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zcmackon Is outbound going to die?

Eventually, humans are going to get used to the constant spam and start mentally tuning out these hyper personalized initiatives.

haven't we already been doing this since email templating was a thing?

zcmackon Skeptical of rewriting JavaScript tools in "faster" languages

i share some of this sentiment as well and i think a lot of my hesitance is that these solutions seem born of the popularity of rust. we have had c and c++ for as long as javascript has been a full-stack workhorse. is it just the barrier of entry / novelty of rust has prompted longtime js devs to make the leap into building tooling? along with it, it seems the "new framework every week" jab at javascript can be applied to the build system as well. in any case, i welcome the speed improvements and this certainly does not preclude me from using these new tools where i'm able.

zcmackon Keep your phone number private with Signal usernames

in a world where iOS users won't install another free app from the app store because they already use iMessage, matrix is like asking for your friends to perform calculus just to talk to you.

zcmackon Htmx, Rust and Shuttle: A New Rapid Prototyping Stack

this seems like great for rapid prototyping for those that are already well-versed in rust and really really hate javascript.

zcmackon My journey away from the JAMstack

i completely agree. use the right tool for the job. if you need significantly dynamic content, you should consider another framework such as rails (as the author indicates).

if netlify is being portrayed as the only platform to deploy a statically generated site from git commit, then i suppose yes, the sane defaults of these frameworks are not the right tool _for you_.

zcmackon Ask HN: Is the market bad, or am I having the worst luck job hunting?

it is very sad. i personally would much rather someone walks through their problem solving approach and identifies shortcomings/edge cases than to regurgitate a memorized algorithm.

it's really easy to identify code that is not optimal at code review time. it is far more challenging to have a conversation with a algorithm-regurgitating robot that their entire approach was wrong because they misunderstood the abstraction or that their code wasn't needed because Larry is refactoring that part of the system to a separate service already.

zcmackon Brave Browser introduces vertical tabs

close your damn tabs, heathens

zcmackon Conventional wisdom as an anti-pattern

i think TDD is a great method, but not dogma. likewise with code coverage. being prescriptive about one or the other just leads to angry people who get fed up with the principle and rebel.

zcmackon From Go on EC2 to Fly.io

don't know much about fly.io, but i would have definitely deployed my go binary + caddy w/config in a container, rather than setup a systemd service on the host. just me?

zcmackon GitHub staff are required to use Teams by Sep 1, 2023

act like its so bad, they've been using ruby since inception.

zcmackon Apple’s 2½ year old iPhone 12 is 6% faster than the new Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra

same experience here but am a pixel person, not samsung. why is the notification experience on iOS so bad? it feels like doing chores.

i figure system settings are annoying because the default is good enough for most users.

zcmackon Architecture diagrams should be code

i rebuked in horror when haskell was mentioned much like i rebuke in horror when vizio is mentioned. :)

zcmackon Poll: Have You Caught Covid?

there is no poll option for "caught it and died" :\

zcmackon Show HN: Open-source OAuth2 & OpenID server Ory Hydra v2

excited to try this again!

zcmackon “Privacy”.com–Yeah Right

i have quite a few credit cards and haven't seen this feature on a single one. discover eliminated this feature years back.

zcmackon Ask HN: I'm considering taking a break from startups to join big tech

great idea. take some time and let work be your source of income and not your entire life. you won't get a do-over of your 20s. whatever you decide to pursue, inquire thoroughly about work/life balance. you can always go back to the startup grind later.

zcmackon Apache Apisix: Open-Source API Gateway and API Management Platform

doesn't traefik provide much of the functionality you'd want from an api gateway?

zcmackon I love my GPD Micro PC

the keyboard is so small, why not just use your cell phone? yes your on screen keyboard is far from ideal but it has already built some muscle memory. typing on a tiny keyboard with a non-standard layout is just painful.

zcmackon Show HN: Superblocks – IDE for Internal Apps, APIs and Cron Jobs

yes! more options to save me from powerapps. looks good so far.

zcmackon Where Did Architecture Go?

in my experience, having access to the aws dashboard rarely indicates mastery of the platform and knowledge of which tool is best for the job. it is incredibly common to lift and shift on premise workloads to ec2 with an rds instance to save the cognitive load of application refactoring. this creates a different flavor of infrastructure complexity without taking full advantage of the services on offer.

zcmackon Tell HN: My new free note taking tool

yeah syncing works fine so long as you rely on ... some other thing that actually works :D

zcmackon After roasting Apple about headphone jacks, Google dumps it from Pixel 6A

can't help you with the sd card slot but if you don't mind carrying a wired headset, a usb-c > 3.5mm adapter can't be the dongle that breaks the camel's back..?

zcmackon Virtual offices are not remote-friendly workplaces

so back when i used to spend an hour or more reading and responding to email every morning i was closer to this definition of "remote" even though i was sitting in an office.

zcmackon pnpm: Fast, disk space efficient package manager for JavaScript

very much the opposite of my experience. i'd gladly have 30 copies of left-pad living in my project rent free if it meant i never had to see "Your requirements could not be resolved to an installable set of packages" ever again.

zcmackon Vulnerability in Honda's Remote Keyless System

at least my dystopian future toyota keyfob subscription could be patched to fix this...

zcmackon /tap – Powerful and customizable note-taking system

a subscription to a notes service that is intentionally more barebones than the other options is something i really don't need. currently using joplin and its been working pretty well.

zcmackon How Not to Learn Rust

this was super effective at convincing me not to learn rust

zcmackon Is Ford about to reinvent the bicycle derailleur?

they're called motorcycles, just go to a dealership to have someone sell you those bells and whistles instead.

zcmackon Apple's Power Move to Kneecap Facebook Advertising Is Working

you bet your ass consumers would care. ignorance is bliss.

zcmackon Amazon’s new Kindle Paperwhite

i almost bought a Kobo earlier this year but talked myself back into the Kindle ecosystem just for whispersync. while i vastly prefer reading on the kindle itself, i do often find myself reading on my phone during unexpected downtime. MOBI sucks but even self-converted epub MOBI seamlessly syncs progress.