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nablaoneon We hid backdoors in binaries – Opus 4.6 found 49% of them

My heat pump needs a security audit. It's still offline. Wonder if there any ready to use solution?

nablaoneon Programming languages used for music

Claude code is good at coding and music theory. IMHO, there is not need for a dedicated language.

BTW. I've played with LLM in sound design tasks recently. Vibe coded MCP server for Waldorf Blofeld gave me good results. Sorry, no demo.

nablaoneon Zellij: A terminal workspace with batteries included

Reminds me Borland IDE.

nablaoneon Pragmatic Versioning – An Alternative to Semver

We use YEAR.SPRINT.PATCH scheme, for example 23.10.1. But this is an internal SaaS version.

nablaoneon The Lack of Compensation in Open Source Software Is Unsustainable

Because open source projects are not products per se. If you use mostly a proprietary software, open source project can be perceived as "poor quality product".

nablaoneon Sheldon Brown's Bicycle Technical Info

https://www.sheldonbrown.com/colorcode.html

That's great idea.

nablaoneon Vanilla OS 2.0 Orchid base is changing from Ubuntu to Debian

"ease customizability" means no sane defaults. It means more work after the installation.

nablaoneon Google employees criticize CEO for “dumpster fire” response to ChatGPT

Do they have a chat?

nablaoneon Why I’m making my family German (2017)

What is your country? I'm Pole.

nablaoneon Pushup: a new compiler for making web apps in Go

Looks like other SSRs. FEDs will thank you.

In real word HTML template are 90% DIVs, 10% generated content.

nablaoneon Scala isn't fun anymore

Keep on posting. Me waiting for season 2.

nablaoneon Ask HN: Do you use foreign keys in relational databases?

If you have any business app (OLTP) using FK is no brainer. I know devs whom fights for 99% code coverage and do not use any constraints in the database. Fixing bug in the code is easy. Fixing data inconsistency is not.

nablaoneon Robertson vs. Torx screw drives (2021)

TORX are available in Poland. Every casto-like store have them in stock. Mostly decking and framing screws.

I've never seen Robertson screw in a Polish store.

nablaoneon Why I Prefer Makefiles over Package.json Scripts

Thanks!

nablaoneon Visible Lisp Computer: embedded real-time display of Lisp workspace using uLisp

It reminds me running the code in video address space on Atari.

nablaoneon From macOS to FreeBSD

I'm using on personal computer since '96. Professionally since 2000. I had a "Windows only break" for few months.

nablaoneon Is Google Search Deteriorating? Measuring Google's Search Quality in 2022

Youtube gives me a better search results. Esp. for non-IT related searches.

nablaoneon Launch HN: BlackOakTV (YC S21) – Netflix for black people

"And black creators often did not get the same chance at success that their mainstream counterparts did, leading to some black creators filing lawsuits against YouTube. Despite YouTube's good intentions, systemic biases in how non-black users treated black creators, as well as the economic realities of Black people only representing 10% of the U.S. audience, have led to YouTube never doing quite enough to address this."

Could you tell more about it? Not American here.

nablaoneon Ask HN: What diagrams do you use in software development?

* Simplyfied subset of UML (sequence, state ...) - on whiteboard (pre covid), now google docs. These diagrams do not last long. We're using them for discussion and some documentation. * ERD using our tool (we eat our own dog food). This one is crucial. Code and migration scripts are generated from it.

nablaoneon Apple launches new Racial Equity and Justice Initiative projects

Thanks.

"No. Self-identification is the preferred method of identifying the race and ethnic information necessary for the EEO-1 report. Employers are required to offer employees the opportunity to use self-identification to complete the EEO-1 report. If an employee declines to self-identify, employment records or observer observation may be used."

This will illegal in Europe.

nablaoneon Apple launches new Racial Equity and Justice Initiative projects

Second question is: Do HR departments record employee race?

nablaoneon We Rewrote Everything in $hotlang, and Our Startup Still Failed

and no blockchain

nablaoneon What ORMs Have Taught Me: Just Learn SQL (2014)

You may create view with complex query. Views are ORM friendly to use, and are human friendly to edit.

nablaoneon Apple is threatening to terminate my developer account with no clear reason

Irony. You can publish a book without a publisher right now. But you have to rely on publisher will if you want to publish an app.

nablaoneon ORMs Are Backwards

> But then again: Is it even a good idea to access the same database from two codebases at all?

It's an integration pattern. It works in some contexts.

nablaoneon ORMs Are Backwards

There is other way. ORM nor SQL is a source of truth. Database design (physical diagram) is the source of truth. ORM code and SQL migrations are generated from the design.

Why not replace "vs" with "and"?

nablaoneon SQL: One of the most valuable skills

https://academy.vertabelo.com/

nablaoneon PgModeler – PostgreSQL Database Modeler

If you're looking for db modeling tool try vertabelo.com (work here)

I use psql console for other tasks (db management/data access).