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Ask HN: Why does Verizon's landing page ship 16MB of JavaScript to my browser?
2 points by bazil376 3y ago|2 comments
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The pursuit of cutting-edge JS frameworks resulted in a less accessible web(easylaptopfinder.com)
55 points by bazil376 3y ago|27 comments
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Should you buy inexpensive laptops frequently or expensive ones for longterm?(easylaptopfinder.com)
8 points by bazil376 3y ago|3 comments
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by bazil376 3y ago
Are you relatively tech savvy though? This was also obvious to me but I develop web apps for a living. It may likely not have been very obvious to others.
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by bazil376 3y ago
Some might say “ugly” but others would say “functional.” It’s getting the job done.
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10x Engineering for the Rest of Us(typeofnan.dev)
3 points by bazil376 3y ago|0 comments
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by bazil376 3y ago
I prefer my takes lukewarm
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by bazil376 3y ago
I think the path to generative AI search needs to be more subtle. Changing it wholesale to a chat interface just kind of confuses people.
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by bazil376 3y ago
Isn’t $1m just like 2 eng salaries for Netflix?
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by bazil376 3y ago
Yes.
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by bazil376 3y ago
I had to use git bundle at a government contract job where they took over a month to issue my hardware that was able to access their GitHub repo. Pretty convenient actually (compared to whatever the alternatives may be)
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by bazil376 3y ago
The GDPR deletion requirement has been most compelling (and a headache) for my application
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by bazil376 3y ago
TIL GitHub supported subversion
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by bazil376 3y ago
Does anyone know if zork is compiled to another language that is easily runnable in a local environment?
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by bazil376 3y ago
Reminds me of when I stumbled upon these Zork maps: https://www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/2023/02/13/zorkmaps
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by bazil376 3y ago
Seems like at some point people will have had enough of being unable to afford life in the US
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by bazil376 3y ago
Dystopian.
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by bazil376 3y ago
>Identify it, socialize it, and get buy-in that it’s a real problem. Workshop it with colleagues to really nail down the core problem. If I had a dollar for every time a colleague tried to solve a complex problem on their own… I’d have a
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by bazil376 3y ago
8-12% sounds amazing. Could try some A/B testing on landing page text/layout to optimize conversion. Also I suppose you could try offering some kind of freebee for signups
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by bazil376 3y ago
Seems like when there are too few browser engines we fret about monopolies and then when there are too many we moan about how we have to deal with the idiosyncrasies of a bunch of different browsers
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by bazil376 3y ago
> What’s always true is that if you take too many risks and lose enough of them, the time saved by the shortcuts will be massively overwhelmed by the time lost dealing with them. Yeah that’s my current project to a T. Now product wonders
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by bazil376 3y ago
Many people say they’d do the right thing even if it’s really hard and potentially will harm their careers. Very very few actual do it. Thank you.
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by bazil376 3y ago
It’s basically a super power and fills me with envy
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by bazil376 3y ago
Florida being Florida
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by bazil376 3y ago
Nice work! It’s heartening to see someone jump in without much experience in the ecosystem and just persevere.
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by bazil376 3y ago
I definitely respect good sales people. I’ve also had “good” sales people who sold my product by exaggerating (or lying about) its capabilities, and then it’s on the product team to retroactively deliver.
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by bazil376 3y ago
This to me is true for low code tools that are aimed at non-developers. “You can write software without software developers!” But low code tools made specifically to help developers’ workflows can be great. Maybe would be good for OP to cla