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thomasfromcdnjs

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Co-Founder of jsonresume.org Co-Founder of cdnjs.com

thomasalwyndavis at gmail dot com @ajaxdavis on x

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thomasfromcdnjs··on Why is Prettier rock solid?
This + Copilot.

I code in an entirely different way now, I would of thought it impossible to change my ways (about 20 years of coding)

thomasfromcdnjs··on Code Chores: The boring part of maintaining
I built the blog of one of the open source projects I run in Jeykll over 10 years ago.

Last week the builds stopped running because dependencies in the ruby/jekyll package manager changed.

It's been a pain in the ass to fix (and i haven't even finished yet), probably going to have to use my Saturday to finish it.

thomasfromcdnjs··on No CMS? Writing Our Blog in React (2023)
A project I've been slowly working on over the years is JSON Blog -> https://github.com/jsonblog/jsonblog-cli

The idea being you can have a file called blog.json, and your entire site structure can be generated from it. (in whatever fashion you want aka templates)

You can store the content of the blog posts in the blog.json or they blog posts can reference something at a quasi permanent place e.g. ipfs

thomasfromcdnjs··on Origami Simulator
Well I just developed a love for origami...
thomasfromcdnjs··on Show HN: TLD Squatting
I've always found the salaries of ICANN workers a bit exorbitant; because why do they actually own the intellectual property[0] and what do they actually do.

https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/fy20-annual-repo...

Around ~1mill to the CEO in 2020

[0] - I say IP because I don't know the history or the network effects of how it all ends up under their control at the end of the day.

thomasfromcdnjs··on The juror who found herself guilty
> But as soon as she walked into the jury room, she realized she was in the minority. It was easy for her to write “not guilty” on a piece of paper but much harder to discuss the case confidently as the two white men aggressively advocated for guilt.

Each to their own, but she was under no obligation to vote guilty. I'm not sure why the article purports that "two white men" (I'm not white) were the "problem" here, and not that the problem was her inability to stand by her convictions.

I often disagree with what I consider dramatised recounts of history, as if it's always some good vs bad, David vs Goliath tale.

This was the 1970's in America, if she knew something that others didn't she should have had held her ground. As most people would have given that you are holding someones life in your hands. You can blame external factors all you want, but it is your still your reckoning.

And great, that this person eventually helped them rectify this injustice.

But what a silly way to tell the story.

thomasfromcdnjs··on JSON Resume
it's not, some of the repos were
thomasfromcdnjs··on JSON Resume
will check it out later!

p.s. love your home page, gonna steal ideas

thomasfromcdnjs··on JSON Resume
Creator here, teah it get's submitted almost yearly when people are on the job hunt.

I will have some new project news in a few months, better to wait for a resubmission then.

thomasfromcdnjs··on Cloudflare employee posts layoff call with HR and goes viral [video]
From reading other comments here, my opinion might be unpopular.

But I think she was extremely rude to those two people who were not required to be as empathetic as they were.

(I also don't like people who get angry at waiters for faults of the restaurant)

thomasfromcdnjs··on Ask HN: How can I make local dev with containers hurt less?
I think you should update your question with what are the specs of your computer setup, how fast your internet is and how much bandwidth you get etc
thomasfromcdnjs··on Drawing.garden
const pTags = document.querySelectorAll('p'); pTags.forEach((p) => { while (!p.textContent.includes('EMOJI')) { p.dispatchEvent(new MouseEvent('mouseover')); } });

Need to replace EMOJI with what you want

Can't be bothered writing code that could add a delay so it would look like a pokie machine.

thomasfromcdnjs··on The biggest losers: Metabolic damage or constrained energy?
I agree 100%. (though I don't think there are any particular "powers" at play)

The sentiment still stands though, all the cogs in play seem to spin to make real food inaccessible and expensive.

(by real I mean animal products and good produce) (raw milk is straight up illegal in Australia, most of the world would laugh at that)

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Side note: Judging health questions off a game show is ridiculous

thomasfromcdnjs··on Where Have All the Websites Gone?
meh++
thomasfromcdnjs··on Show HN: Rem: Remember Everything (open source)
I wanted to build a similar tool that just relied on browser history. But I couldn't figure out anyway to do it (especially not through browser extensions)

If anyone has any suggestions, I'd be more than grateful.

thomasfromcdnjs··on Ask HN: What is your most wanted HN feature?
notifications of replies would be nice. i've acidentally left so many people hanging over the years.
thomasfromcdnjs··on How to learn chess as an adult (2021)
I love playing Scrabble (with people I know), still competitive, but try to play words you know and share the meanings after the game so it's fun and you learn.

(Scrabble champions just memorize the spelling not the meaning) (They probably also know a lot of the meanings but my point still stands)

thomasfromcdnjs··on Show HN: Hacker News Git Blame
bleh i kind of need to build this now
thomasfromcdnjs··on Building Node.js applications without dependencies
Neither.

I've also used pretty much every package manager out there, and this may hurt some, but I've always loved the npm ecosystem the most.

thomasfromcdnjs··on Show HN: I scraped 25M Shopify products to build a search engine
ooo that is a hot tip!
thomasfromcdnjs··on 'Like we were lesser humans': Gaza boys, men recall Israeli arrest, torture
I've understood that this topic hasn't been allowed to be discussed here, and I think I've preferred that.

But this is the first time I've seen a thread allowed, and a bit personally perplexed to see that it's an Al-Jazeera post.

Zero trust. Australian.

thomasfromcdnjs··on Show HN: My related-posts finder script (with LLM and GPT4 enhancement)
Piggy backing this comment to simply also express how cool of an idea it is.
thomasfromcdnjs··on Reasonable expectation of effectiveness for large dog lifespan extension
I grew up in rural Australia, an unpopular opinion of mine, is that large dogs should never live in apartments, I think it is cruel. (whether they are "couch" potatoes or not)
thomasfromcdnjs··on Ask HN: How do you keep going without burning out?
I was gonna reply with red wine, better to just hop in on this thread.
thomasfromcdnjs··on Show HN: Interactive AI Resume/LinkedIn for better networking/job hunting
I think it's a fun idea worth exploring.

I've built a basic POC for JSON Resume. You can interview or be interviewed by anyone who uses the registry by appending "/interview" to the url

https://registry.jsonresume.org/thomasdavis/interview (it pre-prompts using the data from your resume json)

I've also played with having microphone access, it feels extra natural when you can just talk to "someone".

For extra value, I think you to upload a job description for added context.

thomasfromcdnjs··on X is reportedly selling inactive usernames for $50k
Not sure why you are getting downvoted.

As a centrist Australia, it was clearly leftist.

I much prefer it now, I can actually see post from both sides.

thomasfromcdnjs··on Biohacking Lite (2020)
Yeah, I just recommend it for people with health issues, and when your healthy again find your own natural diet.

I also pretty much eat mediterranean too, makes me feel the best and has to be one of the most delicious diets.

thomasfromcdnjs··on Biohacking Lite (2020)
Everyone should just try carnivore, it is legit.
thomasfromcdnjs··on Use YouTube to improve your English pronunciation
This is beautiful.

Beyond pronunciation, I want to know how to use words in a sentence.

(I play a lot of Scrabble and constantly looking up words I don't know to try incorporate them in my daily speech, this will help a lot)

thomasfromcdnjs··on Show HN: how I built the largest open database of Australian law
Incredible effort.

These types of projects have the potential to influence a nation.

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