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vhogemann··on Metal for IntelliJ Platform
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebObjects
vhogemann··on Windows for Arm on M1 Mac Successfully Virtualized
Say, like the Nintendo Switch?
vhogemann··on The latest version of Slack has a setting to disable the WYSIWYG editor
Bring back the IRC gateway.
vhogemann··on Brazil has the power to save the Amazon rainforest, or destroy it
It's not about poor people trying to make a living. It's about rich people trying to get even more rich.

Wood, Soybeans and Cattle. The agricultural industry is behind this.

vhogemann··on 20M historical artifacts destroyed in Brazil National Museum fire
No, it's worse than corruption. It's a total and utter lack of interest in properly funding culture and science.
vhogemann··on Amazon’s Curious Case of the $2,630.52 Used Paperback
My experience as a developer tells me that this was somebody trying to test something in production, while forgetting to de-list the book sku first.
vhogemann··on As Venezuela Collapses, Children Are Dying of Hunger
Already happening, thousands of Venezuelans are migrating to Brazil. Some towns near the borders are already having trouble to manage accommodating so many families.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/hungry-ven...

vhogemann··on Tech workers worry about age discrimination at age 40: Study
I don't know how it would make sense for business, unless they're trying to replace you with somebody less experienced because it's cheaper. In that case, it doesn't sound like the kind of place I would want to work for anyway.
vhogemann··on Horrible Things I Found Out When I Made A Video Game
Cool article, awesome game!
vhogemann··on Benefits of Using .Net for Startup Development
Until .NET Core is mature, and gains support of the major packages from the Nugget repository I'll say: Thanks, but no thanks.

Java, more specifically the JVM, is a safer bet. It both has better tooling, and a greater support from other open-source projects.

vhogemann··on Friends don't let friends do Java
People like to point at a Java stacktrace and mock... but actually that's a awesome part of the language. You can actually get a good grasp of what went wrong just from taking a close look at it.

Of course other languages have informative stacktraces as well, but IMHO Java has the most readable, complete and useful one.

vhogemann··on Ask HN: Language compiled to Excel spreadsheets?
Like Sublime Text, but for Spreadsheets?

1) Create a contained python/node/ruby environment.

2) Bind an object to a spreadsheet ui

3) ????

4) Profit?

vhogemann··on Never, ever, ever use MongoDB
If you're trying to use MongoDB as a relational database, and don't understand its limitations and strengths, of course it will be terrible.

MongoDB is good if:

a) Your data model fits into the document model. Usually that means you'll be querying only one collection at time.

b) The access pattern of your application is a lot of READs and few writes. MongoDB has a collection lock, so it sucks for concurrent read/write operations.

c) If you need ACID support, your operations must be restricted to a single document.

If your problem fits on the restrictions above, you probably won't run into many problems. We've been using Mongo to store our authentication info, and to store payment transactions. No major problems so far, but our needs fit nicely into what MongoDB can provide.

Most of the rants I see are from people that got burned trying to use MongoDB as a drop-in replacement for a relational database.

vhogemann··on Poll: How many HN readers are believers?
There is no God.

My parents come from different religious backgrounds, my father was raised as a Lutheran while my mother as a Kardecist. Neither cared a lot about their religions, so while they tried to give me the general notions of their religions I was free to make my own mind.

So, having no pressure to follow my parents beliefs, and founding no logic reason or need for the existence of a God, I found myself an Atheist.

I can't believe on it because I can't find any logical reason to do so.

Also, knowing how much evil was done in the name of religion I came to have a strong opinion against the notion of faith. I really think religious faith, that is, believing without proof, is a disease that must be eradicated. No good that came from it justifies all the bad things that came along.