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by ingvul 5y ago
> Why would you ask if it's dead? Mainly because developers around me use Docker instead, and infrastructure engineers do not reproduce cloud infrastructure locally anymore (they have dev environments on the cloud as well). In my ex
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Ask HN: Is Vagrant Dead?
17 points by ingvul 5y ago|14 comments
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by ingvul 5y ago
To make this clear: I am a nobody and my code sucks. Now, for a moment, imagine the same question is stated but by developers who are actually great contributors to the open source community but can't (or don't want to) openly ask
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Ask HN: Can I charge GitHub for using my code in Copilot?
39 points by ingvul 5y ago|32 comments
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by ingvul 5y ago
I can only imagine one of the big reasons to release Copilot to the public for free is to make it better by sending back to GitHub the "reviewed code". Example: - Copilot suggests me a snippet of code - It's almost what I wan
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by ingvul 5y ago
I use time. The usual flow is like this: - Day 1: exciting idea comes to my mind. I start to think a bit about why it would make sense to implement it, who would pay for it, etc. I do some investigations (e.g., how many competitors are out
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by ingvul 5y ago
Links: - Western Digital 1TB WD Blue Mobile Hard Drive HDD - 5400 RPM, SATA 6 Gb/s, 128 MB Cache, 3.5": https://www.amazon.com/WD-Blue-1TB-Hard-Drive/dp/B013HNYVLA/... - Hard Drive Enclosure, RSHTEC
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Ask HN: Simple Solution to Backup Laptop?
1 points by ingvul 5y ago|1 comments
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by ingvul 5y ago
While I recommend reading DDIA, I think buzzcut_diet may end up disappointed. Reasons: - it takes a while to read DDIA. Probably around 6 months of focused reading. Perhaps more - one can learn a really good chunk of theoretical stuff... bu
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Ask HN: Do I need to containerize my Go service?
1 points by ingvul 5y ago|1 comments
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by ingvul 5y ago
Mainly because it's look and feel. I'm not a "power user". Chrome just looks lightweight and feels fast. The only browser that is similar in these aspects is Safari. Firefox looks bad. For example: - the spacing between
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by ingvul 5y ago
Go + plain html + plain js + postgres (or mysql) + nginx. If I need something more fancy, then Vue.
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by ingvul 5y ago
> be an engineer yourself before attempting to manage some I've seen this. 90% of the time, the company loses a good engineer and trades him for a mediocre manager. It's a lose-lose situation. Nowadays, managers are focused on
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Ask HN: Best iPod Shuffle Alternative?
4 points by ingvul 6y ago|11 comments
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by ingvul 6y ago
> However, being able to tackle open-ended problems is a huge value to businesses and it's the reason senior engineers make a lot more. If you have "open-ended" problems, your managers are doing a bad job. Hell, I know tha
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by ingvul 6y ago
I feel the same (from time to time). It's becoming harder and harder to be just "a software engineer" in this industry. All of a sudden, the "perfect" software engineer must: - be "product oriented: "Think
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by ingvul 6y ago
Working as a contractor is not that different. Just find someone to handle your taxes (although I understand that this in itself could be a headache for someone who only has worked as an employee). Also, as a contractor, vacation days are d
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Guide to the Systems Administration Body of Knowledge(sabok.org)
3 points by ingvul 6y ago|0 comments
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by ingvul 6y ago
> We have a really high bar for hiring at Repl.it, Dalia and the other youngsters from Palestine performed better than at least half the experienced engineers I've interviewed in the past. I really don't want to sound negative,
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by ingvul 6y ago
Seems to me a better way to do provision containers. Do you find any flaw in this approach? I wonder why not everyone is doing it as explained in the article.
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Packer and Ansible – Dockerfile = AwesomeContainer(alex.dzyoba.com)
1 points by ingvul 6y ago|1 comments
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Ask HN: Is being on-call becoming mandatory for senior software engineers?
13 points by ingvul 6y ago|16 comments
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by ingvul 6y ago
Doing on-call is directly a no-go for me.
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by ingvul 6y ago
Q: As a senior software engineer, do I have to do paid "on-calls"? A: Yes. Every team rotates on-calls among their senior software engineers. Then I just leave saying "thank you for your time".
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by ingvul 6y ago
Would love to hear some sort of summary though :)
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by ingvul 6y ago
The average salary for a Software Engineer is $107K per year in United States. The average salary for a Software Engineer is $66K per year in Germany (~61% less). Source: indeed and payscale. I always find a bit funny when US devs in HN tal
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by ingvul 6y ago
> In 3 years in the US you earn significantly more than in 5 years in France, so the vacation and health coverage arguments do not hold, unless you have an expensive illness (>30k$ per year). Care to elaborate? Especially the part abo
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by ingvul 6y ago
It's a SQL beautifier.
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by ingvul 6y ago
Die Hard, Rambo, Rocky. I thought it was universal.
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Ask HN: How do real crackers learn?
4 points by ingvul 6y ago|1 comments

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