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Sites is so good that it’s changed my workflow - I start in Opus 5.5, have it write a plan to Google Docs in markdown, then have Codex pick up the plan, shave it down, and build the prototype. A little annoying to switch tools, annoying enough to only do this on desktop, but the output is fantastic.

Hey folks, I just wanted to drop a quick note here that there’s a way to stop billing in an emergency that’s officially documented on the Google Cloud documentation site: https://docs.cloud.google.com/billing/docs/how-to/disable-bi... . You can see the big red warning that this could destroy resources that you can’t get back even if you reconnect a billing account, but this is a way to stop things before they get out of control. This billing account disconnect goes all the way to implement a full on “emergency hand brake” that “unplugs the thing from the wall” (or whatever analogy you prefer) without you having to affirmatively do it yourself.

https://docs.cloud.google.com/billing/docs/how-to/modify-pro... and https://docs.cloud.google.com/billing/docs/how-to/budgets-pr... are other documented alternatives to receive billing alerts without the billing account disconnect.

The billing account disconnect obviously shouldn’t be used for any production apps or workloads you’re using to serve your own customers or users, since it could interrupt them without warning, but it’s a great option for internal workloads or test apps or proof of concept explorations.

Hope this helps!

Ah I think I see based on the other comment but just to confirm - you want to use Vertex provided Gemini API endpoints without having to create a Google Cloud project. Is that correct? (I’m just trying to get as precise about the problem statement and what success looks like - that helps me figure out a path to the best solution.)

Appreciate the feedback!

Totally fair. Yes, Google AI Studio [ https://aistudio.google.com ] lets you do this but Google Cloud doesn't at this time. That's super duper irritating, I know.

Thanks Chris!

"The Google Cloud Dashboard is a mess, and they haven't fixed it in years." Tell me what you want, and I'll do my best to make it happen.

In the interim, I would also suggest checking out Cloud Hub - https://console.cloud.google.com/cloud-hub/ - this is us really rethinking the level of abstraction to be higher than the base infrastructure. You can read more about the philosophy and approach here: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/application-developme...

Good error messages have a template: a UUID, a description, and a suggested solution. This gives folks enough to try to solve it themselves and also enough to Google / grep with.

I'm in USA and not censored for me, although I'm logged in and have view sensitive content turned on

The greatest HN comment is obviously cperciva's: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35079

There is a famous story that the engineers wanted to way back when and Eric Schmidt managed to get them to stop by saying "Oracle is auditable" and all the engineers were like "ugh, government regulations" and that was that

The "non-N95 masks don't protect yourself" was what we thought in March; it's no longer what we think after the Starbucks contact tracing and other studies.

Regular masks absolutely provide substantial - admittedly, not perfect, but substantial - personal protection.

I would love to read a long story on Dave Cutler. I've heard the name but don't know the first thing about him.

Techmeme runs on IBM Cloud.

The map is right here; you can scroll over and see the locations. https://www.ibm.com/cloud/data-centers/

https://cloud.ibm.com/catalog/services/api-connect seems to do a lot of this for free. Probably could also use the community version of Mulesoft: https://developer.mulesoft.com/mulesoft-products-and-licensi...

You really need an /s on this one

I'm new to IBM (last four months), but it's clear that everyone knows not to mess with what makes Red Hat special.

dcurtis and I did the California Zephyr back in 2008 (or 2009) and the dining car was interesting as a fairly representative example of the Amtrak experience. You could tell there was still some magic there, but the china was replaced with flimsy plastic, the food was of poorer quality than what you'd get on a United international flight in Economy class, and - yes - you did have to sit next to people you didn't know.

But you could easily imagine it as a rollicking good time, not unlike a cruise ship: fine tableware and china, well appointed interior, with cocktails and wine, next to other fascinating characters. The observation car is OK and all, but it's not the same.

Millenials don't like it because the experience isn't authentic enough.

Is this different from how Netlify does it?

I have a lot of internet points on this website, so you should trust me when I say that this is the best company I have ever worked for and you should join.

I’m actually working on a post literally talking about this - shoot me an email with anything you’d like me to address: sachin@launchdarkly DOT com

I'm not sure how you could improve on blogrolls here, but I'm curious to see what you try.

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Hacker Daily appears to have gone weekly, but that's another good roundup source: https://hackerdaily.simplecast.fm/ ; https://hackerdaily.co/

The really in depth stuff tends to be blogged about - SO should really have a team of sockpuppet writers who pose questions and then also post summary answers with links back to the blog posts.

2a) They could find ways to charge people with pre-existing conditions more, as well.

We tried reaching out to them based on the blog post you reference, but got no response. :/

Yeah, we're super excited about the forks ourselves! I'm personally using both N1 and Nylas Mail for all my work email (and paying the $12 a month subscription out of pocket) but I hope to move to one of the forks soon.

You're very kind - and sunrising is a brilliant term.

Ben's got this exactly right.

N1 1.5.0 was the last version that supported Exchange, and that was via the Nylas APIs. We never did ship Exchange support on Nylas Mail 2.0.x, but there's no reason someone can't add it now that we've dumped all the code.