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ki_··on Ask HN: Feeling burned out at an early stage in my career
i was kinda in the same position. 2-3 years in. i couldnt concentrate one bit, i showed up to work every day and did almost nothing. It's kinda a long time ago and i dont really remember how that episode ended. I think i slowly got back into it.

But even now, 6 years later. I still have days/weeks where im not motivated at all. And i have had periods where i worked 18 hours a day with full joy. I cant really put my finger on it. I dont know what causes this. I havent really looked into it tbh. Even though i should, because when im lazy, i feel really bad about it.

I recently had this problem again, im looking into it now. Im experimenting with quitting caffeine. quitting endless internet content. Maybe exercise. I dont think its food related. Anyway, it's to soon for me to tell, i wish i had tried to fix this earlier, so i could give u an answer.

Thank you for making this post, curious what others will say.

ki_··on Show HN: Can you lose at Wordle if you tried?
fun game, i tried, i got to the last row, but there was only 1 word left, so i lost. My strategy was to use words that use many of the same letters. e.g. "rotor". I might be able to beat it, but, at row 4, finding words is really really difficult.
ki_··on We Got Covid Shots in One Year. Why Did a Malaria Vaccine Take 35?
Personally, and please dont bombard me with hate, i dont believe we have covid vaccines. The shots we received dont really seem to do anything against covid. It's not rare to see certain media figures brag about their shots and then a few weeks later hear reports that they have covid... that being said, because i dont know who received which brand, i cant really say that none of them work.. they have their differences and 1 might have positive effects against covid. Anyway. I'd say we are still a few years away from having a covid "vaccine".
ki_··on Keep the web free, say no to Web3 (2021)
you can perfectly make websites that dont have ads, or use websites that dont have ads... and what data you share with a web server is still up to you.

not only that, you can also host websites for free, using your home computer as a server.

The current web is good. If you dont want to pay with your data, dont use their websites.

ki_··on Ask HN: What are modern architecture patterns for desktop applications?
i dont see why u need separation of backend/frontend... anyhow. i guesse u can make a frontend executable. On boot it checks if the backend is running or not. if not. run it. Then establish a form of communication. usually sockets. if communication is needed 1 direction, just keep a read() open on the backend, if communication is needed 2 directions, u will have to keep a read() open on both ends.

But again, separating front & backend for a desktop application, is kinda weird.

ki_··on Tell HN: Reddit does not allow comments post via old.reddit.com
Reddit, glad im not using it anymore. The new design is such a pain in the ass.
ki_··on Introduction to Compilers and Language Design (2021)
when clicking the link, first though was "introduction to web-design" ^_^ looks interesting though. Thanks.
ki_··on What does code readability mean? (2018)
what makes code totally unreadable for me, is when people think adding more smaller classes and more smaller functions is actually simplifying the code. NO! NO! NO! You are splitting up the code and spreading it around so i cant see the whole picture and make it very difficult for me to track which function calls what function. After 20 goto definitions... i mean. common. abstracting your code is making it more complex. or. maybe im just working with terrible developers that dont know how to abstract in a simple way. Anyway, i dont like it. Procedural programming is best in my opinion. And if you are going to abstract, dont use too many layers. e.g. A calls B calls C and D, and D calls also C and C sometimes calls E and E calls B. etc... TOTAL NIGHTMARE.
ki_··on Why I left Google: work-life balance
Good. I think working for big corporations is death for talented people. Unless you have some boss that lets you work out your own vision without having to deal with other people or company procedures. But that's unlikely.
ki_··on Show HN: thin.dev, back end for making realtime, typesafe React Apps
Seems great for simple applications. But i will always prefer choosing every tool myself. I want to be able to choose which DB i use, which backend language, which frontend framework. I dont like locking myself in. Nice website though :)
ki_··on The absurd complexity of server-side rendering
foreach($seo_urls as $path){ $hash = sha256($path); exec('wget http://mywebsite.com/$path -o $project_root/seo/pages/$hash'); }

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if($agent_type == 'search_engine_bot'){ $path = $request->path; if(in_array($path, $seo_urls)){ $hash = sha256($path); echo file_get_contents($project_root/seo/pages/$hash); exit; } }

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Would this work?

Edit: well i guess not.. because wget cant render javascript.. so.. maybe with a headless browser?

ki_··on Zas Editor
"Zas Editor has search and navigation features VSCode does not have"

Im sure vscode has more options than Zas. Personally i need: move last open tab to left, vi-mode and sequence keybindings with context. Other than that i need my settings/extensions to be synced across devices. Does Zas have these?

I'd check it myself, but it's mac only and im on Linux. There is no info if this will change or not. FAQ should give more info.

Other than that, i dont like editors that are language specific. I dont want to use a different editor for each language. It says it supports go & rust. But what if you are making a http server that serves some basic HTML files? It would be kinda annoying if it didnt support html/css/js indenting or syntax errors.

I would agree that vscode is kinda slow. Although it's fast enough for me. It seems faster than a couple of years ago. Still, i dont like my apps being written in electron. It's a waste of memory, CPU and electricity. So that's a win for Zas if they dont use electron.. What are they using? Would be nice to know.

I like the bussiness model. But it just cannot compete with vscode. I think could have. And it would have been the smart choice.

ki_··on Twitter is using its embedded JavaScript to hide tweets that have been deleted
hmm. Personally i think when u delete a tweet, you should not be able to embed it. If you changed your mind about a tweet, you should be able to decouple it from your account. If people want to refer to tweets, how about a screenshot? It's safer, faster and cant 404 when twitter is down.

And i think the whole "they edited my page" statement is ridiculous. You EMBED a part of twitter into your page. You know it can change. If you embed a youtube video, and the owner deletes it, it wont play anymore. obviously.

ki_··on Netflix Should Sell Ads
back to torrents? i mean.. that's what people are going to do. The only thing you have to do to defeat torrenting, is offer a better service. It's not rocket science. Putting ads in your streaming service is like the opposite of that.
ki_··on Generics can make your Go code slower
Generics are a generic solution, but they are absolutely necessary in my opinion.
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