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rsmets··on Ask HN: Modern Node.js Request Fault Tolerance Library?
Oops, forgot to include the Hystrix link, https://github.com/Netflix/Hystrix
rsmets··on IPv6-only subnets and EC2 instances
Does GPC support ipv6 only subnets? Some cursory pokes around I can not tell. (I really only work with AWS). Azure? Any other notable services providers have done this yet? I can not tell if this is long overdue or actually something to take note of.
rsmets··on AWS is playing chess, Cloudflare is playing Go
I consider Clouflare to be the least reliable cloud service provider out there. So many CDN and DNS related outages thanks to poor engineering release practices. Considering those are their bread and butter services I wouldn't ever rely on any of their other services.
rsmets··on Ask HN: Kubernetes Firewall?
@sungrokshim, thanks for the input. Wallaram is on my radar. Glad to hear it recommended though.

With your setup (cert-manager + ALB + nginx-ingress) I suppose you are using the private ACM certs? Or does having nginx-ingress in the mix allow you to use certs from other CAs, i.e. letsencrypt?

rsmets··on Localize your cat at home with BLE beacon, ESP32s, and Machine Learning
With a few other other elements (i.e. weather) added to learning model I bet this would be super accurate! Pretty neat. I love finding use at home DIY use cases with commodity hardware, ESP32s ftw.
rsmets··on AWS CloudShell
Hmm, I suppose this is useful for super large orgs? I feel managing the IAM policies around this is pretty much the same level of complexity as managing access to a bastion host to open a ssh tunnel through.
rsmets··on Retool Raises $50M from Sequoia
I tried this product thinking it would be super useful... not the case. Ended up spending a few days total rolling our own internal tools and way happier we did. I love leveraging saas products but this one just fell flat for me. It felt too constraining.

Curious to hear from a real customer of theirs how they are using this service?

rsmets··on Vapor – Decentralized Web over Bitcoinized HTTP
Encapsulating HTTP request in Bitcoin transactions? Sounds like the throughput limitations of Bitcoin would make this a super slow decentralized web protocol?
rsmets··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2020)
Nexkey | Full Time | Lead Backend Engineer, Lead Deepstack Engineer | San Mateo, CA & Remote

Nexkey is smarter access for every workspace.

Founded in 2013, Nexkey is a startup based in San Mateo, and is well-funded by Upfront Ventures and K9 Ventures. Nexkey is the combination of hard- and software solutions to simplify access and key management.

Our unique hardware can make any door smart - main doors, meeting rooms, garages, and even file cabinets all connect to the Nexkey platform. Our easy-to-use app and cloud services let office managers control smart keys and unlock doors instantly with their phone. Nexkey improves workplace security while reducing office management costs and forever eliminates the need for physical keys.

This position has a ton of ownership. You own our backend.

AWS Service Oriented Architecture NodeJS + Express + ParseServer MongoDB Nginx Java

https://www.nexkey.com/open-positions?bzid=e869aedcb86a or email ray.smets <at> nexkey.com

rsmets··on Falcon is a free, open-source SQL editor with inline data visualization
Curious where you would consider chart.io to fall in this ecosystem?

I have been using it for its seamless AWS Athena integration to get a handle on load balancer logs when needed. However it is pretty pricey. Would love to move to an open source solution. However my use case feels a little different than what was mentioned above?

rsmets··on Launch HN: Fly.io (YC W20) – Deploy app servers close to your users
Neat idea and the ease of use is certainly attractive! I have a question though...

Couldn't one simply use a traditional CDN where ever their customers are which would then allow the inbound network requests to jump on private interface routing to where ever the app truly lives quicker - essentially making for a more responsive "business logic" app feel? If all infrastructure was on the same cloud provider, say AWS.

I understand this approach is less dynamic in nature but would have been a solution for the Ars Technica problem presented I feel. If not, what am I missing? Thanks!

rsmets··on How Spotify ran a large Google Dataflow job for Wrapped 2019
I thought this was such a marvel! However, my excitement level was tapered when I realized the playlist Best of the Decade was not created by only my music listening habits.

