brendanmc6

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by brendanmc6 6y ago
Master typescript and you will be rewarded greatly! It is a fantastic tool with a very high level of adoption already. It makes React significantly easier to write and refactor. You won’t ever go back to plain .js! Deno is not relevant enou
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by brendanmc6 6y ago
Following your nonsensical logic there would be no difference in covid cases between states or nations. Obviously this is not true. It is absolutely the government’s job to enact policy to slow the spread of deadly disease. It is also the j
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by brendanmc6 6y ago
This post is a bit behind, they claim to be back up again: https://twitter.com/NotionStatus/status/1346183061562507264
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by brendanmc6 6y ago
Yup! Among other type definition problems. The types are very poorly maintained. I’m planning to give Emotion a try as it has the same ‘styled’ api.
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by brendanmc6 6y ago
I hear this so often, so as an exclusively js/ts dev I have to ask... what about this is “done poorly”? ``` try { return await fetch(url); } catch (e) { handleError(e) } ``` Because that (metaphorically speaking) is 90% o
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by brendanmc6 6y ago
I’ll die on that hill— back when I was interviewing for my next frontend position I told all my prospects I wasn’t interested in working for them if they aren’t using TypeScript or at least open to migrating. There really is no reason to us
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by brendanmc6 6y ago
I'm curious, do they perform some sort of test reads on the reels to make sure that the data was actually copied over correctly?
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by brendanmc6 6y ago
I'm a frontend dev and amateur solo founder interested in tools that empower me to build more with less effort. Should I finally bite the bullet and learn Postgres/SQL? I have the (ill-informed) impression that it's better su
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by brendanmc6 6y ago
What? Notion's keyboard support is my absolute favorite part about it. I can brianstorm and take meeting minutes at the speed of thought!
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by brendanmc6 7y ago
I think this is a neat idea and I hope it makes local and renewable powered goods more attractive to consumers (and ultimately, businesses). Though I often wonder why climate tech is so obsessed with super-accurate and granular carbon calcu
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by brendanmc6 7y ago
Should be required reading in school. Someone recently asked me what's the most important book I've ever read, and I said this. Every human should know about the potential fallacies of the mind, how to find truth, and how to be ha
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by brendanmc6 7y ago
Thanks! Great suggestion on the pricing, thank you. You've got the stack right, but I'm using Firestore instead of PostGIS. Since I don't need spatial queries (yet) and it let me get up and running quickly as a solo dev. Tota
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by brendanmc6 7y ago
Sounds like your skills would really come in handy with my project! I posted another comment in this thread with more info.
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by brendanmc6 7y ago
I've been building this crowdmapping tool for a long time now, and would love any help I can get. https://canvis.app/demo TypeScript and React skills would be great. But what I really need is some sales and marketing h
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by brendanmc6 7y ago
I studied sustainability related topics for my Bachelor's and Master's degrees, but transitioned to full-time software development. Now I've promised myself I'll try to work exclusively for companies doing something clim
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by brendanmc6 7y ago
That's putting it lightly. It's an abomination of a website. Truly an assault on the senses. Just booked through them yesterday, to save a few bucks-- never again. Now I understand why it's so bad-- "user interface optim
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by brendanmc6 7y ago
Dear children, do not listen to this man. He is leaving out important details. He didn't tell you that the only effective solutions to climate change are on the policy level. That means new laws. Laws which apply to everybody in the wh
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by brendanmc6 7y ago
Hey Laura, I was busy coding an MVP for a company we just founded, and just before launch, we discovered that YC had recently funded a competitor with a nearly identical business model and very similar branding. This was a surprise to us,
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by brendanmc6 7y ago
Thanks for the thoughtful response! Are studios in the city out of the question for an early career couple? Should we be looking at Oakland or outside the city?
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Is it a bad idea to move to San Francisco?
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by brendanmc6 7y ago
I agree. I have seen enough HN climate discussions to say that a "tech will save us" mindset is quite common around here. Where do you buy your offsets from? Any problems or complaints about your offsetting "experience"
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by brendanmc6 7y ago
I'd like to hear HNs opinions on carbon offsetting. Do any of you regularly purchase offsets voluntarily? If not, what would it take to convince you that offsetting your flights, vacation, or monthly lifestyle is a worthwhile expense?
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by brendanmc6 7y ago
Interesting way to frame it, but I'm not sure if I agree... If the net benefit is less death and injury, shouldn't that be the obvious choice?
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by brendanmc6 7y ago
I have a feeling our regulatory environment is going to be unfairly hostile towards AVs in the coming months and years. Of course we all want a safe and responsible rollout of this tech, but people too easily forget how ABSURDLY dangerous
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by brendanmc6 7y ago
It's not preferred. All the leading economic models and experts are in agreement that a flat carbon tax is the way to go (on paper). The problem is political feasibility and public acceptance. It is a lot easier to pass carbon trading
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by brendanmc6 7y ago
That would just cause the price to increase, creating an incentive for more extraction. The practical, most economically sensible solution to climate change is also the most politically unfeasible: carbon tax
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by brendanmc6 7y ago
I'm a fairly new React developer, but I've built complex SPAs, React Native apps, and static generated sites with Gatsby. These are all very different patterns and approaches with major tradeoffs. What exactly is the pattern used
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by brendanmc6 8y ago
What would you recommended first? I'm also self-taught, just JavaScript, typescript and react and a tiny bit of shell scripting. Job never asks for anything more, but I want to get better at designing, engineering, and building scaleab
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by brendanmc6 8y ago
This is one of the few things that annoys me about HN, this exact comment is almost always here if the article makes any attempt at creative writing or storytelling. Insulting? Give me a break. Writing is an art not a science. Good writing
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by brendanmc6 8y ago
I just started working with Ioki, we are a Deutsche Bahn company doing this exact thing-- we use mobility analytics to find 'sweet spots' for our service, and are preparing heavily for fully automated services too. Feel free to as

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