand that 24.04 isn't really LTS until the 24.04.1 update comes out, but I like to start trying it on a secondary computer earlier, and I'm hoping not to wait that long since I really want the podman updates.

jdboydon Ubuntu 24.04 Noble Numbat

So far, an update from 22.04 LTS to 24.04 LTS on an Intel based Dell Lattitude laptop without any weird hardware produced a failure that was a white screen that just said to contact a system administrator. Could be a fluke. Trying to rescue this produced a non-bootable system. Could be user error.

After that a clean install of Ubuntu 24.04 LTS on the same machine worked, but after installing the latest Chrome on top of this, it won't start. After installing the latest Slack, that won't start either. BitWarden from the snap store will start, but after logging in, I get a endless spinner instead my vault contents. It is hard to believe that the Chrome/Slack/BitWarden issues are user error.

I'm not sure I've ever seen such a rough LTS release. I still wonder if this is just somehow me since surely they wouldn't release it without Chrome and Slack working, but I can't see what I could have done wrong just following the directions here.

jdboydon Roku looks into serving you ads on whatever you plug into its TVs

It is pretty hard for the rich to opt out of smart TVs.

jdboydon Picotron Is a Fantasy Workstation

I think this is less people who grew up with C64s and more people who didn't trying to capture the magic without having to learn assembly or making sprites with graph paper and a hex editor.

jdboydon Django REST framework 3.15.0

Isn't the former basically a JsonResponse? https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.0/ref/request-response/#...

jdboydon Kdenlive 24.02 open source video editor released

The free version has this issue "The free version of DaVinci Resolve on Linux does not support h.264 and h.265." Having to transcode to dnxhr is a bummer. I should probably just buy a dongle though.

jdboydon The Corvette that Windows zip folders bought

It sounds like it was the best it could reasonably be expected be back in the late 90s, and if it hasn't been improved sufficiently since then is probably not at all his fault.

jdboydon The Corvette that Windows zip folders bought

I thought his long interview with David Cutler was excellent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xi1Lq79mLeE

jdboydon Linux Compatible Audio Interfaces

Having audio gear work on linux continues not be be a given, but it is a lot better than it was in the firewire and early USB2 days. On the firewire side, the devices that worked under linux still work under linux while those some devices tend not to have the ability to work on current macs and windows machines. That makes them really cheap, often (but RME stuff defies that).

jdboydon First Framework Laptop 16 shipments and a $499 Framework Laptop

True, but many a computer I've bought (including my last 2 non Mac laptops), I replaced the RAM and SSD immediately, so I didn't benefit from them being included (other than being able to prove the machine works upon delivery before turning it back off for the upgrade).

jdboydon GNU Guile

Why can't more GNU software web pages be this nice?

jdboydon OpenFPGA

The MSRP of the de10 nano is $225, but they are commonly out of stock still. The going price for a scalped de10 nano is over $300, so all is you are likely looking at $400 to $500. I kick myself often for not getting multiple de10 nanos earlier (there are more projects that used them than just mister).

jdboydon Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (February 2024)

SEEKING WORK | USA | REMOTE

I am a 20+ year experienced developer.

Most of my work has involved embedded development (Linux, RTOS, baremetal, C/C++/uPython), including various forms of networking and distributed systems, audio/video, as well as backend services (usually using Python, Django, and Go), deployments (AWS, DO, Ansible, Docker, etc). I also do iOS and Android development. I do some frontend work, but that isn't my specialty.

I love helping people develop new products to meet their goals and needs, especially with a focus for getting it in use and making money as soon as possible to demonstrate utility and make money. I also have extensive experience taking over existing legacy code bases.

I am available for part-time or full-time contract work, long-term or short-term. I would love for every project to turn into a lasting business relationship.

Github: https://github.com/jd-boyd website: https://boydtechnicalsolutions.com/ https://blog.jdboyd.net/ Email: jdboyd@boydtechnicalsolutions.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jdboyd/

jdboydon 2013 Airbus A380 for sale in Rolling Hills Estates, California

I know that 6-8 seat jets are much cheaper, but what size do you have to go for to at least exceed the restroom in a public A320/737 based airline super cramped one? Not that I anticipate buying any jet, but I think that would be the threshold to be worth it to me if I ever was able to.

jdboydon Speeding Slows You Down (By a Lot)

I found this very entertaining. However he also forgot to include anticipated delays from speeding tickets. I'm sure there are other things that should have been factored in as well, such as sometimes increased waits at lights because you arrived earlier at it, so 25 or 65 would make no difference in how long it takes to get to the ither side of the light.

jdboydon Framework: We don't want to have to make a printer, but wow

I don't know if this is part of some enshittifying or not, but at first my Brother MFC inkjet (purchased 2021) just worked. But then sometime last year I stopped being able to print from iOS or Android mobile devices and also started having to remove the drivers and reinstall them over and over on both Linux and Windows (and even sometimes macOS). My printer has has a fixed IP from the beginning, and I don't know what is changing, but it is really peaving me. I also was never able to get it scan to a SMB server either. At this point I starting to think of going with an Epson ecotank inkjet as my understanding is those don't enforce getting Epson ink. In the old days a printer might have a part break or wear out, but I never used to run into weird seemingly software problems after the first 2 years of use like I did with this and the Samsung before it.

jdboydon [dead]

This news feels 3 months late. At this point I'm strongly looking forward to 24.04 since I've grown boring and like to stick to LTS releases instead of updating every 6 months, but I still want those updates.

jdboydon System76's Cosmic Desktop Working Toward Its Alpha Release

I suspect this is a better URL: https://blog.system76.com/post/cosmic-the-road-to-alpha

jdboydon Best Buy is removing all physical media from their stores as of today

I haven't bought many CDs there, but I had been continuing to get blurays there. I guess I should check in at my local store and see if there are any clearance sales on them.

jdboydon Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (January 2024)

SEEKING WORK | USA | REMOTE I am a 20+ year experienced developer.

Most of my work has involved embedded development (Linux, RTOS, baremetal, C/C++/uPython), including hardware prototyping, networking, distributed systems, audio/video, as well as backend services (usually using Python, Django, and Go), deployments (AWS, DO, Ansible, Docker, etc). I also do iOS and Android development. I do some frontend work, but that isn't my specialty.

I love helping people develop new products to meet their goals and needs, especially with a focus for getting it in use and making money as soon as possible to demonstrate utility and market fit. I also have extensive experience taking over existing legacy code bases.

I am available for part-time or full-time contract work, long-term or short-term. I would love for every project to turn into a lasting business relationship.

Github: https://github.com/jd-boyd website: https://boydtechnicalsolutions.com/ https://blog.jdboyd.net/ Email: jdboyd@boydtechnicalsolutions.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jdboyd/

jdboydon 12VO power standard appears to be gaining steam, will reduce PC cabling, costs

A 12VO PSU can still choose to provide SATA power ports, and I imagine that at some point there will be PCI-E to SATA power adapters for PSUs that support 2x GPUS and users who want 1x GPU and a lot of SATA.