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by dist1ll 4y ago
Any caveats? This sounds really great.
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by dist1ll 4y ago
You can get 1vCPU + 2GB RAM for 3.92 Euro/month at Hetzner. Those prices are hard to beat.
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by dist1ll 4y ago
> That backplane is not an implementation, but a set of understood guiderails for inter-module communication. Then why is the author even discussing microservices in the first place? Following your logic, they are an implementation detai
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by dist1ll 4y ago
Wrong. See Drew DeVault's (founder of SourceHut) comment on exactly this topic: > Q: How much of this is due to not wanting build/pipeline servers getting abused for mining purposes? > A: None: the mining incidents stopped e
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by dist1ll 4y ago
This article is all over the place. The author acknowledges that microservices are about organizational clarity, then writes "In theory, anyway" without elaboration, and then goes on to talk about the latency impact of network-l
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by dist1ll 4y ago
Matrix is separate from the crypto sphere, because it solves a different problem. Federated platforms appeal to the privacy-oriented "f** big tech" mindset, which is pretty common in the hacker & FOSS crowds. I'd put it i
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by dist1ll 4y ago
I thought so too at first, until the owner changed their TOS to forbid all crypto and blockchain related projects, essentially kicking me off their platform. So no, it's not reliable. The platform is at the behest of a small group of i
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by dist1ll 4y ago
+1 for the Elixir recommendation. Whenever I'm looking for ergonomics, I try to look for the functional languages (Haskell, Elixir, Ocaml, Idris, etc.). And since you mentioned dynamic languages and Ruby, I think it might be a really g
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by dist1ll 4y ago
Right my bad, I was thinking of storage engines in general. And of course maturity doesn't mean lack of innovation - which is still happening in the relational space.
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by dist1ll 4y ago
RDBMS has matured? I feel like I'm seeing a new database pop up every quarter.
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by dist1ll 4y ago
That's not much worse than the abomination you described in your initial comment.
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by dist1ll 4y ago
The real crime is using HTTP for internal network communication.
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by dist1ll 4y ago
It's the end of the fiscal year. No one wants to drown in paper work during the holidays.
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by dist1ll 4y ago
> But imho you just need a more powerful computer :) Or maybe we need to stop tolerating performance creep and resource bloat?
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by dist1ll 4y ago
True. The other problem is that many companies have neither the capital, nor the risk-tolerance, nor the expertise in building and maintaining an R&D department. That's where the "curiosity itch" gets scratched, and where
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by dist1ll 4y ago
Premature optimization should be avoided. It's in the name. But that wasn't really my point. The problem is that PO is used as a catch-all, low-effort statement to dismiss performance questions and exploration. It's used by
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by dist1ll 4y ago
Of course. Very few people get paid hacking - nevermind generally for things they enjoy.
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by dist1ll 4y ago
I think the "brutal pragmatism" and corpo SWEs have always been an opposing force to the hacking spirit. Catch phrases include, but not limited to: - don't reinvent the wheel - right tool for the job - use a library - time to
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by dist1ll 4y ago
Yes, I'm writing a high-throughput concurrent MPSC queue, so CPU cycles are absolutely the constraint.
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Ask HN: Measuring performance of binary code layout
2 points by dist1ll 4y ago|2 comments
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by dist1ll 4y ago
Programming languages that can be compiled to zk proofs..we're really living in the future!
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by dist1ll 4y ago
Some const features seem like big anti-patterns though. One example is the unstable feature `generic_const_exprs` which I think is a bit short-sighted.
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by dist1ll 4y ago
What I like about this language is the crazy amount of creative and insightful discussions about language features and stabilization. It's because Rust hits the spot for MANY different domains and people. System programmers, functional
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by dist1ll 4y ago
Finally someone brings up tinkering - a.k.a. the thing that hacking (and by extension HN) is supposed to be about.
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by dist1ll 4y ago
I'm sorry Mr. Consultant, I thought this was a forum for hackers. I'll see myself out.
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by dist1ll 4y ago
True. Siloed knowledge is a liability.
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by dist1ll 4y ago
> But it turns out that _in most cases_, we are OK with a trusted, centralized, institutional clearing agent that maintains the ledger. The benefits are numerous as long as we trust the institution/agent. Who is "we"? I&#x
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In Violent Agreement(mikiltaylor.com)
2 points by dist1ll 4y ago|0 comments
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by dist1ll 4y ago
Narrow focus =/= only control one hardware component
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by dist1ll 4y ago
Paywalled articles should be banned on HN in the first place. The fact that they even have the slightest bit of exposure on this site is the real icky thing.

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