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tummybug

61 karma · joined April 19, 2012

Full stack developer. Open to freelance or remote positions. mail@justinfay.me
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tummybug··on Ask HN: How do you stop forgetting to commit or push?
I have a portforward on my home router and simply ssh in to my always on desktop. This is also useful for not having to keep sensitive documents on a device I may lose while out and about.
tummybug··on Ask HN: General Mood of the Community
This is most evident in any post that mentions cryptocurrency or anything in anyway related.
tummybug··on What the Irish Ate Before Potatoes
I'm Irish, there still exists a lot of pride for potatoes here. I have a small allotment here as part of a communal garden and each spring there is probably more excitement about the potatoes crops than any other. People want to know what types you are planting, how early to put them down, tips for managing damage from a late frost etc. Not to mention it really is a productive crop and really can last all winter when stored correctly and you can be self sufficient for "spuds" from a relatively small sized plot.
tummybug··on ‘Every message was copied to the police’
I find myself asking this question, what causes more net harm, the social impact of people abusing cocaine and associated problems or the damage caused by cocaine being high lucrative while illegal and the war on drugs.
tummybug··on Record €225m fine for WhatsApp Ireland over data protection breaches
This is actually considered best practice now for content for public consumption. If you can lower the average reading age for understanding the content you increase the amount of people that can read it.
tummybug··on The surreal experience of my first developer job
Funny in Ireland I find tech salaries quite generous with 80k+ easily achievable for someone with 5+ years experience and 6 figures being the norm for a senior worth his salt.
tummybug··on EU plans to make Bitcoin transfers more traceable
I would argue its second most popular feature is purchases on dark net markets. This has been a constant theme since bitcoin was first released and I think is always discounted when talking about the currency.
tummybug··on What's Inside the EU Green Pass QR Code?
The complete list of codes can be found in the github repo containing the schema for the qrcode data https://github.com/ehn-dcc-development/ehn-dcc-schema/tree/r...
tummybug··on The Limits to Blockchain Scalability
That is a really hard to achieve definition of useful.
tummybug··on Irish webapp to recreate pub atmosphere at home
Fairly typical old man Dublin accent, I had a good chuckle listening to his stories.
tummybug··on Guide to Python Debugging
Run the application locally in a terminal and just use pdb normally. To do it to an application running in a container is slightly more involved but still possible.
tummybug··on Coinbase will be a remote-first company
Off topic but why would a corporate company use a website for their blog which puts articles behind a paywall? It seems completely at odds with the purpose of a corporate blog.
tummybug··on Ask HN: Best Office Chair?
Probably not the answer you want to hear but the best office chair is no chair. I only have a standing desk at home and my back/legs are so much better after 3 weeks of WFH than they have ever been.
tummybug··on Steps to start homesteading from an experienced grower
I've done this, although in my cold climate it took months to throw out a root. Give it time.
tummybug··on Python at Scale: Strict Modules
I'm not sure about django but flasks Application object has a before_first_request method which takes a function designed to do this type of initialization operations.
tummybug··on A bug I wish I hadn't caught
Genuine question, if usernames are unique what is the problem with using them as the primary key of the table instead of an arbitrary value from a sequence, you also get the bonus of not needing a unique constraint on the username column.
tummybug··on Bitcoin's energy consumption 'equals that of Switzerland'
I know the most people on here have a terrible opinion of bitcoin and cryptocurrency in general but I think a lot of the criticism based on energy usage and transactions per second is in bad faith. When you consider layers built on top of bitcoin (lightning network) this argument holds a lot less weight.
tummybug··on Ask HN: Best Command-Line Applications?
This doesn't look to take commands after a pipe into account so IMHO doesn't accurately reflect command usage. For example running above I was surprised awk wasn't in the list but when I went to investigate I found I almost always am piping something to awk.
tummybug··on Chinese city to launch man-made moon to light up skies
Sounds good in theory but would be interesting to know how prevalent cloud cover is in the city.
tummybug··on Coders Automating Their Own Job
I have also asked this, I can't understand why my managers always think its a joke idea.
tummybug··on Ask HN: How to overcome fear of flying?
This may not work but could be worth a shot and lots of fun. Buy a RC airplane and learn to fly it, nothing crazy but not something to cheap either ($200 from a Chinese site). This should give you a much bigger appreciation for flying (it did for me) and make you very excited the next time you are flying.
tummybug··on A vigilante trying to improve IoT security
It does say the bot tries to secure the device and then resorts to bricking it if it can't. Not condoning the janitors actions but at least bricking isn't his first action.
tummybug··on How We Built r/Place
I can't agree with you. The sheer fact that I know well what the reddit error page is refutes this. In fact it's one of the few sites I frequent that I know even have an error page.
tummybug··on How We Built r/Place
Sure in a perfect scenario with a well behaving load test client. In production you often encounter scenarios which place unexpected load on your servers.
tummybug··on How We Built r/Place
I agree, but if you do fail it means you are doing something right. In most cases I think YAGNI suffices for how much engineering to do.
tummybug··on Ask HN: A good roadmap for someone interested in security?
Good question and something I am trying to do as well at the moment (web dev last few years so I do know some coding Python/PHP/JS).

My own method has been war gaming sites like pwnable.kr, learning C, getting better at bash, bug bounty programs, playing with security tools (bettercap, sqlmap, metasploit) and eventually I would like to get OSCP certification.

Would love to hear from people experienced in the profession if there is anything I am missing or any pointers they could offer me.

tummybug··on Ask HN: If you needed a crud app built, how would you build it?
If you need it to be really simple django and customising the admin. Have done this for a simple ticketing system and had something surprisingly stable in about 8 hours work.
tummybug··on Paralyzed man regains use of arms and hands after experimental stem cell therapy
This. On a more local scale (EU) medical tourism is huge. I know of many family members travelling a short distance to avail of much cheaper dental work abroad. In fact I am surprised this isn't advertised more.
tummybug··on Bose Hearphones
Same for me and apparently many others in this post. Can hear fine with a single source of sound, little noises in distant rooms etc but put me in a noisy bar and I can't make out a thing.
tummybug··on A Method I’ve Used to Eliminate Bad Tech Hires
As someone who is looking for a new role at the moment and absolutely hates the standard interview process I would definitely apply for a role at any company that had this process.
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