Seems as though users were pinned to some general playlist that had characteristics similar to listening habits? Still hats off from an engineering perspective. I as well wish there was more technical detail provided.

The year recap playlists though are fun personal snapshot of time.

rsmets··on Ask HN: What were your most impactful podcast episodes from 2019?
All of SED... learn so much every time I click play. https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/
rsmets··on Reinventing the Network Stack for Compute-Intensive Applications
Napatech also has some state of the art programable NIC product offerings as well.

https://www.napatech.com/products/napatech-smartnics/

I know a number of cloud providers are customers of theirs. Nice to see practical use cases for FPGAs.

rsmets··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2019)
Nexkey | San Mateo, CA | ONSITE | Full-time

Seeking (2): (1) Web Developer & (1) Backend Developer

Nexkey - we are building the worlds best smart access control system with numerous awards from CES to ISC West with our small and agile team. We collaborate closely while also entrusting each member with plenty of space to work. We love exploring new tools and technologies. We believe in making data driven decisions and we take a customer-first approach when designing new features. As a member of the Nexkey software team, you'll be given ownership of a large project with ample freedom to explore areas that are both interesting to you and in the best interests of the product. Some key areas include Scalability, Security, and Reliability. Also by getting in at this early stage, you'll have the opportunity to help shape the product, define the software stack, and influence the culture of the company.

Tech Stack: React, Redux, Node, Java, AWS

Contact: ray dot smets at nexkey dot com if interested

rsmets··on Ask HN: What books changed the way you think about almost everything?
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test - Tom Wolfe Food of the Gods - Terence McKenna
rsmets··on Oracle Data Marketplace
Not new at all. Not sure why this was posted today though. Here is a similar marketplace / solution from one of their biggest competitors, Neustar https://www.marketing.neustar/identity-data-management-platf...

Adobe is also very much in this space.

rsmets··on YouTube Face is clickbait, attaining human form
I've always that human form clickbait could really only be attributed to walking through Amsterdam's red light district but this guy has a point! Interesting read.

Side note is he coining the term "YouTube Face"? I've never heard that before...

rsmets··on Emoji.length == 2
(U+200B), zero width space, should be outlawed... got me good a couple years ago! Had todo a hexdump to see what was going on.
rsmets··on The Other Half
Interesting story. Having a skilled doctor is essential to making it out of those situations unscathed. I was lucky enough to have one of those too.

I had an ischemic stroke at the age of 21 while studying abroad in Prague. Rushed to ER and emergency cutting edge surgery, intra-arterial thrombolysis, ensued. This is a 'test' procedure in many parts of the western world. They went through my groin to get to the blot clot in my brain. Woke up that evening in the ER with pretty much no clue what had happened.

While the quality of the care was pretty good, with the surgeon being spectacular, the language barrier made things a bit difficult for my two weeks stay there after! Not to mention I was hands down to everyone's junior in that section of the hospital I was moved to after the ER ha.

Anyway that's the short version of a story I should probably write down somewhere similar to yours. I'm 24 now and completely healthy =). For all the 'making the world a better place (at a macro level)' that us devs are doing it is a nice reminder that making the world a better place on an individual level is probably still the most impact any of us can have. I don't even know what my doctor's name was! But thank you to all you MDs.

rsmets··on Introducing Netflix Stethoscope
There was a startup that addressed this issue of personal devices potentially leaking personal or business sensitive information. The idea was the device is protected all the time, not just while on the office network.

They were Mojave Networks but looks like their website is no more. Acquired by Sophos... I guess their called Cloud Web Gateway now. See links.

https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mojave-networks https://www.sophos.com/en-us/press-office/press-releases/201... https://www.sophos.com/en-us/products/cloud-web-gateway.aspx

rsmets··on Air pollution may lead to dementia in older women
Is the sky blue?
rsmets··on Grafana 4.0 with alerting is released
I've had alerting via grafana built and deployed for the last 16 months. Not sure what took so long... but cool to see it native now. Keep up the good work.