lookingfj

11 karma · joined February 21, 2017

lookingfj··on Cloudflare Pages: the best way to build JAMstack websites

Cloudflare has been a lot more than a CDN for a long time.

lookingfj··on We didn't encrypt your password, we hashed it

If you are doing this isn't it pretty much the same as encrypting it with a key?

lookingfj··on Istio – An open platform to connect, manage, and secure microservices

Does anyone else get intermittent 503 "upstream error or disconnect" when running istio? We get this fairly regularly and have to patch services to get it to run again. Would love to share ideas if anyone faces similar issues.

lookingfj··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2019)

I was really interested in this until I saw the salary. Is this for a jr role? Its very low.

lookingfj··on Ask HN: How do you check a url is valid?

That the url is valid

lookingfj··on Ask HN: How do you check a url is valid?

And this is exactly the problem I want to solve and the key challenge

lookingfj··on Ask HN: How do you check a url is valid?

So I think in this instance I would deem valid to be: 1) the url is the correct format 2) the url resolves to an ip address 3) the url is registered and is in use. By this I mean it's not one of the "this domain name is for sale" pages.

Number 3 is the novel and challenging piece of this.

lookingfj··on Ask HN: Sell my startup for $14M because I can't raise $2M?

You thought of crowdfunding? These guys just had an American company on www.crowdcube.com

lookingfj··on Teller – API for your bank account

How does it work if not by screen scraping?

lookingfj··on Ask HN: How do you approach learning a new topic?

Specific to development- I am a big fan of pluralsight. I have done hours and hours in courses on various topics and I think it's the best way to get going on something new for me.

lookingfj··on Problems with Android Studio

someone just starting out...what tools can I use to make the dev experience better than just using android studio? Typically I make a small UI change and rerun it to my device....rinse and repeat. Is there better ways?