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philjackson··on Web based Windows XP desktop recreation, built with React
I miss Winamp so much.
philjackson··on Archive of tech interview questions of Google, Amazon, FB, Samsung and et al.
https://github.com/twowaits/SDE-Interview-Questions/pull/152...
philjackson··on What you could steal from the Kakoune code editor, and get away with
> Also it’s not written as good as it could be

:)

philjackson··on Missing Covid-19 test data was caused by the ill-thought-out use of Excel
Everyone's saying not checking for errors was the terrible thing, but I think having Excel as a middle-man in such a sensitive system was the first issue.

It's such a British government thing to do too (I worked for Syntegra when I got out of uni).

philjackson··on The Rise and Fall of Pret a Manger
That free coffee thing. I used to go to a Pret frequently with one of my female colleagues who happened to be very traditionally attractive. She got a free coffee from male staff every single time.
philjackson··on Mutt email client 25 years old
Are you being sarcastic? Very hard probably.
philjackson··on Tell HN: 6.3% of HN top submissions in plain HTTP, more than half upgradable
Ah, no, you're right. Cloudfront is required.
philjackson··on Tell HN: 6.3% of HN top submissions in plain HTTP, more than half upgradable
In many places (github pages, s3, firebase hosting etc.) HTTPS is as simple as checking a box. It didn't used to be that way, it used to me an enormous and expensive hassle. I wonder how many people just don't realise how things have changed.
philjackson··on Finally, I Closed My LinkedIn
I just ran thorough the process of looking at jobs as a potential candidate. What a breath of fresh air compared to the obscured roles that recruiters post.

Great job.

philjackson··on Show HN: A CV builder with real-time preview
Whilst I've had some spare time apart from contract hunting and home-schooling my son, I knocked this up.

I have different CVs and was finding them hard to manage individually. Having them in once place is helpful.

It's pure client-side for now. Perhaps server-side saving and presenting will come in the future if there's interest.

philjackson··on Ask HN: What's your quarantine side project?
https://nextcv.net - hopefully you don't need to use it at the moment.
philjackson··on Redis 6.0 GA
Redis is a workhorse.
philjackson··on Koenigsegg’s 2.0-liter no-camshaft engine makes 600 horsepower
I used to have the v8 C63 - a great car which sounded lovely, but I have to admit, on the rare occasion I started it in the morning I used to do so through gritted teeth.
philjackson··on Rome: An experimental JavaScript toolchain
I was thinking about this in the context of Tesla and their competitors the other day. Tesla have some little hints of good humour throughout their cars/marketing which I endear them to me. Everything is way too serious these days and injecting a little fun - with the disclaimer it doesn't get in the way - is a great thing.

Keep the emojis and witty copy coming, I say.

philjackson··on WordPad Is Gettings Ads in Windows 10
Wordpad's that tool you use very occasionally to look at files that have unix line endings.
philjackson··on The Bastard Operator From Hell (1999)
People enjoy watching a fictitious, narcissistic psychopath from afar. I think you're reading too much into it.

It reminds me of Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

philjackson··on Killersheep – Silly game to show off the new features of Vim 8.2
What's the deal with Neovim these days? Are people migrating or is Vim still the go to... Vim?
philjackson··on uBlock Origin: Address first-party tracker blocking
Chrome isn't open source, so not much chance of that happening.
philjackson··on I got fired from Facebook (for having a YouTube channel)
He has an amazing sense of humour, considering.
philjackson··on Developers don't understand CORS
You're correct, the browser is the safety net when it comes to CORS.
philjackson··on If I ingest a grain of sand size piece of the Chernobyl Reactor No.4 core
I think I heard 20,000 years before it's safe.
philjackson··on Pi-hole: A black hole for Internet advertisements
I've just tried it via the install script they provide and it was amazing. Took me through a simple checklist of stuff automating everything it could and giving me nice Curses interfaces for stuff where it needed me. Up and running within 5 mins!
philjackson··on Pi-hole: A black hole for Internet advertisements
Love the name and the product looks amazing.
philjackson··on To ORM or Not to ORM
My preference has been this sort of tool: https://github.com/krisajenkins/yesql
philjackson··on New version of Stripe Checkout
Does it support tiers?
philjackson··on Otonomo, with nearly $55M in funding, is cloning our product
You can't copyright an API, right? What are you asking them to stop doing in the c&d? Copying the website and documentation?
philjackson··on Show HN: Mockit – Open-source app to create and configure HTTP mocked endpoints
Perhaps a set of sliders for each type of issue which define how often they might appear. E.G I don't care about 500s right now but would like 50% of the requests to be slow.
philjackson··on Show HN: Mockit – Open-source app to create and configure HTTP mocked endpoints
This is great - thanks for building it.
philjackson··on Show HN: Mockit – Open-source app to create and configure HTTP mocked endpoints
I've met these products mostly in the context of front-end engineers needing endpoints that don't exist yet.

Useful for QA testers too.

philjackson··on Show HN: Yipgo – stripped down workflow manager
I expect the most basic package - 10 users in an organisation, as many teams as you like will be $10 a month. That tier won't be a money maker but a good way for small companies to get on without breaking the bank.
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